We had an example setting captain in Judd and it didn't help us much.
No point setting an example that others cannot follow, the best leaders bring the team with them in a cold and calculating manner. Players like Hodge and Matthews are great examples, but people forget they we not all brutality and fisticuffs, they were actually very good footballers and let their football do the talking early in their careers.
Cripps while playing OK was very chaotic over the last two weeks, he's being sucked in quite a bit by the opposition, it looks like he is trying to initiate trouble and it costs himself and the team. It's no accident he seems to miss out on those obvious frees, umpires are only human and if you make yourself look like a trouble maker they'll judge you accordingly. So for me at the moment Cripps being the captain is detrimental to his performance, I'd love to see him play with that intensity without the responsibility of captaincy. It would be interesting to see what he can do with a genuine chop-out available.
I'm sure the club will keep piling the load on his shoulders to see when he breaks!
No point setting an example that others cannot follow, the best leaders bring the team with them in a cold and calculating manner. Players like Hodge and Matthews are great examples, but people forget they we not all brutality and fisticuffs, they were actually very good footballers and let their football do the talking early in their careers.
Cripps while playing OK was very chaotic over the last two weeks, he's being sucked in quite a bit by the opposition, it looks like he is trying to initiate trouble and it costs himself and the team. It's no accident he seems to miss out on those obvious frees, umpires are only human and if you make yourself look like a trouble maker they'll judge you accordingly. So for me at the moment Cripps being the captain is detrimental to his performance, I'd love to see him play with that intensity without the responsibility of captaincy. It would be interesting to see what he can do with a genuine chop-out available.
I'm sure the club will keep piling the load on his shoulders to see when he breaks!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"