We’ll start things off the way we usually do this year: with Patrick Cripps.
Loading ...After a couple of low scores, many coaches are also starting to wonder whether it’s time to cash in the gains Taylor Walker has made, or whether he should still be viewed as a keeper.
Loading ...Finally, Zac Williams was a popular pre-season pick who didn’t end up in a lot of teams initially, by virtue of getting himself suspended for Round 1. Plenty of us brought him in as a replacement for the injured Matt Rowell after that, though, and he hasn’t really delivered thus far, missing multiple games, and delivering a score of just 27 on the weekend. Is it time to cut our losses?
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As a Cripps owner, having held him to this point there is no reason to trade, especially if you can go one-up one-down around him. He’s had good halves and quaters, so it’s only a matter of time til he puts a full game together and scores 100+.
I think he’s a luxury trade at his bye or a final upgrade, cash generation is important. Sidewaysing premiums doesn’t help this.
Agree. He’s at worst now a leg up to an uber during byes. I still see a 130+ coming from the clouds.
what if he’s the only way to get to Tich?
You need to trade him, he has been playing with a fracture in his back.
Carlton response to Cripps injury here but where is the duty of care to the player in this situation?…
https://www.afl.com.au/news/612350/-he-s-fine-carlton-dismisses-fractured-back-report-on-star-mid
Former Richmond player Ty Zantuck sues club for damages over back injury
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-22/former-richmond-player-sues-club-for-damages-over-back-injury/100086940
Carlton coach David Teague on reports co-captain Patrick Cripps is playing with a fractured back:
“He’s fine. He doesn’t have a fractured back.”
Is he having injections to get through games?
“No … Not that I’m aware of.”
ROB
Shai Bolton
Out Tex Walker and Sam Berry
In Poulter and T Mitchell
TU – Impey
TD – Zorko
Personally believe it’s quite contradictory a strong majority have voted to trade Tex but hold Cripps.
I understand from a cash cow perspective Tex has done his job but his marginal positional value is far better.
Cripps is scoring similarly to Gulden/Jordon/Powell.
If you don’t want to use two trades:
Trade Cripps –> Bailey Dale, Aaron Hall, Nick Hind or Steven May
= you’re not only buying a Top 10 positional player but you will gain points from fielding one of the aforementioned MID rookies over Kosi, Rowe or Bergman.
(FWIW, I’d trade both before Berry/Kosi).
Positional value is clearly something SCT members are struggling to grasp