| Topic: Steve Clarke |
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| 21. Author: Shaggy`s Beard Date: Thu 28th May 2026. 21:56 The timing of this is ludicrous. Gets an extension immediately before the tournament at which his performance should be judged. The SFA know SFA! Reply |
| 22. Author: Leamington_sPAR Date: Thu 28th May 2026. 22:22 DBA, Thu 28 May 21:38 The lack of a succession plan is glaringly obvious. He’s not been too keen to blood many younger squad members and relies on the same old same old. I don’t see anything changing from how we performed in the Euros. If we have to rely on a lone striker holding onto the ball then that speaks volumes on his approach to the WC. Reply |
| 23. Author: DBA Date: Thu 28th May 2026. 23:36 Leamington_sPAR, Thu 28 May 22:22 Surely that`s an argument to give him 4 years rather than 2 then? 2 years, and in your arguement we`re at the Craig Brown era of having no succession. 4 years, Clarke has no choice but to blood the next generation. Reply |
| 24. Author: Berry Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 08:09 Is it not weirdly a bit common for extensions to happen just before a major tournament, did it not happen to Tuchel there as well? Reply |
| 25. Author: Jeffery Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 08:44 Tuchel was a two year extension to take him just beyond Euro 2028. Seems a sensible contract length I`d say as they`ll just extend it again before euro 2028. Reply |
| 26. Author: Parsdaft21346327964 Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 08:56 The question is 1. who could we get in that is better without having to pay them out of a contract 2. How far do we need to get in this competition for every to agree he deserves it Out the group? Last 16? Last 8? Any further and then your just never going to be a Steve Clark fan and I get his style of play isn’t the best but perfect example right now look at West Ham they were doing great under David moyes then he got chased out the club just for them to go right back to where they were before him Would you take not qualifying for tournaments if it meant you got your pick in manager because I sure as hell wouldn’t Reply |
| 27. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 09:10 I get why Steve Clarke isn`t everybody`s cup of tea but it`s understandable that the SFA are sticking with him given his record in qualifying for tournaments compared with those of his predecessors. Reply |
| 28. Author: SusieQ Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 10:13 Denmark game aside, the football was utterly woeful during the qualifiers, yet somehow we`ve made it through. Coming off the back of a poor Euros, it`s easy to see why people call for his head despite qualification success. Don`t love or hate him but it`s absolutely imperative he starts to blood new players in the squad after the WC - McGinn & McTominay won`t be there for much longer & there`s every chance we`ll be back in the wilderness after the next Euros. I`ll take qualification any day of the week but it would be nice to do it with a few more performances like v Spain & definitely Denmark. As well as showing up in the tournaments themselves. COME ON YE PARS! Post Edited (Fri 29 May 10:14) Reply |
| 29. Author: doctordandruff Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 12:34 You have to remember that we were utterly gash for most of the Denmark game too. Only when he went more attacking did it show how bad Denmark were. It was so frustrating as the previous home game against them , we blew them out the water. That is Clarke in a nutshell really. I think there are 2 positives to him, he seems to cope well with the banana skins that used to trip us up, and he doesnt talk down the quality in the squad. I think Levein and Strachan did untold damage doing that Post Edited (Fri 29 May 12:36) Reply |
| 30. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 14:14 Weren`t we ranked third in that qualifying group and we won it? Oh sorry, we were lucky and the other teams were rubbish. Give the guy a break. Reply |
| 31. Author: Parsdaft21346327964 Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 14:25 “It was so frustrating as the previous home game against them , we blew them out the water” I really hope you don’t mean our 2-0 win against them because that was a completely different scenario they’d won 9/9 games already qualified Reply |
| 32. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 17:18 wee eck, Fri 29 May 14:14 Do you look at anything objectively, or just take offence at everything? 🤔 SusieQ was right - we were really poor in qualifying. Especially the home tie with Belarus, as shown by the players reaction when we got the second. We did get lucky in that Belarus held Denmark to a miracle draw in Copenhagen after we lost to Greece - had the Danes won we were in play offs at best. He has done great to get us to 3 major tournaments, but in the 2 he’s had so far we have been very poor. Will give him a break if we actually so well this summer. Post Edited (Fri 29 May 17:18) Reply |
| 33. Author: pacifist Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 17:26 He has the best record. And the players will work for him tirelessly. Qualifying was magnificent. I cant think of another manager who could come close to achieving what he has. Reply |
| 34. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 29th May 2026. 17:36 What`s more objective than saying winning a group where two teams were ranked above us was a good outcome? Reply |