Coach Alastair Clarkson - NMFC Senior Coach - Coaching & Football Discussion

[giantroo]

 

[gerry101101]

He’s the master at responding to a question with 7 minutes of waffle and saying nothing while sounding earnest. And with such long answers, it reduces the volume of gotcha questions the interviewers have time for.

It’s boring as hell, but the right approach.

Don’t give them anything. And keep the interesting stuff internal.

 

[DuckYeah]

The bus talk personified

 

[DuckYeah]

Im not thrilled he eluded to being stable with the current captains.

 

[Horizons_00]

The all time sprays has not got any response out the players unfortunately

I still think it isn’t a coincidence that as soon as the court case popped up, the group took a step backwards

We don’t look anywhere near the same after the “chat” in the bye. We look the same, or even worse since.

It’s sad, because I thought we turned a corner but IMO i think the players have gone back to “this whole racism saga isn’t going away” trust slowly disappears again

 

[Ball Dont Lie]

We are stuck with him now but I hope we can at least upgrade the assistants in the offseason to give us shred of competitiveness next year.

 

[Amicalola]

Has he lost the group again? I really thought that this time we had turned a corner.

 

[zoomba23]

The all time sprays has not got any response out the players unfortunately

I still think it isn’t a coincidence that as soon as the court case popped up, the group took a step backwards

We don’t look anywhere near the same after the “chat” in the bye. We look the same, or even worse since.

It’s sad, because I thought we turned a corner but IMO i think the players have gone back to “this whole racism saga isn’t going away” trust slowly disappears again

Is that the bye before which we won one game, whilst since, we've had two wins and three close losses, two of which we inarguably should've won? That bye? Christ you talk some shit

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Perhaps as cooked as the list is.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Won’t be at the club in 2026.

 

[Ardent Roo]

Won’t be at the club in 2026.

Do I have have to wait that long? Apart from player retention I am scratching for positives.

If WCE and Richmond kick straight we would have lost two of those games also.

Zero improvement to the game plan, our competitiveness or skill level.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I’m not rapt with where we are as a footy club, to be honest.

Anyway, hope to see more of the good post-bye stuff next season, playing with purpose and intensity and skill, and much less of whatever this is today.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Do I have have to wait that long? Apart from player retention I am scratching for positives.

If WCE and Richmond kick straight we would have lost two of those games also.

Zero improvement to the game plan, our competitiveness or skill level.

He’ll walk away toward the end of 2025.

Absolutely no way can he carry on as the head of this absolute rabble. A lot of it caused by his set ups.

 

[Ardent Roo]

He’ll walk away toward the end of 2025.

Absolutely no way can he carry on as the head of this absolute rabble. A lot of it caused by his set ups.

Lord I hope you're right.

He just doesn't have it any more. Whether the racism thing has just sapped everything out of him or he was cooked when at Hawthorn I don't know.

There is no belief in this team as soon as our opponents step it up a gear. The difference was today we weren't 40pts up when they did.

 

[Ischenko]

He’ll walk away toward the end of 2025.

Absolutely no way can he carry on as the head of this absolute rabble. A lot of it caused by his set ups.

What set ups precisely? Intrigued.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

What set ups precisely? Intrigued.

Defensively horrific.

Constantly have players zoning off without a reason to.

The midfield gets torched regularly out the front because the mix in there is horrid.

The forward line has no movement and gets zero separation.

Just a couple there.

 

[The acurate one]

Honestly I'm not yet prepared to question al clarko.
Our list is all over the shop.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Honestly I'm not yet prepared to question al clarko.
Our list is all over the shop.

cooked.

 

[DocSholl]

Honestly I'm not yet prepared to question al clarko.
Our list is all over the shop.

Weird because apparently the bloke in charge of the list for the past five years does a great job

 

[The acurate one]

Weird because apparently the bloke in charge of the list for the past five years does a great job

I think our problems predate the last five years

 

[Spud11]

Yeah he is cooked. Hawks were right in moving on.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Significant regression.

 

[The Butcher]

One day, whether its coz we've finally learnt or coz of mass retirement at the dogs, we will stop them handballing fwd and away from stoppages. Or not. Paradigm shift, make it happen Huge.

 

[Mute Point]

For a start he needs to take off the kid gloves.
Don't know what he's like behind the scenes but seems like he's too nice.
That approach clearly doesn't work with this group.
A bit of tough love is required & hard truths need to be told.
A bit of angry Clarko is desperately needed.

 

[bennymate]

He’ll walk away toward the end of 2025.

Absolutely no way can he carry on as the head of this absolute rabble. A lot of it caused by his set ups.

Agree, the racism saga has absolutely decimated him and us, classic north luck.