Three defeats in 55 league games has ensured that Lee Clark’s integrity is well intact. Jettisoned from Huddersfield Town via a two-minute phone call with chairman Dean Hoyle, how shoddily he was informed only augments the respect for him.
He is the unluckiest victim of the sacking season in English football yet however chastening this experience may be, the fog is absent for this Tyne-born 39-year-old.
Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, two sleeping giants, would be well-advised to capitalise on the Geordie’s ill-fortune to build a new dynasty at Elland Road or Molineux.
Even the occasional 606 caller suggested Clark to replace Fabio Capello. Although that may have been overstating his credentials, his unfamiliarity to defeat makes him the ideal tonic for playoff hopefuls or budding relegation survivors.
But what next for the ex-Newcastle United midfielder? Luke Edwards of The Daily Telegraph tweeted his surprise:
Norwich City midfielder Anthony Pilkington, who played under Clark for Town said that he was "Gutted."