JLT Round 2 - Blues v Pies (11 March, Monday holiday)

[shawny]

I am on the other side of the fence to the ones saying Simmo is cooked.

While I agree he is not at the peak of his powers he is the one player on our list we can least afford to lose at the very moment! He makes up a very small number of geniune running defenders we have down back. The only others we have that are fit are Newman (yet to play oen game for us yet) and Garlett (not a  fan).

Once we get both Williamson and Doc back then that will change things but till then Simmo plays every week.   

[JonHenry]

I am on the other side of the fence to the ones saying Simmo is cooked.

While I agree he is not at the peak of his powers he is the one player on our list we can least afford to lose at the very moment! He makes up a very small number of geniune running defenders we have down back. The only others we have that are fit are Newman (yet to play oen game for us yet) and Garlett (not a  fan).

Once we get both Williamson and Doc back then that will change things but till then Simmo plays every week. 

I think the majority just get frustrated with his disposal.
Most left footers that have played as much as Simmo have elite skills.
Simmo, no where near unfortunately.
He does make up for it in other ways

[flyboy77]

I think the majority just get frustrated with his disposal.
Most left footers that have played as much as Simmo have elite skills.
Simmo, no where near unfortunately.
He does make up for it in other ways

He's hardly on his pat in this respect amongst our senior lads...!

[PaulP]

Early in the last quarter I checked the stats on the AFL app and Collingwood had the top 10 ranked players on the ground and 17 of the top 19.

Yep. There's very little point in quibbling about internal polling. Even teams that get flogged by 100 points need to choose a best, 2nd best etc.

Until our players fill the majority of the top dozen BOG positions week in week out, we won't go far.

[sandsmere]

I didn't think any of our boys actually played a better than average game by their own standards.

Cripps and Jones were solid, SPS was good, Cunningham played his role and Simpson really struggled under pressure.

And we still got within a few points of last years runners-up.

Not a bad effort really.

[WASurfer]

Can't believe the negativity towards Simpson. The bloke has played over 300 games for Carlton and I reckon you could count the number of bad ones in that lot on your fingers. He has an ordinary practice game and all of a sudden we want him gone? Without Docherty (again), he is a crucial part of the backline....maybe not as the best player but someone with experience...and it's not like we're flushed with that down back at the moment.

If Walsh had've nailed that shot and we'd won (a practice game) would we be talking the same way?

And someone posted yesterday that "Rankine would've kicked that"......he's done a hammy and likely to miss 8 weeks!

[DJC]

I didn't think any of our boys actually played a better than average game by their own standards.

Cripps and Jones were solid, SPS was good, Cunningham played his role and Simpson really struggled under pressure.

Fair enough.

I thought they got hold of us a couple of times but we generally controlled the tempo and played the game on our terms.  A lot of Collingwood possessions were inconsequential and I think that making that last shot at goal would have produced a fair result - neither team really deserved to win.

The way I saw the game, Simmo worked his way up decent form in the second half and was critical in several chains of possessions.  It was certainly not one of his better games but I’d still include him in our best players.

[cookie2]

Can't believe the negativity towards Simpson. The bloke has played over 300 games for Carlton and I reckon you could count the number of bad ones in that lot on your fingers. He has an ordinary practice game and all of a sudden we want him gone? Without Docherty (again), he is a crucial part of the backline....maybe not as the best player but someone with experience...and it's not like we're flushed with that down back at the moment.

If Walsh had've nailed that shot and we'd won (a practice game) would we be talking the same way?

And someone posted yesterday that "Rankine would've kicked that"......he's done a hammy and likely to miss 8 weeks!

Thanks for that info WA - it's my fantasy league PSD tonight, saved me picking him and wasting 8 weeks!

[BluePhantom]

Walsh is streets ahead of Rankine

[cookie2]

Walsh is streets ahead of Rankine

Yes I know BP but I don't think he will last until my pick unfortunately. I think he'll go P1 and I have P3 as my first one.