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(03-30-2021, 12:41 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Cornes and Lloyd reckon Cripps is only worth $750k a year given what he is producing, not sure we are going to get the value most here suggest he is worth if he was traded. Its become a real problem given his contract status...
I never wanted to have to contemplate this, but he might be best going back to WA. The fast open grounds surrounded by elite runners, he is the damaging distributor that they probably need (Fremantle more so). With Fyffe on deck, add Cripps to that line-up and they are a very difficult proposition. I would see about trading McGovern there as well. But what to ask for and get back?
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(03-30-2021, 01:43 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Bit hard for a guy like kennedy to step up when he's clearly on the outer with the coach.....
Played some terrific games last year, then injured, then overlooked....
And has the ability to double as a legitimate lead up, 3rd tall type forward.
Terrific overhead and a reliable set shot.
Agree, he needs to be given an opportunity.
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(03-30-2021, 01:44 AM)spf link Wrote:I never wanted to have to contemplate this, but he might be best going back to WA. The fast open grounds surrounded by elite runners, he is the damaging distributor that they probably need (Fremantle more so). With Fyffe on deck, add Cripps to that line-up and they are a very difficult proposition. I would see about trading McGovern there as well. But what to ask for and get back? Agree, Mundy would be in his last year and Cripps would be the perfect big body to take his place, Freo have a lot of quick young kids and Cripps could work with Fyfe. Like to keep Cripps but the reality is its a business and Cripps is a commodity and if we could get a really good deal for him you have to sit down and do the maths on what we can get to replace him and any extras to further improve our list. I'd be very keen on Luke Ryan and Cerra, ....
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(03-30-2021, 01:43 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Bit hard for a guy like kennedy to step up when he's clearly on the outer with the coach.....
Played some terrific games last year, then injured, then overlooked....
And has the ability to double as a legitimate lead up, 3rd tall type forward.
Terrific overhead and a reliable set shot. Dont need to convince me, I'll go so far to say the coaching staff have avoided picking Kennedy.
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(03-30-2021, 01:44 AM)spf date Wrote:I never wanted to have to contemplate this, but he might be best going back to WA. The fast open grounds surrounded by elite runners, he is the damaging distributor that they probably need (Fremantle more so). With Fyffe on deck, add Cripps to that line-up and they are a very difficult proposition. I would see about trading McGovern there as well. But what to ask for and get back? In my opinion we use Cripps wrongly, instead of resting him forward as a tall we should be resting him forward as a small to get at the feet of the talls and leave guys like Betts, Fisher and Gibbons on the outside.
Big H and Levi are hardly ever out marked, most of the time when they fail to mark the ball comes off their hands but not to our advantage. Imagine if they got a bit more creative and controlled with those failed marks and we had guys like Cripps and Walsh at the fall of the ball set to distribute to Betts, Fisher, Gibbons, Fogarty, etc., etc.! In effect a failed pack mark is a pseudo ruck stoppage.
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On Murphy.
Is he in the 22 on merit?
Not this year.
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(03-30-2021, 01:55 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Agree, Mundy would be in his last year and Cripps would be the perfect big body to take his place, Freo have a lot of quick young kids and Cripps could work with Fyfe. Like to keep Cripps but the reality is its a business and Cripps is a commodity and if we could get a really good deal for him you have to sit down and do the maths on what we can get to replace him and any extras to further improve our list. I'd be very keen on Luke Ryan and Cerra, ....
Cerra and Serong for Crippa?
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(03-30-2021, 02:06 AM)flyboy77 date Wrote:On Murphy.
Is he in the 22 on merit?
Not this year. A big problem for us is that we only have a couple of A-Grade ball users, and sMurph is one of them.
While we are getting smashed in the midfield, I feel we haven't got enough footy "on our terms" to judge the D50 or F50. When we do get the footy we are under the pump or trapped in a press.
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(03-30-2021, 01:44 AM)spf link Wrote:I never wanted to have to contemplate this, but he might be best going back to WA. The fast open grounds surrounded by elite runners, he is the damaging distributor that they probably need (Fremantle more so). With Fyffe on deck, add Cripps to that line-up and they are a very difficult proposition. I would see about trading McGovern there as well. But what to ask for and get back?
Amendment.
Luke Ryan, Cerra and Serong for Cripps and Guv.
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(03-30-2021, 02:07 AM)LP link Wrote:A big problem for us is that we only have a couple of A-Grade ball users, and sMurph is one of them.
While we are getting smashed in the midfield, I feel we haven't got enough footy "on our terms" to judge the D50 or F50. When we do get the footy we are under the pump or trapped in a press.
Perhaps you're a stage ahead.
None of our mids is even getting first hands on the pill.
Is that skill, mindset, set up structures or some combination?
I'd say a combo - but largely rests on the coaching staff to sort it out.....
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