JORDAN Clarke has been quick to explain himself after venting his frustrations on Twitter with a foul-mouthed tweet that begged more questions than answers.
The Coventry City full-back, who conceded a first-half penalty against non-league Wrexham on Tuesday night * when the club's new-look back four and team as a whole had a shocker * caused a stir on the Twittersphere where his post-match rant was retweeted by others 50 times by 10am on Wednesday morning.
The young defender tweeted after the 4-1 defeat: “Can't even say what I wana say on here. The frustration is building and building. F**** pathetic, end f**** of.“
But clarifying what he meant by the knee-jerk comments which fans could have interpreted as a dig at manager Andy Thorn, he said: “As a professional, I want to win every game I play in * whether it's pre-season or not * and that's two or three games that we have lost now.
“I am frustrated by that.
Totally frustrated and annoyed by it because I don't want to go all the way to Wrexham and take a battering.
“I am sure all supporters would want the players to feel this way.
“I am angry with myself and, as a team, we are all frustrated by the last couple of results and I don't think our supporters would expect anything different.“
He added: “The manager has put massive faith in me over the past year or so and has brought me through so I would never bad mouth him on Twitter or anywhere else for that matter. The same goes for the rest of the coaching staff.
“Of course, you prefer to make your mistakes in pre-season rather than when the real season starts but I can't hide the fact that I want to be winning those games and I want myself and the team to be playing at the highest standard.“
The Coventry City full-back, who conceded a first-half penalty against non-league Wrexham on Tuesday night * when the club's new-look back four and team as a whole had a shocker * caused a stir on the Twittersphere where his post-match rant was retweeted by others 50 times by 10am on Wednesday morning.
The young defender tweeted after the 4-1 defeat: “Can't even say what I wana say on here. The frustration is building and building. F**** pathetic, end f**** of.“
But clarifying what he meant by the knee-jerk comments which fans could have interpreted as a dig at manager Andy Thorn, he said: “As a professional, I want to win every game I play in * whether it's pre-season or not * and that's two or three games that we have lost now.
“I am frustrated by that.
Totally frustrated and annoyed by it because I don't want to go all the way to Wrexham and take a battering.
“I am sure all supporters would want the players to feel this way.
“I am angry with myself and, as a team, we are all frustrated by the last couple of results and I don't think our supporters would expect anything different.“
He added: “The manager has put massive faith in me over the past year or so and has brought me through so I would never bad mouth him on Twitter or anywhere else for that matter. The same goes for the rest of the coaching staff.
“Of course, you prefer to make your mistakes in pre-season rather than when the real season starts but I can't hide the fact that I want to be winning those games and I want myself and the team to be playing at the highest standard.“