Here's a summary of what I thought were important points from Clarkson's presser:
1)Hawthorn and Freo were pretty evenly matched. It was only our scoring efficiency which got us across the line
=> don't get too excited as we're not all that much better than Freo
2)Fyfe is one of those players that can turn a game
3)Freo have been able to win away from home this year
4)We hadn't won two games in a row all year and Clarko is searching for consistency in performance
=> trouble finding consistency - ?hallmark of a young or unsettled side
5)Birchall's importance to the team is his rebound off the back half and organisation of defensive structures
=> importance of converting defence into attack in the modern game
6)On Worpell - it's very much a learning and growth process, and being exposed to good opposition. He will spend more time forward when Mitchell returns in 2020. Knowing how to play different positions on the ground (this includes O'Meara) is important for the team's flexibility
7)He's excited by the exposure and development of the younger brigade (e.g. Howe, Worpell and Cousins in the midfield) and the contribution of our young tall forwards Lewis and O'Brien, and what effect that has on the team's future
=> we are getting games into the kids and he's seeing potential in them.
8)Emphasised the importance of playing your role and having 22 players who contributed at the right time.
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Automated transcript (errors courtesy of Youtube AI)
00:01
that's a bit better thanks fine yeah
00:04
geez thank you
00:12
you must be pleased with the way that
00:14
guys recovered after that lead got back
00:17
on top again
00:18
yeah well the game was right on the
00:20
balance wasn't it halfway through the
00:21
third quarter we'd got ourselves out to
00:24
five goal we'd - despite that I thought
00:27
the game was still reasonably even
00:29
despite the fact that we had scoreboard
00:31
pressure on Fremantle all the stats in
00:34
terms of ball control and clearances and
00:36
inside 50s everything were pretty even
00:38
free I missed a couple of shots the lob
00:40
and material in the first quarter that
00:42
they would normally kick so you know we
00:44
miss some easy shots - but the game was
00:47
reasonably even and then you know five
00:49
nearly carried the Fremantle side on his
00:52
back for about you know 10 minute period
00:55
there at the end of the into the second
00:56
quarter which you know he's a great
00:59
player and he's quite often got that
01:03
capacity to to lift his side you know he
01:05
went off the ground hurt with the
01:07
shoulder or an elbow or something and to
01:10
be fair were half hoping that more
01:12
that's more the scene we had for the day
01:13
but you know the play that is he came
01:17
back and had a significant influence in
01:18
the last part of the second quarter and
01:19
so that that's squared the game up a
01:22
little bit and it was really tight until
01:23
about halfway through the third quarter
01:25
and yeah then we were already you know
01:28
broke away with three quick goals and
01:30
pretty much that was the margin from
01:32
that point on but yeah we're really
01:35
pleased just free for our good side
01:37
they've been they've been able to win on
01:39
the road this week they this year
01:41
they've beaten
01:42
GWS and in Collingwood and away from
01:44
home and even though their record isn't
01:47
great down here they're still capable of
01:49
playing some pretty good 40 in so we
01:51
were mindful that we needed to back up
01:53
you know we hadn't won two games in a
01:55
row for the year and I hope they don't
01:57
stop just at that I hope good another
02:00
opportunity against the cats next week
02:01
to try and try and win three in a row
02:04
and get ourselves a little bit a little
02:06
bit of a mentor but yeah we're really
02:08
pleased with the effort today
02:10
that probably first 15 minutes the third
02:12
quarter as well when they had the ball
02:13
look in their forward half and you were
02:14
able to then yeah yeah and you know I
02:18
think there was a slight wind advantage
02:21
to that end so they they were able to
02:24
have the ball locked in that half for
02:26
the first ten minutes of the third
02:28
quarter and yeah we made we made a
02:31
couple of couple of adjustments but by
02:33
enlarge we just rather compete a little
02:35
bit better in the in the second half of
02:37
the third quarter you know a lot of the
02:38
game was dependent on who it was
02:41
actually winning the clearance battle or
02:42
