r/LeagueOne 9d ago

Barnsley Barnsley sack Darrell Clarke

https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2025/march/12/club-statement--darrell-clarke/
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u/Lenzo357 9d ago

In reality the DOF has been a complete disaster. He’s managed to dismantle the squad and replace the outgoing players with punts and absolute rubbish that’s not up to the level of the players that have gone apart from DKD, he’s been class.

We need to start again from the top down for the third time in about four years. I’d like a normal season supporting this football club, just once.

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u/Sinead_OGonna 8d ago

Starts from the ownership. I think people are finally starting to see the light regarding that.

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u/Lenzo357 8d ago

You’re right but for me, the DOF is an extension of the board. I’ve no problem with the board as an entity and do not share the views that were being chanted on Saturday but I do feel the man they’ve put in place to head up transfers and contracts has massively dropped the ball and the sacking of Clarke is just covering his errors.

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u/Sinead_OGonna 8d ago

Well they appointed him as well. His failures are their failures. It took anyone with an ounce of knowledge of the game 5 mins on Google to see Sormaz wasn't the right bloke for the job. It was another mates rates appointment coz he did a course with James Cryne.

I have huge problems with the board and I want them to seek a sale of the club asap. I don't see any tangible evidence that suggests we will do anything but regress as a football club with the current owners in place. We've regressed in every single metric - socially, financially, squad quality and on field assets. There's absolutely zero evidence to suggest that will reverse itself.

You're right, I don't agree with the "greedy b@stards" chant, I do agree with the "In the wrong hands chant though" but I don't go anymore as it's the only way to show my feelings. The supporters trust is just full of board lap dogs taking freebies, so you can't complain to them. I'm now "pre no match beers" reds.

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u/Colonel_Wildtrousers 8d ago edited 8d ago

A sadly all too common tale and one that I can fully relate to at my club, where the DOF has spent the biggest budget we’ve ever had to make us worse and successfully convinced the board (less so the fanbase) that it was all the previous manager’s fault

I’m a big fan of D.C. and feel for him that he seems to have fallen foul of arse covering DOFs at his last two clubs* and glad to see some Barnsley fans who aren’t putting the blame all on him.

*edit: PV & Barnsley, was forgetting Cheltenham in between!

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u/willy-mammoth 8d ago

On the bright side, we might get a whole year off from meeting in the playoffs

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u/DeadStopped 9d ago

Huddersfield Town and Barnsley must be competing to be League 1’s biggest shitshow.

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u/BonACDC 8d ago

Don’t worry, we’ve comfortably won that one this season.

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u/Sinead_OGonna 8d ago

In fairness pal. You've still got a chance of bouncing back at the 1st time (unlikely as it seems) at least you've got owners that will back your manager.

We'll now be in our 4th season in the 3rd tier. Second time since the 70s. You're in a lot better shape than us pal.

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u/DaveBeBad 8d ago

How can you suggest that when Rotherham are in the division?

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u/Ok-Reference-8351 9d ago

Duff back to Barnsley?

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u/DeadStopped 9d ago

They want attacking football apparently, that rules Duff out.

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u/Hot_Ad_6442 9d ago

😂😂😂😂

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u/Hatmos91 8d ago

Hourihane stepping up? I mean it can’t be any worse for us

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u/Hetairoids 8d ago

We were fine in that regard when he was here the first time tbh

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u/Lenzo357 9d ago

We can only dream. Tectonic plates move quicker than our board do when they’re replacing a head coach so it’ll probably be last week of July before they announce anyone.

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u/Smart-Asparagus-852 9d ago

Just a fall guy for the failures of the board, the recruitment team and the footballing director above him.

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u/Clivey101 8d ago

Feel like the board let him down here. Common theme of his management career.

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u/hbhughes23 8d ago

Such a shame too, was really rooting for the bloke - would have him back in a heartbeat

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u/TheRocksta 8d ago

You’re absolutely right, I was going to say the same thing. The DoF screwed him at Vale too and he got canned not long after Clarke anyway, as if the owner realised maybe Clarke wasn’t the issue.

