Delisted #4 Ryan 'The Clamps' Clarke

[Kennedy Parker]

Ryan Clarke

Player Profile
The Sydney Swans recruited Ryan Clarke from North Melbourne ahead of season 2019 and he’s since shown promising signs as a young midfielder. The number four is a prolific ball-winner and can also be used to blanket a star on-baller, which he proved last year in shutting down gun Kangaroo Shaun Higgins and classy Magpie Steele Sidebottom. Clarke played 14 senior games in a stop-start 2019 campaign and has set his sights on cementing a spot in coach John Longmire’s best 22 this year. Draft history: 2015 National Draft selection (North Melbourne), No. 31 overall

Ryan Clarke

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Ryan Clarke

Age

26

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

9.1

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.2

2star

D

18.5

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.5

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

19.6

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.0

1star

DOB:17 June 1997
DEBUT:2016
DRAFT:2015
RECRUITED FROM: Rowville (Vic)/Melb Grammar (Vic)/Eastern U18/North Melb

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[S120]

He was pretty good yesterday. Deserves to keep his spot. His running power is excellent and helps make up for some spotty disposal and decision making. Not completely, but he deserves a spot in the 22 over quite a number of others who have played recently or still are.

 

[The King!]

he cant kick

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

he cant kick

He actually can.

 

[The King!]

He actually can.

let me correct,,for an afl,player he is a s**t kick

ill give him one thing he has started to try to avoid kicking more than 10 metres, handballs or short kicks more

 

[Tedeski]

72% disposal efficiency yesterday, same as Mundy.
Rowbottom had 68%. & Brad Hill had 60%.

 

[Tedeski]

let me correct,,for an afl,player he is a s**t kick

ill give him one thing he has started to try to avoid kicking more than 10 metres, handballs or short kicks more

Not true. He broke the lines yesterday more than he has & kicked quite well compared to early on .
You do know players can get better with extra work.
Give the guy a break as he is clearly trying to improve where the coaches are asking him to.
Cam McCarthy 20% efficiency.
There are worse players.

 

[The King!]

Not true. He broke the lines yesterday more than he has & kicked quite well compared to early on .
You do know players can get better with extra work.
Give the guy a break as he is clearly trying to improve where the coaches are asking him to.
Cam McCarthy 20% efficiency.
There are worse players.

he was ok yesterday , but that was a good game of kicking for him and it was still average,

agree he is trying to improve, but im not talking to him, so dont need to give him a break

id rather see others get game time, happy to be in the minority

 

[Mick Oxlong]

Nil all draw here...everyone was right in their own way in my opinion. I’m happy with him, he’s improved and that goes to show the worst league in Australia, the NEAFL, is better than North Melbourne! I win!

 

[Superstar swan]

Im a big critic of clarke...but i didnt hate his game against freo.. disposal was pretty reasonable.. deserves his spot this week

 

[The King!]

Rose was better and he got the arse for some reason

 

[RW]

He's had one good game, guys. This board is so up and down.

 

[SGBeach]

Clarkes efficiency has been a massive worry for me.. But.. He's improved over the season.. and.. he's still only 21, so more improvement to come.
I can see him becoming a solid midfielder for us over the next 5-8 years. Not elite, but solid and affordable

 

[marklovesbeer]

They're getting Dusty Kelly Gaff Shiel Treloar Pittard.

Pittard had a much better year than Clarke.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Pittard had a much better year than Clarke.

Well goodness me, what an amazing observation!
For the relevant cost, he'd want to be wouldn't he?

 

[The King!]

Pittard had a much better year than Clarke.

They are both crap players

We took him as a list fill

Pittard is one of norths big recruits

 

[Punts]

They are both crap players

We took him as a list fill

Pittard is one of norths big recruits

Don’t think it was a list fill from what beaston said

 

[Tedeski]

He's a Swan for now & we need players like him on our list as long as we have a bloke who can't get on the ground taking $1.5M or 12% of our total cap.
Buddy: 10 games at 150K each.
Clarke: 14 games at 14K each.

I say it's the off season so let him try his best to improve & get better in our system.
Buddy's best is done!

Yep I'm repeating myself but you guys started it.

 

[6yearsold]

He is still young and I thought he showed improvement over the course of the year.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Yep, he's younger than Heeney, Hewett and Papley so has time on his side.

Not going to be a star, but wasn't totally out of his depth when he played.

 

[BloodySwan]

Has shown enough to suggest he can have a very long career. Not just a list filler by any means

 

[Arwib]

I thought he was quite handy at the back end of the year. North tried to make him a halfback. He's not a halfback. So he may have taken some time to re-learn a role.

He seems fine as an inside ball winner but we really need him to run, find space, use his endurance, when he does that he should get enough free enough that his pressured disposal issues aren't such an issue. The Hannebery inside/outside model.

 

[Punts]

Isn’t up to it atm

North didn’t want him and ran around in the neafl this year m

Long way to go

 

[The King!]

He has time on his side ?
Unless he is still under 10 he will run out of time to develop

 

[The King!]

He's a Swan for now & we need players like him on our list as long as we have a bloke who can't get on the ground taking $1.5M or 12% of our total cap.
Buddy: 10 games at 150K each.
Clarke: 14 games at 14K each.

I say it's the off season so let him try his best to improve & get better in our system.
Buddy's best is done!

Yep I'm repeating myself but you guys started it.

He's a Swan for now & we need players like him on our list as long as we have a bloke who can't get on the ground taking $1.5M or 12% of our total cap.
Buddy: 10 games at 150K each.
Clarke: 14 games at 14K each.

I say it's the off season so let him try his best to improve & get better in our system.
Buddy's best is done!

Yep I'm repeating myself but you guys started it.

Buddy probably on similar to dusty and richmond aren’t playing guys like clarke

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Buddy probably on similar to dusty and richmond aren’t playing guys like clarke

I like Ted's posts but skim over those mentioning Buddy.