Rampant Zebra

I don't think Carol listens to many people, after trying to talk to her at the Hamil move open meeting.

It must be because they miss him, in the same way that Walsall, Bristol Rovers and Vale missed Clarke...

It doesn't matter what happens from now on, you can't rewrite the past.

What difference does it make 😱😄

There have been a number of unfortunate circumstances which have combined to get us to this position. Unfortunately football isn't as simple to manage as some other businesses. I am looking forward to not having to go to Vale Park for a while.

Do you mean "on the pitch"?

I think we tried to be too clever. We took too much notice of statistical analysis of individual player performance. On paper it would be simple enough to pick the best performing player from each position in the league and put them together to make a promotion winning team. Even if that were possible in real life there is no guarantee that it would bring success. It is so sad that we have made such a mess of things but tried so hard and wasted so much money.

Does anyone still believe we have a chance of avoiding relegation? What a mess...

Who else does he play in defence though? Lopata is coming back from injury, Jones is still injured I guess. Our squad is woefully thin on options anywhere on the pitch really.

I am going to have some time off before considering options for next season regardless of the league we are in.

Maybe we should pay some people to invade the pitch at their last home game to get them another points deduction.

Is Eastbourne in Turkey? 😱😄😄

You could argue that without him and Adam Murray we wouldn't have been promoted. Clarke tried to get Murray to save him at Cheltenham but he didn't stay long, I wonder why?

Yeah right...

Do you think Clarke could manage Northern Ireland U21s?

I didn't like Bruno.

I think Crosby would have been a far better manager than Clarke if he had been given the same opportunities.

It isn't only about the amount you spend, it is how wisely you spend it.

The fans do maybe...

I wasn't even aware of Clarke other than seeing him play for us for about 5 minutes until it was rumoured that he was going to be our manager. I asked someone who knew him what he thought and he wasn't very complimentary. I also read into his history at various clubs on the internet and concluded that he is an average manager who has a massive opinion of himself, a massive chip on his shoulder about the fact that he didn't do as well as a footballer as he thought he should and an inability to recognise his own failings. Cheltenham Town fans seem divided on his merits too incidentally. . I wanted him to be a fantastic manager and propel us to greater success on the pitch but that didn't happen.

Jam tomorrow? I don't expect that the academy will ever be in full production...

Flitcroft didn't get lucky with the Clarke appointment, he was part of the problem. They tried to prove that they were somehow better than all the other 71 clubs by doing things differently, we overspent on a shiny new rocket which got us to the moon but then ran out of fuel.

Don't be ridiculous

I find it disappointing that a supposedly shrewd business woman didn't Google Flitcroft and do some due diligence after finding the Bury story. Not to mention allowing someone who you invited for an interview to talk themselves into a job you didn't even know you were recruiting for. I suspect that part of the problem with our recruitment has been that most players were aware of Flitcrofts reputation in the game and we only signed players who couldn't get a better offer.

What about Ian Bogie? He was quite good