He's staying. Oh joy.

Well, that website that ranked all SP's signings gave JC 9/10 so he must be essential........

I don't see Darryl Powell being solely in charge of recruitment in this contract extension! If he is its his first mistake IMO. Waste of cap space, if a good prop comes available during the season we are better having the cash available to move on that than having a totally defence minded second row/ bloke too small to play prop on the field.

I can't see Powell liking his style of attack at all, run it in (with zero threat of any offload or delayed pass) , stand in the tackle fending off defenders so it takes a good 30 seconds to be completed(with still no threat of any offload), get a painfully slow play the ball put your teams attack on the back foot and totally blunt any attacking momentum. Barring injuries does anyone think he will play? I'm very willing to be wrong about this and blame it all on price (the Steve Price fan club booted me out before the challenge Cup win against saints for negativity in the WhatsApp groups) but I don't think I will be wrong on this.

.... and to think, we couldn't establish a compromise for a prop's contract (which WILL bite us on the ar53) who has served us excellently , but WE CAN extend the contract of "a plodder".


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Our recruitment has been good for next year, and J.Clark staying will just be for squad depth and his Utility value.
We proberbly didn't have much miney left to bring a decent prop in so he's a safe bet.

Even if Clark had played well for us, the fact is that we have a 19 year old academy product who is better than him. One of the worst uses of salary cap space I can remember.

I'll have a pint of what you're on.

Ffs is exactly what I thought when I saw the news.

plus

WHY?

...and...

WHAT FOR?

Strange that apparently the squad numbers will be announced tomorrow seeing as we're not even back in training yet?
Powell must have a definative plan of who's best in what position already. I wouldn't have given Clark the number 14 shirt again though.

Has Inglis been denied return to Australia, so "Jace" decided to keep him company?

Just had a look at the club's Facebook page. Strewth. It's like North Korea.

Average player, rarely breaks a tackle nevermind the line but takes up a quota spot.

Actually, I think I've figured out why he's staying....

....it's so Powelly Wowelly can put out a press release before each game that says "Clark dropped", which gets opposition coaches & fans all over confident coz they think it means Daryl, but it's really Jacey Wacey!

Dazza, shirley? That's Dazza Clarky Warky not Powelly Wowelly

I don't mind the fella. I know he doesn't run the ball in like Adrian Morley (I will go and get my tin hat and await the "he doesn't even run like Adrian Mole" comments).
I know I am going to sound like what some players say who have played with him but I do see some of the things he does.
Here is an example. When 3 forwards are involved in a tackle there is sometimes a Mexican stand off as to who will get back the 10 yards and which 2 stay at marker. Even when he is last man off (you would expect the first defender on his feet to get back the 10metres) Clark will drop back 10 no matter what. That allows Cooper, Mulhern or Philbin to conserve energy for their attack.
There are loads of examples like sprinting to put pressure on the kicker. Or chasing kicks that allow other forwards to save energy.
I know that I will be accused of being related to him but sometimes you need that type of player. Adam Milner or Nathan Massey who played 13 for Cas were not destructive ball runners but did the sort of stuff that Clark does. OK Knowles at Saints is the best at this sort of stuff and he has a far better running game.
Powell is no mug. He knows we need players to do this sort of stuff that goes largely unnoticed and do it well.
When we played Cas at the last game of Powell at Wheldon Road the sky cameras picked up on Powell and J Clark having a chat after the game and you could see from that, that Powell rated Clark.
I will dissappear now and come back in a few days when this thread has moved off the front page.