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8 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

I disagree with the order. Clarry for mine is number 1. We will find out on Saturday. Hopefully it's not Bont!

I disagree Gawny is special no ruckman has ever done what he has done. Clarry is elite but he's not special like what Gawn is and what Flower was.

 

I wonder if there are threads on the Carlton (Weitering), Brisbane (Schache) and Sydney (Mills) footy forums lambasting their recruiting teams for not selecting Clarry

  • 1 month later...
On 11/19/2015 at 6:30 PM, spirit of norm smith said:

Surely MFC chooses Oliver ahead of Parish.

Oliver is like Wines... a COMPETITOR.

And we’re back.

 
On 9/22/2021 at 2:04 PM, WERRIDEE said:

I disagree Gawny is special no ruckman has ever done what he has done. Clarry is elite but he's not special like what Gawn is and what Flower was.

Oliver is pretty special too. He has lightning hands.

  • 6 months later...

A lot of love for Patrick Cripps. I'm glad he is back to his best, after carrying injuries for a few years.

Anyway, a little stat showed up last night via SirSwamp.

and I thought I would compare Clayton and how he is tracking comparably.

Well, with 13 games before he matches Cripps's  144 matches.

Clayton sits on 877 clearances as of last night.

He is averaging 8.6 clearances a match this season.

123 clearances / 8 as an average = should take him to 15 matches, and just short of the record.

 

I am now on clearance watch. 🙂

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

A lot of love for Patrick Cripps. I'm glad he is back to his best, after carrying injuries for a few years.

Anyway, a little stat showed up last night via SirSwamp.

and I thought I would compare Clayton and how he is tracking comparably.

Well, with 13 games before he matches Cripps's  144 matches.

Clayton sits on 877 clearances as of last night.

He is averaging 8.6 clearances a match this season.

123 clearances / 8 as an average = should take him to 15 matches, and just short of the record.

 

I am now on clearance watch. 🙂

 

 

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Wouldn't rounding it up to 9 be more accurate?

4 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Wouldn't rounding it up to 9 be more accurate?

I'm conservative. Choose your own adventure @ElDiablo14 🤙

1 minute ago, Engorged Onion said:

I'm conservative. Choose your own adventure @ElDiablo14 🤙

It'll be close race no doubt, hopefully Clarry is aware of this and is a man possessed for the next 10 or so games. In any case, touching wood, Clayton's career seems to be injury free so should have better stats in the end.

 

Round 8 = 885 Clearances - 132 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=115 / 12 = 9.58 per match to equal.

On 10/27/2015 at 7:17 AM, DeeZee said:

Actually reminds me a helluva lot like Jordie Mckenzie in the way he moves.

This comment made me lol so hard 


He also needs only 216 disposals to hit 4000.

I think the record is Tom Mitchell (137 games), with Greg Williams 2nd fastest at 140 games. 

Clarry is currently on 132 games so he needs an average of 43.2 to match Tom (unlikely) but is very likely to end up in second.

 

Clarry did notch up 2000 Contested Possessions today is his 132nd though, which very much could be a record.

Still only 24...

Genuinely scary.

9 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

This comment made me lol so hard 

He actually does though! I saw some footage of Jordie recently and went, “what the…”

Not sure which recruiter brought Jordie in - if it was Cameron or Prendergast. Whoever it was though had obviously looked in to the crystal ball and gotten confused.

Absolutely love Clayton he is going to be remembered as the best ever midfielder to play in the ❤️💙. It’s hard to believe he is only 24 and so self effacing always passes off the compliments to fellow team mates.💕

On 5/8/2022 at 8:33 PM, Engorged Onion said:

Round 8 = 885 Clearances - 132 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=115 / 12 = 9.58 per match to equal.

Round 9  (+7) = 892 - 133 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=108 / 11 = 9.81 per match to equal.

 

drifting slightly...

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On 5/16/2022 at 10:10 PM, Engorged Onion said:

Round 9  (+7) = 892 - 133 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=108 / 11 = 9.81 per match to equal.

 

drifting slightly...

Round 10  (+13) = 905 - 134 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=95 / 10 = 9.5 per match to equal.

 

Sorry, but how is this guy not spoken of as the best player in the competition. Absolute freak, only 24 years of age, if he plays at Melbourne until 32 or 33, he'll become our greatest ever player.

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23 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

Round 10  (+13) = 905 - 134 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=95 / 10 = 9.5 per match to equal.

 

Somehow this means so much to me right now. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out 

1 hour ago, A F said:

Sorry, but how is this guy not spoken of as the best player in the competition. Absolute freak, only 24 years of age, if he plays at Melbourne until 32 or 33, he'll become our greatest ever player.

45 touches and he was being tagged...


3 hours ago, A F said:

Sorry, but how is this guy not spoken of as the best player in the competition. Absolute freak, only 24 years of age, if he plays at Melbourne until 32 or 33, he'll become our greatest ever player.

On track for his 4th bnf and 3rd All Australian jacket. Seems to be well regarded in the media these days but certainly is deserving of more adulation. I think he won't get that until he hits the scoreboard regularly, which is a stupid metric. He runs harder defensively which speaks volumes to his maturity and buy-in to a team first mentality.

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On 5/8/2022 at 11:12 PM, deanox said:

He also needs only 216 disposals to hit 4000.

I think the record is Tom Mitchell (137 games), with Greg Williams 2nd fastest at 140 games. 

Clarry is currently on 132 games so he needs an average of 43.2 to match Tom (unlikely) but is very likely to end up in second.

 

Clarry did notch up 2000 Contested Possessions today is his 132nd though, which very much could be a record.

On track for 138 games making him 2nd fastest to 4000 as well.

He has played 121 consecutive games too, 2nd longest current streak only behind Jack Crisp on a remarkable 173 (10th all time streak).

7 minutes ago, Nascent said:

On track for his 4th bnf and 3rd All Australian jacket. Seems to be well regarded in the media these days but certainly is deserving of more adulation. I think he won't get that until he hits the scoreboard regularly, which is a stupid metric. I actually think he runs harder defensively which speaks volumes to his maturity and buy-in to a team first mentality.

I agree that the media will claim it is that he doesn't hit the scoreboard, but in reality it's because he isn't doing the finishing, he is doing the extracting and set up, so they don't pay enough attention.

There is a reason he won the AFLCA Champion Player Award last year (and will be leading it again once this week's votes come in) yet the media still talks about Pettacca first.

 
On 5/21/2022 at 10:38 PM, Engorged Onion said:

Round 10  (+13) = 905 - 134 Matches Played

 P Cripps = 1000  Clearances - 144 Matches Played

=95 / 10 = 9.5 per match to equal.

 

He is averaging 8.2 per game this season, so it isn't out of the question. A couple of big weeks brings the average required for the other weeks down.

 

Even if he doesn't get it, amazing to think he is in the frame to be second fastest player to 4000 disposals and 2nd faster to 1000 clearances. That type of inside/outside skill mix is unbelievable. For context Cripps will need about 20 extra games than Clarry to hit 4000 disposals, and Sam Mitchell only has 771 clearances to date.

On 10/27/2021 at 5:59 PM, cantstandyasam said:

Oliver is pretty special too. He has lightning hands.

Clarry is very special in his midfield role excelling in lightning quick hands ( quickest in AFL) with amazing skill backed up by pace and good disposal.

Clarry is also the hardest most determined player I have ever seen with an elite competitive attitude. A match winner whose consistency is amazing. 

 


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