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Catching up on a bit of footy media from earlier in the week. On The Couch had a good look at how Liam Ryan would make Sidebottom accountable defensively whenever they tried to use Sidey off the back of the square. When a ball up occurred, they’d make the switch and Hutchings would move onto Sidebottom while Ryan pushed further forward. Didn’t allow him a free run off the back of the square. I like it.

Said it stood out massively in Collingwood’s prelim and was one of the “levers to pull” if they needed to make a change.
 
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The Passenger said:
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The guy has had the goods from very early on.

The only thing I think he's erred on significantly was team selection in 2017 - we should have played more youngsters.

I was a little bit worried we still hadn't developed the real top line midfield over the last few years but we've won the competition regardless. It's probably fair to say it's not the best midfield in competition, but it's close to it and bats very deep now with Yeo, Shuey, Gaff, Redden with Hutchings tagging and a host of players on the next line who can fill in. And on the biggest stage of all it was our midfield which won us the game against an opposition midfield that - on paper anyway - should have us covered. 63 inside 50's to 48 and very little impact out of Grundy, Sidebottom and Pendlebury.

Tactically he is obviously very astute. The way our back line have become intercept marking beasts is brilliant. Rather than panic and change things towards the chaotic method of football that has been so effective for Richmond he has stuck to his guns and developed a game style suited to our strengths. Proving just copying the previous years premiers is maybe not the best recipe for success.

The way our list has evolved has been really good. Whereas some teams have looked to elite star power, we've built a high number of very very good players. By this I mean we probably don't have a player in the top 10 of the competition (maybe JJK fully flying?), which is quite unusual for a premiership team. But - by my count - we probably have 7 in the top 40: Kennedy, McGovern, Yeo, Gaff, NicNat, Shuey, Hurn... Whichever of those you rate as our 7th best footballer (I'd go Hurn, others may differ) I can't imagine any other clubs #7 is near as good as him. We've developed a large depth of really good players (can't forget Darling, Sheppard and Redden aren't far behind those top 7 either IMO) rather than looking to draft and recruit guys who are going to be top 5 in the competition as these players are exceptionally hard to get your hands on and can't ultimately end up a fruitless search.

I know some would like to see more fire and brimstone from him but it's just not his style... And if he tried it I think it would feel forced and unnatural and probably have the opposite effect to what was intended.

All hail Simpson and may there be more cups to come.
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I agree but also in hindsight a lot of the youngsters we would have wanted to play - Waterman, Rioli and Venables were all injured for large chunks of that year.
 
HoneyBadger35 said:
Catching up on a bit of footy media from earlier in the week. On The Couch had a good look at how Liam Ryan would make Sidebottom accountable defensively whenever they tried to use Sidey off the back of the square. When a ball up occurred, they’d make the switch and Hutchings would move onto Sidebottom while Ryan pushed further forward. Didn’t allow him a free run off the back of the square. I like it.

Said it stood out massively in Collingwood’s prelim and was one of the “lever’s to pull” if they needed to make a change.
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These forwards trailing him into the centre circle and Schoey owning him down back makes Hutching's job so much easier. If he'd ever gotten some easy touches he could have gained confidence and possibly hurt Hutchings, but the whole team contributed to it being a total domination of the bottom.
 

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HoneyBadger35 said:
Catching up on a bit of footy media from earlier in the week. On The Couch had a good look at how Liam Ryan would make Sidebottom accountable defensively whenever they tried to use Sidey off the back of the square. When a ball up occurred, they’d make the switch and Hutchings would move onto Sidebottom while Ryan pushed further forward. Didn’t allow him a free run off the back of the square. I like it.

Said it stood out massively in Collingwood’s prelim and was one of the “lever’s to pull” if they needed to make a change.
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How good would it be if the special comments guys, you know the “experts” that are there to provide insight into what’s happening, could highlight this sort of stuff during the telecast

Instead we get Fanta pants squealing about Shuey taking advantage after a free kick
 
I had a gut feeling Simmo was trying to get the team rejuvenated but his hands were tied because of the squad mentality he promotes and injuries to the younger players at inopportune times.

But ultimately believe he was fighting an attitude prevalent within the club of "WAFL fixture to blame for young players not getting their chance" and the now famous "You don't want to go too far the other way" for incredibly having 1 or 2 players 21 or younger in your team.

pro coach in it for the long haul.
 
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Just stumbled upon his appointment press conference. Worth a watch 5 years and a flag on.

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His hair has gone from mostly brown to mostly grey. :huh:
 

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If/when Gaff is announced, it all but cements Simmo as our best ever coach. The culture he has fostered, and the care this team has for each other, is as big of an asset as any All-Australian midfielder could be.

But having that AND the All-Australian midfielder is pretty nice too.
 
HoneyBadger35 said:
If/when Gaff is announced, it all but cements Simmo as our best ever coach. The culture he has fostered, and the care this team has for each other, is as big of an asset as any All-Australian midfielder could be.

But having that AND the All-Australian midfielder is pretty nice too.
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Hell yes! Love this guy!

Heads up, anyone interested who can get down to bunbury next saturday, he's doing a talk there 'an evening with Adam Simpson' to raise money for something or other. Should be interesting! $66 curry included :blueheart::yellowheart::blueheart::yellowheart:
 
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Hell yes! Love this guy!

Heads up, anyone interested who can get down to bunbury next saturday, he's doing a talk there 'an evening with Adam Simpson' to raise money for something or other. Should be interesting! $66 curry included :blueheart::yellowheart::blueheart::yellowheart:
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Guess we have to pay for Gaff's contract somehow...
 

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