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[ElwoodBlues1]

Theres an old saying.

A man has to know his limitations.


Cripps not chasing might simply be that hes at the end of his current burst on ground, and needs a breather, or it could simply be an energy conservation approach.


I think any trends regarding this aspect of anyones game this season is not worth looking at because we have players going down every week, and seem to be -20 on rotations at many of our matches.

You have to ask yourself a question Thry...has Cripps ever chased?

Opposition teams always man Cripps at the stoppage then run off him and play wide knowing he wont go with them........he doesnt have the tank or speed to chase and in his case he gets excused like Selwood, Greg Williams etc...he is a champ at what he does well and we need him fit at every stoppage not buggered from providing some useless chase that he will never be successful at anyway.
Problem arises when that man on him at the stoppage who runs off him(may not be the same man) gets a lot of the ball or is damaging and you have to way up the pros and cons....you virtually have an opposition player unmanned for the game. Now if thats a good player like a Pendlebury/Bontempelli etc you can get into trouble....