Marcus Bontempelli Vs Patrick Cripps

[Adam H]

You mean the same game when the dogs had 1 active player on the bench halfway through the third quarter? What an achievement!!!

The excuse chestnut Lol

 

[King Bont]

The excuse chestnut Lol

I'd expect a few more highlights than that from a top 3 pick!

 

[Adam H]

I'd expect a few more highlights than that from a top 3 pick!

Plenty of highlights with his elite ball use and has so much more development in his body.

 

[ManOfClay]

why is billings even been mentioned? Thread isn't about him and he's not on the level of either players in the thread title

 

[Zgope1]

Not really because this is effectively Cripps first year as he had a broken leg last year and only played 3 games.
Therefore if you look at it in that way. Cripps this year vs Bont last year, it's most definitely not one way traffic. But i forgive your ignorance

massive liberties with the truth there. It's both player's second year, and one has outperformed the other.

 

[Doggstats]

Well its obvious Billings performed a demolition job against you blokes so clearly we have players worthy of nomination.

Yeah I doubt either have the elite skills of Billings.

You're a joke. Cripps and Bont are dominating seasons and carrying their teams on their backs whilst Billings has played 1 good game of footy, and you obsessively keep bringing it up trying to convince people that he's not a bust. It's like you're desperately trying to convince the world that your club didn't stuff up by taking Billings ahead of Bont (or Cripps) in that draft.

Liam Jones kicked 4 goals in a game once as well.......

 

[Adam H]

You're a joke. Cripps and Bont are dominating seasons and carrying their teams on their backs whilst Billings has played 1 good game of footy, and you obsessively keep bringing it up trying to convince people that he's not a bust. It's like you're desperately trying to convince the world that your club didn't stuff up by taking Billings ahead of Bont (or Cripps) in that draft.

Liam Jones kicked 4 goals in a game once as well.......

I was replying to a WB poster who ridiculously posted we had no young talent. I would have thought he would have seen first hand the ability of Billings.

 

[burningdwarf]

Define what you mean by "the most room to develop from his body"? Bont is still filling into his 194cm frame. He could play key forward if he wanted to in a couple of pre seasons. Scary thought for opposition teams

Wouldn't have thought he'd make a great key forward with the goal kicking he displayed in your final...

 

[ManOfClay]

Wouldn't have thought he'd make a great key forward with the goal kicking he displayed in your final...

Well billings has that over him given round 6 was your grand final

 

[Adam H]

Well billings has that over him given round 6 was your grand final

Was it? News to me.

 

[Bulldog1954]

I was replying to a WB poster who ridiculously posted we had no young talent.

You do have some young talent. Young talent that took you to within half a game of Melbourne.

It was encouraging to see the Saints have 0 players under 24 in the top 7 of the best and fairest.

 

[Adam H]

You do have some young talent. Young talent that took you to within half a game of Melbourne.

It was encouraging to see the Saints have 0 players under 24 in the top 7 of the best and fairest.

Let's see where Boyd finishes in the WB B&F.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Let's see where Boyd finishes in the WB B&F.

McCartin going to win yours? Even if you don't include Boyd we have a man the coaches voted the best young player in the game, a 22 year old All Australian, a 21 year old who got 11 Brownlow votes, a 23 year old who's won a Best and Fairest, a 23 year old who made the AA squad .. that's just the start. Old man Wallis could win the B and F .. JJ made the top 50 under 22 players ...

The Dogs are younger, less experienced and won over double the games .. and your counter argument is basically 'yeah but what about Boyd?'

 

[Adam H]

McCartin going to win yours? Even if you don't include Boyd we have a man the coaches voted the best young player in the game, a 22 year old All Australian, a 21 year old who got 11 Brownlow votes, a 23 year old who's won a Best and Fairest, a 23 year old who made the AA squad .. that's just the start. Old man Wallis could win the B and F .. JJ made the top 50 under 22 players ...

The Dogs are younger, less experienced and won over double the games .. and your counter argument is basically 'yeah but what about Boyd?'

