M. Clarke retired too

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M. Clarke retired too

Post: # 448035Post SaintWodonga »

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ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon has urged veteran Robert Harvey to play on next year, after the Saints lost a wealth of experience with Fraser Gehrig, Andrew Thompson and Matthew Clarke all retiring following Saturday's match at the MCG.

Not a big loss, but thanks for the service! :D


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Post: # 448036Post evertonfc »

Still believe we should have gone with Chris Bryan - RL obviously didn't agree...


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Post: # 448038Post woooosaints »

yeah thanks M.Clark i will remember you for all the ummmmmm but anyway thanks :lol:


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Post: # 448041Post Carl Mynott »

M.Clarke retired......thats one GOP gone..........


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Post: # 448050Post saint66au »

Would love to keep him at the CLub in a coaching capacity..although I have a suspicion he will return home to SA

Was a tap ruckman without peer in his prime and Im sure once he could focus on coaching rather than lookng after his own body as well, would be a real asset to the Club


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Post: # 448100Post RaphClarke=Brownlow »

What a great recruiting move that was for us. Almost as good as Gardiner. :D

Blake is going to be our number 1 ruckman next season unless we do something, anything.

Ackland may be delisted by the Blues, and many of us were sad to see him go. Let's see if he can lead us to that premiership that we deserve!!!


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Post: # 448103Post evertonfc »

saint66au wrote:Would love to keep him at the CLub in a coaching capacity..although I have a suspicion he will return home to SA
Think he has real potential as a ruck coach.

Outside of that, he was a pick-up best forgotten who provdied pretty average service.
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Post: # 448106Post rodgerfox »

Carl Mynott wrote:M.Clarke retired......thats one GOP gone..........
GOP means Good Ordinary Player.

It means that you're good, but don't stand out.

He wasn't good, and didn't stand out. Therefore was not a GOP.


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Post: # 448107Post Dan Warna »

Carl Mynott wrote:M.Clarke retired......thats one GOP gone..........

he was never a GOP at st kilda

OP more like, or even a CR


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Post: # 448121Post loving_the_dal »

did he give us anything.
mmm what a waste of a pick.
oh well..


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Post: # 448142Post Carl Mynott »

I stand by my opinion that M.Clarke at St Kilda was a GOP,he was meant to be a good player but he turned out to be ordinary..........

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Post: # 448170Post mad saint guy »

Well that was a waste of time. Would have been better to simply ask him to pay us a few visits as a specialist ruck coach. If he wasn't there then Brooks probably would have gotten a fair go in the ruck and we'd at least know what he is capable of.

It really is a shame that we took Clarke instead of (my preference) Tom Collier, who is a 192cm athletic running defender/onballer (Chad Cornes type) and is set to go in the first round this year.


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Post: # 448174Post Animal Enclosure »

Is Collier an U/18 MSG? Could we have picked him up in last year's pre season draft?

It was a gamble by Lyon that didn't pay any dividends except to get a bloke with great experience to help out the other ruckman.

I now stand by my Darren Jolly comment of this week. If he is coming back to Melbourne he has to be priority #1.


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Post: # 448175Post lovin_dal_santo »

wore the saints jumper, therefore earns my respect..

thank you matt for your efforts, hopefully your presence has had an impact on our emerging ruckman.
good luck with whatever you choose to do with your life now :]


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Post: # 448179Post mad saint guy »

Animal Enclosure wrote:Is Collier an U/18 MSG? Could we have picked him up in last year's pre season draft?
Yep. We could have taken him in the national or pre season draft, but was too young to rookie-list.


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[quote="RaphClarke=Brownlow"]What a great recruiting move that was for us. Almost as good as Gardiner. :D

Blake is going to be our number 1 ruckman next season unless we do something, anything.

Ackland may be delisted by the Blues, and many of us were sad to see him go. Let's see if he can lead us to that premiership that we deserve!!![/quote

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Post: # 448190Post Saints-06-Premiers »

How many kicks did he get for us? I rekcon I could count them on half a hand.


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Post: # 448194Post Enrico_Misso »

It was interesting (and a condemnation) that Kosi said that he has learnt more about rucking from Clarke than from anyone else.

Doesn't say much about Matt Rendell or whoever was teaching him the trade in the past.
But maybe supports prev posters that we should retain him as a specialist coach.


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Saints-06-Premiers wrote:How many kicks did he get for us? I rekcon I could count them on half a hand.
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Saints-06-Premiers wrote:How many kicks did he get for us? I rekcon I could count them on half a hand.
31
Really? I must have missed them all.

Heh, probably more than Knobel got for us in his like 2 seasons.


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lovin_dal_santo wrote:wore the saints jumper, therefore earns my respect..

thank you matt for your efforts, hopefully your presence has had an impact on our emerging ruckman.
good luck with whatever you choose to do with your life now :]
Ditto.

Wasn't our greatest recruit, but I'm sure he gave 100% whenever he played for us.


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he played for us therefore he deserves respect

i guess it sone of those decisions that did not really pay dividends


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Post: # 448349Post Liam_G »

lovin_dal_santo wrote:wore the saints jumper, therefore earns my respect
My sentiments exactly. Good words.


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Post: # 448721Post The_Dud »

would u rate the recruitment of Clarke a better or worse one than that of Monkey :wink:

in all seriousness, he wore the st.kilda jumper, so i wish him all the best


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goodbye thanks for doing some backing up for us.


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