Has Trevor Clarke become the new Mildenhall pr mistake?

Not a DC bash by any means, but I recall the time he sent Ellis out on loan to Hartlepool 10mins after scoring the winner away to Oxford. Very bizarre. In the middle of a promotion season as well😄

Let managers manage. Their way. They are the ones who live or die by the results.  👍🏾

Without being there i don’t know what has happened or what was said between them so I’ve got no opinion of whether is was handled badly by either or them , one of them or neither.

Very true but that’s not what o2o2 is saying is it? (Of course he doesn’t need me to make it clear, he can do that) Unless I’m mistaken he’s talking about the manner in which it's been done and how it was done so publicly. If players are not performing then managers drop them but don’t always call them out so blatantly.
Perhaps JB was hoping to get a result similar to what happened with Luke Thomas last year. I suspect that players will know that JB has his very ‘individual’ way of dealing with certain situations which isn’t the norm and not always like everyone’s else’s way of doing it. Perhaps some raised eyebrows and a shake of the head but then move on. I don’t like it as a way of treating people but I’ve never been a professional football player or manager.

UTG!

Joe and Clarkey had a disagreement/arguement.

That's history.

Clarkey back in the fold.

Joe happy to have Clarkey back.

Clarkey,after failing to find a new fc,is we can assume, happy to be considered for selection again at Rovers.

A two way thing.

Kinda agree.
Although GC was much maligned by not his results, but how he accrued them.

Attendances dropped because it was boring (apparently).

It's not so much results full stop nothing else, it's about how you manage and how you endear with team spirit, uniting fan base and club, and attainment with effort.

I saw the sacking of the 3, as publicly as it was conducted as potentially a bad move. Have some humility FFS, help the players and move on with dignity. They have families to support too, we're not a charity but we do have a duty of care to help players that might not quite be quality or fit into our way of transition up the league..

Um because you're dealing with human beings, not commodities.

Agree supporting families on L1 wages appear to be higher than average living wage....but how this has been handled, creating instability in a public way, that was unilaterally declared as a sacking.

The reasons appear nonchalant as TC was as instantly called up for first team inclusion v Plymouth and league match sub v Morecambe without subsequent public redress.

It just appears crass.

We don’t know the full story.

If he ends up playing his socks off but his manner wasn’t what Joe wanted before his kick up the arse then whatever has been done has been effective.

Sometimes, like with LT, you need to give people a kick up the arse to effectively be cruel to be kind. Some people need that.

And sometimes being harsh is actually being fair on someone to give them the best chance of them performing and succeeding.

Being mean to Trevor Clarke and Luke Thomas are not necessarily evidence of JB being a poor man manager. For all we know, it could be a sign that Joey knows how to motivate a man in the way that most fits them and their circumstances.

Totally agree.He never stopped and had a great game.