Rhubarb care

The rhubarb clump(s) are all falling about and looking frail now that the cooler weather is here. Should it be left to wither, or maybe pull up all the sticks?

 

Just clean up the messy leaves and stalks, cover the clumps with a bucket or sthg like that, so the plant has room to grow, and in early spring you will have nice and crunchy stalks growing.
Ours are unstoppable, lifted the buckets up