the or the contested ball battle and
02:44
whichever side had that that dominance
02:47
at that point in time was decided it was
02:49
getting it forward and that's quite
02:50
often the case but yeah we we got that
02:53
in latter part of the third quarter and
02:55
that enabled us to get the ball forward
02:57
and kick kick some pretty important
02:59
goals just to give us a little bit of
03:00
breathing space going into 3/4 time you
03:15
know and so that's so tied and you know
03:18
going into last week's round matches the
03:21
the top four teams and the competition
03:24
got defeated so it is very very tight
03:28
and we're one of those sides that
03:29
defeated a top four side last week in
03:31
Collingwood and then they've gone out
03:32
not off another team that everyone after
03:34
one week was touting this plea and
03:36
near-certain is to win the flag with NAT
03:38
newly back and you know where Scott's
03:41
going to be invincible from this point
03:42
on and you know it's just it's a it's a
03:44
strange game you got to bring a great
03:46
game every week and you get disappointed
03:48
when you don't because it's really
03:49
really hard to bring it every week
03:50
because you've got an opposition out
03:52
there every week that's trying to knock
03:54
off you know and so yeah as I said we've
03:57
we've been inconsistent ourselves so not
04:00
really looking anymore than just getting
04:03
consistency from week to week and you
04:05
know our last three weeks have been
04:06
pretty good we just got just got over
04:09
the line against Collingwood last week
04:11
and just failed to get over the one
04:13
against West Coast but what what it's
04:15
been on the back of is just really
04:17
strong hard effort and hopefully we'll
04:20
just work here work our way back
04:22
in into a position where we might be
04:25
able to challenge later in the year but
04:26
right now it's just about getting it
04:29
getting active each work through that to
04:32
just be a real contest for us trending
04:36
in the right direction
04:37
from that point of view the consistency
04:40
yeah and we just bend a little bit a
04:42
little bit up and down in terms of
04:44
continuity of our page and I win guys
04:46
back in the side today virtuals back
04:48
into the side both both of them made
04:51
important contributions is important
04:52
times first today and just having that
04:54
that little bit of flexibility but
04:56
really just seeing how they go in the
05:00
last six or seven rounds of the season
05:01
could give us a little bit of hope and
05:04
belief that they can make really really
05:05
strong contributions for us because we
05:07
still haven't seen birch for two years
05:09
which is a long time at a forty and even
05:11
prior to that you know either had a
05:14
broken jaw and and that PCL injury with
05:18
pretty much interrupted his 2007 ninth
05:20
season - so he's effectively missed
05:23
three years of 40 and you know people
05:25
say oh you know virtuals you know over
05:28
30 and you know when you're making a
05:30
decision on him at the at the end of the
05:32
year now if he has an IV isn't played
05:35
for fective least three years and we've
05:37
got three years of a fresh fire up your
05:38
sleeve in a sense as long as he's know
05:40
you can cope with the rigors of the game
05:42
and that's a it's a little bit of an if
05:44
because he had a serious PCL injury and
05:46
they're nasty injuries but we think
05:49
we've got a fresh player now and if we
05:50
can over the next six weeks see what I
05:52
can do to our defense to help us rebound
05:55
the ball a bit better you know there's a
05:56
lot of sides out there that would have
05:58
been pleased in a sense not that
06:01
anyone's pleased that an opposition
06:02
players had injured it would have been
06:04
employees that that played Hawthorne
06:07
without Burchell and they saw the last
06:08
two and a half years
06:12
lilius and you know we saw a little bit
06:15
of that quality today you know he hasn't
06:17
applied for a long period of time and he
06:20
come back and he had a couple of
06:23
scratching moments where he got run down
06:25
from behind to just a bit of a lack of
06:27
awareness of the pace of the game but by
06:29
and large he you know you had 21
06:31
disposals and just helped with their
06:33
back end in its organization so much and
06:35
you know he's a high quality performer
06:39
that that played an aside that a lot of
06:41
others got the got the credit for you
06:44
know just bringing outstanding footballs
06:45
and they were but he's won within the
06:48
