'Awakening': Uncomfortable Clarkson question looms

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Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes has suggested the Kangaroos would privately beryllium "second-guessing" the assignment of Alastair Clarkson aft seeing a important uptick since his exit.

While the Kangaroos are yet to triumph a crippled since Brett Ratten took implicit aft Clarkson went connected indefinite leave, they've improved successful a fig of cardinal areas, narrowly losing 2 retired of the 3 games since Ratten has been successful charge.

Cornes suggested those astatine the nine would beryllium asking themselves what looms arsenic an incredibly uncomfortable question.

"I deliberation they would beryllium (second-guessing Clarko appointment) with what they've seen with Brett Ratten and what he's been capable to bash to merchandise the shackles," helium told Nine's Footy Classified.

The Kangaroos person seen a monolithic uptick successful their show since Alastair Clarkson stepped down (Quinn Rooney via Getty Images)

"The question astir Alastair Clarkson is: does his demeanour get the champion retired of the young players? Is his crippled benignant successful enactment with what the champion teams are doing? They were precise zone-orientated (and) we saw Hawthorn prime them isolated successful circular three.

"Why was the effort truthful poor? I thought his benchmark would've been getting genuine effort from this group, (but) we saw them springiness up countless times.

"Privately they'd beryllium questioning it. Publicly they'll beryllium intelligibly backing successful Alastair Clarkson ... but it's been awakening for them.

"I don't cognize if he's going to travel back, I've got nary idea, but I deliberation the nine would beryllium questioning, 'Is helium the close manager for this group?' connected the backmost of what they've seen successful the past 3 weeks.

"It's a monolithic call, and that's wherefore privately they whitethorn beryllium having second-thoughts connected whether helium is the close the manager for the radical they've got close now."

Clarkson is presently connected indefinite permission aft stepping distant pursuing the circular 9 nonaccomplishment to Port Adelaide (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Essendon large Matthew Lloyd said the club's powerbrokers request to face the players connected their existent feelings toward Clarkson.

"I'd beryllium asking those players, 'How overmuch of it was the unit Clarkson was nether oregon however overmuch of it was Alastair Clarkson?'," helium told Footy Classified.

"You look astatine the numbers since Ratten has taken implicit and this is simply a antithetic shot side.

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"I haven't been this excited astir North Melbourne successful my clip watching them successful years, there's been thing to get excited about. This has been a drastic betterment since the shackles person gone disconnected and Ratten's taken over.

"They looked paralysed astatine times connected the crushed successful presumption of players conscionable lasting successful positions and being walked done similar cones, witches hats. That hasn't been the lawsuit successful the past 3 weeks."

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