Simpson\u2019s call on taking Blues job… and the \u2018ridiculous\u2019 claim over current role<\/a><\/p>\n‘Stop it already! Back your guy!’ | 03:16<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s still got a lot to offer. But if I\u2019m looking at (Carlton footy boss) Chris Davies, if I\u2019m looking at the coach, looking at Graham Wright (and) list management staff, you are employed by the club to make tough decisions to rejuvenate this list and get them to a point where they are competitive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a serious question on whether they can trade Cripps out and get draft picks back in and it be a win-win for both clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn five years\u2019 time, Cripps might be a one-club player and hasn\u2019t played in a grand final or premiership success, then what have you achieved for the club?<\/p>\n
Patrick Cripps looks dejected after the Good Friday loss to North Melbourne.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cList management has got a massive role to play in the player they get in and the character, competitiveness, all that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re sort of starting to see green shoots with North Melbourne, but it\u2019s up to the list management for me at Carlton Football Club to make the tough decisions so that in three to four years\u2019 time, the Carlton fans finally get to see its side competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cripps has played 233 games for the Blues since arriving at the club as the No. 13 pick in the 2013 draft.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s won two Brownlow Medals, is a four-time All Australian, a five-time club best and fairest and a Leigh Matthews Trophy winner in 2019 \u2013 the same year Cripps began his time as club co-captain; a role he\u2019s had solo since 2022.<\/p>\n
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AFL great Nathan Buckley was a little more wary of a potential Cripps trade when speaking On the Couch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot easier for us to sit on a couch and spitball on something when we\u2019re not accountable to the decisions. Just saying it upfront,\u201d he started.<\/p>\n
\u201cMelbourne, you\u2019re saying they took a risk letting them (Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca) go, but they would have taken a risk keeping them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019ve got a side like Carlton at the moment that aren\u2019t performing \u2026 how deep do you cut to be able to get access to better talent over the next couple of years with Tassie coming in in a couple of years\u2019 time? <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to consider that with their list build.<\/p>\n
Voss speaks on fumbling lead v Roos | 09:54<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be more difficult any time a new side comes into the competition, there\u2019s a drain on talent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buckley praised the work of St Kilda to go and recruit ready-made players ahead of Tasmania\u2019s arrival in the AFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cSt Kilda have taken a really proactive stance to try and bring extra talent in, gain a foothold before a new team comes into the competition. You\u2019ve got to respect the way they\u2019ve gone about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlton and Essendon are probably the two that have been looking (to add talent) \u2026 Still got to get decisions right more often then not, but that\u2019s the challenge for anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick Cripps remains contracted at the Blues until the end of next season where he becomes an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At what point do Carlton entertain a potential trade for captain Patrick Cripps, four-time premiership winner Jordan Lewis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,3239,78976,7803,69030,15832,287954,6281,29383,1127,61,2105,25532,12112,19125,19080,33330,11233,24309,149689,647,3257,26511,7204,677,7800,47876,28879,287956,287953,85,1122,287955,30690,59420,660],"class_list":{"0":"post-589375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-australian-football-league","13":"tag-australianfootballleague","14":"tag-carlton-blues","15":"tag-chris-davies","16":"tag-clayton-oliver","17":"tag-club-co-captain","18":"tag-draft-picks","19":"tag-draft-picks-back","20":"tag-footy-boss","21":"tag-four-time-premiership-winner","22":"tag-fox-footy","23":"tag-gerard-whateley","24":"tag-getty-images-inc","25":"tag-graham-wright","26":"tag-jack-steele","27":"tag-jay-clark","28":"tag-jordan-lewis","29":"tag-josh-chadwick","30":"tag-list-build","31":"tag-list-management","32":"tag-management-staff","33":"tag-melbourne","34":"tag-michael-voss","35":"tag-nathan-buckley","36":"tag-north-melbourne-kangaroos","37":"tag-oceania","38":"tag-patrick-cripps","39":"tag-premiership-side","40":"tag-premiership-success","41":"tag-risk-keeping","42":"tag-risk-letting","43":"tag-sports","44":"tag-st-kilda","45":"tag-star-skipper","46":"tag-superstar-player","47":"tag-tough-decisions","48":"tag-victoria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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