I think Heavs tried to.
But he's too controversial for the conservative vibe here

Cripps is not a forward. How much evidence do we need?!

We'd get more value playing him in the ruck!

I get that Camel... But he can still play a role... Take an underside defender to the openside... Doesn't allow double teaming of McKay or other forwards...
Cripps is a good enough contested mark for this...
They're just strategies we never seemed to try...

Go Blues

I get that Camel... But he can still play a role... Take an underside defender to the openside... Doesn't allow double teaming of McKay or other forwards...
Cripps is a good enough contested mark for this...
They're just strategies we never seemed to try...

Go Blues

Yeah, the theory is sound, no problems there and maybe with a new coaching regime we might be able to make something work.

On current evidence, though, Cripps as a forward option, even as a decoy, has been fruitless.

Dear Liam,

It is an honour to write to you for the first time as the AFL Senior Coach of your football club.

Firstly, thank you for welcoming me to the Carlton family. I have been overwhelmed by the messages of support and it only confirms what I already knew – this club is built off such incredible passion and I can’t wait to share that together as we take Carlton forward.

As you would have seen earlier today, we were able to deliver some great news in finalising our assistant coaching panel for the 2022 AFL season.

To be able to attract the highly respected and accomplished Ashley Hansen to IKON Park as our Senior Assistant – forward line and offensive coach, is a fantastic result for our football club.

For the last seven years Ashley has forged a very successful coaching career at the Western Bulldogs, initially as a development coach before taking charge of Footscray in the VFL, where he took them to a Premiership before being promoted to the senior coaching staff.

Ashley will take charge of our forward line, a role he has filled with great success for the last four years at the Bulldogs.

Ashley joins Aaron Hamill and Tim Clarke who we’ve recently announced as additions to our coaching group alongside myself, our Head of Development Luke Power and development coach Daniel O’Keefe.

I could not be more excited to get to work with this group of coaches to set our players up for a pre-season that will focus on three things; hard work, high standards and building connection with not only each other but the entire club, including you, our members.

You won’t see us getting caught up in expectations, what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future – our focus is, and will, remain on the now.

To put it simply, we’ll be getting to work.

We’ll challenge each other as we build something special together, based off our actions and an uncompromising appetite to compete.

I want to let you know that the responsibility of representing your football club is not lost on us.

We want to represent the Carlton Football Club the right way and make you as proud to wear the Navy Blue as we will be.

Stay safe, stay well and hopefully I get the chance to meet many of you throughout the pre-season.

Go Blues,

Michael Voss
AFL Senior Coach
Member ID: 4913798

Thanks Vossy.

Sorry but it sounds as if it was written by the publicity department.

what'd you expect ,

Hey Liam how the @#$%&! are ya? We've chatted with Ash, he's given the dogs the flick and come to where the shit don't stink. Add him to Aaron and Tim and fair dinkum we're in for a rip rorter 2022! Thanks for ya support, I get as soon as we lose a few you (and others) will let loose with a barrage of "@#$%&! him off" posts.

Cheers Michael.

Sorry but it sounds as if it was written by the publicity department.

what'd you expect ,

Hey Liam how the @#$%&! are ya? We've chatted with Ash, he's given the dogs the flick and come to where the shit don't stink. Add him to Aaron and Tim and fair dinkum we're in for a rip rorter 2022! Thanks for ya support, I get as soon as we lose a few you (and others) will let loose with a barrage of "@#$%&! him off" posts.

Cheers Michael.

Vossy is already a winner, he has proven demonstrated experience of delegation. No micro-managing here!

But if we see him doing live tweets on gameday, then… SAKC!!!

As an opposition coach I’d be happy to let Cripps run around the forward line wherever he wanted as long as I stopped Mackay.

Yeah, the theory is sound, no problems there and maybe with a new coaching regime we might be able to make something work.

On current evidence, though, Cripps as a forward option, even as a decoy, has been fruitless.

I thought he spoke really well tonight during the Best and Fairest.
He was pretty impressive.
I really hope we have got it right this time.