News Lions' share of Brendan Fevola's cash to Mitch Clark

[Dylan12]

Rich & Luey bleed. Can't say I have seen that from Mitch.

Yep...Rich and Leuey are must have's, then absolute daylight and then Clark. He is petulant and a liability and lacks heart and to be honest, at the moment, I don't care what he does or where he goes, all I know is that he needs to lift his game big time.

 

[Ceebee]

We just cant lose Rich or Leuy , we just cant.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Body language and general attitude wasn't great tonight. Also not sure whether he can play as a key forward.

 

[Grimreepah]

Yep...Rich and Leuey are must have's, then absolute daylight and then Clark. He is petulant and a liability and lacks heart and to be honest, at the moment, I don't care what he does or where he goes, all I know is that he needs to lift his game big time.

Went back on soon after being dazed and having his face cut open. It looked like the effort was there (I admit hard to tell from TV), it was just the execution was lacking. Still kicked a goal from outside 50, and had a brilliant tap on to give Banfield a gimme goal. And we don't lose much when he replaces Leuenberger in the ruck.

Tough crowd.

 

[Dylan12]

Tough crowd.

Probably, but his demeanour iand tough man antics are very poor and to be honest he looks like he would rather be elsewhere. I do give him credit for coming back on after the head clash.

 

[Last of the Roys]

I was very surprised that Clark was put in the leadership group over Rich (or anyone else for that matter).

His game tonight was two-faced. At times he didn't seem to be making the effort required, but at other times he was giving it his all. But it is his lack of composure that stands out in terms of being the biggest question mark over why he was named in the leadership group.

I still think he is very important for us. But we need to get him more involved in the play somehow.

 

[Vipertooth]

I was very surprised that Clark was put in the leadership group over Rich (or anyone else for that matter).

His game tonight was two-faced. At times he didn't seem to be making the effort required, but at other times he was giving it his all. But it is his lack of composure that stands out in terms of being the biggest question mark over why he was named in the leadership group.

Agreed, he seemed useless for the majority of the game, disinterested for the rest.

And that pathetic shot for goal, after all Brown went though

Rich over Clark for VC every day of the week!

 

[Haggis McHaggis]

Hrm.. maybe I was watching a different game.

 

[youtwo]

Whether you thought his game was good or bad last night, the real worry for me is that you can't be a consistent key forward when you are as bad a set shot at goal as Clark is.

 

[whatboutbob]

Whether you thought his game was good or bad last night, the real worry for me is that you can't be a consistent key forward when you are as bad a set shot at goal as Clark is.

I disagree with those saying he showed no ticker last night, but unfortunately I do agree with the above. Given that, I just don't think we have a spot in the team for Mitch, which is bloody frustrating.

Don't get me wrong - he'll play, but IMO he's a round peg for a square hole and will be a revelation next year for a team that needs a CHB or ruck.

Here's hoping he makes me eat my words.

 

[doddgey]

I thought the forward line was were Mitch stated he wanted to play ?
His first half was very dissapointing, lacked discipline and second efforts, skill work was not great either.
Granted he did do some good work in the second half, but he is not going to kick a bag on that form.
I might be wrong or harsh, but his attitude/desire just looked so different to the other 21.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Don't get me wrong - he'll play, but IMO he's a round peg for a square hole and will be a revelation next year for a team that needs a CHB or ruck.

And they will probably get him cheaply too unless we can find a way to show how good he can be this year.

Frustrating.

 

[lionshine]

I would rather the money go to Rich. I know it is a lot easier to find midfielders than KPP's but Richy is special. That goal from outside 50 was just superb!

 

[Haggis McHaggis]

Whilst I agree largely with wbb's last post, I a.) don't see why we couldn't use Mitch @ CHB ourselves and b.) think people might be finding fault in an attempt to prepare themselves for his supposedly imminent departure for $$$.

 

[JasRulz63]

I disagree with those saying he showed no ticker last night, but unfortunately I do agree with the above.

Agreed. He was definitely showing more after Brown went off last night, and did a few nice things in the forward line, but his set shots were horrible. Don't think he lacks the heart, but definitely does lack the set shot execution (for now anyway).

In an ideal world, we'd probably play him at CHB, but with the whole Fev thing, and now Brown out for 6-8 weeks, don't think we have much of a choice really.

 

[Nuggo]

Tragic - Lost the four points and lost Brown.

I thought the guys played ok. There is a concern though that they can't control the tempo of a game yet. We seem to try and play at the same pace all game. We didn't raise the bar at the end of each quarter. This is to do with our young midfield but all in all I am starting to like what I see. Beams is a keeper.

Mitch played ok. When he was double teamed and the ball came into him on a few occasion he disposed/blocked one defender then went in for the hard tackle on the other defender and locked it up. Thought it was good play.

This is a new position for Mitch but at the end of the day a big forward has to kick goals. Bit early to make a call either way.

 

[Stocka]

Rich & Luey bleed. Can't say I have seen that from Mitch.

Can't say that I've seen anything to make any differentiation between the three when it comes to their commitment on the field, to be honest.

 

[Last of the Roys]

I think people need to put Clark's game last night into perspective.

At the end of the day, it was no way near as bad as some of the performances Fev put in last year.

Clark usually gives 100% at contests. That is one of his trademarks. Last night there were a few times when he didn't do that, and Vossy obviously needs to strongly point that out to him.

I can see that he is frustrated by his inability to impact on the game. At the moment he is struggling in his forward role, but we have to persist with him there. I truly believe he can be a very good centre half forward / full forward, but it is going to take time. There will be good days and bad days. With Browny out and Leuenberger going well in the ruck, we really have no other choice in any case.

I don't think Clark should have been selected in the leadership group, but I still think he is very important for our future. Rich is definitely out of sight as our most important player, but IMHO Leuenberger and Clark are pretty level at the moment (assuming last night's performance won't be reflective of Clark's year ahead).

Clark may even be slightly better as a ruckman than Leuy, if he was given the opportunity (I think 2009 showed that). It is just that Leuenberger can't play anywhere else, whereas Clark has versatility. So Leuenberger has to be our number one ruckman - he is far too good to leave out of the side. That leaves Clark having to play where the Club needs him.

The bottom line is that I don't think we should all give up on him based on one performance. He has got far too much potential that we cannot afford to lose.