He used those exact words. I listened to it this morning.

Live on BBCRB. I can't be the only person who heard it sure someone else can also confirm.

I listened to the conference. To quote word for word he said "Reading is the best option for me AT THIS STAGE". Roughly translated as I don't really want to be here but still a better option than Fulham. Will jump ship as soon as it's feasible & he gets more £££. Very disappointing - I...

Winston Smith

Faithful Son [Clarke is merely treading water at RFC, waiting for a better offer to come along.

which one of our players is not waiting for a better offer to come along?

HRK! No other club would ever pay him £20k pw

I just don't see a way back for him now though. He will have to pull off a fcuking good next 30 games to get the fans back on side.

Bit of a shame in all honesty.

Clarke is on a nice wedge here & has been able to do what he wants with the squad & staff. He should have come out last night, nipped it in the bud & said he was staying. The fact he hasn't is damning. He has undoubtedly lost a large proportion of the fan base. Sorry but no fans of any ...

I'm more annoyed that we can't speculate about a new manager...........well not for the next 3 months at least. Oh dear. May as well kiss goodbye to any promotion aspirations this season. Are we supposed to be thankful he's staying now? What a load of crap. Performances will nosedive & then we'l...

Clarke is on a nice wedge here & has been able to do what he wants with the squad & staff. He should have come out last night, nipped it in the bud & said he was staying. The fact he hasn't is damning. He has undoubtedly lost a large proportion of the fan base. Sorry but no fans of any c...

Well this is a bit sh*t. Sorry but if he is itching to talk to them, his heart's not in it here & he'll be out at the next best opportunity.

His days are ultimately numbered now & any rapport with the fans lost overnight. Stupid arrogant man.

Let's not demand too much compensation though :D We need to make sure he does actually go now as his position is untenable regardless. Does make you wonder if this has been in the offing for a few weeks...................... Our performances of late have not been great. I think Pearson is a great ch...

May as well have a new thread for this. Please be true. Pearson is a major upgrade on Clarke IMO. I really like him.

No to Ainsworth. Parky has WAY more pedigree & actually has an affinity with the club.

I'm warming to the Parky option TBH. We need a bit of old RFC blood, sweat & tears injected back into the club.

Hockaday recently appointed Kidderminster manager. Compo will be too much for us...back to the drawing board then.

I see your Chris Ramsey & I raise you Dave Hockaday.

Whoever suggests Rodgers needs to be put down.

In olden times, natural selection would have taken care of such fans.

It's not confimred

You're crap at spelling. It's confimred dumbass.

Disruption when we need to pull ourselves together is not a good thing. If he goes, I shall be mightily peeved with him and give clear indication of my opinion on his performance here and general quality. If he goes, or wants to go, then despite the disruption it will cause, good riddance. I'd be p...

It is a little odd that they'd pinch Clarke when he's not really proved anything at Chump level. I guess they are a bit star struck by the Chelsea / Jose connections.

I like Pearson too. Not sure we could get him though.