Sttew
Brownlow Medallist
Cripps is a deserving winner. No question. But 45 votes? When you consider greats like Williams, Wanganeen and Goodes won with around 18 - 20 votes. It’s like the umpires cant see past certain players who are mids. It’s just a trend in the past decade, and not a criticism of Cripps. He’s a beast and great captain.He still had to be in the best players on the ground whether the rest of Carlton sucked or not.
End of the day Cripps and Daicos were comfortably the most consistent players this season and rightly have split most of the season awards between them.