Ciaran Clark D Free agent b.1989

[SkStu]

I agree Bonnie (apart from your apostrophe placement, I really have never heard of an Irish centre half (e.g. Richard Dunne) making/missing tackles and picking up yellow/red cards aplenty, so ffs to Sku for predicting that one.
Hard to say if it was more insightful than 'Coleman is a heartbeat away from giving away a penalty', but it's up there.
Maybe Villa are a team under pressure and whose back 4 come under pressure a lot but it would be mean to quibble over such perfect footie knowledge.

I am now a bit shy to predict that Randolph will eventually concede another goal.

enough with the madness Geysir. I mean there's bold predictions and there's madness.

[tricky_colour]

It is borderline insanity I would say. :)

[DeLorean]

Aston Villa kept a clean sheet and won their first PL game in twenty attempts with a centre back partnership of Lescott and Okore. It must be a huge weight off Remi Garde's shoulders even if they are still well adrift. It could be difficult for Clark (and Richards) to get back into the side in the short-term at least. Clark did come on in injury time last night.

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Scores what looks likely to be Villa's winner in their F.A. Cup replay against Wycombe.

Edit- ended 2-0.

[DeLorean]

Goal here- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7Cem-Rlyc)

Marking very slack but a bullet header all the same.

[DeLorean]

Just looking at the goal Villa conceded to Liverpool there and it's a bit worrying that Clark can't get on that team.

[DeLorean]

He'll surely get a few games after this.... 0-6 with twenty minutes left.

[seanfhear]

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/this-tweet-from-joleon-lescott-could-be-the-perfect-example-of-all-that-is-wrong-with-football-720586.html

Joleon Lescott must have been washing his car during the Liverpool game. He did clean it very well mind.

Bringing the likes of Lescott and Richards in to your club is bad judgement in my Opinion. At Least Joleon can clean his car which could be useful.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Conceded a penalty, which was missed.

Already losing by 4 goals so wouldn't have made much difference.

[tetsujin1979]

set to be available for Villa this weekend: http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~5530016,00.html

[Closed Account]

http://dailymotion.com/video/x47ykdz

[CraftyToePoke]

Martin Keown on Clark on BBC updates :
"Clark is one of the players to build around next season. He gets his head on it, first class.

"There is one for the future."

Nice to see a defender like Keown say this but does he realise Clarks age I wonder.

[Stuttgart88]

Well, strictly speaking the next game is in the future....

[BonnieShels]

The future is bright for Villa...

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/future-is-bright-for-aston-villa-youngsters-64815

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Rare footage here of Stutts evaluating Ciaran Clark as part of his infamous gut test. Shay Given was supposed to be the barometer but made a bit of show of himself.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcacfWnwmo

[sadloserkid]

Shay Given thinks the famine took place in the 1920s... wow, just wow.

[tetsujin1979]

Newcastle have met his release clause: https://mobile.twitter.com/CaulkinTheTimes/status/760183743005003776

#Nufc have met release clause in Ciaran Clark's contract at Aston Villa. Can play centre-half, left-back and holding midfielder.

[MeathDrog]

Unless he plays full back I don't see where he can start. Can't see Rafa picking anyone other than Mbemba and Lascelles at CBs.

[Colbert Report]

Just saw the video above. How does anyone born and reared in Derry think the famine took place in the 1920s? Especially when your choices are 1920s, 1750s, or 1840s? How young was he when he went abroad?

[Charlie Darwin]

He wasn't reared in Derry (though close enough).

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

How can anybody still call it a "famine" with a straight face?

But that's a discussion for another day.

Quite disheartening that there has been no PL move yet for any of our players. I suspect Brady will eventually move to a bottom half team but I think Hendrick and Duffy will remain in the Championship. And it looks almost certain Clark will. I even thought Hoolahan would've had an outside chance at a move but that's not to be.

On the upside Darron Gibson is on course to have a full pre-season. And Tommie Hoban has an outside chance of featuring for Watford. And the likes of O'Kane and McGeady haven't been cut loose yet.

Would like to see Lenihan get a chance at Hull but I suspect Bruce leaving and someone like Zola coming in won't do the chances of that much good.

