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Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #120 –
Just on Cripps, I can see why he wasn't made Captain this year - he's young and his burden is heavy enough as it is. The club was right on this one IMO.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #121 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
I was a fan of Simmo being made Captain.

Whilst one could argue that these guys mentioned (Cripps, Krooz, Simmo) may have been an upgrade on Murph, they still leave us short, because none of them have the mongrel and the crossing-the-line dirtiness of Voss or Hodge.

No but a vast difference between them and Murphy.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #122 –
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Captains are more than just 4 quarters on a saturday.

Simpson, Carrazzo or Murphy were our candidates at the time of Judds departure.

Dressing room politics dictates who the better captain is, not what they will do on a weekend.

This is why Nick Maxwell and Tom Harley made good captains.

This is why Marc Murphy may have been the best choice that our club had at the time, and why his tenure has been somewhat laboured, because our dressing room is anything but united.

Only Chris Judd could unite our dressing room, and even he could only manage it for 2 seasons.

Ok so Murphy is a better politician and that's why he was captain.
No wonder we are where we are

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #123 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
Just on Cripps, I can see why he wasn't made Captain this year - he's young and his burden is heavy enough as it is. The club was right on this one IMO.

He's hardly played yet, to lead a captain must know all the game plans and tactics intimately. So experience counts!

Over at Devils Island the fans used to ask the very same about Jones versus Viney, I suppose that is why they ended up with co-captains! ;)
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #124 –
There were six players in the side on Saturday who are not going to make the team better in the future, Wright, White, Thomas, Lamb, Kerridge & Simpson. All of whom give 100% week in. We had Cripps, Curnow and Byrne missing and I have high hopes for Kerr, McCreadie, Polson & Pickett. We need another five or six players on out list who can actually make the team better and not just guys who will do their jobs to the best of their abilities. In three more seasons we will know whether the Bolton approach has been successful. It is very painful at the moment.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #125 –
Dangerfield gets one week!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/patrick-dangerfield-handed-suspension-for-matthew-kreuzer-tackle-which-would-make-him-ineligible-for-2017-brownlow-medal/news-story/e62d1017d0020fcc5466369da415212c

Interesting if he gets the most votes does he get to present it to the winner?

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #126 –
Quote from: laj – on
Dangerfield gets one week!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/patrick-dangerfield-handed-suspension-for-matthew-kreuzer-tackle-which-would-make-him-ineligible-for-2017-brownlow-medal/news-story/e62d1017d0020fcc5466369da415212c

Interesting if he gets the most votes does he get to present it to the winner?

There's talk about him appealing.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #128 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
There's talk about him appealing.

There is also talk that Linfox has been asked to make two low loaders available to help transport home Danger's and Scott's jowls!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #129 –
Quote from: laj – on
Then he'll get 2 weeks.

Yes, assuming he doesn't get off.

I'll be very keen to see how the Cats go against the Swans and the Tiges if he gets rubbed out for both. 

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #130 –
Is this a sign that the AFL is starting to see it's obligations to act in the greater good of the game?
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #131 –
Quote from: LP – on
There is also talk that Linfox has been asked to make two low loaders available to help transport home Danger's and Scott's jowls!

Despite the fact that your hyperbole tends to strain for effect a lot of the time, and loses effectiveness as a result, there are rare moments when it gives me a chuckle.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #132 –
How does Scott look after commenting that Dangerfield's tackle was exactly how the coach teaches ...?? ::)
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17
 

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #133 –
Quote from: JonHenry – on
Ok so Murphy is a better politician and that's why he was captain.
No wonder we are where we are

Partially.

Partially because the club wanted him as captain. More marketable i believe.

IIRC, at the time Mick Malthouse was unhappy with that choice as he wanted either Carrazzo or Simpson but was overruled.

Re: Rd 19: Post Game Conversations: Carlton vs Geelong

Reply #134 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
How does Scott look after commenting that Dangerfield's tackle was exactly how the coach teaches ...?? ::)

Like this!



or maybe this,

"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"