Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin [Part II] - staying at North in 2026 + won't feature in leadership group as Larkey set to be named captain

[Passmore]

Thought he was ok.

 

[Dinkers]

Works hard but

 

[ferball]

Thought he was ok.

Just okay, could have been better.

 

[Johnny99]

Twice today, he handballed to a team mate who was covered. And once it costs us a goal. It's just stupid football.

 

[deano28]

Same old mistakes

 

[Dinkers]

Sydney are a good side at setting up and yeah he made a few mistakes. Not sure why we focus on his.

Who didn't make a mistake or four. Dinkers has 3 open options as he waddled into our fwd fifty and managed to find a Sydney player all by himself.

Larkey near got knocked out by a breeze from a defenders hand as it passed his head.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Great goal, need to see more of it.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

Ban him from kicking the ball inside 50

 

[perplexed]

Ban him from kicking the ball inside 50

A few others you could ban first .......



..... and some want Caleb Daniel kicking inside 50. LOL.

 

[speedy]

A few others you could ban first .......

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..... and some want Caleb Daniel kicking inside 50. LOL.

Caleb is the biggest fraud in our team. When other posters stick up for him, I feel like I’m getting gaslighted.

 

[Chip Scab1]

A few others you could ban first .......

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..... and some want Caleb Daniel kicking inside 50. LOL.

This is all good but doesn't really account for what happens post the I50, is it a score, a ball-up or a turnover?

I50s are alright, what about expected score from where that field kick took place? Is that sort of detail asking too much, I feel it probably is haha

 

[Twangler]

A few others you could ban first .......

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..... and some want Caleb Daniel kicking inside 50. LOL.

Logue and Comben are weirdly high. I wonder if that is due a sample size of 3 i50s across their 7/8 games

 

[perplexed]

Logue and Comben are weirdly high. I wonder if that is due a sample size of 3 i50s across their 7/8 games

It is. The player we should be most worried about is LDU. He kicks it inside 50 way more than everyone else and is just about the worst at it.

 

[Chip Scab1]

It is. The player we should be most worried about is LDU. He kicks it inside 50 way more than everyone else and is just about the worst at it.

This. Was waiting like a coward for someone to say it as I didn't want to shoot Bambi.

But, it's a hideous stat.

 

[Twangler]

It is. The player we should be most worried about is LDU. He kicks it inside 50 way more than everyone else and is just about the worst at it.

But to be fair it would be going in far less with more i50s and scoring opportunities to the opposition

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Caleb is the biggest fraud in our team. When other posters stick up for him, I feel like I’m getting gaslighted.

It matches his average kick length when he has a wind behind him.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Caleb is the biggest fraud in our team. When other posters stick up for him, I feel like I’m getting gaslighted.

I don't think this is true, unfortunately.

He's a decent 25th man.

 

[Themanbun]

It is. The player we should be most worried about is LDU. He kicks it inside 50 way more than everyone else and is just about the worst at it.

And gets the largest share of 6-6-6 protected inside 50s as well. Pretty damning

 

[DuckYeah]

If we land Wilson, Jy is goneski. Make it happen Euge

 

[Makeshift Park]

If we land Wilson, Jy is goneski. Make it happen Euge

I suspect if we land Wilson, its Powell who could be in trouble. If he isn't already.

Jy and Darcy Wilson are both good wingers who can play forward too.

And Jy's time as a more defensive inside mid this year has been more than fine.

Playing three positions well is enough versatility to ensure he's got a best 23 spot unless he has a massive performance slump imo.

 

[DuckYeah]

I suspect if we land Wilson, its Powell who could be in trouble. If he isn't already.

Jy and Darcy Wilson are both good wingers who can play forward too.

And Jy's time as a more defensive inside mid this year has been more than fine.

Playing three positions well is enough versatility to ensure he's got a best 23 spot unless he has a massive performance slump imo.

Dylan Stephens is our other winger. Not Jy

 

[Makeshift Park]

Dylan Stephens is our other winger. Not Jy

My point is that there is conceivably a full time position in job sharing with Stephens, Spargo and Simpkin. Roles that Powell hasn’t been great at.

We do just need more elite runners too.

 

[JZTIME!]

And gets the largest share of 6-6-6 protected inside 50s as well. Pretty damning

Is there a worse set up in the AFL for separation though? He hits them when they are in space.

 

[heem]

I think Jy will be around for the duration in his current role. Apart from the West Coast game, he’s been very good this year. As an avowed Simpkin skeptic the last couple of years I think it’s fantastic to see him now performing. The defensive lockdowns and general defensive running the highlight. He’s for the most part actually kicking and handballing effectively too.
His epic turnovers of recent years are far less frequent and he now appears to actually look guilty about them (eg. the 3rd quarter hand pass at half back on Saturday). Last year it looked like he just didn’t care.