The current Spirit counter on clan chat uses a few more characters then intended. Since the game has a few features to make it smother and fast paced. Opening the clan chat to check counter takes a few more taps then needed just because you can't read it from the world map. Removing the ** from the announcement text will make it visible from the world map on most if not on all phones. And wouldn't that saves a few taps =)
I think most players would rather see it removed from clan chat and having a visible counter on the screen somewhere. It spam's clan chat.
status bars/counters under the announcement would suffice. clan chat is virtually useless during crypts days.