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  • 13/06/2025
Daniel Wales analyses the impact Darrell Clarke could have at Bristol Rovers this season.
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00:00now darrell clark's return to bristol rovers comes with a fair few questions attached to it
00:07obviously um you know previously delivered back-to-back promotions uh from the conference
00:12to league one which was very very special obviously you know over 10 years ago now as well
00:17so um that also comes into it he's added more promotions uh success at port vale and cheltenham
00:23as well uh there are a few questions that come with this appointment whether he can actually
00:28get those heights hit again um dan our bristol correspondent dan just a few questions on
00:34on darrell clark obviously um he's better equipped this time more experience in the efl he's got more
00:40promotions under his belt that that's a a huge sort of um feather in his cap but there are a few risks
00:46consider obviously that that means the expectations are going to be sky high um and fans who may live
00:52with a bit of nostalgia might think uh into what he's done before and expect it that to go
00:58straight into place again um but it's all about rebuilding and not sort of um you know get
01:03obviously your promotion's a massive sort of thing they want to chase down if anyone's going to do it
01:07you feel uh he is the right man for the job but um what sort of factors come with with this obviously
01:14he's got leadership he's got the recruitment he'll have the fan support as well um but there are so
01:19many questions how how high are the expectations for clark's return can he um get back to those highs
01:25that he once set before as a bit of a bristol rovers icon um in the managerial dugout so uh yeah what
01:31are your thoughts and and where do bristol rovers see themselves um in terms of his appointment and
01:36and moving forward because um you know surely with with what he's done in his track record in his past
01:41it's a positive move well charles he certainly talked the talk so far in club media and in press
01:49conferences uh certainly has this so this winner's mentality this this need and this will to win even
01:56and that promotion is of course the aim for bristol rovers come the end of the season of course the
02:01club will need a big turnaround given the way that last season finished but certainly clark seems to
02:06have the right mentality so far and of course you could argue you know fan service bringing back
02:11someone who's revered and with the supporters uh in his previous spell of course he had ups he had
02:18downs as well but certainly i think he was a man that bristol rovers supporters took to in the in
02:24his first period at the club and and certainly uh that that message he put on when he was coming back
02:31this time just saying i'm back that went down well and it gave fans that just bit of belief that
02:37things could turn around really quite quickly at the club despite they of course that the heartbreak
02:41of relegation under an ego calderon but can he do it well that depends on the summer and
02:48the recruitment and the goings-on behind the scenes is probably as much as it then will also depend on
02:53what then happens on the pitch because of course what happens on the pitch next season probably comes
02:57down to how the summer goes and obviously they've got ricky martin as the director of football and he's
03:04also talked a good talk saying that he's got the right ethos and they're happy that they've brought
03:09in daryl clark as the as the new head coach so certainly between the two of them they're thinking the
03:16right things and saying the right things it's now just about doing the right things uh both on and
03:21off the pitch clark as i mentioned before he has this sort of winner's mentality this confidence even
03:27and i think he's drawing a lot of previous experience as well that he's gained in his times
03:31at other clubs he's had since leaving bristol rovers the first time and he's quite keen and confident
03:38to bring these experiences that he's had into into the role now at memorial stadium now he's back there
03:44for his second spell at the club so lots to think about lots to contend with this summer for bristol
03:50rovers but certainly daryl clark seems as if he has a plan in mind for getting them back and he did
03:56also mention which i found quite interesting that they you know the club needs to mourn the fact that
04:00they have gone down and that will take time to get over but that mourning can only last so long though
04:06because the season will come around very quickly and they need to get down to business to make sure that
04:11they are indeed prepared for it so you know they've done the talking off the pitch now it's time to put
04:18those words into action so that when the time to play on the pitch does come around they are ready
04:23for it and ready in the best possible manner not just to have an all right season in league two the
04:29amas promotion no doubt about it clark has spoken so much about winning and the the needs to be elite
04:35into to win so now that has to be put into practice and make sure that bristol rovers are competing
04:41once again at the top of the table

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