walls we have footy club that we rate
06:50
really really highly and he's been a big
06:51
loss to us the last company's week to
07:02
week hopefully been fine you know we had
07:09
the luxury of been five goals in front
07:11
so it took him off for last
07:12
both he and Chad for the last five
07:14
minutes of the game so there'd be no
07:15
risk but yeah we'll we'll get those guys
07:20
assessed out of the first part of the
07:22
week and hopefully they recover well and
07:23
get themselves ready for your Nate day
07:25
break clean you know Jalan game next
07:28
week at the MCG which would be a big big
07:30
occasion for us and they will look
07:32
forward to that contest but those those
07:34
guys should be fine yeah well he said a
07:46
significant responsibility for us and
07:49
he's continued to to grow with that and
07:52
and and some of that growth doesn't mean
07:54
necessarily of he's played outstanding
07:56
40 for the whole year some of it is just
07:59
learning and being being exposed to it
08:01
on a regular basis against the pre handy
08:03
opponents that he's coming up against
08:04
every week but he's been able to acquit
08:06
himself really well and you know he's
08:10
he's playing a little bit more forward
08:12
from time to time as well and that will
08:13
be the next phase of his football to
08:16
develop another position because if Tom
08:18
Mitchell comes back next year then he's
08:20
going to assume some more midfield
08:21
responsibilities and both Tom and wor P
08:24
and
08:25
ramier and others are going to need to
08:26
play different position in the ground
08:27
rather than just midfield all the time
08:30
and yeah that's a that will that will be
08:34
the silver lining to what's been a real
08:36
disappointment that which is out for the
08:38
whole year
08:39
the silver lining will be that the guys
08:41
like Daniel Hale and James cousins and
08:43
James Walpole and these sorts of guys
08:45
have had a lot of exposure to midfield
08:47
play that will help us make a better
08:48
better side and a better club next year
08:56
you know we had a pretty young young
09:00
fault line in terms of the a games
09:03
experience and age you know Brian
09:08
nation' and Mitch Lewis well three sort
09:12
of marking marking forward you know it's
09:14
the first time for as long as I can
09:15
remember that you know guys like ruffed
09:19
or hail or organza and these sorts of
09:23
guys have been beat parts of our side
09:26
and our forward structure for a long
09:28
long period of time so that's that's
09:30
exciting they all made important
09:32
contributions at different stages of the
09:34
day they competed really hard at the
09:36
aerial balls in particular and made it
09:38
difficult for the for the Fremantle
09:40
defence to mark the ball which they like
09:42
to do particularly through Ryan and here
09:45
we're pleased with the contribution that
09:47
might be there over over the course of
09:48
the day the the fact that 22 guys put
09:50
their hand up in played important roles
09:52
for us we didn't have anyone that was
09:54
just spectacular for the whole four
09:55
quarters but we had a lot of guys who
09:58
made the important contributions at
09:59
critical times to the game good night
10:02
guys thank you
1)Hawthorn and Freo were pretty evenly matched. It was only our scoring efficiency which got us across the line
=> don't get too excited as we're not all that much better than Freo
2)Fyfe is one of those players that can turn a game
3)Freo have been able to win away from home this year
4)We hadn't won two games in a row all year and Clarko is searching for consistency in performance
=> trouble finding consistency - ?hallmark of a young or unsettled side
5)Birchall's importance to the team is his rebound off the back half and organisation of defensive structures
=> importance of converting defence into attack in the modern game
6)On Worpell - it's very much a learning and growth process, and being exposed to good opposition. He will spend more time forward when Mitchell returns in 2020. Knowing how to play different positions on the ground (this includes O'Meara) is important for the team's flexibility
7)He's excited by the exposure and development of the younger brigade (e.g. Howe, Worpell and Cousins in the midfield) and the contribution of our young tall forwards Lewis and O'Brien, and what effect that has on the team's future
=> we are getting games into the kids and he's seeing potential in them.
8)Emphasised the importance of playing your role and having 22 players who contributed at the right time.
