Matt Clarke

Glover_elbow said:
Its rvb who is the real deal he is the only defender at the club capable of playing at a higher level
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We all know that though. Clarke is criminally undervalued from fans like you and Norman.

Thankfully most of us know he’s a great defender for this level and a perfect leader to play alongside VDB.

We are in the championship and he’s a good championship CB.
 
Diego said:
We all know that though. Clarke is criminally undervalued from fans like you and Norman.

Thankfully most of us know he’s a great defender for this level and a perfect leader to play alongside VDB.

We are in the championship and he’s a good championship CB.
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Its you who is calling him the messiah after every game. Hes a reasonably good defender at this level whilst hes playing alongside the best defender in the championship.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
You are talking out of your backside. Like most home grown players, they are targeted by the boo boys.

I’m not saying Fry is a world beater but he’s so much more of an all round footballer than Clarke in all departments.
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We will agree to disagree and see what happens in the Summer / next season.

I don’t think many have ever targeted Fry personally. If we could rely on him to stay fit then he’d be good to have in the squad. Sadly we can’t.
 
Glover_elbow said:
Clarke has played well but lets not kid ourselves hes a fairly limited if effective defender. I think half the plaudits are for his fully committed style over actual quality but to me a better defender doesn't need to play in that way.

Arguably Mom agaisnt an awful Cardiff side but he was horribly exposed for pace by leeds time after time in the previous match. The rvb clarke partnership maybe good enough for this level and reminds me a bit of the Mowbray pally partnership.However Clarke to me isnt as good a player as Mowbray was and like mogga clarke will never have the pace to be anything higher than a championship defender
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This is what I am saying, VDB is a class apart with bags of potential, Clarke compliments him better than anyone else we have.

Deal was a good prospect as a youngster, but hasn't progressed or developed "in my opinion". Clarke is a more rugged reliable CB. He lacks pace yes, but so does his CB competitors. But as a defender I'd have a Clarke / VDB CB partnership any day of the week. Deal is no longer a youngster, he is the same age as "Baldini" believe it or not. The first choice CB partnership will be VDB/Baldini weather we like it or not. It's the LB and RB options we need filling.
 
I'd have no issues whatsoever with Clarke and RVDB as our first choice pairing next season. Seem to complement each other really well and both comfortable playing out from back.

Clarke is certainly not purely a stopper, but he's more aggressive than the others and I think we need that a bit. We've conceded a lot of goals from standing off players too much this season. While the others are all good defenders, they're maybe all a bit too nice to play against at times.

I like him a lot. You don't get player of the year at 2 different championship clubs if you're a limited player.

Love that he was visibly annoyed about conceding the goal yesterday too.
 
festa5 said:
I'd have no issues whatsoever with Clarke and RVDB as our first choice pairing next season. Seem to complement each other really well and both comfortable playing out from back.

Clarke is certainly not purely a stopper, but he's more aggressive than the others and I think we need that a bit. We've conceded a lot of goals from standing off players too much this season. While the others are all good defenders, they're maybe all a bit too nice to play against at times.

I like him a lot. You don't get player of the year at 2 different championship clubs if you're a limited player.

Love that he was visibly annoyed about conceding the goal yesterday too.
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I like how Clarke is prepared to come out and actually confront the attacker rather than just trying to show them left or right on to their weaker foot to get a shot off like most CBs seem to do. Clarke will come out and tackle them.

I really like the partnership of Clarke and RVDB, with lenihan and fry as backup it's a great unit. We also have howson who can drop in and actually looks like our best CB in my far from expert opinion.
 
I sometimes wonder do fans judge Clarke based on appearance.

To look at him he almost looks like a bit of a throwback - an old school type of defender, but in reality he's composed and excellent on the ball.

He reads the game so well and isn't afraid to get stuck in.
 
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