My 2c on Cripps after watching live last night.
Preseason game v Bombers = plays well and all looks good. Shoulder which was operated on is fine, running well.
Official preseason game v Saints = starts well, slows down, moved forward with McKay off injured and does very little.
Monday after Saints game = goes in for mysterious scan which we never hear the results of. Difficult to get Carlton training info due to Ikon being locked up more tightly than normal due to Covid and the building renovations.
Last night = ok at stoppages with first effort. No power to take off for second or third efforts. Not running well at all. Appears incapable of jumping when forward and thus pretty ineffective. Also, body language suggests frustration, likely due to his inability to impact as he would like.
I don't have a medical degree, but it seems reasonably obvious doesn't it? From a Carlton perspective, I don't understand the need to play him in this condition. He is a liability. Just get Setterfield back in an inside role (useless doing what he was doing last night), or play Kennedy.
From a SC perspective, the question is how bad is it and when will it improve? Doubt we get an honest answer from the club. Teague is talking utter nonsense if he thinks Cripps has looked useful up forward.