Cripps has never polled a Brownlow vote against a team lower on the ladder. All his votes (ignoring round 1) have come when playing a team higher on the ladder.
He is certainly a great leader.
btw... I predict that stat will end next year when we start winning more games than we lose
I remember seeing when it happened in game and my mind jumped to Ed Curnow's throat injury from 2017. Can't recall what caused Jones' injury though. I'll have to check back over the replay.
13:30 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Difficult to see on the vision, but probably when Jones tackled Lambert. (unless he copped an elbow from Reiwoldt just before the tackle). He actually got the clearance after the ball up despite the injury, and played out the game too. The man is tough.... hope he recovers well.
I remember seeing when it happened in game and my mind jumped to Ed Curnow's throat injury from 2017. Can't recall what caused Jones' injury though. I'll have to check back over the replay.
If you get a chance, check out Liam Ryan punching SPS in the guts as the quarter time siren goes. SPS had already disposed of the ball when he gets blind-sided.
The little sniper disguised it well, but obvious what his intent was as you can see him look back the the damage he did.
... and this was not even mentioned in the MRP report.
I was surprised when I looked at the stats and saw Levi only had 10 possessions...he seemed to be everywhere and clunked anything that came near him. One of his best games IMO and his resurgence has been fantastic to watch.
At one stage I saw he had 7 disposals from 8 marks.
FWIW, I would have Murphy in ahead of Jack, but Jack still unlucky to be dropped. It's difficult to leave anyone out of last weeks side.
Looking at the upside, it's great to be in a position where we are saying that nobody should be dropped, and we have players in the VFL who are playing good footy but can't get a run (Kerr?, Goddard?).
Imagine what selection would be like with a clear injury list. ...and I think we would be a lot closer to the crows on the ladder if our injury counts were swapped.
I think he has the talent to be a solid defender, and is still young enough to improve on that. I'd like to see him get a few games this year to test him out at AFL level.
I don't think anyone is going to be convinced by anyone else's arguments today. We won't known for sure, if the rebuild is successful, until perhaps the end of 2022.
For me, the improvement we have made this season is a positive regardless of our current W/L record.
Putting it another way, which would you prefer?
(A) Our current performance this season; OR (B) 4 wins by 1pt (against Syd, GC, WB, NM) and 4 loses by 100pts (Rich, PA, Haw, Coll).
I decided to actually track how SOS used very limited currency on that 2015 list into what we have today.
Still on the list:
Marc Murphy Kade Simpson Matthew Kreuzer Patrick Cripps Liam Jones Sam Docherty Ed Curnow Dale Thomas Levi Casboult
All these players are still contributing to the current team when fit.
Retired/Delisted/Gone for nothing:
Andrew Walker Chris Judd Matthew Watson Robert Warnock Blaine Boekhorst Dillon Viojo-Rainbow Sam Rowe Kristian Jaksch Cameron Giles Nick Holman Jason Tutt Mark Whiley Clem Smith Jayden Foster Dennis Armfield Dylan Buckley Matthew Dick Nicholas Graham Andrejs Everitt Michael Jamison Simon White Andrew Carrazzo David Ellard
Lost some good players to retirement, and cleared a LOT of rubbish. Probably the only one here that is still contributing at another team is Nick Holman.
Trades:
Troy Menzel, Lachlan Henderson > Phillips, Plowman, McKay Tom Bell > C.Curnow Chris Yarran > Cunningham Zach Tuohy > Polson, Marchbank, Pickett, Macreadie, Williamson, Kerr Bryce Gibbs > O'Brien, Schumacher, De Koning, McGovern
This is where it gets interesting. I think SOS has done EXTREMELY well in converting just a few players with currency into some quality and depth coming back. The players we got where either from trading the picks we received, or using those picks in the draft.
I can't see anyone making a reasonable argument that SOS could have done any better in going from that 2015 list to now.
I simply don't understand why people are saying we should have more wins this season. What is this based on?
In EVERY game this season, we have been the underdogs based on match odds. This is despite very solid and competitive performances. We currently have 1 MORE win than expected by the general public.
I know everyone wants to win every game, but objectively, haven't we actually overachieved so far this season?
Personally, I'd rather by in the position we are now, than teams like Essendon and Melbourne who are drastically underachieving.
So be frustrated, be disappointed, be passionate. But also be realistic and honest when suggesting how many wins we SHOULD have.
I think the key difference is that if nothing happens with a regular contract, the contract will expire and the person would no longer be the coach. A new contract would need to be negotiated.
With Bolts, if nothing happens he will continue to be our coach indefinitely, maintaining the same conditions he has now.
Whilst it will never remove speculation about his position, it does remove the time pressure that all the others have as they reach the end of their contract period.
