01-11-2017, 06:59 AM
(01-11-2017, 04:00 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Docherty is a leader but not captain material IMO.....Cripps is the bloke you would follow into battle and who like Sticks Kernahan has stamped his authority on the team as the onfield leader .
Ed is a good foot solider but I know if I was a young player who I want would next to me when it got tough or when I needed my leader to show the way and it would be Cripps and Weitering.
We function better with a bigger player IMO as captain especially as we are not overly physical and get intimidated in this area and lack example setters....I want a captain who will set the example and back his players up...Murphy cant do it and I dont reckon Docherty is that type either.
I always put the binoculars on huddles before quarters start and during breaks of play and the blokes who do the most talking are Murphy, Gibbs, Docherty, Simpson, Curnow and Thomas. Matty Kreuzer is more vocal than Cripps.
I'd prefer to give him time to grow into the captaincy, if he ever does.
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