Clarkson after the win
Watch Hawthorn's press conference after round 17's match against Fremantle
Automated transcript (errors courtesy of Youtube AI)
00:01
that's a bit better thanks fine yeah
00:04
geez thank you
00:12
you must be pleased with the way that
00:14
guys recovered after that lead got back
00:17
on top again
00:18
yeah well the game was right on the
00:20
balance wasn't it halfway through the
00:21
third quarter we'd got ourselves out to
00:24
five goal we'd - despite that I thought
00:27
the game was still reasonably even
00:29
despite the fact that we had scoreboard
00:31
pressure on Fremantle all the stats in
00:34
terms of ball control and clearances and
00:36
inside 50s everything were pretty even
00:38
free I missed a couple of shots the lob
00:40
and material in the first quarter that
00:42
they would normally kick so you know we
00:44
miss some easy shots - but the game was
00:47
reasonably even and then you know five
00:49
nearly carried the Fremantle side on his
00:52
back for about you know 10 minute period
00:55
there at the end of the into the second
00:56
quarter which you know he's a great
00:59
player and he's quite often got that
01:03
capacity to to lift his side you know he
01:05
went off the ground hurt with the
01:07
shoulder or an elbow or something and to
01:10
be fair were half hoping that more
01:12
that's more the scene we had for the day
01:13
but you know the play that is he came
01:17
back and had a significant influence in
01:18
the last part of the second quarter and
01:19
so that that's squared the game up a
01:22
little bit and it was really tight until
01:23
about halfway through the third quarter
01:25
and yeah then we were already you know
01:28
broke away with three quick goals and
01:30
pretty much that was the margin from
01:32
that point on but yeah we're really
01:35
pleased just free for our good side
01:37
they've been they've been able to win on
01:39
the road this week they this year
01:41
they've beaten
01:42
GWS and in Collingwood and away from
01:44
home and even though their record isn't
01:47
great down here they're still capable of
01:49
playing some pretty good 40 in so we
01:51
were mindful that we needed to back up
01:53
you know we hadn't won two games in a
01:55
row for the year and I hope they don't
01:57
stop just at that I hope good another
02:00
opportunity against the cats next week
02:01
to try and try and win three in a row
02:04
and get ourselves a little bit a little
02:06
bit of a mentor but yeah we're really
02:08
pleased with the effort today
02:10
that probably first 15 minutes the third
02:12
quarter as well when they had the ball
02:13
look in their forward half and you were
02:14
able to then yeah yeah and you know I
02:18
think there was a slight wind advantage
02:21
to that end so they they were able to
02:24
have the ball locked in that half for
02:26
the first ten minutes of the third
02:28
quarter and yeah we made we made a
02:31
couple of couple of adjustments but by
02:33
enlarge we just rather compete a little
02:35
bit better in the in the second half of
02:37
the third quarter you know a lot of the
02:38
game was dependent on who it was
02:41
actually winning the clearance battle or
02:42
the or the contested ball battle and
02:44
whichever side had that that dominance
02:47
at that point in time was decided it was
02:49
getting it forward and that's quite
02:50
often the case but yeah we we got that
02:53
in latter part of the third quarter and
02:55
that enabled us to get the ball forward
02:57
and kick kick some pretty important
02:59
goals just to give us a little bit of
03:00
breathing space going into 3/4 time you
03:15
know and so that's so tied and you know
03:18
going into last week's round matches the
03:21
the top four teams and the competition
03:24
got defeated so it is very very tight
03:28
and we're one of those sides that
03:29
defeated a top four side last week in
03:31
Collingwood and then they've gone out
03:32
not off another team that everyone after
03:34
one week was touting this plea and
03:36
near-certain is to win the flag with NAT
03:38
newly back and you know where Scott's
03:41
going to be invincible from this point
03:42
on and you know it's just it's a it's a
03:44
strange game you got to bring a great
03:46
game every week and you get disappointed
03:48
when you don't because it's really
03:49
really hard to bring it every week
03:50
because you've got an opposition out
03:52
there every week that's trying to knock
03:54
off you know and so yeah as I said we've
03:57
we've been inconsistent ourselves so not
04:00
really looking anymore than just getting
04:03
consistency from week to week and you
04:05
know our last three weeks have been
04:06
pretty good we just got just got over
04:09
the line against Collingwood last week
04:11
and just failed to get over the one
04:13
against West Coast but what what it's
04:15
been on the back of is just really
04:17
strong hard effort and hopefully we'll
04:20
just work here work our way back
04:22
in into a position where we might be
04:25
able to challenge later in the year but
04:26
right now it's just about getting it
04:29
getting active each work through that to
04:32
just be a real contest for us trending
04:36
in the right direction
04:37
from that point of view the consistency
04:40
yeah and we just bend a little bit a
04:42
little bit up and down in terms of
04:44
continuity of our page and I win guys
04:46
back in the side today virtuals back
04:48
into the side both both of them made
04:51
important contributions is important
04:52
times first today and just having that
04:54
that little bit of flexibility but
04:56
really just seeing how they go in the
05:00
last six or seven rounds of the season
