In the press conference Lyon mentioned that neither Anthony nor Clarke was effective up forward and since Clarke was the backup ruck that Anthony was substituted out of the game.
Clarke had a moment of brilliance in the 3rd quarter where he swooped on the ball and kicked straight, but apart from that play he was relatively ineffective.
Clarke had 3 possessions, 1 mark, 1 clanger, 4 tackles and only 7 hitouts. I thought we missed Griffin's hardness around the contest when Clarke was in the ruck.
Prior to yesterday he was performing admirably, minimum of 11 possessions (11,15,16,18) was taking numerous marks (6,8,3,6) and had already kicked 5.3.
I'd back him to regain that form but everyone jumps on Anthony's back pretty quickly for an abysmal game, but he wasn't alone. I like Clarke and think he'll surpass Anthony as a forward and Griffin as a ruck. But at the minute Griffin is clearly a better ruckman and i'd be interested to see Griffin used up forward to see his effectiveness. I don't think he has the athleticism but he might surprise us.
Can we play a game with Sandilands, Griffin and Zac in the same team? Is Zac good enough up forward to hold his own purely as a forward?
Interesting selection committee meeting coming up.
Clarke had a moment of brilliance in the 3rd quarter where he swooped on the ball and kicked straight, but apart from that play he was relatively ineffective.
Clarke had 3 possessions, 1 mark, 1 clanger, 4 tackles and only 7 hitouts. I thought we missed Griffin's hardness around the contest when Clarke was in the ruck.
Prior to yesterday he was performing admirably, minimum of 11 possessions (11,15,16,18) was taking numerous marks (6,8,3,6) and had already kicked 5.3.
I'd back him to regain that form but everyone jumps on Anthony's back pretty quickly for an abysmal game, but he wasn't alone. I like Clarke and think he'll surpass Anthony as a forward and Griffin as a ruck. But at the minute Griffin is clearly a better ruckman and i'd be interested to see Griffin used up forward to see his effectiveness. I don't think he has the athleticism but he might surprise us.
Can we play a game with Sandilands, Griffin and Zac in the same team? Is Zac good enough up forward to hold his own purely as a forward?
Interesting selection committee meeting coming up.