A re-appreciation of Lee Clark (14 replies)
It's no exaggeration to say we average a goal once a month and we're lucky if we have one shot on target per game. We also have taken 2 points away from home all season.
Yet, in our recent history we have had much less resource, better performances and better results. Of course one manager in our recent history performed exceptionally well with minor resources but this thread is about Lee Clark.
When you see that he kept us up over a season with a squad containing:
Mitch Hancox
Callum Reilly
Tom Adeyemi
Aaron Martin
Paul Robinson
Wade Elliott
Lee Novak
(Amongst all the dross he had on loan and various free transfers)
Does it make you think he actually did a good job? In comparison to the absolute chump in charge today Clark looks like Sir Alex Ferguson.
A £5k a week wage cap and he got them playing for each other, with heart and effort, we actually scored goals now and then.
I feel like I need to apologise to him, he was obviously still rubbish, miles out of his depth and taking us down the season after but still, when you look at what we're achieving today with a squad incredibly more expensive, well it makes you think again doesn't it?
His gurning was better than Cotterill's too.
Wor Lee (tu)