Player Watch #37: Dylan Clarke

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2021
Last Game Played: Round 23, 2019 (omitted)
Injury Status: n/a

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Still not getting that comparison. NO'B didn't have Clarke's kicking issues but also had not as much impact at the stoppage itself.

O’Brien was a accumulator who couldn’t kick, or lacked any sort of penetration on his kicks. Not quite as bullish at the ball as Clarke but unfortunately, from what I’ve seen was a better kick than Clarke

 

[BrunoV]

Said it before and will say it again.

It would be strange if he doesn't have a career without spending some time trying to remodel a kicking action using his right foot.

If he was to spend the next 2 months working with the guys who coach the alternate talent recruits he'd start pre season kicking the ball no worse than he currently does.

It might even buy him some time. The reality is that his kicking is no better than when he started and he is almost entirely ineffective on the outside because he stops and cuts inboard to look to dish off a handball, like an average ruckman, because he doesn't trust his kicking.

His action is so flawed I can't see it ever being reliable enough.

It's very frustrating because literally every other part of his game is good but it's not that good that he can be an AFL player who can't kick the ball. Those players don't really exist anymore if they ever existed.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The French Cut got it in the first sentence.

 

[Vander18]

Still not getting that comparison. NO'B didn't have Clarke's kicking issues but also had not as much impact at the stoppage itself.

Never heard of Nobby Clarke?

Google it - premiership player, sad story.

 

[Dero]

I suspect it's a reference to the former Dons footballer Neil 'Nobby' Clarke.

Or - people with the last name Clarke often have Nobby as a nickname.

I think it refers to his prodigious talent.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

I think it refers to his prodigious talent.

I think it's a comment on existentialism, actually.

 

[Dero]

I think it's a comment on existentialism, actually.

Indeed it is.

 

[Liberator]

Jean-Paul Sartre: “Man is an empty passion”
Dylan ‘Nobby’ Clarke: “A kick is an empty possession”
Hmm.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Jean-Paul Sartre: “Man is an empty passion”
Dylan ‘Nobby’ Clarke: “A kick is an empty possession”
Hmm.

Yep. Really makes you think.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Came second in the 2k time trial today. Like seeing that, his running was what looked off the pace during his debut. Always late to the contests. If this translates to game day he may set VFL posies records.

 

[Donakebab]

Came second in the 2k time trial today. Like seeing that, his running was what looked off the pace during his debut. Always late to the contests. If this translates to game day he may set VFL posies records.

Hopefully not the case with him cracking into the seniors instead. Will be looking forward to some more detail training reports on his disposal.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Hopefully not the case with him cracking into the seniors instead. Will be looking forward to some more detail training reports on his disposal.

I can’t see him cracking the seniors with any significant regularity. Unless we have lots of injuries.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I can’t see him cracking the seniors with any significant regularity. Unless we have lots of injuries.

Has this year to try and claim a spot in the side other wise it's delist/trade imo

 

[bjisgod9]

Has this year to try and claim a spot in the side other wise it's delist/trade imo

I expect him to be well outside the best 22 but if he shows improvement (already 3rd VFL BnF 1st year) I would think he is worth persisting with.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Dylan "the butcher" Clarke

 

[Pweter]

Like most it's his disposal that concerns me and will likely be the difference between him making it at AFL level or not. Hopefully we can hear some training reports telling us whether it's improving or will remain his achilles heel.

 

[eDPS]

Dylan "the butcher" Clarke

Jack Richards

 

[blitzer]

I'm still curious to see whether he winds up becoming a tagger. With a big engine and strong contested ball winning ability it seems a logical development path for him. I know we aren't currently tagging but I'm sure if we had someone good enough at the role we would reconsider.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

any updates on his kicking action?

 

[Howard Moon]

any updates on his kicking action?

I believe he drops it from its highest point

 

[TDay]

I believe he drops it from its highest point

Drops it from behind his head and kicks using the heel

 

[eth-dog]

Drops it from behind his head and kicks using the heel

Like this?

 

[TDay]

Like this?

We really should train this skill

 

[dnbassador]

Confident My Boy will crack the Best 22 this year #ClarkeCam

 

[Howard Moon]

Time for a quiz, is he kicking...

A: a torpedo
B: a screw punt
C: a banana
D: a mongrel floater