useless Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 There's an article on 'Chronicle Live' and the head line is 'I'll be gutted if we lost Clark' Aston Villa Fans react to Clark link to Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, useless said: There's an article on 'Chronicle Live' and the head line is 'I'll be gutted if we lost Clark' Aston Villa Fans react to Clark link to Newcastle. Well I guess we have lost a championship standard player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 They've probably found the one quote from a Villa fan who is gutted, and used that as the headline rather than one that reflects the true overall mood on the matter. Plus their media seems obsessed with Villa and Villa fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Plenty of effort - To a fault, the amount of times he over commits and leaves spaces or makes a rash tackle in a stupid area are far too frequent. Always saw him as a flat track bully, when he came across an opponent he couldn't physically dominate or had a bit of intelligence he'd get massively exposed but he'll get you a tackle or two for the highlight reel, and then there's his uncanny ability to seriously injure his own team-mates in training. Won't miss. Edited August 2, 2016 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted August 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2016 Quote Rafa benitez is having a medical at #nufc today after paying £5.1million for clark #avfc 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted August 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2016 Have they even scouted him? Or any of their signings for that matter. A strange one this, but won't be a huge loss for us. A shame he never progressed as we hoped he would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I saw that earlier in the year The Mag did a piece about seeing the back of their Chuckle brothers Taylor & Coloccini. They are doing their best to replace them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Clark, for me, is our modern version of Ridgewell. Gives you boundless effort, but ultimately isn't good enough. The problem with Clark is his faults in games cost goals, and he's cost us plenty. His mistake for ROI against Belgium was indicative of the player he is unfortunately. He over committed and completely missed the ball and got punished on an attack. It's happened countless times for us. Always liked him as a person, he seemed to have the right attitude but wasn't cut out for the Prem. He'll do okay for Newcastle but we need better CBs if we want to lose our weakness in defending. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Good business for us Imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted August 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2016 Not worried about him leaving as long as Xia has Terracotta Lescott in his ranks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) An adequate enough 'footballer' of a centre-half and had a promising first couple of years but ultimately lacks the positional sense and physicality to be the very good CB we thought he could be at one stage. Arguably our 4th choice CB at present and during the past 4/5 years in which he has been given a consistent run in the team when fit has always looked like he had a howler in him. No doubt would have done a job for us this year and seems to be a decent bloke - so long as he doesn't badmouth us in the press I will wish him well - a fresh start is the best thing for all parties IMO. Edited August 2, 2016 by jonno_2004 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I love the media articles which say he is capable of playing left back and holding midfielder Its like journalists have never actually watched him play 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Don't rate him that high but he has played CB in front of a very weak midfield for many seasons and that have made him look even worse. Can't wish him luck; at least not this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I do like the number of jawdies on Twitter claiming that were all just bitter and he's actually a good player and rafas judgement is better than ours... hell do do well to be 3rd choice there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I do like the number of jawdies on Twitter claiming that were all just bitter and he's actually a good player and rafas judgement is better than ours... hell do do well to be 3rd choice there I hope he is first choice for a large portion of the season to be honest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I do like the number of jawdies on Twitter claiming that were all just bitter and he's actually a good player and rafas judgement is better than ours... hell do do well to be 3rd choice there Well they are the most delusional fans out there so just leave them to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 2, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 2, 2016 A quick look at Toontastic suggests they aren't too pleased with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I saw this quote earlier ' Absolutely horrifying signing. Lost all faith in Rafa Benitez on this one. Ciaran Clark is abysmal, I hope he never plays or breaks his leg in the first training session. I've really sensed some desperation now in Rafa's targets now. Diame was so-so & this now Clark just takes the biscuit. awful ' Newcastle forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, useless said: I saw this quote earlier ' Absolutely horrifying signing. Lost all faith in Rafa Benitez on this one. Ciaran Clark is abysmal, I hope he never plays or breaks his leg in the first training session. I've really sensed some desperation now in Rafa's targets now. Diame was so-so & this now Clark just takes the biscuit. awful ' Newcastle forum I do wish xia would use social media as much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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