Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

[PaulP]

Just on Cripps, I can see why he wasn't made Captain this year - he's young and his burden is heavy enough as it is. The club was right on this one IMO.

[JonHenry]

I was a fan of Simmo being made Captain.

Whilst one could argue that these guys mentioned (Cripps, Krooz, Simmo) may have been an upgrade on Murph, they still leave us short, because none of them have the mongrel and the crossing-the-line dirtiness of Voss or Hodge.

No but a vast difference between them and Murphy.

[JonHenry]

Captains are more than just 4 quarters on a saturday.

Simpson, Carrazzo or Murphy were our candidates at the time of Judds departure.

Dressing room politics dictates who the better captain is, not what they will do on a weekend.

This is why Nick Maxwell and Tom Harley made good captains.

This is why Marc Murphy may have been the best choice that our club had at the time, and why his tenure has been somewhat laboured, because our dressing room is anything but united.

Only Chris Judd could unite our dressing room, and even he could only manage it for 2 seasons.

Ok so Murphy is a better politician and that's why he was captain.
No wonder we are where we are

[LP]

Just on Cripps, I can see why he wasn't made Captain this year - he's young and his burden is heavy enough as it is. The club was right on this one IMO.

He's hardly played yet, to lead a captain must know all the game plans and tactics intimately. So experience counts!

Over at Devils Island the fans used to ask the very same about Jones versus Viney, I suppose that is why they ended up with co-captains!

[Blue Moon]

There were six players in the side on Saturday who are not going to make the team better in the future, Wright, White, Thomas, Lamb, Kerridge & Simpson. All of whom give 100% week in. We had Cripps, Curnow and Byrne missing and I have high hopes for Kerr, McCreadie, Polson & Pickett. We need another five or six players on out list who can actually make the team better and not just guys who will do their jobs to the best of their abilities. In three more seasons we will know whether the Bolton approach has been successful. It is very painful at the moment.

[laj]

Dangerfield gets one week!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/patrick...9da415212c

Interesting if he gets the most votes does he get to present it to the winner?

[PaulP]

Dangerfield gets one week!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/patrick...9da415212c

Interesting if he gets the most votes does he get to present it to the winner?

There's talk about him appealing.

[laj]

There's talk about him appealing.

Then he'll get 2 weeks.

[LP]

There's talk about him appealing.

There is also talk that Linfox has been asked to make two low loaders available to help transport home Danger's and Scott's jowls!

[PaulP]

Then he'll get 2 weeks.

Yes, assuming he doesn't get off.

I'll be very keen to see how the Cats go against the Swans and the Tiges if he gets rubbed out for both.