How did he hold the club over a barrel exactly?Might not even make 6 years. He held the club over a barrel and carlton folded which is extremely disappointing.
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How did he hold the club over a barrel exactly?Might not even make 6 years. He held the club over a barrel and carlton folded which is extremely disappointing.
How did he hold the club over a barrel exactly?
They didn't have to give him that if they didn't want to.They gave him 6 years when ideally they didnt want to give him 6 years
Difficult position for the club. If they don’t negotiMight not even make 6 years. He held the club over a barrel and carlton folded which is extremely disappointing.
Reported as being on less money though so no big dealThey gave him 6 years when ideally they didnt want to give him 6 years
They didn't have to give him that if they didn't want to.
Difficult position for the club. If they don’t negoti
Reported as being on less money though so no big deal
Did anyone listen to Leigh Matthew’s on 3aw tonight? His considered comments about Cripps were concerning. He thinks that Cripps has lost a lot in the last two years and that he is no longer a champion. I’ve always found Mathews to be virtually spot on when talking about anything football related.
Fisher’s is worse.
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TwigI like the fish hairdo
He reminds me of a mini sticks running around
Might be a bit of deja vu happening with the way the season is unfolding. He's had a couple of years of injury troubles, his form is down, the club is a bit of a dumpster fire...I'm really starting to think that Crippa reached a point where he has checked out a bit.
The guy has constantly had issues with his body the last couple of years.
He has had some tough circumstances in his personal life.
Club captaincy weighing down on him.
Cops a lot of sh*t when we lose. How was that clown who had a go at his gf earlier in the year?
That is quite a bit for a young bloke to deal with.
This is why we see undisciplined acts such as when he took a shot at the ump with the glasses gesture, he's having a laugh after probably our most devastating loss in years - there's no way Cripps from 2 years ago would do that. He'd be sitting there like Sam Walsh was.
Unlike some, I believe him when he said he took a hair cut for the benefit of the list going forward. His heart is in the right place. His head isn't and you couldn't blame him for losing a bit of faith in Russell and Teague.
A new environment might be exactly what he needs. A new coach, with some new assistants and a solid direction for him and others to believe in.
Taking the captaincy off him and giving it to Weiters is going to happen as well. He's set for a big off season.
EDIT: One thing I'll add is, to anyone who doubts him - if Ollie Wines could turn things around, I'd be backing Crippa to as well...
David Teague took over. There have been rumours that he doesn't agree with the role Teagues given him/doesn't get on with him for quite some time now.If anyone understands time lines and look at what changed in his life 2 years ago… Anyone know??
Are we talking about fishsticks again?I like the fish hairdo
He reminds me of a mini sticks running around
Has there? I haven't seen them.David Teague took over. There have been rumours that he doesn't agree with the role Teagues given him/doesn't get on with him for quite some time now.
IF he has a back condition i'd be wanting a clear medical report before i offered another contract over say sam weiderman or elliott himmelburg or one of the many other fringe talls who'll be on the market or OOC end of season.What a bizarre comment. Oscar was more than serviceable in the little game time he's had for us. Is a cheap tall utility who fills a clear list need, absolute no-brainer to give him another year and let him have a proper run at it.
There were better options before, there are better options now. We need renewal at the position, and I'd go so far as to say that Kemp is already ahead in the pecking order there despite the fact that we shouldn't want to use him in a KPD role.McDonald performed much better than I expected (in the little we saw of him).
He'd be better than any/most/all of the backup tall options out there. Considerably better than what we've seen from Casboult this year.
I've always been one to argue the last list spots shouldn't be wasted on short-term band-aid solutions. But if fit, McDonald makes a lot of sense for our list and KPP availability. And he isn't that old.
Very very good POTDAre we talking about fishsticks again?
Has there? I haven't seen them.
I also attribute some of his form to Teague taking over, though. The timeline matches up. Having said that he was a little patchy before Teague took over but he still had some immense games in-between the average ones, but he's openly discussed how he had some MH battles during that period.
There were better options before, there are better options now. We need renewal at the position, and I'd go so far as to say that Kemp is already ahead in the pecking order there despite the fact that we shouldn't want to use him in a KPD role.
Even if Marchbank is delisted, I would want us to move Parks and OMac on, and look seriously at the FA and DFA market alongside a draft strategy.
not sure how you'd due diligence robustness............
Not a terribly significant stat, really. Carroll spent time on the sidelines, Honey debuted last year, Ramsay for whatever reason hasn't debuted, Boyd and Mirkov were picked up midseason and have both been injured for substantial periods of time, Kemp has only just gotten himself right, and Philp both debuted last year and has been injured.Christ. We've only had a single debutant this season!?
While I agree to an extent, you cannot in consecutive seasons delist 3 KPD's then proceed to delist 2 hybrid KPD's/general defenders and another KPD. You've just completely divested the list in a single area to an outrageous extent, and you would be relying on getting in at least 4 KPP if not 6-8 to ensure that you get at least 2 of AFL standard.There were better options before, there are better options now. We need renewal at the position, and I'd go so far as to say that Kemp is already ahead in the pecking order there despite the fact that we shouldn't want to use him in a KPD role.
Even if Marchbank is delisted, I would want us to move Parks and OMac on, and look seriously at the FA and DFA market alongside a draft strategy.
Except he's just another dud. Melbourne have been at a knife's edge with getting rid of him for years.I want to agree with you. I don't like recruiting guys who are only ever going to be foot soldiers. And we all know how you feel about footballers who are limited or only there for depth.
We should be recruiting guys with upside. If they make it, great. If they don't, cut your losses and replace with other guys with upside. So I mostly agree with you. But two points...
1) DFA market? Who is going to be better than OMac (or Gibbons, Newnes, Newman etc) in the DFA market?
2) Having OMac means we don't need to rely on Kemp being used as backup KPD. That's the whole point of having 'an OMac' on your list. Arguably, it also means we don't have to give Casboult another year, we don't have to recruit another crappy KPF as backup and possibly even avoid having a surplus ruck on our list JUST as insurance in case TDK AND Pittonet are injured at the same time. Look, I don't think he's an amazing footballer, but if he can save us carrying 2-3 other duds on our list, he's probably worth it IMO.
We're under review because there were some dumb decisions made. I've got no problem with reversing out of them given the limited impact to the senior side.While I agree to an extent, you cannot in consecutive seasons delist 3 KPD's then proceed to delist 2 hybrid KPD's/general defenders and another KPD. You've just completely divested the list in a single area to an outrageous extent, and you would be relying on getting in at least 4 KPP if not 6-8 to ensure that you get at least 2 of AFL standard.
Doing that would be scattergun drafting, and it's not a great way to locate talent. Better off (if you can) trying to get a Grainger-Barrass via trading a first round pick and a player or picking someone via the draft than you are delisting all those players.