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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Last post by madbluboy -
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Im glad everyone else said it, I cant be accused of Greek bias.  Kouta holds a very special place in my heart, but Cripps could conceivably go past him if he wont 2 flags as captain.... :D
Dont forget he's half Italian.

I was at school in 1995 and an Egyptian kid was trying to claim him.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
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The horse is mortadella

Apparently the claim by NSW MP Abigail Boyd (who just happens to be vegan) and reported by the ABC that “horse meat [was] detected in Australian food" is bogus.  The NSW DPIRD has requested that the ABC issue an immediate correction.

An illegal knackery was processing horse meat for dog food and primarily the greyhound industry.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Last post by Baggers -
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Kouta was amazing in top flight, but some of his ordinary games detract from his legacy.

Cripps...  I have to say, he has been bloody good and of his 250 games, I reckon less than 5% are bad ones.

2 x brownlow medallist puts him in Greg Williams territory, and the knock on his kicking doesnt really detract from his legacy.  He is in rare air, and dont ask me who Cripps goes past in the pantheon of Carlton greats, but he is easily in the top percentile.   If he jagged a flag as captain, then he would instantly become a top 5.

Kouta was unstoppable in full flight.....anywhere over the ground.
His 2000 year would be about the best year by anyone, ever......except Woewodin?  ::)

He averaged 6.3 clearances a game and 1.8 goals and 2.75 contested marks a game.

For the record, Harry has never had that many contested marks in any given year (2.6 CM/g)
Harry has only average more goals a game in 4 of his 10 years (1 year was only 1.83)
Cripps averages 7 clearances over his career, his 45 brownlow vote season, he averaged 8.

Kouta was able to match it with both, at the same time.

After the knee, he became 'ordinary' as he was a different player but reinvented his game and became a clearance beast.
In 2005 he averaged more clearances than anyone, including prime Judd and Kirk.

You could pick your starting 17 and whatever you had left, you could put Kouta into it, and he wouldn't be out of place.

So nobody comes close to Kouta for mine simply because he could do anything, and did.


Nice. And spotonski.

Kouta should have won the '95 Norm Smith. He was the most influential player on the ground by a long shot, especially early when the game was up for grabs... He set us up.

And if anyone wants to see what he was capable of and how just one player can turn and win a game in a quarter of footy - 1999 Preliminary Final final qtr.`If we had a 21 yr old Kouta today... Oh to dream...
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Dont want to harp on Kouta but name another player that could play fwd, def, mid, ruck. He could play on talls, smalls. His career was cut down with knee injuries just at his peak and was never the same afterwards. If he didnt suffer those injuries, he probably would have won a Brownlow (or two) and we'd be talking about one of the best to play the game.