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Roy Keane has just released Billy Clarke and Dean Bowditch;come on Andy do your stuff!
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What is it with Ipswich and strikers? if Clarke was ours we would surely be looking to secure his contract and sell him on at a future date for big(ish) money?
Or are we looking at him with very rose tinted championi fuelled type glasses...!!
Or are we looking at him with very rose tinted championi fuelled type glasses...!!
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Dont forget Rhodes!!
Still has another year on contract i believe.
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I get a feeling with Keane that he is not a manager to develop talent but someone who will spend a lot of money on a lot of established ( but not necessarily better ) players.
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We seem to have a lot of them come through recently. Clarke's a good player, but we've got Haynes and Rhodes already ahead of him, with young lads like Wickham and Vine pushing on.
It's not fair on a player of Clarke's quality to be stuck in our stiffs. It's certainly not what his career needs to move forward. Hope he joins you and does the business.
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Agree - he got one promotion at Sunderland by that adopting 'some' of that method, so everyone assumes he's great.
Then went completely doolally with the cheque book with Sunderland in the premier league and showed he didn't know talent nor could coach it !!
NorthamptonBee
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I really hope i'm wrong but I've never seen Billy with us next season.
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There's 3000 other footballers and 99% of Brentford fans had not heard of either player until they arrived at GP. Plenty more fish in the sea.
NorthamptonBee
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99% of Brentford fans had never heard of Clarke and Bowditch!
Is that a Noades thick pratt type line?
Of course we had, a lot of Bees fans follow the lower league scene. I'm an anorak:sad: when it comes to players and so is pretty much everyone I bloody know except the stupid wife.
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Realistic view markbfc but couldn't you at least have given us a few hours of dreaming before the reality check?
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I heard of them both before they joined us and now we know that they can do the biz.
They both enjoyed their time at Brentford as well why look elsewhere? :shrug:
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Hurry Andy! Whilst stocks last, cos you buy one, get one free! Offer only lasts until the end of this week. A season long loan deal for Jordan would be nice too. Lovely jubbly!!
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The shop would regularly sell out of Camp wigs....too much hassle
NorthamptonBee
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The shop would regularly sell out of Camp wigs....too much hassle
Will they do them in XXL?
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Thank you Scrooge McChapman
I could see Clarke opting stay in East Anglia with a sprog on the way. I'm sure Norwich, Southend or Colchester would take a look.
I'm also assuming the drop in pay would probably be too much for Clarke and Bowditch.
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Went to see England v Italy U17 friendly at Oxford United's ground a few years ago. Bowditch was the best player on the pitch.
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Why go fishing for your supper when you already have some pre-packed in the fridge waiting to go ?
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Plenty of fish but shoals of minnows compared with the goalscoring and all round quality of Clarke...he is a rare breed at lower league fishing grounds.
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This is great news for us and we can be sure that if AS wants either of Clarke or Bowditch (or both!) he will be pulling the strings with gusto now. Who knows? Our ambitious manager may have other irons in the fire.
I'd liked to see them both - DB is probably the most realistic and was starting to develop a nice rapport with Charlie before he went back to ITFC. I think we would have a chance of either but it would be a pleasant surprise if they sign on the dotted line. Clarke AND Charlie Mac would prove a bit of a selection headache too, albeit a good one!
I'd liked to see them both - DB is probably the most realistic and was starting to develop a nice rapport with Charlie before he went back to ITFC. I think we would have a chance of either but it would be a pleasant surprise if they sign on the dotted line. Clarke AND Charlie Mac would prove a bit of a selection headache too, albeit a good one!
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Both would be amazing, one would be great.
More likely to see Deano than Billy I think
More likely to see Deano than Billy I think
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Not sure we can offer enough in wages and if we have to start paying out larger amounts I would prefer to secure Bennett's services first. There has been a clear out at GP but will that free-up enough?
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There are plenty more fish in the sea but I think you need to lower that 99% figure.
Anyone that didn't know about Billy Clarke hadn't been following our season.
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Does this mean we're signing Christano Ronaldo. He's one of the 3000 other footballers and at least 99% of bees fans have heard of him!
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Sort of feel sorry for Billy Clarke. Had his heart set on working with Roy Keane. If he signed for us i would be delighted though.
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Not the first or indeed the last player Keane will have upset
He is a Cork bhoy so will get over it, hopefully with BFC and the other Corkman Bennett next season
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Yes - he's promised to get the tractor boys promoted next season, which means he doesn't have time to develop talent, just to buy it.
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Interesting looking at those released players, Chris Casement, I believe was the right back who played for Wycombe in the 3-3 draw. I thought he looked a decent player and gave Wood a tough game. With us needing a right back he could be a decent signing.
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There are plenty more fish in the sea but I think you need to lower that 99% figure.
Anyone that didn't know about Billy Clarke hadn't been following our season.
Mark has a very valid point of view, in his usual abrasive style.
Most Bees fans latch onto bright performers, who are here for just a few months and want them to commit for a few years. Football isn't like that.
In response to the 99% figure, I'll guess 25% of the last home crowd did not know who Billy Clarke was before our Darlo game and 50% of the last home crowd hadn't sadly, seen him play before 2nd May.
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Oh I am well excited now!
I would expect one of them to end up there - they both will be looking to prove themselves, and know that they will get a good chance to do that at a club where they are already fan favourites.
Money aside, we must be an attractive option for both of them. Whether we can afford them is a different matter.
I would expect one of them to end up there - they both will be looking to prove themselves, and know that they will get a good chance to do that at a club where they are already fan favourites.
Money aside, we must be an attractive option for both of them. Whether we can afford them is a different matter.
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Yes, but the vast majority had not heard of him before on the day he signed for us, this is the point I'm making. The same goes for Wilson when some lunatics were still clamouring for Matt Heywood.
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Wilson I'll give you, as he had barely played a league game for Bristol City but Clarke had already scored more than a dozen league goals for Darlington and Northampton.
I'd be giving Brentford fans a little more credit - one per cent of our fan base is not a big number
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I wonder how many thought we'd signed that other "Billy" who scores a few goals
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Wilson I'll give you, as he had barely played a league game for Bristol City but Clarke had already scored more than a dozen league goals for Darlington and Northampton.
I'd be giving Brentford fans a little more credit - one per cent of our fan base is not a big number
Like I said on another thread, I was gutted when he went on loan to Colchester in the year when they pipped us. He didn't do much for them but I remember sh*tting myself when he came on at Layer Road during the game when Turner gave undoubtably the best performance ever in a Bees shirt. There were 1,000+ there who saw a young upstart from Ipswich called Billy Clarke for starters, I bet it was mentioned on here when he went there. We had no forwards and they had a loanee from Ipswich on the bench!
No wonder MA has turned to drink and flashing his bits at old ladies in a family pub.:sad:
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I suppose we all failed to notice he got a hat-trick for Norrthampton in Div.1
before coming to us, please dont assume all Bees fans are less well informed than you.
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Perhaps Mark should start playing Championship Manager to improve his awareness 
