Well now you're just blatantly showing the world just how biased you are.
I mean, is Cripps the best footballer who has ever walked this planet? He'd have to be based on your evaluation.
So, let's go through your list on how Cripps apparently shits all over Merrett in every facet bar kicking...
Size: Cripps is 10cm taller, now tell me how that has made him a better player than Merrett? How has it impacted anything? Does that make David Myers a better midfielder than Sam Mitchell?
Marking: Merrett averages 4.2 marks a game compared to Cripps' 2.7, wow, how much better is Cripps!
Tackling: Of all of your assertions, this is by far the most ludicrous. Merrett would damn well be the best tackler for his age and size I've ever seen. Easily the best tackler and chaser on Essendon's list and he's only in his second year. I could compile a video package of his tackling and it would make a fantastic montage for when he retires in 10 years, let alone midway through his second season. Even without that, Merrett averages 5.8 tackles per game compared to Cripps' 4.7. Absolutely laughable you would try and claim this.
Clearances: Cripps has shown more in the clearances so far, though as you say, Merrett has apparently spent more time up forward and has Watson, Heppell, Goddard etc taking up stoppages ahead of him.
1 per centers: Merrett averages 1.0 a game compared to Cripps' 0.9. Again, Cripps again so clearly better.
Handpassing: LOL, okay. Claim that if you want, I disagree but whatever.
Vision: Again, LOL. What a wank. What do you base that on? Again, I disagree but if you're going to pull shit out of your arse, then how do I possibly argue with that?
Footy smarts: A very close second for most laughable behind your tackling assertion. Just, LOL.
******* hell, I knew you were a terrible, self-righteous poster already but claims about Cripps are borderline delusional.
I'd actually agree with you talent-wise about Billings being a slightly better prospect, but apparently even he's not even in the same stratosphere as your lovechild Cripps.
Merret has been playing consistenly for two seasons, Cripps is still practicallt in his first season, he only played about 3 games last year due to a broken leg. Merret has played 30 games and Cripps has played 11.
So stats are pretty useless comparison, i'm just talking about perceptions from watching football. Not reading stats. You say its a "wank" when you cant measure it in stats to show it in your favour, but there is things beyond stats that make you a better footballer. Vision, composure, workrate cant be measured.
And as for things like marks, i said Cripps was a better mark not that he averages more marks, Merret is an outside link up player, of course he's going to average more than Cripps as an inside ball winner, but Cripps could outmark Merret in a one on one easily.
As I said - Merret is a good footballer, but Cripps is better
And as for the standard personal attack from you.
I wouldnt expect anything further from you Prosecutor. You say I am self righteous - yet when you deal with people like yourself who arent worth the time of day, you have to assert yourself, i mean for christs sake you think Essendon ARENT drug cheats, and you abuse people for comprehending a tv show more than you.