Jordan Clark, Charlie Constable and Quinton Narkle may need to leave Geelong to further their AFL careers.
Clark – who is contracted until the end of 2022 – continues to be linked with a move home to Western Australia, while Constable and Narkle are both coming out of contract at season’s end.
The Cats trio were all overlooked for Saturday’s match against Carlton with Shaun Higgins, Max Holmes, Mark O’Connor and Esava Ratugolea getting the nod at selection.
Speaking on SEN Breakfast, Sam Edmund and David King discussed whether the opportunity-starved youngsters will be at Geelong next season.
Edmund: “Do you think one, two or three will leave? Or will they all stay?”
King: “I think there will be a couple that leave.
“If you’re not getting opportunity – what’s the point?
“If you can’t satisfy the club that you’re a good enough AFL player to represent them in a time of opportunity, then you leave.
“I think we’ve become pretty used to that, haven’t we?”
Edmund: “I don’t think Constable had the interest last year. Otherwise he would have.
“The other two definitely had the interest and chose to stay.”
King: “It surprised me the Constable one.
“He struck me as a David Mundy-type.”
Edmund: “Do you know what this reeks of? A classic case of looking at what they can’t do as opposed to what they can do.”
Clark, 20, has played seven senior games this year and hasn’t been seen at the elite level since Round 9.
Constable, 22, has made just three AFL appearances in 2021, taking his career games tally to 12 in almost four years, while 23-year-old Narkle has played eight matches this season.