The Anti-Jon Clarke cannot be swayed. The guy has been great for us at times since returning from injury, especially when you consider he was out for the best part of a year.

And I personally think he will only continue to improve in this squad with Smith in charge and bring it on I say.

Cooper has had plenty of games this season when carvell was injured. He was average at best.

You'll know the technical aspects of the game better than I do. Would that be because of his long time out? Either slightly off the pace or not going full into the collision? Or just technique needs retuning?

I am not a huge fan of Clarke but even I will admit he deserves the jersey ahead of Higham for next week.

In closing Monaghan is what I would call an excellent hooker. To attach that adjective to Clarke is overly generous in my opinion. The pro-Clarke camp on here border on obsessed.

We're not the ones who start threads on him...

We only react to the ridiculous criticism of him.

Start a Clarke thread, now.