Jordan Clark has high expectations of himself and Fremantle in 2023.
It means the 22-year-old defender isn’t relying on natural growth to build on his breakout season, where he played all 24 games and averaged 21 disposals – 11 more than his 2021 average at Geelong.
Heading into round one against St Kilda, Clark hopes his improvement will come from eliminating his quieter games.
Against the Saints in 2022, Clark had 16 disposals in Freo’s round two loss at Optus Stadium. In the return fixture at Marvel Stadium in round 17, he had 30 disposals in a convincing 41-point win.
“I’ve had a decent pre-season. For me to go to another level, it’s just to be even more consistent,” Clark told SEN WA.
“I’m looking forward to just having another year of footy and hopefully I can take it one step further again.
“I think naturally as a group and a Club, you expect a bit more of yourselves and you want to go a bit further.
“It’s how we deal with that, we can’t just expect it to happen, we’ve got to go out and do more, win more games, be better than you were last year.
“That’s a big focus of ours over the summer and going forward.”
Clark was asked about how Fremantle would respond to their round 18 loss to Sydney, where the Swans stifled Fremantle’s ball movement and maintained possession with short kicks – winning the marks 138-79.
He said Freo had analysed their loss to the Grand Finalists as a part of their review of the gameplan.
“Every team goes away and looks at elements of games where other teams have picked them apart,” Clark said.
“Having a good team defence and everyone defending to get the ball back is important.
“We’ve done a lot of work on our game plan over the pre-season and hopefully we can improve in all areas of our game, not just that one.”
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