“A lot of rubbish” – That is what Darrell Clarke said to a ‘positives’ question after Bristol Rovers lose 3-1 to Chesterfield on Saturday.
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke dismissed any positives after a 3-1 loss to Chesterfield, calling them “a lot of rubbish,” though he acknowledged substitute Isaac Hutchinson scoring shortly after coming on.
The interviewer says: “Looking at some of the positives from the game, Isaac comes off and scores almost immediately after coming off the bench, that must be pleasing for you.”
To which Clarke responds: “I don’t see positives when you get beat 3-1, honestly it’s a lot of rubbish, there’s no positives when you get beat 3-1. Great, Isaac’s off the mark.”
Someone needs to hand the interviewer his p45 ffs pic.twitter.com/mi8GiJoGCk
— GB (@GB132_) August 16, 2025
Interview in full…
“We should come away with a point.”
🗣️ Darrell Clarke speaks to BRTV after our defeat to Chesterfield… pic.twitter.com/JIsd8xBHCq
— Bristol Rovers (@Official_BRFC) August 16, 2025
The interviewer began, as reported by the club website: “So, Darrell, defeat at Chesterfield today. How do you reflect on that?”
Darrell: “It’s a tough afternoon for us. I have to choose my words carefully so I don’t get myself in trouble. We started the first half and needed to make ourselves hard to beat against a good possession-based team. They had one chance from a corner.
“We had a great chance with Promise, and then the decision changed the dimensions of the game. From my perspective, it’s very, very, very soft. You can do all of your work and all of your stuff like that, but if it’s not going to be officiated properly, we’re in a bit of trouble.”
Interviewer: “The 60-second period with the red card and the goal changes everything, doesn’t it…”
Darrell: “Of course it does, but also that doesn’t excuse for me when we get to 1-1. That’s a mentality thing. I’m very angry with the group on that because we get back in the game, and it’s a mentality thing to think that’s enough. It’s not enough. We should come away with a point. We have to defend.
“We have to do things, and then to concede a goal from a set-piece is inexcusable. Then they score the third on the counter-attack, but it’s a group that needs to learn quickly from those moments in games. The quicker we do that, the quicker we get the right mentality that I want at this Club.”
Interviewer: One of the positives must be Isaac Hutchinson getting his first goal of the season…
“I don’t see positives when we get beaten 3-1. We got no points, so how can we be positive? The lads have battled hard; they grafted hard. You can see that with the reaction of the supporters getting behind the players, but for me, it’s a mentality I don’t want in my team. You come away with a 1-1 when you’ve worked hard, not chuck those two points away at the end.”
Darrell: Did it feel when you levelled that you would go on and at least get that point?
“We know they [Chesterfield] have players that can hurt you off the bench when they change things, we’ve just got to defend properly. We’ve got to defend the moments, and we didn’t do that.”
Interviewer: “What are those ingredients that will make a team you want to see?”
Darrell: “The more you play together and the more you work with the group, the more they get those connections. There is no easy fix. It’s never going to be that, and that’s why a lot of teams struggle when they have initially gone down.
“There’s always that little bit of a hangover period; we’ve had one massively with a really disappointing three games of the league campaign with no points on the board. So, we have to galvanise the group, and we have to go again on Tuesday.”
Interviewer: “Tuesday is going to be a big game against Oldham…”
Darrell: “Every game is a big game. We’re disappointed that we didn’t get anything out of the game today, and certainly one or two things went against us. We’ve got to reward our fans. Our fans were excellent today. You’ve seen the reaction after the game, but for me, it’s the mentality.
“I keep touching on mentality in the group because I think there is a bit of a long hangover from last year. I think the new lads are trying to settle in, which also takes its time. We’ve got to get the balance of that right, and you get that by winning games of football. Hopefully, when we win that first game, hopefully that’s Tuesday night, then we can start taking off and start looking up the table.”
Interviewer: “Kacper Łopata came in for his debut. I imagine it’s been a bit of a rush to get him in…”
Darrell: “It has been. We lost Connor Taylor in the summer, so we needed another dominant centre-half. Kacper is a lad that I know very well. He’s dominant. He’s aggressive. He’s a winner. So, hopefully that strengthens the group.”
Twitter users reacted after Darrell Clarke says “a lot of rubbish” to a ‘positives’ question after Bristol Rovers lose to Chesterfield…
@GB132_: Someone needs to hand the interviewer his p45 ffs
@JN_231: I’m glad he called that out because they keep doing that these fucking idiot interviewers. Talking like it’s a pre season game, we’ve lost 4 in a row ffs
@GB132_: You could see his face as he was hearing it thinking not these c*nt asking me fucking ridiculous questions again
@Richarmphotos: This is exactly how managers should react to stupid comments and questions. Happens week in and week out at every single club.
@LP15393: This bloke asking the questions is a right belter.
@ollie_louch: Bloke asking the questions is doing his job and probably the nicest lad at the club👍🏻
@amorgan34: “I don’t see positives when we get beat 3-1, load of rubbish!”.. My god these club interviews are dire! Ffs 🚮🤦♂️🤦♂️
@amorgan34: Every new signing interview , every match interview – all bloody awful!
@stugas11: The bloke asking questions is told not to ask the ones we wanna here the truth just like Dan Hargreaves pussy foots around
Darren Brown: Well said Darryl. Too many trying to take positives from games we lose, reality we need, get your fingers out your ass and get us out of this message. If Omichere can’t do it, drop the twat, for what we paid for him ffs.
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