Think both these sackings are a bit harsh. Clarke has not done too much wrong at WBA, certainly not been getting hammered by anyone but their big miss was not managing to get Lakaku back on loan again. If they had Clarke would still be in a job.
As for AVB barring the heavy defeats to City & Liverpool, Spurs are pretty much where you would expect them to be. Biggest problem he had was trying to get all the summer signings to gel quickly & he also left them a bit short at the back in numbers. Not sure anybody else will have them finishing any higher in the league this season than if they had just let AVB stay on.
Between Liverpool, City & Arsenal for the title this year - deffo more interesting than normal that's for sure