07-11-2018, 01:03 AM
(07-11-2018, 12:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote: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 gets a lot of the ball or is damaging and you have to way up the pros and cons....
It's true EB1, but if the team-mates of Selwood, Watson and Diesel had failed to cover for them they would get burnt as well!
To me it's says we are in self-preservation mode, a bunch of individuals, rather than working as a team.
It may be a strike against Cripps as a potential captain, but it's probably an even bigger issue for the coach!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"