05:01
could give us a little bit of hope and
05:04
belief that they can make really really
05:05
strong contributions for us because we
05:07
still haven't seen birch for two years
05:09
which is a long time at a forty and even
05:11
prior to that you know either had a
05:14
broken jaw and and that PCL injury with
05:18
pretty much interrupted his 2007 ninth
05:20
season - so he's effectively missed
05:23
three years of 40 and you know people
05:25
say oh you know virtuals you know over
05:28
30 and you know when you're making a
05:30
decision on him at the at the end of the
05:32
year now if he has an IV isn't played
05:35
for fective least three years and we've
05:37
got three years of a fresh fire up your
05:38
sleeve in a sense as long as he's know
05:40
you can cope with the rigors of the game
05:42
and that's a it's a little bit of an if
05:44
because he had a serious PCL injury and
05:46
they're nasty injuries but we think
05:49
we've got a fresh player now and if we
05:50
can over the next six weeks see what I
05:52
can do to our defense to help us rebound
05:55
the ball a bit better you know there's a
05:56
lot of sides out there that would have
05:58
been pleased in a sense not that
06:01
anyone's pleased that an opposition
06:02
players had injured it would have been
06:04
employees that that played Hawthorne
06:07
without Burchell and they saw the last
06:08
two and a half years
06:12
lilius and you know we saw a little bit
06:15
of that quality today you know he hasn't
06:17
applied for a long period of time and he
06:20
come back and he had a couple of
06:23
scratching moments where he got run down
06:25
from behind to just a bit of a lack of
06:27
awareness of the pace of the game but by
06:29
and large he you know you had 21
06:31
disposals and just helped with their
06:33
back end in its organization so much and
06:35
you know he's a high quality performer
06:39
that that played an aside that a lot of
06:41
others got the got the credit for you
06:44
know just bringing outstanding footballs
06:45
and they were but he's won within the
06:48
walls we have footy club that we rate
06:50
really really highly and he's been a big
06:51
loss to us the last company's week to
07:02
week hopefully been fine you know we had
07:09
the luxury of been five goals in front
07:11
so it took him off for last
07:12
both he and Chad for the last five
07:14
minutes of the game so there'd be no
07:15
risk but yeah we'll we'll get those guys
07:20
assessed out of the first part of the
07:22
week and hopefully they recover well and
07:23
get themselves ready for your Nate day
07:25
break clean you know Jalan game next
07:28
week at the MCG which would be a big big
07:30
occasion for us and they will look
07:32
forward to that contest but those those
07:34
guys should be fine yeah well he said a
07:46
significant responsibility for us and
07:49
he's continued to to grow with that and
07:52
and and some of that growth doesn't mean
07:54
necessarily of he's played outstanding
07:56
40 for the whole year some of it is just
07:59
learning and being being exposed to it
08:01
on a regular basis against the pre handy
08:03
opponents that he's coming up against
08:04
every week but he's been able to acquit
08:06
himself really well and you know he's
08:10
he's playing a little bit more forward
08:12
from time to time as well and that will
08:13
be the next phase of his football to
08:16
develop another position because if Tom
08:18
Mitchell comes back next year then he's
08:20
going to assume some more midfield
08:21
responsibilities and both Tom and wor P
08:24
and
08:25
ramier and others are going to need to
08:26
play different position in the ground
08:27
rather than just midfield all the time
08:30
and yeah that's a that will that will be
08:34
the silver lining to what's been a real
08:36
disappointment that which is out for the
08:38
whole year
08:39
the silver lining will be that the guys
08:41
like Daniel Hale and James cousins and
08:43
James Walpole and these sorts of guys
08:45
have had a lot of exposure to midfield
08:47
play that will help us make a better
08:48
better side and a better club next year
08:56
you know we had a pretty young young
09:00
fault line in terms of the a games
09:03
experience and age you know Brian
09:08
nation' and Mitch Lewis well three sort
09:12
of marking marking forward you know it's
09:14
the first time for as long as I can
09:15
remember that you know guys like ruffed
09:19
or hail or organza and these sorts of
09:23
guys have been beat parts of our side
09:26
and our forward structure for a long
09:28
long period of time so that's that's
09:30
exciting they all made important
09:32
contributions at different stages of the
09:34
day they competed really hard at the
09:36
aerial balls in particular and made it
09:38
difficult for the for the Fremantle
09:40
defence to mark the ball which they like
09:42
to do particularly through Ryan and here
09:45
we're pleased with the contribution that
09:47
might be there over over the course of
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the day the the fact that 22 guys put
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their hand up in played important roles
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for us we didn't have anyone that was
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just spectacular for the whole four
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quarters but we had a lot of guys who
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made the important contributions at
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critical times to the game good night
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guys thank you
