Kane Cornes has taken purpose at North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson over his post-game feedback on Saturday night time.
The former Port Adelaide star turned media character didn’t pull any punches as he blasted the mastermind coach.
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Clarkson’s troops had been comprehensively blown off the park on the MCG on Saturday night time, however in his post-game press convention the coach was fast to reward his troops.
“There were things about our game – I thought we played better tonight than we’ve played in the last two weeks,” Clarkson mentioned.
“Usually when you lose a game by 15 goals you haven’t been able to get the ball inside 50 and you have been smashed in clearances. We competed in different areas of the game really, really well.”
Cornes merely couldn’t consider what he’d heard come out of the four-time premiership profitable coach’s mouth.
On Channel 9’s Sunday Footy Show, Cornes took the gloves off and blasted the remarks with damning footage supporting his argument.
“He was watching a different game to me, Alastair Clarkson,” Cornes mentioned.
“The first five minutes in this game was as bad a football as you are ever going to see. I want to highlight the lack of effort and the fact that they are witches hats.
“This is Cam Zurhaar who did a lot of talking in the off season. How is this for a chase, three minutes into the game and goes with the one hand.
“This is disgraceful vision here. (Nick) Larkey here so senior players, easily outmarked from Steven May.
“They then get the switch and they’re all guarding space. Watch Fritsch here who has come up and watch Gawn here.
“The amount of players they both run past, we’re three minutes into the game give me some effort North Melbourne. It’s not talent, it’s all effort.
“Fritsch who was in the backline has run past six North Melbourne opponents bobs up and kicks the goal.
“The ease of how this comes through the front of the stoppage, this is training stuff – first day back of pre-season.
“Watch (Christian) Petracca exploding through the stoppage, (Kysaiah) Pickett is doing the same. (Griffin) Logue is sitting way off his opponent and there is an easy uncontested mark inside 50. All within the first four minutes of the game.
“(Jaidyn) Stephenson here, what sort of tackle is that? That is embarrassing.
“We’ll watch (Aidan) Corr who signed a five-year contract and he just falls over. This is uncompetitive stuff.
“Clarkson reckons their performance was better, he’s watching a different game. The first seven minutes this game is over.
“Here’s the Norm Smith Medalist, top of the goalsquare and nobody goes anywhere near him.
“The victory lap was long when they signed Alastair Clarkson. It has quickly finished.
“Honestly, it is embarrassing and they need to be better than that. That is not talent. That is effort in the first five minutes of the game.”
North had been dealt a merciless blow within the opening quarter because the Demons ran riot when ahead Charlie Comben suffered a horrific damaged leg.
The damage, which was so graphic that broadcasters opted towards displaying replays, might reportedly be heard across the floor based on spectators on social media.
Play stopped for a number of minutes with gamers from each groups operating over to supply their help, with Melbourne’s Jake Lever and Steven May visibly disturbed by what they’d simply witnessed.
Melbourne secured a snug 90-point victory to launch themselves to the highest of the AFL ladder in the intervening time.
Fritsch led the way in which in entrance of objective with 4 majors. Clayton Oliver and Petracca ran riot all night time lengthy, combining for 72 disposals and 10 clearances. Petracca added three objectives in his finest outing up to now this season.
Source: www.news.com.au
