Leon Clarke

[Ralphy]

Clarke is a class A prick.

From what Gary Rose has said on Twitter, Di Canio knew about Clarke's past problems but decided to give him a chance to prove himself. Clarke has thrown it back in his face.

Di Canio received a text when we signed him saying 'Good luck with the nightmare'.

He is now up there with Tommy Mooney and Joey Beauchamp in my view.

[Doore]

Gary Rose tweets a lot.

[Trashbat?]

Di Canio knew about Clarke's past problems but decided to give me a chance

Ralphy are you Leon Clarke?

[Ardiles]

He is now up there with Tommy Mooney and Joey Beauchamp in my view.

...the key difference being that both Mooney and (to a lesser extent) Beauchamp turned out some very good performances for us while they were with us.

[Ralphy]

Ralphy are you Leon Clarke?

DOH ! Busted !

[DiV]

Clarke is a class A prick.

From what Gary Rose has said on Twitter, Di Canio knew about Clarke's past problems but decided to give me a chance to prove himself. Clarke has thrown it back in his face.

Di Canio received a text when we signed him saying 'Good luck with the nightmare'.

He is now up there with Tommy Mooney and Joey Beauchamp in my view.

Yet PdC wouldnt give Timlin a second chance of even give Big Kev a chance.

He's just making up as he goes along...

[flammableBen]

So Leon Clarke complained about the fitness training two days before the Southampton game? Whether or not his complaint was justified or not, that surely makes the actions of the fitness coach much worse? Knowing there was an issue there and doing what, rubbing it in straight after a hard match, on the pitch, in front of cameras?

He should go too.

[Ralphy]

I blame Phil Smith for all this.

[juddie]

and if this did happen before the game, he still started?
the plot thickens (strokes chin)

[LucienSanchez]

I blame Phil Smith for all this.

[reeves4england]

So Leon Clarke complained about the fitness training two days before the Southampton game? Whether or not his complaint was justified or not, that surely makes the actions of the fitness coach much worse? Knowing there was an issue there and doing what, rubbing it in straight after a hard match, on the pitch, in front of cameras?

He should go too.

Don't be a dick. You're basing your argument on 4 short tweets which don't actually fully support the conclusion you've come to. He didn't complain to the club, just told his agent he wanted to leave, and so far nobody has given us his reasons for wanting to leave. For all we know, the fitness coach might have had no idea how unhappy (read petulant) he was.

[Nomoreheroes]

Breach of contract? He hasn't refused to play. By law the club had to mutually terminate or keep paying. No club is going to pay 100% of his wages after the fiasco.

But he has refused to train.

[Doore]

But he has refused to train.

I missed that - where does it say that?

[reeves4england]

I missed that - where does it say that?

Well, he didn't turn up yesterday.

[Nomoreheroes]

It would be pretty difficult I imagine to try and terminate one contact for being involved in the scuffle, whilst letting the others (Donatelli, or to an extent, Di Canio) continue in their jobs. His only other black mark is expressing displeasure at the training regime, and I doubt he is the only one.

Di Canio's comments about him not being welcome back ever again do nobody any favours and he should know better. He's publically damaging Clarke's reputation even more and making it more difficult to shift him. The only person comments like that serve are Di Canio himself, by carving himself out a disciplinarian reputation.

Keep quiet, boot Clarke out, make sure the other club picks up most if not all of his wages and then terminate as soon as we can in the summer.

Fair enough...Maybe Di Canio's comments were made to make him unwanted anywhere else so he has to come crawling back to the club with his tail between his legs? We may never know.