So......a fair few games in..whats everyones thoughts on Mr Clark?? Personally, despite a 'settling in' period. I must say im underwhelmed...am i being harsh??

Needs to do a little bit more. I must admit, despite me being very impressed with him last year, and him being and outstanding player; I don't think he was MOS.

Not harsh at all. I think you've used the perfect word, without being vindictive or anything else......





......underwhelmed.....

Paul Aiton was very poor at Hooker for Leeds last season but he's probably been the key elite performing 9 in the league this season. It took him a whole year to settle in at Leeds and he's seven years older than Clark.

Also, Clark thrives in a quick PTB from his forwards. At Cas their pack were electric at playing it for a lot of last season and have started in the last few weeks in getting that right for Milner (last 3 games Milner's looked on fire but it's his pack playing the ball quickly that's making him look good) this season.
Apart from TKing (though he's been a centre admittedly) our pack play the ball at snails pace. He's double teamed and gobbled up in no time because our PTBs are painfully slow.

It has to be said though, that, he's no Michael Monaghan!

I'd be more worried about Mick Higham, he doesn't really offer much anymore and I'd love to see Brad Dwyer brought back to add some zip.

Am I the only one who thought Clark had his best game in a wire shirt last night ?

Clarke was okay behind a beaten pack.

He'll come good when the Refs decide to clean up standing square at the play ball.
Not sure which season that might be but at the minute he doesn't stand a chance scooting when markers are standing side by side......

Whilst agreeing that the policing of the markers at the PTB leaves a lot to be desired, I don't think it's any worse than it was last year when Clark was ripping teams to shreds.

The significant difference isn't the PTB but the colour of the shirt on his back.

Cas obviously played to his strengths, doing everything to earn a quick PTB and at the moment we look aaaahhh cumbersome in that regards, but for me the body language is all wrong. He looks like a player doing the bare minimum of his job spec, and doesn't appear to even be looking for opportunities to run, let alone taking any.

Cas on the other hand, are going rather nicely now. They have a decent hooker, certainly no Clark circa 2014 but very capable, and a good utility stand-off in Roberts who is guiding them round the park nicely.

Ever get the feeling you've been had?

He did have 3 or 4 months out with a serious illness though.

We need Clark to be acting half when Big Roy is on. Roy can get up and play the ball quicker than most.

Clark so far has been garbage, I'm sure he'll turn it around but so far let's not beat about the bush...dog poo.

Sims had been steady, nothing special, certainly not warranting all that preseason sycophantic crawling up his backside stuff.

Wheeler...injured...surprise surprise.