I was aware Phil Clarke was trolling the first time I read his article.

I fully expected a bunch of ts to be foaming at the mouth and chomping upon it.

What I didn't expect was the same ted reaction from the Leeds coach, the England captain and sundry other players on Twitter.

Phil Clarke must be

LMAO at McClennan getting involved.

Has anyone mentioned his comments earlier on in the season to him yet?

With each post you edge further and further towards your previous incarnation.

How long is it going to be before we get the odd ‘Shag’?


BTW

i31.photobucket.com/albums/c387/ ... Clarke.jpg hope there are some people wearing this mask at the match

i31.photobucket.com/albums/c387/ ... Clarke.jpg hope there are some people wearing this mask at the match

No it wasnt. You have lost your edge.
maybe people feel someone suffering a serious injury isnt a particularly ripe area for poor attempts at irony. Its not a huge issue, it makes Clarke look classless and tasteless whether he was being serious or not.

Maybe if you have a car crash tomorrow and are sitting in a hospital bed wondering if you will be able to work again you and your work colleagues may also struggle to see the ironic humour in your predicament.

Id be a little disappointed in his professionalism as well if a public face of our game was using an players injury as an opportunity for trolling, its a fairly pathetic past-time to start with more suited to the lonely and socially maladjusted never mind his subject matter.

you seemed to have answered a different question to the one i asked aswell, which isnt like you

Unfortunately no. Leeds fans will be wearing their usual.

Quick Matron...... the smelling salts! Exeter is having one of his turns!

As you've just spent the afternoon brown nosing on the Wigan board, I don't think we can give much credence to your thoughts Mary Poppins.

ALL press releases will have been signed off by GH prior to release.

That's brill. Go and post it on the Wigan Board. They've got a Phill Clarke mask thread.

I think Clarke saw an opportunity to ruffle a few Rhinos hairs.

The initial classlessness and tastelessness came from McClennan.

McGuire illegally took out Carmont and suffered a serious self-inflicted injury in the process.

McClennan (who appears to be losing the plot of late) immediately suffers a knee-jerk emotional reaction to that bad news by accusing a Wigan player of inflicting the injury on McGuire off the ball.

Meanwhile the Wigan players have got over the loss quickly and moved on whilst their more professional coach has maintained a dignified silence, hasn't got involved in any sh[ii[/it-stirring and is concentrating on preparations for the next game(s).

Up steps Phil Clarke to stir the pot.

And he's done it extremely successfully.

RL pundit from Sky TV being deliberately controversial, eh? Shock Horror! They aren't employed to be impartial... they are employed to generate hype, generate interest which in turn means generating more subscriptions to Sky Sports.

The Leeds coach, players and fans seriously need to get a grip before Saturday and quit relentlessly chomping and chelping. It ain't a good look.

Reminds me of someone who had a dig at you earlier today

Well he did it in a very tasteless way. The fact thats what he aimed to do doesnt mitigate it.

And that is relevent to Clarke because?
no he didnt, he suffered a chance injury in the normal course of a game. The fact it was suffered in committing a minor infringement is neither here nor there


Im comfortable with my coach showing emotion. His ability to build team spirit (an emotion after all) is reference by some very very experienced and successful players as helping THEM perform to the best of their abilities and win trophies.

Because the actions of their players were indefensible. Im sure they regret it and didnt do it in full knowledge of Mcguire's injury, but they arent going to come out and apologise at this stage are they.
If Phil Clarke acts with such a lack of class he should be pulled up for it, I've no problem with Clarke being controversial, simply being offensive.

Im sure your limited knowledge of performing in a big game is of no interest to 3 time consecutive SL winners, a tri-nations winning coach, an GB captain or anyone else affiliated with the club.

They have been through controversies bigger than this and come out winners in the end and at the end of the week we will see if they can do it this year.

Show some class and put the Clarke comments to bed, it really will not help you this weekend. Clear heads are needed to win and I feel chanting obscene stuff at Phil Clarke on national TV will really show the club up in a bad light.

You're coach has voiced the opinion of the club and it should be left at that. I've no doubt Phil Clarke regrets the way his comments have been interpreted but at least he said what he was thinking and did not toe the party line. Maybe that's why he left his position of GB manager and why the international team is in such a mess.

I hope the best team wins this week and no player from either club is injured (or commentators lol).

Only from the perspective of a knee-jerking t perhaps.



It was a clear indication of a large number of rhinos ts just ripe for the picking 10.431640625:10