Ask The Coach: Clarkson

[Ricochet]

#AskTheCoach allows AFL Coaches to take over the @AFL twitter account and answer questions from the public


Some of the relevant answers:

[In Reply To: if fit, how many games do you think Dayle Garlett will play in 2014??]
AFL ‏@AFL  2m
.@jarrodrutley Hard to say at this stage, it will depend on how he goes the rest of the pre-season, like many young players coming in.



[In Reply To: What type of role will McEvoy play in 2014, more in the ruck or half ruck/half forward swapping with David Hale?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@Dylan_2112 We'd like to see McEvoy, Hale and Roughead share the ruck duties #askthecoach



[In Reply To: How will Roughead's role change with Franklin now gone? And will Gunston also be stepping up to help fill that role?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@Lucrious There's a number of players that will get an opportunity to play in our front half, Gunston is just one of those #askthecoach



[In Reply To: Where will Taylor Duryea be playing most of his time this year? ]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@MightyHawksBlog He'll be trying to consolidate his position across half-back #askthecoach



[In Reply To: what teams do you think will be the teams to beat this year?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@MiSeRay Geelong, Sydney and Fremantle are always tough sides to combat. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: who do you expect to debut first out of the draftees..? ]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@n_talerico All our draftees have had great summers, and we'd like to see them get a chance in the NAB Challenge #askthecoach



[In Reply To: do you see rioli as s permanent forward this year or more a mid like the start of 2013?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@ForzaBaysie We've been trying to make our side more flexible in the past two years, so Cyril will continue to rotate between mid and fwd.



[In Reply To: Is Shiels someone you see being used as a tagger going forward, or was last year more about education?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@BILLZ_17 He's played some really important roles for us, and we'll continue to use him in this way if required. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: What role do you see Isaac Smith playing this season?]
AFL ‏@AFL  24s
.@15Gizmo Really emerged as a damaging wingman last season, we'd like to see him consolidate that spot. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: Hey Clarko, congrats on 2013! Legend! With Gibson & Lake both in their 30's, who will be their successors?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@spidershark3 Schoenmakers, Stratton, Litherland, Brand, Kelly, Heatherly are all players that can play key back. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: Great to have Schoey back this year, where will he be played?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@tully_johns Schoey's had a great rehab from his knee and we can't wait for him to return to our defence. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: who do you see debuting this year?]
AFL ‏@AFL  1m
.@harper_kurtis Probably Lowden, Hallahan, Wanganeen, Woodward are all players who have been in our system & are ready to play #askthecoach



[In Reply To: so you see Bruest playing more midfield this season? ]
AFL ‏@AFL  43s
.@drbeardface33 Yep. Together with Puopolo and Rioli they'll all share some midfield and forward play. #askthecoach



[In Reply To: ey Clarko, how's Jed Ando going? I havn't seen much of him in the training vids ]
AFL ‏@AFL  40s
.@SpongeMario Jed got a bout of pneumonia before Christmas so he's just stepping up his program so he's ready to play early in the year.

[truBLUE]

Interesting Breust , rioli , puopolo have mid time this year :)

[JBs-Hawks]

Good work clarko, just about gave nothing at all away :P

[Mr.Craig]

Interesting Breust , rioli , puopolo have mid time this year :)

Practically the whole team rotates through the middle so I wouldn't read too much into that.

[pommyadam]

I dunno, but it sounds like he kinda put a line through Garlett, or at least to start with

edit: and no questions about Suckers?

[Ziplock]

Good work clarko, just about gave nothing at all away :P

haha, cagey as flower.

[me]

dunno why they even bother interviewing or asking coaches like clarko and ross lyon about anything footy related - they give absolutely nothing, and actually mislead/lie to the media and hence the public at every opportunity

which leads to the number 1 rule in dt: don't believe anything the coaches say (especially clarko/lyon) - especially about role changes/injuries in particular

[Ziplock]

even if you could trust what he said, pretty much all of those answers were useless, except for the debuting one and rioli one.

[zeddyzed]

What a pointless Q&A...

Thanks for nothing, Clarkson.

[Noz]

The most interesting thing about this is Duryea will be spending the year along the half back line. Surely this is bad news for either Birchall or Suckling, Or maybe it means Birchall will push up into the midfield more this year.

Garlett not being named in the first NAB cup game on thursday is a bad sign.

[JBs-Hawks]

The most interesting thing about this is Duryea will be spending the year along the half back line. Surely this is bad news for either Birchall or Suckling, Or maybe it means Birchall will push up into the midfield more this year.

Garlett not being named in the first NAB cup game on thursday is a bad sign.

Not really Duryea is just slotting straight into Guerras possie.

[Noz]

Yeah i forgot Guerra retired  ::)

[Football Factory]

What a pointless Q&A...

Thanks for nothing, Clarkson.

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