[Charlie Darwin]

Well there have been Premier League moves for Hendrick but they were knocked back by a club who have the financial resources to drive a hard bargain for a player they don't want to lose. Brady is in a similar situation - there's interest but he's worth more to a financially strong club like Norwich than he is to the teams interested in buying him. Some of those players may need to do another season in the Championship and see how they're set then but it's not necessarily a bad thing. On the other hand, there's still another month to go and most Premier League teams do their business late.

[OwlsFan]

Just saw the video above. How does anyone born and reared in Derry think the famine took place in the 1920s? Especially when your choices are 1920s, 1750s, or 1840s? How young was he when he went abroad?

Maybe he was mixing up Ireland and the Ukraine.

Clark to Newcastle. Certainly a road back to the Premiership but whether he'll be playing regularly is another matter.

[Colbert Report]

Maybe he was mixing up Ireland and the Ukraine.

Clark to Newcastle. Certainly a road back to the Premiership but whether he'll be playing regularly is another matter.

How does anyone mix up Donegal and Derry?

[BonnieShels]

How does anyone mix up Donegal and Derry?

Their all the way up there. No time for details. Action is what we need. Not facts.

[tetsujin1979]

signing confirmed, five year deal: http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160803/united-complete-clark-capture_2281670_5776745

[tetsujin1979]

No sign of him tonight against Fulham

[tetsujin1979]

First start for him at Newcastle tonight

[tricky_colour]

Won 4-1. Thus presume he had a decent game.
Better then Blackburn's Shane Duffy who got two own goals!

[TrapAPony]

Won 4-1. Thus presume he had a decent game.


Guess who gave away a penalty for Newcastle which Reading scored from?;)

[SkStu]

Guess who gave away a penalty for Newcastle which Reading scored from?;)

Titus Bramble.

[tetsujin1979]

Guess who gave away a penalty for Newcastle which Reading scored from?;)
Coolio?

[Eminence Grise]

Julio Geordio?

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSXzRWlL7Z0)

[MeathDrog]

Guess who gave away a penalty for Newcastle which Reading scored from?;)
Looked like a harsh enough decision in fairness.

[DeLorean]

Looked clumsy enough to me on one viewing, after a dreadful touch got him into trouble.

[OwlsFan]

Delight at his Magpies' bow, apparently: http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160818/clarks-delight-at-magpies-bow_2281670_5816944

[the doc]

Looked clumsy enough to me on one viewing, after a dreadful touch got him into trouble.

He's a liability, will always make goal conceding errors.

Look at how the joker performed at the Euros, dreadful!

[DeLorean]

I still like him though and think he's better than our other options, bar O'Shea but time is catching up with him obviously. He had a poor second half against Belgium, really poor, but he was good in his other one and a half games, and excellent in the B&H playoff and Swiss friendly.

[DeLorean]

Scored Newcastle's fourth in a 6-0 win at QPR. No sign of Daryl Murphy in their squad.

[tetsujin1979]

Goal and an assist tonight, Newcastle thrashed QPR 6-0 at Loftus Road
Shodipo probably happy he didn't get off the bench for the home side

[SkStu]

Got a tidy header for Newcastles opener today.

Also a consolation goal for proud Irishman Scott Hogan, scrappy enough.

https://youtu.be/doe_nncl7mI

doe_nncl7mI

[OwlsFan]

Found the onion sack last night, alas at the wrong end :( WwEuq5IuDLg

[DeLorean]

Is there a case for blaming the keeper instead? I don't think he should come for that.

[OwlsFan]

Is there a case for blaming the keeper instead? I don't think he should come for that.

Possibly. You can see the pain in Clark's eyes though after the goal.

[DeLorean]

Yeah, that's going to hurt at any stage, let alone the 90th minute. Hopefully Rafa finds it in his stony heart to forgive him.

[Stuttgart88]

QPR were well worth the draw. Manning was quietly impressive in the bits I saw. Murphy looks to be back at a good level of fitness.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Newcastle fans seem to love him.

[KK77]

QPR were well worth the draw. Manning was quietly impressive in the bits I saw. Murphy looks to be back at a good level of fitness.

Yes impressive alright. Great to see.

[Stuttgart88]

Is there a case for blaming the keeper instead? I don't think he should come for that.It was a gimme for the keeper if he shouted for it.

[DeLorean]

That's true actually, doesn't really look like he did.