by Jon Ralph
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Subscriber only Alastair Clarkson has been many things across 376 games and 16 seasons, but he has never been boring. Not while he was punching MCG coaches box walls. Or running half-naked around Manuka Oval before the snow fell. Or threatening all manner of deeds as he advised Matthew Lloyd to retire past-match in 2009. Or being saved from a VFL coaching stint by Sam Mitchell s tackle on Shane Tuck. For the first time in forever, Clarkson is coaching a nondescript, vanilla, utterly boring football team. He knows it, and so do the fans. Â
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by Jon Ralph
Premium Content
Subscriber only Alastair Clarkson has been many things across 376 games and 16 seasons, but he has never been boring. Not while he was punching MCG coaches box walls. Or running half-naked around Manuka Oval before the snow fell. Or threatening all manner of deeds as he advised Matthew Lloyd to retire past-match in 2009. Or being saved from a VFL coaching stint by Sam Mitchell s tackle on Shane Tuck. For the first time in forever, Clarkson is coaching a nondescript, vanilla, utterly boring football team. He knows it, and so do the fans. Â
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Can you believe it? We’re just two days away from the footy season kicking off.
That means it’s time for the fourth and final piece in my preview series, where I’ll be examining last year’s top four. Share
A surprising fact I discovered while writing this piece is that 2020 was the first season since 2014 that a top-four side from the previous year
didn’t crash out of the finals altogether.