04-22-2018, 11:10 PM
(04-22-2018, 10:09 PM)LP link Wrote:When Murphy is ready to go, it should be Docherty by a mile!
From what I have heard, if not for injury, Rowe would have been part of the leadership group. I reckon if he has a good remainder of 2018 you might see entering the leadership group to replace ACoS or SpecialK.
Cripps won't survive long at the top if his only response to captaincy is to turn himself into a human battering ram, he needs some physical support and I'm not sure Kennedy is the right type. In much the same way the Dogs didn't make Bontempelli their captain, we need to be careful about how we managed Cripps through his career! Cripps already plays with an intensity that may be detrimental to his well-being.
I realise Docherty is only a year older, but he's a much more polished footballer, he looks like he can play football and deal with the responsibility of captaincy.
Captaincy like revenge is a dish best served brutally cold, Cripps has quite a bit of emotion in his game and that can result in leadership mistakes!
I see docherty more in the Murphy mould, neat player and articulate but perhaps not as natural a Leader as Cripps. Cripps exhibits an extreme determination to win and yes he can be careless with his body but I don’t see that as a reason to not appoint him captain.
Either way it’s a good problem to have - one we haven’t had in quite some time!