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Thanks for posting that link. Very good read - I liked the questions and Simpson gave them proper well thought out responses
Most of what he said marries in it what I've seen this preseason and it put a lot of last season into context. I think we will improve, not necessarily to top 4 level because I doubt the personnel for that to happen are there, but top 8 is definitely an achievable aim, possibly top 6 if things click
he made a very salient point re the 'tall' mids of freo and the 'small' mids of Sydney
actually explained the logic in his reasoning, whereas woosha would have just said "yeah, nah..."
Says all the right things, and most of those questions put to him, were the exact things we have all been complaining about for the last few years, so good in that sense, that we get some direct answers to our most glaring issues. Whether any of it actually equates to more wins on field, I guess we'll soon find out.
I really hope, even if we don't make the 8 this year, that we let Simpson have a real crack at it, and not just Turf him out early cause we haven't had instant success. Seems to me like the kind of coach that could stick around for a long time, and could bring us real success, if we are patient, which majority of our supporter base is not (me included)
I also liked the little things he mentioned about players bulking up, not to get bigger than the opposition, but to get back to a level playing field. That says that he see's what Woosh was doing in the last few years was a mistake, and it's set us back a fair bit.