BTW Don Pyke did not get the Carlton job as rumoured
BTW Don Pyke did not get the Carlton job as rumoured
Good luck to Vossy. Carlton list is pretty good, and should make finals.
Is get rid of Cripps though. He drives the poor culture.
Big assumption that carlton will get anywhere near extracting the true value out of their list, especially when they are still a mess off the field. At various times in the past decade or so the list has been okay, and they've done jack all with it. Long may it continue.
And be intrigued to understand on what basis you claim Cripps drives the poor culture. Not a club I spend much time reading much about, but be interested if it is simply your hypothesis, or if there is a bit of information out there to back it up.
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I have an incredible feel for the game, as you would have no doubt noticed during your time on RWO.
Cripps body language, and occasional effort does not reek leadership. He's captain because he's a good player, not because he's a good leader.
He also holds too much power, and welds it. Plenty of talk about him undermining Teague.
Carlton have had many coaches lately, and have all failed. The one constant has been players like Cripps. I think there is a link there.
Voss needs to stamp his authority, by putting Walsh or one of the young guns as captain. Voss was a bit too matey with the senior Brisbane players when he last coached. Hopefully he has learnt that lesson.
I genuinely hope he does well. I actually feel like I like carlton more because of him, than I did last week.
I should add that carlton does suffer from the messiah complex. Great players of theirs get elevated way beyond their raw football ability.
It was well known he was playing with a fractured back hence his dramatic drop in form. The poor bugger has carried that team for years and chose to play whilst injured to help his team knowing he would cop flack for drop in input . If that’s not leadership I don’t know what is
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