I didnt think Clarke was as bad as lots of people are saying. Yes - he made some glaring errors - but lets not forget the man has not played AFL since August 2016 - nearly 3 years, so he was always going to make a couple of mistakes.
I think with Clarke in the team structurally e looked much better up forward - 3 talls in Stringer, Smack & Clarke, and 3 smalls in Tippa, Fanta & Smith
He has to stay in certainly until Daniher is back and I think you'll find this will be the case with big Zac. He'll be much better for the run as well and we need both Zac & Bellcho both on there games against Steffan Martin who is in ripping form
It was the worst display I have seen in an Essendon jumper. The only game I have seen that was worse was Hickie playing for St Kilda against us (was our BOG that day).
Everything he went near was worse for his involvement. I hope he doesn't read footy blogs, because I am sure he's a great bloke and he is capable of improvement. It could be that he's been away from this level for a long time and was super rusty, added with the baby giraffe movement of someone as skinny as him.
So I am not ready to write him off yet, but he is no where near an AFL player now. We do not need him next week. If we want two rucks, then surely Draper is a better option. However, two rucks are unsustainable and it is really saying we need another tall up forward (and Brown does not play as a tall). Hooker and Stewart are available next week.
Clarke and Draper both playing in the VFL means that they can both work on their forward craft in spurts.