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Posted April 27, 2010 21:27 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:45

loyalgunner wrote:

Luis Garcia wrote:

2ndBest wrote:
He tends to drift wide though doesn't he.� That's what I noticed the two times I've seen him.
Fair point, he did that in the final (thats all I've seen from him) but I was still impressed, and maybe he was trying to do that because Canterbury just weren't offering anything on attack so he tried to go around the defender and do more himself? He just looked comfortable on the ball.
He goes all over the midfield and into the attack as well.� He's pretty much given a licence to roam, you'd think, seeing as he's head and shoulders above most of the others.For what it's worth, I think he'd be a quality substitute for most A-League teams but he'll get better.


Yeah, LG is right. With Canterbury he has a pretty much free licence to roam around in attacking positions.

I've seen Clapham in a few games now, and think he tends to disappear for stretches of time, which is something he needs to work on. In the A-league, he won't be good enough to have a free licence, so will have to tighten up positionally and a little bit defensively.

If we're looking at him as a central midfield player, I still think he'd be behind Barron in the pecking order. But I think Clapham has very good potential, and will be an A-league player sooner rather than later.

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loyalgunner wrote:

Luis Garcia wrote:

2ndBest wrote:
He tends to drift wide though doesn't he.� That's what I noticed the two times I've seen him.
Fair point, he did that in the final (thats all I've seen from him) but I was still impressed, and maybe he was trying to do that because Canterbury just weren't offering anything on attack so he tried to go around the defender and do more himself? He just looked comfortable on the ball.
He goes all over the midfield and into the attack as well.� He's pretty much given a licence to roam, you'd think, seeing as he's head and shoulders above most of the others.For what it's worth, I think he'd be a quality substitute for most A-League teams but he'll get better.


Yeah, LG is right. With Canterbury he has a pretty much free licence to roam around in attacking positions.

I've seen Clapham in a few games now, and think he tends to disappear for stretches of time, which is something he needs to work on. In the A-league, he won't be good enough to have a free licence, so will have to tighten up positionally and a little bit defensively.

If we're looking at him as a central midfield player, I still think he'd be behind Barron in the pecking order. But I think Clapham has very good potential, and will be an A-league player sooner rather than later.