Welcome to the Kennel - Charlie Clarke

[F'scary]

What about him resonates with you F'scary?

I like the point made about his draft position possibly reflecting that he did not have the profile of someone who went through more elite channels.

[Bulldog4life]

Clarke’s story reminds me of a bygone era. Not comparing him with the legend of EJ, but in a time of finishing year 12 at elite schools usually after scholarships, APS, academies and the modern ways of getting to a club. I like the story:

Player: Charlie - Teddy

Local Status: Port Melbourne - Footscray

Battler Status: Battler - Battler

School: Sunshine Tech - Yarraville (St Augustine’s)

Age Left School: Age 15 - Age 14

Passed by St Kilda NGA - Passed by Collingwood (Zone)

Job Before Recruited: Apprentice - Factory Hand



There’s just an ‘old school’ feel to the CC’s recruitment story. Larrikins and at nearly the same height, CC is a small forward and a Teddy a KPP. Not saying the kid is Teddy, just pointing out the old school pathway that CC has come to join us.


Story (pretty cool) I found on Teddy to get some background:

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/from-th...07-p512hb.html


From the above article, how ‘WOOF’ is this:

First voice: "The Jones kid is a drunk, a lout, a thief, a bully and a complete no-hoper."

Second voice: "Yeah, true, but he's the best full-forward we've had for years."

First voice: "You're right, and a nice kid too."

Thanks BT. Enjoyed the article on EJ too.

[weltschmerz]

Man I must be getting old, he looks so young to me.

I rate his highlights a lot. Weightman likes to fly and plays more like a medium, but Clarke seems pure small crumbing forward who'll annoy the bejesus out of everyone. If he comes along he could be the final piece of our forward line.

[mjp]

BT - You know I love you but can we please not compare draftees to one of the best 5 players to ever pull on a pair of boots. I guess I know what you're saying and I do appreciate everything about a kid who hasn't been taking it easy on a 'non-sporting' scholarship at one of the private schools in a major city in Perth/Adelaide or Melbourne...but even so...

[bulldogtragic]

“Not comparing him with the legend of EJ”
….
“Not saying the kid is Teddy, just pointing out the old school pathway that CC has come to join us.”


I will try to be clearer next time!

[General Soreness]

Charlie and Buss were the two I had my fingers crossed for. We are crying for a crumbing small forward with a bit of cheeky mongrel about him. Now we have two annoying mosquitos in our forward line. Between Cody and his short but plays like a medium forward with a good leap and Charlie being a genuine crumber both getting in the faces of oppo defenders, good chance Sicily could be banned for life this season

[GVGjr]

Charlie and Buss were the two I had my fingers crossed for. We are crying for a crumbing small forward with a bit of cheeky mongrel about him. Now we have two annoying mosquitos in our forward line. Between Cody and his short but plays like a medium forward with a good leap and Charlie being a genuine crumber both getting in the faces of oppo defenders, good chance Sicily could be banned for life this season

Might be worth your time to have a look at our 2022 Draft Watch thread https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...22-Draft-Watch

There was a lot of excellent discussion that you might find interesting.

[jeemak]

BT - You know I love you but can we please not compare draftees to one of the best 5 players to ever pull on a pair of boots. I guess I know what you're saying and I do appreciate everything about a kid who hasn't been taking it easy on a 'non-sporting' scholarship at one of the private schools in a major city in Perth/Adelaide or Melbourne...but even so...

“Not comparing him with the legend of EJ”
….
“Not saying the kid is Teddy, just pointing out the old school pathway that CC has come to join us.”


I will try to be clearer next time!

Nets.