Well all our best 22 have been in excellent health and you’d be hard pressed to name any senior player who hasn’t been superb all farking year. Where would those magic list spots open up?
not sure if mentioned - reminds me of Pev coming in when Misiti was injured and blanketing the best opp mids for the next month (yeah i know, not as handsome as the Pev)…
Watched the replay just looking for him and Cripps; it’s good to be able to say I’ve been right in noting that while he’s not a complete player he is VERY good at his speciality.
Can stand up to tackles and dish it out at AFL level as well as VFL
Cripps was on for 89% TOG and played as a midfielder for the whole of that time. Clarke ran with him for 82% TOG and was still running with him at the end. Even so its pretty clear Clarke has the tank to be a full time mid and play as a tagger.
During the time 7% TOG Clarke was off the ground Cripps was effectively not tagged and managed about 3 disposals so that put him on track for a 30+ possession game. However there is a potential small sample error in that.
Last year, in 1 of the VFL threads, @theDJR described Clarke’s kicking as “cromulent”.
I thought, get outta here djr with ya fandangle words, but it fits.
His kicking really is cromulent