RD 4 : Blues Beat Saints To Win The Cake-Tin !!

[Mantis]

Cripps could become anything and has huge potential. However his skills by foot are a real worry. How do we find so many guys that can't kick an egg. I though as a kid, that was the first thing you learned how to do.

[kruddler]

Good get, you have had a rough patch with Hughes/Rodgers and now Mick all leaving you hung out to dry ...I think I changed my mind on Cripps a couple of days before the actual draft but didnt rate him as highly earlier like you have cheekily pointed out because his kicking wasnt great.
I will pay your tenacity on this one and look forward to returning the favour ;D

You've had a rough patch with actually reading what i write. Instead you skim and assume you've got the gist of it. Your comments above are proof of that.

Better luck next time.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Cripps could become anything and has huge potential. However his skills by foot are a real worry. How do we find so many guys that can't kick an egg. I though as a kid, that was the first thing you learned how to do.

What I like about my man Cripps..er sorry Kruds man Cripps is that he does play to his limitations much like Sam Mitchell did early and give the ball
off by hand more than attempting to kick the footy....Robbo and Bell were/are classic examples of players who should give off by hand more but dont and turn the footy over by foot...
As Cripps becomes a more experienced player like Mitchell i think he will kick the footy more and become and even better player..
Big test for him this week as I dont see the Pies ignoring him now he exposed good form.....Saints looked like they thought No Judd..you bewdy its going to be easy in the middle..

[kruddler]

What I like about my man Cripps..er sorry Kruds man Cripps is that he does play to his limitations much like Sam Mitchell did early and give the ball
off by hand more than attempting to kick the footy....Robbo and Bell were/are classic examples of players who should give off by hand more but dont and turn the footy over by foot...
As Cripps becomes a more experienced player like Mitchell i think he will kick the footy more and become and even better player..
Big test for him this week as I dont see the Pies ignoring him now he exposed good form.....Saints looked like they thought No Judd..you bewdy its going to be easy in the middle..

I don't think the Pies would ignore him anyway. He had 35 against them in the pre-season i think. Kinda had a target on his back already.

[Lods]

I reckon they'll find it difficult to match up on him.
It won't be like tagging a mid where you block his run
Cripps will get right in the middle of things and extract.
Whoever they play on him will want to have a bit of strength about them.

....and if they pay him too much attention it will free up a few other blokes who can hurt them.

[townsendcalling]

Just a correction here, Murphy had 3 tackles with his 24 contested.
Cripps had 11 tackles with his 23 contested.

As mentioned previously, Murphy did his work with one guy continually up his lemon and another trying to poleaxe him.

Both excellent efforts, one under far more pressure.

[flyboy77]

I reckon they'll find it difficult to match up on him.
It won't be like tagging a mid where you block his run
Cripps will get right in the middle of things and extract.
Whoever they play on him will want to have a bit of strength about them.

....and if they pay him too much attention it will free up a few other blokes who can hurt them.

Moreover, Cripps hails from East Freo.

They can't spell 'soft' or 'backwards' down there. Hard as nails.

Something we lack.

[flyboy77]

I know the answer has been posted before but where's a link i can download or stream today's (and other) matches from please?

Cheers.

[ElwoodBlues1]

You've had a rough patch with actually reading what i write. Instead you skim and assume you've got the gist of it. Your comments above are proof of that.

Better luck next time.

Hughes and Rodgers is a sore point isnt it. ;D....I never fail to get a bite when I dangle the line...you must have been smarting over our last exchange on Mick/Boekhorst
to go back through the vault to chase down that Cripps thread....that makes me feel comfortable in knowing I dont need luck in responding to your logic..

[Mondy]

Cripps blew me away.  His tackling was crush-tastic.  And his ability to stand up in a tackle and find away of giving off the ball in heavy traffic was astonishing.  Cripps was there for us when StKilda was ontop.  He kept up in the game.

Murph was fantastic.  He was smashed off the ball - as has been said here - but stood up, something he rarely does.  About time.

Rowe is a liability this year.  I would drop Bolt but give us something around the ground and is good in the ruck.  But his kicking is embarrassing.  Liam Jones tried hard, and should have kicked three, but like the Bolt, looses his bundle in front of goal.

Buckley's run was thrilling, even if he did stuff up a couple of times.  Buckley playing allows them to play Yazz through the middle and up forward.

Loved Hendo, but he needs to do that more often.  Same goes with Bell. Has the will, just needs to be more consistent and sort out his skills.

Gibbs - meh.  Can't deal with pressure.  Curnow got ontop of Stevens.  Carrots is shot.  Toooey continued his good form.  Same with Docherty.  Everitt mixes brilliance with some awful rubbish, but I like him in the team.  Simmo was Simmo.  Dicks reminded me of Laidler.  Broky is Lucas but can tackle and has smarts.

Jamo must be injured.  Thank God he played on Paddy.  Ellard played one of his best games.  Army murdered Savage and gave us run as well.  Wood played his best game and actually looked like a ruckman.

Overall, plenty to like.  We might even be able to put up a fight against the Scum. 

Dicks, Carrots, Rowe out for Jaksch, Judd and Menzel next week. 
In reality, though, if Menz and Judd are fit, they'll probably drop Dicks, Broky and maybe Ellard.