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I'm curious if we only offered him one year, or if he asked for one year. I feel like we nearly always offer two years unless it's something dicey and we're not sure if they'll make the grade. We even gave Morgan 2 years and he spent most of his time at Essendon rehabbing injuries so...
Yeah I feel like maybe he asked for one year. Not sure what the thinking behind that would be except that it avoids the Langford situation. Club has to keep him happy if they want him to recontract again?
Got rocks in your head if you dont think his kicking has improved, its still below AFL standard but its much better than last year. Just a few weeks ago he was the clear standout midfielder in the VFL as a 2nd year player and you actually think he is disposable as our only young depth inside mid? I dont see many other 19 year old inside mids playing VFL, WAFL or SANFL at a better level than he has this year.I'd say it's because his position is more uncertain than it has been for the others. I doubt that anyone would come calling for Clarke based on current form even at the end of next year. There is still a large gap between his VFL-standard football and the standard required to play AFL.
His kicking has shown no signs of improvement and despite all of his strengths he's still got that one huge weakness, and it's the worst weakness to have.
I understand why we recruited Clarke and why we have now given him an extra year but his inside work is not that good that he'll be a long term player unless he can sort his kicking out, and you can forget any meaningful outside game with that kicking. He's no Oliver or Cunnington, even at VFL level, and even they can kick they just don't do it as much because they're so damaging by hand.
There are plenty of other fish in the sea (i.e. inside mids who run beep tests in the mid-to-high 14s and higher). I'd say that he's got a year to prove himself otherwise we'll move on and that is perfectly justified as far as I'm concerned.
Got rocks in your head if you dont think his kicking has improved, its still below AFL standard but its much better than last year. Just a few weeks ago he was the clear standout midfielder in the VFL as a 2nd year player and you actually think he is disposable as our only young depth inside mid? I dont see many other 19 year old inside mids playing VFL, WAFL or SANFL at a better level than he has this year.
Further back the narrative for Alex Browne was that the player had asked for only a year expecting that they would have a break out season and command a much higher salary.Ridley was recontracted for two years without playing a single game, and very few at VFL level either. I feel like the club almost automatically gives two years to 19 year old national draftees. A contract ending in 2019 is a surprising lack of confidence in the kid really, unless he's asked for it.
The last time they did anything less was Eades and Nyuon I think... for obvious reasons. I can't see those question marks with Clarke though.
There are plenty of other fish in the sea (i.e. inside mids who run beep tests in the mid-to-high 14s and higher). I'd say that he's got a year to prove himself otherwise we'll move on and that is perfectly justified as far as I'm concerned.
You’re saying he’ll be at Carlton in 2020?There aren't many players with Clarke's body size however. His kicking doesn't have to improve too much for him to be an Ed Curnow clone who plays a valuable role for Carlton.
How often do brothers leave a club to play along side eachother?Also consider the possibility that Clarke's older brother plays for the Kangaroos - No doubt they are keeping an eye on his development.
How often do brothers leave a club to play along side eachother?
It's fairly common.
It's really not. Can you list any current examples? Only few I can think of, are maybe Dayne Beams, Brad Hill, & Scott Selwood.
Two of whom were moving due to the fact their father was terminally ill.And all 3 of those aren't comparable to Clarke as the brothers were moving state.
No he's in there, they just didn't spell his name right. Beats me how anybody thinks there's an o or a y in Clarke though.Bit stiff to put up a stat line like that and not be named in the bests on the EFC website.
And all 3 of those aren't comparable to Clarke as the brothers were moving state.
You can add Troy Sellwood to this list - Will dig up more examples - Even three sets of brothers playing together is a decent number when there around 27 sets of brothers playing in the AFL - It's surprising how many sets of brothers have been drafted by the one club - I count 5 sets.
Troy Selwood didnt leave to play with his brother.You can add Troy Sellwood to this list - Will dig up more examples - Even three sets of brothers playing together is a decent number when there around 27 sets of brothers playing in the AFL - It's surprising how many sets of brothers have been drafted by the one club - I count 5 sets.
And it's an incredibly long bow with Troy Selwood as well. He signed for the Geelong ******* VFL side for a year after he was delisted by Brisbane, by which time Joel was captain of the AFL side. Yeah, he totally wanted to play with his brotherIt's barely 10%, and that's if you were to actually say those brothers left to play with their brother, which is what you had bought up.
Exactly. Troy wanted to stay at Brisbane, weird as that sounds.And it's an incredibly long bow with Troy Selwood as well. He signed for the Geelong ******* VFL side for a year after he was delisted by Brisbane, by which time Joel was captain of the AFL side. Yeah, he totally wanted to play with his brother
He had one more year of good footy left in him IMO, his 2011 in the VFL showed that. He could have been very helpful to a few of Brisbane's younger players.Exactly. Troy wanted to stay at Brisbane, weird as that sounds.
He's since conceded he was cooked at AFL level.He had one more year of good footy left in him IMO, his 2011 in the VFL showed that. He could have been very helpful to a few of Brisbane's younger players.
Huh, fair enough. He was still pretty good in the VFL that year.He's since conceded he was cooked at AFL level.