09-09-2015, 12:05 PM
(09-09-2015, 11:50 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Just on 'big blokes take longer' so Hogan wins.
Cripps has grown from 190cm we supposedly drafted him at to being 194cm now.
Hogan is supposedly only 195cm.
So Cripps mixing it with the games elite in the midfield standing 1cm shorter than Hogan who gets kudos for playing in a $hit side and can take a contested grab.
Everytime Cripps went forward he took a contested mark!
Hogan had 52 CM's and 47 marks inside 50.
Cripps had 15 CM's and 11 marks inside 50.
For a Gun forward, he was only getting around 4 times more marks.
I'm tipping Cripps was getting more than 4 times the amount of clearances.
If there are any parts of Cripps' game that need to improve it is his marking and goal kicking.
He should have kicked at least 20 goals and, if he had done so, the rising star would have been a lay down misere.
We sadly lack marking power around the ground and a bloke of Cripps' size, and obvious marking ability, should be able to contribute more.
Interestingly, Cripps seemed to be competing in the ruck as a matter of course at the end of the season. Hitouts is another statistic wherem he had the better of Hogan
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