I thought we would use Clark more on the wing to add some dash forward of centre, but in the early part of the season Acres has been very good on the wing, and Switta has been fantastic as a high half forward. What I love about having Clark in the backline is that teams can’t easily lockdown on both Clark and Young, and in combination they are providing a lot of drive off half-back - as is Walker when he plays.
In my uninformed view, Young is the best of the three defensively, especially overhead. Clark can get a little lost defensively (I suspect that is why he wasn’t guaranteed a game for Geelong) and I think Walker has some work to do on the defensive side of his game. I still think that if there is a weakness to our backline, it’s that we’re missing a player who can really shut down a small forward.
All that said, we got Clark for an early-second round pick, and based on his start with Freo I think you’d do that trade 10 times out of 10.
