I believe this to be true. After seeing comments made by Hodge late in his career that he wanted to drop 1kg per year in his twilight and also AR comments regarding Buddy. I think he's an advocate of shedding a few kgs for players longevity. Cripps probably tried it and said nah not for me I wanna go back to going altered beast mode.
What’s up with Cripps?
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Who doesn't hope for that? It's just the whole reality of the situation that is the issue, i.e. he looks like he is done at Carlton.
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All the conspiracy theories are entertaining but the reality is he played with a busted shoulder for most of last year and has played with a buggered lower back for most of this year. Just get him fit and he's a gun.
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Cripps' style of play is almost entirely based on physicality, which is why if he's compromised, he shouldn't be out there. He doesn't have Judd's footy IQ, which is why he could adapt as well as he did throughout his career.
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Sheer insanity playing a guy carrying an injury like that. Sheer insanity!
I wanna see Cripps play as a forward pocket who pinch hits in the middle for a few weeks. 2-3.
Take the contested work away from him and try and get him on the end of a few. Get him enjoying his footy. He looks like he hates it right now. Similar to how Weiters looked 2 seasons ago before coming back more confident and in better form.
I wonder how much of an impact not having Kreuzer has impacted on his career. Hopefully TDK can create a good pairing with him.
Take the contested work away from him and try and get him on the end of a few. Get him enjoying his footy. He looks like he hates it right now. Similar to how Weiters looked 2 seasons ago before coming back more confident and in better form.
I wonder how much of an impact not having Kreuzer has impacted on his career. Hopefully TDK can create a good pairing with him.
Might be on the cards…
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Blues skipper Cripps has been playing with back fracture
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has been playing this season with a fracture in his back that has needed weekly injections to help him play, but has not left him at risk of worsening the injury.
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Not surprised at all. Why does the media glorify and reward this though? Shouldn't they be condemning Carlton for pushing our best player through a back fracture? Give Cripps the 12 weeks off, let him rest and recover properly. Give Dow on-ball minutes for the rest of the season - failing that, Cripps v2 in Kemp is back in the reserves from next week.. Let him develop, blood him in the one's if he earns the chance. Play Setters. Do anything except play our compromised captain.Posted this in the media section too
Blues skipper Cripps has been playing with back fracture
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has been playing this season with a fracture in his back that has needed weekly injections to help him play, but has not left him at risk of worsening the injury.www.theage.com.au
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Cripps needs to look Ty Zantucks case and understand what his future could look like.
Carlton should not be doing this to our captain its a disgrace.
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Our club sucks for allowing him to play. This is just imcopetnence.
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Yeah, exactly. Not only our captain - an AFLPA, 2x AA and 3x Club BnF winner. A legitimate star. I cannot believe we would do this to any player in 2021, let alone the best player at our club since Judd.
Some wanted to sell Cripps a few days ago...now its all ok cos he may be a bit sore?
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Can we now make it a bannable offense to question whether Crippa has checked out?
If he didn't bleed blue, it would be so very easy to not push himself to play with something as serious as this.
If he didn't bleed blue, it would be so very easy to not push himself to play with something as serious as this.
Why the **** is he playing with that kind of injury?
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Happy to retract my comment about the game going past him if he's playing with a fractured back, but WHY is he playing with a fractured back?!?
FFS!
We need to stop acting like he's our only bloody midfielder. Dow, Setterfield, Kennedy. Put Stocker in the guts and move Williams to HBF. SPS, Fogarty, Cunners, Gibbons. Even SOS when he gets back. Plenty of players to shoulder the load, a lot of whom are screaming for midfield time.
Rest up Crippa.
FFS!
We need to stop acting like he's our only bloody midfielder. Dow, Setterfield, Kennedy. Put Stocker in the guts and move Williams to HBF. SPS, Fogarty, Cunners, Gibbons. Even SOS when he gets back. Plenty of players to shoulder the load, a lot of whom are screaming for midfield time.
Rest up Crippa.
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Want another swing at that?
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Few things
1) I’m not so sure this is true cause it has come out at a confident time.
2) if it is true he shouldn’t be playing
3) is it him forcing them to play him? Cause if it is that’s a bit of a joke. I get he’s a gutsy player and does anything for the club but when he plays like he did on the weekend it hurts us more than it helps
sad reality is that people may have been right about his body breaking down early
1) I’m not so sure this is true cause it has come out at a confident time.
2) if it is true he shouldn’t be playing
3) is it him forcing them to play him? Cause if it is that’s a bit of a joke. I get he’s a gutsy player and does anything for the club but when he plays like he did on the weekend it hurts us more than it helps
sad reality is that people may have been right about his body breaking down early
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You're like a forward who misses a gimme then immediately starts pointing everywhere to man up because that's more important and helps to obscure your own effort which was of course, the game's gone past our 26 year old Captain.
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When it was reported back in round 2, it was so painfully obvious he was so underdone. Can't break tackles, can't burst and slowly gets up from being tackled. The injection effect must of worn off by the 2nd half.
I just want to go to the open training session so I can flame the MCs. We got inside bulls, send Setterfield and Kennedy in there and see what they can do.
I just want to go to the open training session so I can flame the MCs. We got inside bulls, send Setterfield and Kennedy in there and see what they can do.
