Has anyone actually heard this reported, other than rumour on BF? Did they cover it on 6PR?
It seems to have been around for a bit before breaking on SEN today.
Hutchie said that Clark has requested a trade to Freo on The Footy Show tonight.
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Has anyone actually heard this reported, other than rumour on BF? Did they cover it on 6PR?
It seems to have been around for a bit before breaking on SEN today.
Pick 5? The guy wasn't even in the t50 players this season. He would barely scrape into the top 100 players in the comp, if at all. He played 19 games and didn't even finish in the t10 BnF players. He's not even in the t10 players in a side that finished bottom 4. He's not even his teams first choice ruckman, and you think he's a top 5 pick.........
You're joking.
Pick 5? The guy wasn't even in the t50 players this season. He would barely scrape into the top 100 players in the comp. He played 19 games and didn't even finish in the t10 BnF players. He's not even in the t10 players in a side that finished bottom 4. He's not even his teams first choice ruckman, and you think he's a top 5 pick.........
http://www.contestedfooty.com/2010/09/brisbane-best-and-fairest-2010-–-merrett-murray-medal/
You're joking.
Clark is in the same category.
Disagree with that.
Johnson is worth around the pick 20 mark, he's a pretty capable midfielder/KPP/Ruckmen. Would get a gig in most clubs and playing along side a more mature midfield would be quite damaging.
He is a first rounder value for sure - nice age and good size.
For Freo it must also be very tempting to think of a Clark/Sandi/Zac - means we actually have depth in the ruck division and a nice spread of ages and development.
The match up problems that would be caused by 2 mobile rucks who also make massive targets up forward.
Sandi is a massive advantage and Clark would be the perfect foil.
I didn't see the nearly All Australian team for 2009 - any shocks?
Value wise Hill would be worth a few sheckles more and is already worth a top 5 pick and a really nice set of steak knives (I mean really nice ones with jarrah handles) .....Clark would be early first rounder.
Agree. Don't forget the fact that he is also very capable in defence. In 2009, he was superb in plugging holes and taking crucial contested marks in the back half.
I think that Clark is a realy good young player and would love to get him. But you Lions supporters have got to stop comparing his value to Hill's.
This. Clark is very much the future of our club. He is the heir apparent to Brown, and is as valuable to us as much as Franklin is to the Hawks.
Freo isn't prepared to offload one of the young guns, and just don't have the picks to get this done. Only a quality player will suffice (of the likes of Hill). If the roles were reversed, and Hill wanted to come to Brisbane, i would think that Freo would demand one of our key players (Clark, Rich etc), and we too would be unprepared to do that deal.
Clark, who has one more year to run on a heavily back-ended deal, is believed to want to be traded to Fremantle.
The East Fremantle recruit is understood to have sought to be traded home to Western Australia, otherwise threatening to leave at the end of 2011 to join Greater Western Sydney without any negotiable compensation to the Lions, other than a nominated AFL draft pick.
Without shedding players and rearranging current contracts, the Lions could be as much as $1m over next year's cap and in even deeper trouble the year after.
Brisbane, which has already significantly reduced next year's total player payments with the loss of Michael Rischitelli to the Gold Coast and the imminent defections of Jared Brennan and Sherman, may have to cut more players or their salaries because of its need for more cap relief.
Clark's Perth-based management has been in talks with the Dockers. Clark, 22, played 19 games this year for a total of 65 in his injury-interrupted five seasons.
Finished top three in 2009 and was nearly AA ruck.
Without going into details for why he had a slow year, i'll give you food for thought: Given Hill's promising 2010 season, if he had a quiet year next year (for various meritorious reasons), would you be prepared to trade him for considerably less than he is worth?
Hill this year is worth a top 5 pick, and no matter what happens next year, will still be worth a top 5 pick in 2012. Clark is in the same category.
Close the thread its pure BS
RUCKMAN Mitch Clark is the latest Brisbane Lions player to request a trade, according to separate reports in the Herald Sun and on Channel 9’s The Footy Show.
Clark, 22, is contracted to the Lions, but has requested a trade home to Western Australia, where he hopes to play with Fremantle.
The Lions, who have already lost best-and-fairest winner Michael Rischitelli to Gold Coast, are also reeling from utility Jared Brennan’s decision to leave the club and are unlikely to agree to a trade for Clark
That's a shame. Would of really helped out at the club. All we can do is hope for the best