The only knock I’ve heard is since Clark was moved into the midfield his disposal efficiency took a considerable hit, which when he played down back was his point of difference being highly skilled & duel sided.
If anything he looks like an all rounder similarly to Brayshaw. They both do everything well but dont have an elite trait that really stands out & smacks you in the face like Dow & LDU with their power at stoppages & Cerra with his sublime touch & skills in the contest.
Farren Ray is a very good comparison. Clark similarly to Ray seems to effortlessly eat up territory with the laconic but long strides he makes when running with the footy. Ray probably a better mark, Clark a better decision maker who looks to lower his eyes more often than not & spot up shorter targets.
I reckon right now odds would have two Dandy Stingrays kids being selected at 7 & 8 - I feel it’s almost time to roll out the welcome mat to Clark & Bonar.
I reckon it's extraordinarily hard to predict who we'll take, given that we're being linked to pretty much everyone who is likely to go in the 4-12ish range and so much of it is likely to depend on who goes in the top 6.
If one of North, Collingwood, or Freo go with a Naughton/Fogarty/Murphy/Bonar then one of Cerra, Brayshaw or Stephenson are almost certain to be available, and you'd think we'd grab them (if JS has passed the medical etc) and that's before taking into account Coffield, who we've been linked to so much.
I'm also not sure we really need both Bon and Hunter, either, as they both look best suited to me on the inside and we're already pretty strong there (3rd for clearance differential) and likely to get a lot stronger, with Stuv, Seb, Armo/Koby, Steele, Dunstan and potentially Acres, Freeman and Gresh.
If we see Coffield playing wing it would probably make more sense pairing him up (if available) with one of those two, or maybe wing's where we see Murphy playing, and that's why we're keen on him.
As for HC, it's a weird one, with him being talked up so much for his kicking by so many, but then it also being the knock that sees him only likely to go after those other 5 are taken. I think Brayshaw's kicking is probably considered better by the clubs, hence him a chance of going as high as pick 1, while Hunter doesn't look like going until at least 7/8.
I think Hunter's kicking efficiency was as low as about 40% once he started playing midfield, which is alarmingly poor, whereas Brayshaw for instance went at 100% KE in his two champs games.
Having not seen enough of his poor kicking, I'm not really in a position to comment on it, but as a package there's heaps to like and I love the way he goes about it, so if we get him I'll be very much looking forward to watching his career.