Matt Clarke back in training

Everyone has different powers of recovery but at 26 you'd think he'd be ok to get up to speed within weeks rather than months. Nonetheless it adds competition and will give MC a big boost to his overall long term plans.
 
Clarke played one good game under Wilder that I remember, I think it was against Swansea. He linked up really well down the left hand side. But then he went downhill fast, probably due to the injury. Good to see him back in training and if he's usually the player from the first game, great. Don't know if he'll be troubling the first team any time soon though.
 
We have to improve our closing down its all team effort.

Against QPR their first goal was a bit of free hit - OK 19 times of 20 the ball would have been saved or not gone in, but for me you still have to make it as difficult as possible for the opposition to shoot.
 
rbmfc1985 said:
Clarke played one good game under Wilder that I remember, I think it was against Swansea. He linked up really well down the left hand side. But then he went downhill fast, probably due to the injury. Good to see him back in training and if he's usually the player from the first game, great. Don't know if he'll be troubling the first team any time soon though.
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hes really needed s hes better thanANYTHING we currently have
 
uncle_rico said:
If we can get Clarke back to 100% he’ll be the best CB we have at the club in my opinion. Us signing him was bizarre the way the then coach wanted him to play. If he’s playing in a back 4, which he will under Carrick, then he will shine. Really hoping we can get him back to full fitness.
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Lenihan is streets ahead of him. Fry is also better. As is McNair.

Funny how everyone at the time we signed him was saying he's perfect for what we needed at the time (a ridiculous overlapping centre back), obviously only until they saw him play.

Happy for him that he's on the way to recovery, but if Clarke is how we're going to turn round our leaky defence then we're really in trouble.
 
BernieisGod said:
Great news and let's hope he gets back playing ASAP.

However, have I not read on here a few times that he has been back 'training' for months but as soon as he does anything resembling football, his back can't cope?
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www.gazettelive.co.uk

Clarke and Bola spotted in light training as Boro duo near comebacks

Matt Clarke and Marc Bola have yet to make an appearance under Michael Carrick due to injury
www.gazettelive.co.uk

He was back training with the squad in December according to that, but not full contact stuff.

So if he's in full training that's got to be a positive.
 
Way_Out_West said:
Lenihan is streets ahead of him. Fry is also better. As is McNair.

Funny how everyone at the time we signed him was saying he's perfect for what we needed at the time (a ridiculous overlapping centre back), obviously only until they saw him play.

Happy for him that he's on the way to recovery, but if Clarke is how we're going to turn round our leaky defence then we're really in trouble.
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Righto.

Player of the year at his three previous clubs, including Brighton.

If we can get him back to 100% he will be starting games for us.
 
Played in the final few games of Wilders tenure where we were all over the place.

Didn't look comfortable - alongside the other CBs - in the back 3.

Impossible to judge him.....but as said player of the year at three previous clubs means he's a good player

Looking forward to having him back, seeing him in action👍
 
At least there should now be real competition at centre half. I’d rather have Djksteel get a run at rb and smith be back up and we stick to 4 at the back but I would t be surprised if we try the above mentioned back 3 with jones and one of the new boys as wing backs.
 
Way_Out_West said:
Lenihan is streets ahead of him. Fry is also better. As is McNair.

Funny how everyone at the time we signed him was saying he's perfect for what we needed at the time (a ridiculous overlapping centre back), obviously only until they saw him play.

Happy for him that he's on the way to recovery, but if Clarke is how we're going to turn round our leaky defence then we're really in trouble.
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Based on what? A handful of games when he was carrying what turned out to be a very serious injury. His game against Swansea was the only one where he wasn't injured, and I remember everyone saying after that game that he was what we needed. He seemed solid defensively and linked up really well with Giles on the left.

None of us know how good he's going to be. We've never really seen him play uninjured, we've never seen him play in a back four, and we have no idea how much the injury has taken out of him. But being player of the year at multiple clubs suggests that there's a good player in there. He might be what we need, he might not. We'll just have to wait and see how he does if he gets a game. Writing him off right now reminds me of the "if we're relying on Akpom to score goals we may as well give up now" posts we had at the beginning of last season.
 
Expat Smoggie said:
Everyone has different powers of recovery but at 26 you'd think he'd be ok to get up to speed within weeks rather than months. Nonetheless it adds competition and will give MC a big boost to his overall long term plans.
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Firstly, I'm no medical professional, neither do I have access to Matt Clarke's medical records.

But I would be surprised if he can start for the first xi in less than a month. Caution will be taken given his one step forward, two steps back recovery thus far for one. He'd probably take a bare minimum of 3 weeks to get his full fitness back bearing in mind the length of a normal pre-season, the fact he's had a huge layoff and he won't be pushed too fast.
At the end of this period he would be introduced into the reserves, then make the bench for the first team, possibly coming on for the last 10 or 15 minutes if the game allows it. Followed by a starting appearance in which he'd be subbed around the hour mark.

IF all goes well with him it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest this would probably take around 5 weeks, with a week or two longer to get his full match sharpness back.

In a glass half full way of looking at it, a month and a half to him possibly performing out of his boots is nothing when compared to how long he's been sidelined. And at least the international break eats up some of that time!
 
Ipad1977 said:
Firstly, I'm no medical professional, neither do I have access to Matt Clarke's medical records.

But I would be surprised if he can start for the first xi in less than a month. Caution will be taken given his one step forward, two steps back recovery thus far for one. He'd probably take a bare minimum of 3 weeks to get his full fitness back bearing in mind the length of a normal pre-season, the fact he's had a huge layoff and he won't be pushed too fast.
At the end of this period he would be introduced into the reserves, then make the bench for the first team, possibly coming on for the last 10 or 15 minutes if the game allows it. Followed by a starting appearance in which he'd be subbed around the hour mark.

IF all goes well with him it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest this would probably take around 5 weeks, with a week or two longer to get his full match sharpness back.

In a glass half full way of looking at it, a month and a half to him possibly performing out of his boots is nothing when compared to how long he's been sidelined. And at least the international break eats up some of that time!
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agreed, He has certainly been on the grass for a week, and now we have a 2 week break. So when we reconvene after international break he should have 3 weeks work under his belt. I'd expect at this point he will be looking for a 60 minute run out with the U21s. From there it will be monitor how his body reacts. If all good he could possibly be bench ready within another week. So about 5 weeks from now. 5 weeks of full training, baring any setbacks and he could then be approaching available for selection, but still a bit behind on his match sharpness.
 
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