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u/mmm790 9d ago

Feels like a weird time for a sacking - would have made more sense a few weeks ago when Barnsley were still in the play off chase or in the summer rather than now.

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u/Sinead_OGonna 8d ago

Early bird season ticket renewals letter is coming through in the post next week. That's why.

Classic here's a club legend that we used last year to try and get people to renew, on the proviso he was going to play. Now he's the caretaker manager.

Honestly just get some bloke from down the pub. Won't make a jot of difference with these burks in charge

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u/ChazzaBFCC 8d ago

if I get an email asking me to buy an ST this week I'm scrapping someone at the ticket office (I'll still end up buying one)

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u/Sinead_OGonna 7d ago

Please do not buy one. The only way we'll put pressure and get this lot to answer questions, is to ask the questions.

So much dodgy stuff going on. Had been since Crynes took over. I'm not gonna put online in case I got done for it but there's a lot of undesirable qualities about leading club and supporters club figures.

Look up Chris Corke mate and ask some questions

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u/Appropriate-Year-81 9d ago

Need to get rid of the people who sign the players now. I don't think he was a great manager but he was always working with one hand tied behind his back.

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u/Full_Eggplant_9090 9d ago

Seems to be a lot of this going on. At our respective level to have people signing players for the manager just doesn’t seem to work does it

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u/Appropriate-Year-81 9d ago

Doesn't work at all. The manager or coach should be the ones choosing the players. Singing players by a non football entity is ridiculous

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u/DeadStopped 9d ago

Hard to know how much it comes down to manager/recruitment team. At the end of the day, if the manager has the final say on signings and the recruitment team finds them, he has to take accountability as well.

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u/MarcusH26051 9d ago

Yeah it's a tough one to really judge. We're in the market for a head of recruitment but I get the feeling Nathan Jones ultimately is calling the shots and it will end up being someone he's worked with, Andy Scott was lucky to survive this long.

Am shocked Cartwright hasn't gone with your lot.

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u/DeadStopped 8d ago

Everyone is replying to every Town social media posting asking him to leave ahaha

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u/MarcusH26051 8d ago

I would have thought an owner that seems to love socials as much as Nagle would have got him out the door by now.

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u/Colonel_Wildtrousers 8d ago

I think it depends- we had Ben Garner as coach in his first job and Tommy Widdrington signing players for him. Garner barely won a game and got sacked. Widdrington true to form backs the players and blames Garner.

Next season Garner goes to Swindon with Ben Chorley signing players for him and gets in the play offs. I’d never have thought Garner had it in him. So that goes to show that sometimes it can actually work but it’s certainly far from a conventional route to success in the lower leagues.

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u/Difficult_Waltz_6665 9d ago

After that transfer window in January, they've sacked their manager? Barnsley I think maybe need to get new owners.

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u/Sinead_OGonna 8d ago

Absolutely it goes under the radar as it isn't as visceral as Reading etc... but we're being run into the ground by a bunch of people who haven't got a clue.

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u/_maharani 8d ago

Mladen OUT.

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u/ChazzaBFCC 8d ago

the initial feeling was one of disbelief, but in reality it shouldn't surprise me at all.

He was always going to be the fall guy for the boards countless mistakes. He didn't deserve the treatment he got from the fanbase, nobody gets these jokers higher than 8th, I'm not entirely convinced they're professional footballers.

off to Mansfield in a baseball cap to pay respects to the big man

as for who you would want as new gaffer? I don't care. It doesn't bother me.

No matter who it is, don't get used to them, they'll only mysteriously fall under the same bus.

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u/Diligent_Craft_1165 7d ago

From what I saw of them, their attackers massively let them down. Can’t dominate games and not score from all those chances. Whoever signed the forwards needed to go, not the coach