Universal Love Best Individual performance from a Carlton player

[Blue87]

Thought this needed it’s own thread after the performance from our captain today. It would be up there with the best iv’e seen from a Carlton player.........thoughts?

 

[windows1]

Kouta’s 36 possession 18 markgame against WC at PP was pretty special.....

But this was better.

Greatest game of my long life.

 

[Jabba73]

Lance Whitnall in a preseason game in Bendigo, took 19 marks and totally dominated ... even when they tried to play around him.

 

[TerryWallet]

Dominator in Rd1 1980 was special.

Lit it up with 7 goals at a seething Vic Park in the GF replay when the Pies were red hot favorites after the upheaval of losing Jezza and we'd been shizen in losing all practice matches.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Think Kouta may have had 35 with 5 goals against the Kangas at princes park one day?
Regardless I think that cripps today played the best game I have seen a Carlton pkayer play. Add being capain and the circumstances of the week.
I am 59 years old and have seen us win 8 flags so have a fairly large data base to work off.

 

[outabounds]

Too hard to compare but this was in the discussion.

 

[Thrawn]

Fev's 8 vs Essendon during our greatest comeback of all time, SOS keeping Ablett goalless in the GF, Kouta's '99 PF, etc.

Then you have champions like Kernahan, Williams, Dominator, Jezza, Doull... it's really hard to pick. I'd pick a dominant game where it actually matters (finals, GF) so as much as that was Cripps' best game for us, I wouldn't say it was the best of all time.

 

[Kruezing]

Judd up in Sydney ... but Crippa today was phenomenal ...

 

[Blue87]

Fev's 8 vs Essendon during our greatest comeback of all time, SOS keeping Ablett goalless in the GF, Kouta's '99 PF, etc.

Then you have champions like Kernahan, Williams, Dominator, Jezza, Doull... it's really hard to pick. I'd pick a dominant game where it actually matters (finals, GF) so as much as that was Cripps' best game for us, I wouldn't say it was the best of all time.

I think it’s a good discussion to have considering we havn’t seen a performance like this in a long time. Chris Judd played a ripper in sydney in the wet the night of the royal wedding from memory.

 

[Blue87]

Judd up in Sydney ... but Crippa today was phenomenal ...

Was typing as you posted

 

[Jimmae]

Kouta had 38 and 5 vs North for Ratten's 200th in 2000.

Just scored and created things at will that day.

 

[Pinnell]

Kouta had 38 and 5 vs North for Ratten's 200th in 2000.

Just scored and created things at will that day.

and took about 15 marks!?

 

[Jimmae]

and took about 15 marks!?

Just the 8, but 3 contested, and 24 contested possessions according to the records.

 

[OldCarltonKnows]

Best performance I’ve seen. The performance was one thing. But fact he’s our captain, and after a week from hell, made it even greater. So happy my young son saw that today. Unbelievable.

 

[btdg]

Simon Beaumont’s 8 goals in the first half vs Collingwood in 1999

Apparently not good enough to get the 3 Brownlow votes that day but it was the greatest day out I’ve witnessed in person. From the moment he tried to pass to Ratten in the goal square, miskicked and then saw the shank slide through for his first goal, to his opponent slipping and gifting him his 8th, via 2 incredibly dodgy free kicks and a couple of others where no one was within 50 metres of him - one of the truly most random, lucky, amazing games I’ve been too.

 

[Blue Warrior]

To me Kouta's 99 prelim is the best game as an individual I have seen just because of the opposition and it was a tight prelim final.
But Cripps was immense today a true leader of men I can't wait for him to hold up number 17 and he will.

 

[Ash05]

Bryce Gibbs against the Cats a couple of years ago. Murphy and Kruze went down early and Gibbs got us over the line. Was throwing up after the game on the ground.
Fev kicking 8 against the Essendon in our comeback win saved me from wearing an Essendon jumper so that stands out for me

 

[ferrisb]

Kouta had 38 and 5 vs North for Ratten's 200th in 2000.

Just scored and created things at will that day.

Just the 8 marks but 3 contested, and 24 contested possessions according to the records.

I came here to mention this performance.

Pretty sure he spent some of the match playing on some spud called Wayne Carey and took him to the cleaners.




Probably a bit harsh calling Carey a spud. Will probably go down in history as the second best ever AFL player to wear #18

 

[TerryWallet]

Simon Beaumont’s 8 goals in the first half vs Collingwood in 1999

Apparently not good enough to get the 3 Brownlow votes that day but it was the greatest day out I’ve witnessed in person. From the moment he tried to pass to Ratten in the goal square, miskicked and then saw the shank slide through for his first goal, to his opponent slipping and gifting him his 8th, via 2 incredibly dodgy free kicks and a couple of others where no one was within 50 metres of him - one of the truly most random, lucky, amazing games I’ve been too.

That was indeed a day out for Beaumont. If my memory is correct though, he blotted the copybook in the 2nd half though when he dumped a simple handpass at SOS's bootlaces and the great man ripped his hammy off the bone picking it up.

Pretty sure it was the same game.

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Some good performances mentioned in here.

Beaumont’s half was awesome. Fev’s Millennium intro to footy was sensational. Diesel ‘95 GF is my earliest memory of Carlton greatness.

Cripps today is something I haven’t seen since ‘95.

 

[Dominator68]

A couple of Kouta's games in 99(Swans and North spring to mind) right up there, plus his 99 Prelim effort against the filth and of course his game on the wing v West Coast. He was also BOG at half time in the 95 GF. What a player.

Judd v the Swans.

Diesel had a few games that he tore apart with his handball.

Sticks kicked ten vs Victoria in the rain.

That said, Cripps as good as any player I have ever seen.

 

[chelseacarlton]

bloody close

 

[DamianBis]

Cripps performance today was the best i've ever seen.

Only competition i can think of are

Fev in 07 against essendon. From memory that was more a half of football. did he kick a goal in the first half? 1 maybe?
Gibbs a couple of years back against GCS where he had 30 odd and kicked 3 goals. Never seen a player have so much space.
Juddy in both elimination finals against Richmond & Essendon. although both were more amazing quarters rather than whole games.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

It will definitely go down in Carlton folklore, and deservedly so, however it’s one in a plethora of great Carlton players playing unforgettable games.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

To me Kouta's 99 prelim is the best game as an individual I have seen just because of the opposition and it was a tight prelim final.
But Cripps was immense today a true leader of men I can't wait for him to hold up number 17 and he will.

Kouta given the intensity of the game. In that last quarter he basically one an AFL preliminary final on his own

Cripps today was up there given the gravity of the club situation.


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