On the main Bristol Rovers forum, there is a thread that is headed, “Darrell Clarke: what is he good for? Please list…” and people then list all his alleged deficiencies, starting with him being the most clueless manager in the history of the club
How disappointed must some people be to now discover that he actually knows what he’s doing?
Social media was full of (sh)it too, calling for Clarke’s sacking with immediate effect. We should appoint (insert name of anyone else).
It’s lucky the supporters don’t make managerial decisions because if this thread, which has had coming up to 5000 views, was anything to go by, Marcus Stewart would now be the caretaker manager whilst the board staggered around trying to appoint someone else. And all this was less than two weeks ago. Now Rovers sit on the edge of a play off position.
There are reasons why people watch professional football. The main ones are that supporters are obviously crap footballers or they are too old. I have been in both categories.
That is not to say that supporters know nothing about football and don’t deserve an opinion. Everyone deserves an opinion but if your sole experience of the game is from the stand, I would suggest your knowledge is not quite on the level of, say, Darrell Clarke’s. Mine certainly isn’t.
Perhaps tonight, a new thread will appear admitting that we didn’t really get it right about Clarke, that ours was a knee-jerk reaction and Rovers might have got a managerial appointment right for once.
I understand that other directors had more of an influence in Clarke’s appointment and maybe that has helped too?
