Brownlow Medal 2022

[PaulP]

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/09/20/h...uture-all/

Seems like a pretty honest recollection to me. Admitted he stuffed up big time, learned his lesson and was determined not to make the same mistake twice. And ended up with a gun.

[Micky0]

Imagine if Collingwood had Cripps now ?

Obviously you don’t know if it wouldve worked out or who else wouldve come and gone but imagine him in the team that played this year!

[kruddler]

Seems like a pretty honest recollection to me. Admitted he stuffed up big time, learned his lesson and was determined not to make the same mistake twice. And ended up with a gun.

Still waiting to hear Dodoro admit to ANY of his numerous mistakes

[PaulP]

Imagine if Collingwood had Cripps now ?

Obviously you don’t know if it wouldve worked out or who else wouldve come and gone but imagine him in the team that played this year!

I had the same thought. I'd be curious to know how Cripps would be deployed in McRae's slingshot footy.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Seems like a pretty honest recollection to me. Admitted he stuffed up big time, learned his lesson and was determined not to make the same mistake twice. And ended up with a gun.

I wanted Maynard at the Boekhorst pick, he wasnt slow at Sandy Dragons when I watched him play a few games and was thought of as being a Luke Hodge type player of the future I dont rate Rendell's views much and him missing on Cripps is no surprise....
Some players are just born natural footballers, the athletic stuff can be improved on but players like Cripps, Hodge, Maynard, etc are core team reliable players who dont need to be Usain Bolt as they are just made for the game in other areas.
Sam Walsh is another real natural footballer......Rankine, Rozee etc from his draft might be quicker, prettier to watch, upside heavy, but I'd be picking the footballer first everytime.

[Gointocarlton]

I wanted Maynard at the Boekhorst pick, he wasnt slow at Sandy Dragons when I watched him play a few games and was thought of as being a Luke Hodge type player of the future I dont rate Rendell's views much and him missing on Cripps is no surprise....
Some players are just born natural footballers, the athletic stuff can be improved on but players like Cripps, Hodge, Maynard, etc are core team reliable players who dont need to be Usain Bolt as they are just made for the game in other areas.
Sam Walsh is another real natural footballer......Rankine, Rozee etc from his draft might be quicker, prettier to watch, upside heavy, but I'd be picking the footballer first everytime.

Rankine and Rozee wouldn't tie Walshy's boot laces.

[WASurfer]

EB....I've mentioned it many times.....that 2014 trade period/draft set our club back 5 years with the terrible decisions made.

[ElwoodBlues1]

EB....I've mentioned it many times.....that 2014 trade period/draft set our club back 5 years with the terrible decisions made.

Not wrong Surfie, when you stuff up when you go hard at the draft it does set you back, every pick was a dud and then we trade in Jaksch and Whiley who were also duds.....
Lost Waite to Nth, traded Garlett out to Melbourne for peanuts, sacked Robbo no return there either, then to top off we picked Tutt in the PSD and fecked up every rookie pick too with nothing of substance coming in via that route either.
We were 0 from about 10-12, in terms of draft moves.....it couldnt get any worse..a monkey with a dart board could have done better than our recruiters.

[WASurfer]

And all of those blokes would've/should've been in the prime of their careers in the last year or two. You don't get them all right but that one was a shambles.

[Thryleon]

If only it wasn't just that year.  We fecked up most of our picks between 2012 and 2015.