Sean Clare - July 2024 signed for Leyton Orient (p33)
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One of my favourite players of recent times tbh so a bit disappointed he's gone. I kinda get it though. We need players playing in their natural positions week in week out. A player like Sean ads a lot of value to a well equipped squad though as he can do a job in a few areas. If he was a bit part player in SCPs champions squad we'd all be saying how valuable he was, but I'm afraid he's been exposed in a couple of poor teams. Wish him all the best. A top bloke and left everything on the pitch. Hope he gets himself a good gig.6
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Signed for Wigan, will wear number 7.5
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Tactic sorted for Wigan then. Pump plenty of balls in behind him and hope he gives away more cheap fouls.1
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Shame really, decent squad player at this level.1
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Played out of position from the moment he signed. Good luck to the bloke. He’ll be fine as long as they don’t want him at full back.5
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Given all the talk of how much he likes playing in midfield it's interesting Wigan have announced him as a defender
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Number 7. Either right winger or available squad number.
Still in the disappointed camp.
One of the few players I enjoyed watching for us over the last couple of seasons. Admittedly caught out of position at full back, albeit in a shit team. Would liked to have seen him with decent players around him.
Definitely more than a "decent squad player"...
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And given him the number 7 which is just wrongfenaddick said:Given all the talk of how much he likes playing in midfield it's interesting Wigan have announced him as a defender0 -
always liked Clare, good luck to him
personally I’d have kept him
decent length contract….although by the sounds of it good luck getting 3 years wages out of them!3 -
We had too many players last season that drifted in and out of games and lost concentration at key times. Hence all the goals conceded, particularly from set pieces. Sean was part of this problem.5
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good signing for Wigan .. never played in his proper position for us (midfield) .. I hope we don't come to regret his release0
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Attempted the 5th most tackles lol.Scoham said:Signed for Wigan, will wear number 7.
How desperate can you get?
I'm waiting for the stat that he got skinned or dozed off more often than 75% of L1 defenders.10 -
ShootersHillGuru said:Played out of position from the moment he signed. Good luck to the bloke. He’ll be fine as long as they don’t want him to defend.
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He doesn't have a position, that's his problem. He reckons he's a midfielder but he never played worse for us than when he played in the middle. He was a middling to poor centre back and a decent enough full back. I think he might potentially be at his best on the right of a narrow midfield but even then I can see where the problems would be. He's a great athlete and ok on the ball but he just doesn't have a spot on the pitch that works for him because his positioning, awareness and concentration are so poorShootersHillGuru said:Played out of position from the moment he signed. Good luck to the bloke. He’ll be fine as long as they don’t want him at full back.
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Would love to understand how WhoScored define “concentration”…Covered End said:
Attepted the 5th most tackles lol.Scoham said:Signed for Wigan, will wear number 7.
How desperate can you get?
I'm waiting for the stat that he got skinned or dozed off more often than 75% of L1 defenders.4 -
Good luck to him, would have liked to see him playing in his proper position.0
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The reason he signed for us was he wanted to play in midfield. At Oxford he was promised a midfield role and then was put at the back. The same thing happened to him here with us.
Wish him well and hope he gets to play where he wants.3 -
A quality league one player, gutted to lose him tbh.4
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NB I wish him well and hope he starts every game for Wigan.1
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Didn’t play there regularly under Adkins, Jackson, Garner or Holden, neither did he at Oxford.Lincsaddick said:good signing for Wigan .. never played in his proper position for us (midfield) .. I hope we don't come to regret his release
Have all those managers really missed that they had a great central midfielder that just needed a run of games? Wigan are even calling him a defender.
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lolCafc43v3r said:
If Solly had the physical attributes of Clare he would have played for England.Garrymanilow said:
There's some fantastic tackles in there, but then I don't think anyone's ever doubted his physicality and his tackling skill. He wasn't a terrible right back by any stretch, but there's also a fair few tackles in there where he's putting in a last-ditch challenge on an attacker racing towards goal. That's him making up ground on a player he let run in behind him. He didn't always catch them and that was the problem, too many instances of a player running off him because he's good at marshalling the man but not the space. If you look at Chris Solly in 2011/12 he won so many 1 on 1 duels, he was an absolute master of it, but he also created situations where the only option the winger had was to go at him and try and get past because his positioning was so good people couldn't get in behind him. If Clare was capable of doing that more he would have been on a level with Solly, maybe even above as he's a great athlete, but he doesn't have that positional nous that you need if dominating your winger is what you're best atarthur said:
Careful now, there might be some evidence of defending in there that seems to have been forgotten by some!Scoham said:1 -
Concentration! Are they having a laugh?Callumcafc said:
Would love to understand how WhoScored define “concentration”…Covered End said:
Attepted the 5th most tackles lol.Scoham said:Signed for Wigan, will wear number 7.
How desperate can you get?
I'm waiting for the stat that he got skinned or dozed off more often than 75% of L1 defenders.
Likeable lad. No questions to be asked about his work rate. Not good enough though. Not bothered at all that a “rival” has signed him. Wish him luck though.4 -
So two of our released League Two players have ended up with teams relegated from the Championship
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He was best as the third CB in a back 3, but I didn't rate him to be honest. His decision making was woeful, the amount of stupid fouls he gave away etc. Seems a nice, articulate bloke off the pitch though so I wish him well.3
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Switched off so many times, I'm not sure how he could be seen as quality. Good luck to him though.BenHaimandBikey said:A quality league one player, gutted to lose him tbh.2 -
Aside from the same-old being 'argued', has anybody noticed his shirt number as 7?
Wonder if he will get a "go" in midfield.0 -
Left back, should never play there again.Callumcafc said:
Would love to understand how WhoScored define “concentration”…Covered End said:
Attepted the 5th most tackles lol.Scoham said:Signed for Wigan, will wear number 7.
How desperate can you get?
I'm waiting for the stat that he got skinned or dozed off more often than 75% of L1 defenders.0 -
A decent squad player but wouldn't have gotten in either Powell or Bowyer's promotion teams. That said hope it works out for him at Wigan and maybe they're having to cut there cloth accordingly for once at this level if he's been given the no 7 shirt.
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Sad to see him go. Thought he was more than ok & attacked just as well as he defended. Quite often he was the catalyst for our wins, especially at home. Moved quickly upfield with the ball & helped out JRS no end. One game near the end of the season (might have been the last home game) he brought us to life in the 2nd half & was unlucky not to score.
Could do worse at right back....esp if we dont spend any money. Remember, there are plenty of Matt Penny's around when you go for a freebie.
Will be forever remembered for his piledriver at the JS end. Wish him well.11 -
stats seem highly selective, how about some more completed stats..
Not really sure what his natural position was, and or that he was decent in it.
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