List Mgmt. Welcome Jordan Clark
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DRAGONS FFC Now get him out on the track with Bray, Serong and Tucker.
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Could Jordan Clarke be the next Dangerfield ? 
Looks like it’s Geelongs from AFL indicative draft order.
Just hope that Geelong haven't killed his attacking flair.
I thought Geelong had passed it off to Brisbane but they didn’t so could be either Geelong or Hawks F4.
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I hope they both finish bottom 4 and it's irrelevant
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Talented kid. Wanted him here for a while.
If he comes with a point to prove he'll be a great pick-up, even with the overs paid to get him.
If he comes with a point to prove he'll be a great pick-up, even with the overs paid to get him.
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Looks like it's Geelong's F4, not Hawks...
It is
Clark a Freo Docker!
Hard running midfielder Jordan Clark is officially a Fremantle Docker
Dont really know enough about him as a player to comment...But welcome 
Will be an Optus stadium specialist..
boylife in au
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I like this. Good player with upside and gives the right sort of run and carry that we have missed a bit. If I was Willo I'd be looking over my shoulder at both Clark and Walker now! That is a good thing I think and keeps the age balance right. Paid a bit more than we would have liked but really not a big deal given we still hold 6, 8 and 19....
Mark Duffield: A wink, rather than a blink, gets Jordan Clark deal done for Fremantle Dockers
Mark DuffieldThe West Australian
Wed, 13 October 2021 4:27PMComments
Mark Duffield
Jordan Clark and Peter Bell. Credit: AFL Photos
As the clock wound down on the 2021 AFL trade period, there was a simple question Fremantle had to ask themselves.
Were they prepared to walk away from a player they had committed to contractually for the next four years for the sake of a future third-round draft pick?
And in order to answer that question, they had to ask themselves this one: If they had a pick late in the first round of this draft and Jordan Clark was in the draft, would they pick him?
That is what Geelong had effectively made this trade deal about. The Cats either wanted pick 19 and the strategic advantages that come with that, or they wanted to turn Clark’s trade value into something equivalent to the pick they took him with in 2018 by harvesting pick 22 and a future third-rounder. Fremantle wanted it to be pick 22, flat.
It appeared one club had to blink. In the end, Fremantle winked, with Geelong offering a future fourth-rounder back to get the deal done.
Objective thinking in this trade period had given the Dockers a strong draft hand, had helped get good compensation for Adam Cerra and put themselves in a position to make a meaningful play for Clark.
But subjective thinking was required for them to decide whether Clark was worth the price the Cats were demanding.
Depending on your perspective Geelong were either a strong club playing trade hardball or a club being unreasonable. Clark had started but not finished his time at the club in their best 22. There were also strong suggestions from both Fremantle and people close to Clark that Fremantle had been given indications by the Cats that pick 22 would get the deal done.
For Fremantle it broke down to this: The Clark trade value became the equivalent of a draft pick in the teens. You would hope a player taken in that section in the draft plays 150 games, is always inside your best 22, and preferably inside the best 12 players.
By offering Clark a four-year deal, the Dockers had effectively already indicated that they thought he was that type of player.
This was a strong trade period for the Dockers. They managed the departure of Adam Cerra well. They got Will Brodie and pick 19 by helping Gold Coast free salary cap space and swapped picks with Collingwood to position themselves for the Clark trade.
They wisely shouldered arms to unrest swirling about the future of Rory Lobb and let that speculation run out of oxygen.
But how successful the trade period is will depend on Clark’s performance. He is quick, which they need. He can play on a wing, which they need. He is a midfielder ready to step straight into their best 22, which they also need given Cerra’s departure.
Is he the 150-gamer in their best dozen they need him to be to make the trade price right? Only time will tell.
Mark DuffieldThe West Australian
Wed, 13 October 2021 4:27PMComments
Mark Duffield
![[PLAYERCARD]Jordan Clark[/PLAYERCARD] and Peter Bell.](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.thewest.com.au%2Fpublication%2FC-4227935%2F04b82538cbcabeda27da457e2af1fc62d989ff01-16x9-x1y0w2446h1376.jpg%3Fimwidth%3D810%26impolicy%3Dwan_v3&hash=234cd27fcfc1294eb8bc148c62754966 "[PLAYERCARD]Jordan Clark[/PLAYERCARD] and Peter Bell.")
Jordan Clark and Peter Bell. Credit: AFL Photos
As the clock wound down on the 2021 AFL trade period, there was a simple question Fremantle had to ask themselves.
Were they prepared to walk away from a player they had committed to contractually for the next four years for the sake of a future third-round draft pick?
And in order to answer that question, they had to ask themselves this one: If they had a pick late in the first round of this draft and Jordan Clark was in the draft, would they pick him?
That is what Geelong had effectively made this trade deal about. The Cats either wanted pick 19 and the strategic advantages that come with that, or they wanted to turn Clark’s trade value into something equivalent to the pick they took him with in 2018 by harvesting pick 22 and a future third-rounder. Fremantle wanted it to be pick 22, flat.
It appeared one club had to blink. In the end, Fremantle winked, with Geelong offering a future fourth-rounder back to get the deal done.
Objective thinking in this trade period had given the Dockers a strong draft hand, had helped get good compensation for Adam Cerra and put themselves in a position to make a meaningful play for Clark.
But subjective thinking was required for them to decide whether Clark was worth the price the Cats were demanding.
Depending on your perspective Geelong were either a strong club playing trade hardball or a club being unreasonable. Clark had started but not finished his time at the club in their best 22. There were also strong suggestions from both Fremantle and people close to Clark that Fremantle had been given indications by the Cats that pick 22 would get the deal done.
For Fremantle it broke down to this: The Clark trade value became the equivalent of a draft pick in the teens. You would hope a player taken in that section in the draft plays 150 games, is always inside your best 22, and preferably inside the best 12 players.
By offering Clark a four-year deal, the Dockers had effectively already indicated that they thought he was that type of player.
This was a strong trade period for the Dockers. They managed the departure of Adam Cerra well. They got Will Brodie and pick 19 by helping Gold Coast free salary cap space and swapped picks with Collingwood to position themselves for the Clark trade.
They wisely shouldered arms to unrest swirling about the future of Rory Lobb and let that speculation run out of oxygen.
But how successful the trade period is will depend on Clark’s performance. He is quick, which they need. He can play on a wing, which they need. He is a midfielder ready to step straight into their best 22, which they also need given Cerra’s departure.
Is he the 150-gamer in their best dozen they need him to be to make the trade price right? Only time will tell.
