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You mean the Dockers who had Tim KellyI really wanted Carrol at Richmond even with our first pick and when we traded it i thought ohh well , But then he was still there at our 2nd and we still didnt take him and selected an unknown Ruckman (our 5th Ruck) - Disappointing but good luck to the blues and hope he develops into a great player.
But there is 1 thing thats been playing on my mind that made me kind of ok with not selecting him and i dont mean to be coming across as salty but made me think. Fremantle would have had the best access to jack and would have had everybody that has had anything to do with him on speed dial and walker and Carroll were really close at east fremantle i believe and they didnt select him . I think they had 3 chances and also could have traded down if they really wanted him. This makes me think Why ??
So in saying this i think maybe be a little more patient & little more conservative with expectations. But still a bargain at 41
Honestly, i don't think there is a knock.
Usually, about 2 weeks out from a draft, word/hints/inferences start getting out about a few players that they're gonna drop down the draft. I tend to think this coincides with final interviews, medicals, family visits and things of the like. There were a few of those this year like other years.
But with Carroll he was pushing incrementally higher in opinions and whispers the closer we got to the draft. But in every draft there are also 1 or 2 genuine sliders who might just have 1 player ahead of them on multiple teams boards as each pick goes by. I honestly think this was Carroll.
He could have been Top 20 on 15 Club boards, but from 20 onwards each club could have had one of their players in the teens still there , or someone they needed listwise. And hence he just slipped 20 or so positions lower than if 1 sequence above went differently.
tldr...No knock, it was just our turn to get lucky.
I really wanted Carrol at Richmond even with our first pick and when we traded it i thought ohh well , But then he was still there at our 2nd and we still didnt take him and selected an unknown Ruckman (our 5th Ruck) - Disappointing but good luck to the blues and hope he develops into a great player.
But there is 1 thing thats been playing on my mind that made me kind of ok with not selecting him and i dont mean to be coming across as salty but made me think. Fremantle would have had the best access to jack and would have had everybody that has had anything to do with him on speed dial and walker and Carroll were really close at east fremantle i believe and they didnt select him . I think they had 3 chances and also could have traded down if they really wanted him. This makes me think Why ??
So in saying this i think maybe be a little more patient & little more conservative with expectations. But still a bargain at 41
Looking very lean. Almost too lean for his natural body type.Somebody give Crippa a steak stat.......
Looks rake thin in this photo.
Geeesh, redrafted at 150:
Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club | Jack Carroll (VFA)
Blueseum: History of the Carlton Football Clubwww.blueseum.org
Cripps looks skinny.
He probably hasn't been able to do any weights since his shoulder surgery so would have lost some bulk. Expect him to put most of it back on in the coming months.Cripps looks skinny.
Carlton had the same opportunity with Kane LambertPLAYERCARDSTART23Kane Lambert
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I just didn't understand it at the time. He was absolutely killing the VFL under our nose. We all saw his quality.That blunder still shits me..
Probably has more to do with his inability to get in the gym properly post surgery. That will come again soon enough and he'll be able to put the weight back on. (How much depends on what his knee can handle).Cripps looks skinny.
I read/heard that he has family in Melbourne. It may have been a problem if drafted elsewhere.Also heard some concerns about his ability to relocate if taken outside WA, but we're pretty well stocked for ex-WA boys who'll help him settle in.
Reckon Cripps would be silently stoked at taking in another East Fremantle tall inside mid to mentor.
GOSHlisten from 45 minutes
Drive with Bob Murphy and Andy Maher Full Show Podcast Wednesday December 9
Guests today were Sam Groth, Fox Footy draft expert Mick Ablett, marathon great Steve Moneghetti, Luke Hodge and leading surfer writer Nick Carrollplayer.whooshkaa.com
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That's what I thought.I don’t know, I think he looks like Kouta in that picture.
Was literally the one thing that I wanted this off season (other than no injuries).Somebody give Crippa a steak stat.......
Looks rake thin in this photo.
I love his natural kicking action settles in three steps and posts it to a locationGOSH
Looks to a bit of a character and very gratefulHow cool is parks, I'm blushing and fanning myself