10-01-2015, 01:09 AM
(09-30-2015, 09:59 AM)Amers link Wrote:I hope everyone can temper their expectations of Cripps for next year. While I expect him to become a great 200+ game player for us, I also kind of expect him to have some 2nd year blues next year.
He hasn't really been tagged yet, next year clubs will put a lot more time into trying to stop him. Until he learns to play with high expectations and a lot closer attention from opposition teams his output may be lower than we are expecting of him.
Let him get to 50 games and then really watch him take off !!
That's my fear.
That Cripps will be put under too much pressure by supporters looking for a messiah to lead us out of trouble, and the kid won't be able to cope.
Then again, he was being tagged the 2nd half of the year, and the Cripps bandwagon was getting pretty crowded, and he was able to cope just fine.
Here's hoping, like Juddy before him, he s one of those young players that has no trouble coping with pressure and expectation.