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Playing on a smaller ground means less space to kick too and more handballs result. There was always going to be more handballs especially since the numbers of stoppages skyrocketed as well.

Different ground + Different conditions = Different style of play.

Doubt you'll see the same handball:kick ratio next week back on the 'G.

Spread out you two..I was first on the Cripps bandwagon and wanted him predraft .....

Thank Freo for the big bodied mid craze.......I had Cripps at 30-50 but he will shorten up to inside 20 IMO because he is the aggressive running extractor that rivals a player like Mundy. I could see Malthouse wanting Cripps ....IMO his skills dont match up with pick 13 and like I said previously I see him as another Tom Bell type that really should be taken at 39/51 and that I would prefer a more skillful player at 13.
Pratty's man Jansen will probably be there at 51 and if I wanted the raw big bodied mid then I would be using that later pick to get him....

I rate Emma Quayle more than most. When it comes to draft stuff especially.

I rate Cripps and i brought his name up a well before the buzz got started about the type of player we needed. I dismissed all chances of getting him as there were plenty rated ahead of him. He was rated in the pick 15-30 range. However, i was unaware that he was not in top nick at draft camp. My interests in him are increasing again as i think we need his type to compliment the players we have...and he'd be an upgrade on the likes of Bell/Robinson in terms of footy smarts.

IF we were to get our big bodied mid with our first pick, it opens up the door dramtically with who we can take from there. There will be plenty of tall KPPs available at our next 2 picks. Whether that is someone wanting a second chance Tippett/Thorpe or a kid with potential Fort/Hourigan/Gardiner/Marsh/Brown.

Not long to go now...

I did a quick search and this is what i found.

and i also found this...
Your witness.

2nd best to Judd ever for contested football and he had 11 tackles to go with it. If that doesn't answer some questions than nothing ever will.

Good get, you have had a rough patch with Hughes/Rodgers and now Mick all leaving you hung out to dry ...I think I changed my mind on Cripps a couple of days before the actual draft but didnt rate him as highly earlier like you have cheekily pointed out because his kicking wasnt great.
I will pay your tenacity on this one and look forward to returning the favour

Cripps could become anything and has huge potential. However his skills by foot are a real worry. How do we find so many guys that can't kick an egg. I though as a kid, that was the first thing you learned how to do.

What I like about my man Cripps..er sorry Kruds man Cripps is that he does play to his limitations much like Sam Mitchell did early and give the ball
off by hand more than attempting to kick the footy....Robbo and Bell were/are classic examples of players who should give off by hand more but dont and turn the footy over by foot...
As Cripps becomes a more experienced player like Mitchell i think he will kick the footy more and become and even better player..
Big test for him this week as I dont see the Pies ignoring him now he exposed good form.....Saints looked like they thought No Judd..you bewdy its going to be easy in the middle..

Just a correction here, Murphy had 3 tackles with his 24 contested.
Cripps had 11 tackles with his 23 contested.

I reckon they'll find it difficult to match up on him.
It won't be like tagging a mid where you block his run
Cripps will get right in the middle of things and extract.
Whoever they play on him will want to have a bit of strength about them.

....and if they pay him too much attention it will free up a few other blokes who can hurt them.

You've had a rough patch with actually reading what i write. Instead you skim and assume you've got the gist of it. Your comments above are proof of that.

Better luck next time.