"Lee Clark could find himself at Elland Road very shortly"

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16Feb

“Lee Clark could find himself at Elland Road very shortly”

Nothing quite sticks in the craw like an unfair dismissal, so you can forgive ex-Huddersfield man Lee Clark for feeling a little bit ‘Carlos Tevez’ about his current predicament. Only three losses from 55 matches, and he was still handed his P45 and given the heave-ho. Has the world gone mad? The Life’s A Pitch team forages through the muck in search of answers, and to get to the bottom of rumours that Clark might end up at nearby Leeds.

“From the outside looking in, it seems insane to get rid of a young manager who has such a good record,” begins Dominic Fifield of the Guardian. “But Huddersfield fans have been quick to point out that things haven’t been that rosy for Lee Clark – he’s only managed 17 points from the last 36 available, and has made some odd selection decisions. It doesn’t seem to have come as that much of a surprise in Huddersfield itself.”

As the plot begins to thin, the word on the street also suggests that the air had soured between Clark and Huddersfield’s chairman Dean Hoyle. A fact not lost on Duncan White of the Sunday Telegraph. ”The relationship with the chairman had broken down, and the argument is that he’s been given good backing, and that when it counted Lee Clark didn’t deliver. But who is going to replace him? And will they really be any better?”

Former footballer and journalist Adrian Clarke has a theory, involving Simon Grayson heading to Huddersfield, with Clark going in the other direction to the vacant post at Leeds. “It’s got ‘job swap’ written all over it,” he says. “Leeds is open, and I think Ken Bates will go for a good, young, up-and-coming manager who won’t demand crazy wages. Lee Clark could find himself at Elland Road very shortly.”

Watch the full video discussion by clicking on the image play button above.

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David Lockwood

Bloody madness. Have all the directors in football lost it or what??
Michael

As a Leeds fan I would hate Clarke at Elland Road. He has spent a fortune compared to Grayson and still looks no nearer to getting Huddersfield promoted.
If Grayson goes to Huddersfield he will do a fine job! He was “hung out to dry” by Bates and did not have a chance.
I wish him luck. In the circumstances working for a vile Dictator he did a fantastic job at Leeds.
Mickpud

He wont go to leeds, they dont have money, unlike the terriers who have bucketloads of dosh. im a town fan and as much as he is a top bloke, he just wasnt gonna get us out of this shite league. hopefully we will go for warnock.
Anonymous

One thing everybody seems to dimiss is Grayson’s ability to bring in good players. Everybody knows what a stingy cock piece Bates is but the fact remains that with, or without serious money to spend, Grayson brought in a hell of a lot of players and the majority never even featured.

Maybe Grayson didn’t have the pull to entice players to Leeds, Bates in charge and his wicked ways also wouldn’t help sway a player to choose Leeds, especially with the lack of ambition shown by Bates and his willingness to spend but the fact remains that with the money Grayson had he brought in a load of shit and never adressed the areas we are lacking … everytime I saw a player being signed by Grayson it seemed to be another midfielder.

I’d love to have seen Leeds offload the 15 or so players they have that never play and use them wages to pay half a dozen much better players but i guess we won’t see that anytime soon.
Anonymous

There a bigger club than Huddersfield will ever be, money or not.
Bluesman

Spot on Michael!
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Jonathan Adamson

The stats speak for themselves TOO MANY DRAWS there was clearly not enough return for the cash given to Clark to spend and in my eyes it was a simple decision. You have to question the mangerial ability of an individual who has been given the opportunity to bring in was it 45 new players over the course of 3 seasons? i’m sure if you gave an avarage league 1 club that amount of spending power they would be able to make a more legitamate push for promotion than Huddersfield have. 3 seasons is a long time in football not to hit targets. I think it’s a question of Lee Clark ‘don’t hate the player hate the game’
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