It may depend on the long-term prognosis for Simpson after he has his back op.
It would be interesting to know what it was after each of the first 2 back ops.
One can only assume that it was relatively positive each time.
In all seriousness, given how Geelong are with injured players, has there ever been an operation or a prognosis that wasn't positive? We have numerous players missing big to enormous chunks of a season repeatedly, but it all seems a bit sunshine and lollipops from the club.