No I used Boyd as an example that young players at StKilda were rotated and on schedules to not play large numbers of games. Does that make them not up to it or not as good? Billings Acres Goddard Membury Dunstan McCartin McKenzie were all rested even after playing good football. They have plenty of time to win B+F's and AA awards.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

No I used Boyd as an example that young players at StKilda were rotated and on schedules to not play large numbers of games. Does that make them not up to it or not as good? Billings Acres Goddard Membury Dunstan McCartin McKenzie were all rested even after playing good football. They have plenty of time to win B+F's and AA awards.

So if guys like Bonti, Stringer and MaCrae were Saints do you think they would be rotated?

 

[Adam H]

So if guys like Bonti, Stringer and MaCrae were Saints do you think they would be rotated?

Which one of them are first year? Which of them had injuries over the summer?

 

[Bulldog1954]

Let's see where Boyd finishes in the WB B&F.

Or we could just see how many wins the Dogs youngsters contributed to compared to St Kildas.

 

[Adam H]

Or we could just see how many wins the Dogs youngsters contributed to compared to St Kildas.

Did you end up winning anything of note?

 

[Bulldog1954]

Did you end up winning anything of note?

No - but I think young players contributing to 14 wins is more encouraging then young players contributing to 6.5. Don't you?

 

[Adam H]

No - but I think young players contributing to 14 wins is more encouraging then young players contributing to 6.5. Don't you?

Of course but it also depends on where you are at.

 

[Monkey King]

Sheed. Proven finals performer and actually has a good kick unlike cripps.

So, you mean Sheed plays in a team that made the finals? Awesome! Where do I sign?

Not sure where people have got this idea that Cripps' kicking is no good. It's not a weapon of his, but he's actually a pretty neat kick of the ball. I think some people commenting haven't been actually watching him; which is fair enough coz Carlton were s**t to watch this year, but at least refrain from talking s**t.

 

[T2B_]

So, you mean Sheed plays in a team that made the finals? Awesome! Where do I sign?

Not sure where people have got this idea that Cripps' kicking is no good. It's not a weapon of his, but he's actually a pretty neat kick of the ball. I think some people commenting haven't been actually watching him; which is fair enough coz Carlton were s**t to watch this year, but at least refrain from talking s**t.

I wouldn't pay much attention to gym4life, you would swear Cripps ran over his dog or played hanky panky with his daughter or something, such is his dedication to bagging Paddy out in every thread.

 

[gym4life]

So, you mean Sheed plays in a team that made the finals? Awesome! Where do I sign?

Not sure where people have got this idea that Cripps' kicking is no good. It's not a weapon of his, but he's actually a pretty neat kick of the ball. I think some people commenting haven't been actually watching him; which is fair enough coz Carlton were s**t to watch this year, but at least refrain from talking s**t.

Sheed played well in finals, was the reason he won. I did watch him quite a bit due to carlton being on half of the Friday nights. I think he has a below average kick however the rest of his game is good. I do rate kicking as the most important skill in the game though which Is why I don't rate cripps as highly as others.

 

[Monkey King]

Sheed played well in finals, was the reason he won.

Yes, and Cripps was heavily tagged and BOG in games and still the reason Carlton won. The difference here is that Sheed's team is playing finals and Cripps' team isn't. That's all you're saying. Nothing more.

I think he has a below average kick however the rest of his game is good.

What does below average mean for you and what exactly makes Cripps a below average kick in your eyes?

What's your analysis? Where does he fail?

I do rate kicking as the most important skill in the game though which Is why I don't rate cripps as highly as others.

Plenty of players with a good kick will be delisted at seasons end. No one skill makes a player, it's the overall package and combination of skills that's important. I don't rate your rating method.

 

[Monkey King]

I wouldn't pay much attention to gym4life, you would swear Cripps ran over his dog or played hanky panky with his daughter or something, such is his dedication to bagging Paddy out in every thread.

He should be thanking Cripps for giving his descendants the opportunity to improve their genetic line