Con Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 That gif is funny because Clark does a double facepalm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 though not as funny as teh Bannan assist gif vs Liverpool 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Can't win a header, never seems to even leave the ground... Terrible in one on ones.... and like people have said, not that young anymore, 3rd season of prem football coming up.... Headed duel Baker: 64% Vlaar: 63% Clark: 61% Tackle Vlaar: 71% Clark: 68% Baker: 60% Pass accuracy Vlaar: 82% Clark: 81% Baker: 78% Errors (lead to goal) Vlaar: 2 (1) Clark: 4 (2) Baker: 5 (1) IMO Clark is getting a lot of stick for one extra error that lead to a goal. Where is the stat for being out of position? and what about the stat for being a bad reader of the game? Stats are for baseball... 4th choice is what Clark deserves judging him on his performance from last season, I hope he has learnt enough to atleast progress this season and start showing that he can make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Where is the stat for being out of position? and what about the stat for being a bad reader of the game? Stats are for baseball... 4th choice is what Clark deserves judging him on his performance from last season, I hope he has learnt enough to atleast progress this season and start showing that he can make it. I don't disagree, based on the performances of last season, that he is not first or second choice. Vlaar was our best central defender. This season I expect Vlaar to be paired with Okore. This is the traditional paired with playmaking centre-back combination. Rugged + flair like Vidic and Ferdinand, Terry and Ivanovic, tried and tested successful centre-back forumla. Baker is a traditional centre-back so is a swap for Vlaar. Clark is a swap for Okore. When we play 2 CBs, this would be our back line, except for games against physical teams like Stoke and West Ham, where Baker would step in for Okore. Now, if we are going to play 3 centre-backs, who gets the third spot, Baker or Clark? It depends on how much possession we are expected to have in the game. The more possession we have, the more we want Clark and Okore with Vlaar, the more defensive we expect to be, the more we want Vlaar and Baker together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Vlaar showed great technique with his goals, and had the highest pass success rate, so how is he the rugged uncultured one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Vlaar showed great technique with his goals, and had the highest pass success rate, so how is he the rugged uncultured one? Lambert told him he wasn't a playmaking centre-back. There is a quote like that from a couple months after we signed him. He's from Netherlands, so he will have much better technique than the average rugged centre-back from anywhere else, but he is still in that mould. His nickname is 'concrete Ron.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Vlaar showed great technique with his goals, and had the highest pass success rate, so how is he the rugged uncultured one? Lambert told him he wasn't a playmaking centre-back. There is a quote like that from a couple months after we signed him. He's from Netherlands, so he will have much better technique than the average rugged centre-back from anywhere else, but he is still in that mould. His nickname is 'concrete Ron.' Ok so Clark is the cultured one and Vlaar is the old fashioned one. Except Vlaar played more passes, more accurately, more key passes and scored two crackers. But Clark is the cultured one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TezzRexx Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Another belter from Clark tonight! Really can't see him making the XI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pembers Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Looked like a scared kid being told off by his Dad when Vlaar was speaking to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 still as shit as he was before. Get him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Not a cb he is too much of a liability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 That defending a whole new level of shit I wish he'd stop doing these step overs on the turn when he's in possession as well we all know what happened in the man city game.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Not impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hideous display, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I do think it would make an enormous difference to our season if we signed one quality centre-half. Clark can be utility man. Not going to happen though is it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Clark is a CDM and probably an excellent one at that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 That defending a whole new level of shit I wish he'd stop doing these step overs on the turn when he's in possession as well we all know what happened in the man city game.... Yeah and he did the exact same thing for Ireland vs Austria in a qualifier few weeks after that mistake and cost Ireland a goal as well. Its ok for players to make mistakes but not learning from your mistakes is pathetic for a professional. The only position Ive ever thought he looked decent in was left back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He's a liability, vlaar isnt too much better either but clark is definitely the worst. The big smile after he signed the new contract must have been just the pure disbelief that he got one after last season. Hopefully okore is not injury prone because if were relying on vlaar/clark partnership again we'l be around the same position again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 What happened? Clark only played last 30 minutes tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 What happened? Clark only played last 30 minutes tonight. Gifted them a goal after a mix up with vlaar, almost gifted another about 5 minutes later and just being his usual self really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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