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Someone said he sounds like a winger, I reckon he could be a ruckrover, if his aerobic capacity is any good.
He has a lot of learning to to before he can do that though.
There's something to this, he's very quick and intelligent with his ball use by hand. He could well make a good impact midfielder that spreads hard.
Every time he stops the intercept mark he is impacting the game and creating a scoring opportunity, this is how we will climb back to the top of the ladder. Clarko is building a team that will out mark the opposition or at worst always force a contest.Still doesnt impact the game often enough for my liking but willing to give him the rest of the season in the seniors to see how much he can improve.
I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.Every time he stops the intercept mark he is impacting the game and creating a scoring opportunity, this is how we will climb back to the top of the ladder. Clarko is building a team that will out mark the opposition or at worst always force a contest.
That's a heavy knock on a 21 year old- especially one who's learning his kicking craft. Currently he's doing everything that's asked of him by the coaches, at least to a level acceptable enough to keep him in the team.I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.
Much rather have the defenders actually getting outmarked by a superior player who can kick accurately for goal.
I think Nash woyld be better suited to a wing / high half forward role where he can use his pace. He will never (in my opinion) be a potent goal scoring threat in the forward line durle to his lack of marking ability and inaccurate goal kicking.
Unfortunately, if the bolded part was so easy, we wouldn't have spent the last few years kicking it to people like Taylor and Rance and watching it go back the other way. I think we survived in the past off weight of ball and the fact we had such high quality (S Mitchell, Hill) delivering it into our forward line. Very, very few forwards were outmarking their players when the high ball came in (barring Cyril and Poppy high flying marks!)I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.
Much rather have the defenders actually getting outmarked by a superior player who can kick accurately for goal.
I think Nash woyld be better suited to a wing / high half forward role where he can use his pace. He will never (in my opinion) be a potent goal scoring threat in the forward line durle to his lack of marking ability and inaccurate goal kicking.
I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.
Much rather have the defenders actually getting outmarked by a superior player who can kick accurately for goal.
I think Nash woyld be better suited to a wing / high half forward role where he can use his pace. He will never (in my opinion) be a potent goal scoring threat in the forward line durle to his lack of marking ability and inaccurate goal kicking.
RuckI see him doing a good job in the FWD line.
I wonder if he could be more tho?
I wonder if he could be a ruckman?
Incredibly athletic
Tall
Good skills by hand
Very fast
Tackles hard
Wins contests
....
Something there I reckon!
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I'm not disagreeing with this bit, but his game vs Geelong was pretty indicative of how he can contribute to a win in a different way.I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.
Much rather have the defenders actually getting outmarked by a superior player who can kick accurately for goal.
I think Nash woyld be better suited to a wing / high half forward role where he can use his pace. He will never (in my opinion) be a potent goal scoring threat in the forward line durle to his lack of marking ability and inaccurate goal kicking.
I'm not disagreeing with this bit, but his game vs Geelong was pretty indicative of how he can contribute to a win in a different way.
Harry Taylor has dominated our forwardline (re: intercept marks) for close to (if not) a decade.
Blicavs & Stewart (in particular) are also quite adept at intercept marking.
Now it'd definitely be sweet to have intercept marking players out-played by a dominant forward; but what does that cost? Who can do it? Tom Lynch? Jeremy Cameron? Probs Jack Darling etc.
So it's gonna cost close enough to a $1m to beat these defenders on their merits. Or, it can cost a Cat B Rookie Spot + Minimum Wage just to disrupt their day & fu** up their defensive rebound.
Yeh, preventing the intercept mark is a relatively poor-man's way to measure a forward; but it can also be effective in achieving an objective.
Bit big for a leprechaun.he's worth his weight in gold.
Never actually rated Taylor against us in particular. Pretty poor in all 4 or 5 finals he's played against us.I'm not disagreeing with this bit, but his game vs Geelong was pretty indicative of how he can contribute to a win in a different way.
Harry Taylor has dominated our forwardline (re: intercept marks) for close to (if not) a decade.
Blicavs & Stewart (in particular) are also quite adept at intercept marking.
Now it'd definitely be sweet to have intercept marking players out-played by a dominant forward; but what does that cost? Who can do it? Tom Lynch? Jeremy Cameron? Probs Jack Darling etc.
So it's gonna cost close enough to a $1m to beat these defenders on their merits. Or, it can cost a Cat B Rookie Spot + Minimum Wage just to disrupt their day & fu** up their defensive rebound.
Yeh, preventing the intercept mark is a relatively poor-man's way to measure a forward; but it can also be effective in achieving an objective.
You make some good points and its true that Geelong have historically towled us up with their intercept marking in the backline.I'm not disagreeing with this bit, but his game vs Geelong was pretty indicative of how he can contribute to a win in a different way.
Harry Taylor has dominated our forwardline (re: intercept marks) for close to (if not) a decade.
Blicavs & Stewart (in particular) are also quite adept at intercept marking.
Now it'd definitely be sweet to have intercept marking players out-played by a dominant forward; but what does that cost? Who can do it? Tom Lynch? Jeremy Cameron? Probs Jack Darling etc.
So it's gonna cost close enough to a $1m to beat these defenders on their merits. Or, it can cost a Cat B Rookie Spot + Minimum Wage just to disrupt their day & fu** up their defensive rebound.
Yeh, preventing the intercept mark is a relatively poor-man's way to measure a forward; but it can also be effective in achieving an objective.
Different role. More likely to take Poppy's spot.Wonder if there is room for him next year with Lewis, Patton, O'Brien, Gunston....
Yeah I keep hearing that.....Different role. More likely to take Poppy's spot.
I'm not disagreeing with this bit, but his game vs Geelong was pretty indicative of how he can contribute to a win in a different way.
Harry Taylor has dominated our forwardline (re: intercept marks) for close to (if not) a decade.
Blicavs & Stewart (in particular) are also quite adept at intercept marking.
Now it'd definitely be sweet to have intercept marking players out-played by a dominant forward; but what does that cost? Who can do it? Tom Lynch? Jeremy Cameron? Probs Jack Darling etc.
So it's gonna cost close enough to a $1m to beat these defenders on their merits. Or, it can cost a Cat B Rookie Spot + Minimum Wage just to disrupt their day & fu** up their defensive rebound.
Yeh, preventing the intercept mark is a relatively poor-man's way to measure a forward; but it can also be effective in achieving an objective.
Yeah I keep hearing that.....
Would our forward 6 look like this:
Breust Lewis Gunston
O'Brien Patton Nash
That doesn't look right.
That's a lot of names that Nash is supposedly playing ahead of.....TOB down back methinks. Hanrahan/Walker/Ross/Breust/Resting forward to the pocket/HFF.
I understand the rational behind preventing the intercept mark but this is a low bar to set for a forward.
Much rather have the defenders actually getting outmarked by a superior player who can kick accurately for goal.
I think Nash woyld be better suited to a wing / high half forward role where he can use his pace. He will never (in my opinion) be a potent goal scoring threat in the forward line durle to his lack of marking ability and inaccurate goal kicking.