Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin - 2021 & 2022 Syd Barker Medalist - 2023 co captain with LMac - re-signed until end of 2029

[Kangaroos4eva]

Still don't know if he was taken off/out of rotation in the second half or just went missing.

He was racking them and doing very good things in the first half.

79% time on ground.

Finding it hard to find stats on the game. The match report will quote stats (mainly Bont's) but can't find player stats for Friday night. Help!

AFL app has the stats, but I can’t find a heat map. Judging by the eye, he didn't attend as many centre clearances in the second half.

 

[Billy Not Really]

A consistent 4 quarter Jy Simpkin can rack up 30+ possessions and do damage, we saw it a couple of times last season.

Question is whether he can do that more often this season, let alone maintain a 4 quarter game.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Finding it hard to find stats on the game. The match report will quote stats (mainly Bont's) but can't find player stats for Friday night. Help!

Jy got 19 possessions, 10 contested(!), from 79% game time.

 

[GunSchwatta]

Jy got 19 possessions, 10 contested(!), from 79% game time.

I want better than that.

 

[Waussie]

79% time on ground.


AFL app has the stats, but I can’t find a heat map. Judging by the eye, he didn't attend as many centre clearances in the second half.

Give him time, 1 full year in and he's showing huge potential.

 

[Passmore]

79% time on ground.


AFL app has the stats, but I can’t find a heat map. Judging by the eye, he didn't attend as many centre clearances in the second half.

Where’s that bloke that came on last year and gave the centre bounce attendance numbers when you need him.

 

[GunSchwatta]

Give him time, 1 full year in and he's showing huge potential.

Where's Hayden at mate?

Any news?

 

[Waussie]

Where's Hayden at mate?

Any news?

FB info is saying 2nd or 3rd round ready. Expect to see him in full training some time in March. The word I have got his fitness is not a problem and scans show he's tracking 8 or more weeks in front of where he's expected to be. Saw photos of him after the break and he is fully ripped. That's as much as I know.
He'll be a hungry mutt when he gets back for sure.
On the tagging subject, the kid showed real potential against Pendle's last season, for Shaw to start the kid on field against an A grader was a risk, but I thought it paid of for a while there. Finally a coach who takes risks, looking forward to what he does this year.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Simpkin needs to find a way to be more damaging with his disposal, especially by foot. He has elite vision and is a beautiful kick but too often he misses those risky kicks, he also tends to bomb it inside 50 a bit.

 

[Val Keating]

Simpkin needs to find a way to be more damaging with his disposal, especially by foot. He has elite vision and is a beautiful kick but too often he misses those risky kicks, he also tends to bomb it inside 50 a bit.

And hacks it out of the contest Peak JZ style. Reckon he just needs games to settle. Very confident that he’ll be a gun mid.

Early days I thought he wasn’t going to get enough footy as a mid, but his class was obvious. Honestly I was worried we had another Harper situation.

Now he’s showing that he can get the footy but the class hasn’t been there. He looks rushed.

IMO that’s a good thing because the class is natural, finding the footy is the hard part.

 

[Nutjob]

He has got better and better each year. Let’s just see where that upward trajectory lands and assess from there. I would say pretty much every area of his game has got better each year. I’m not sure we can ask for more than that.
Personally I think Simpkin, Thomas and LDU are the key to our success going forward. They’re potentially the 3 mids with different attributes that can take us deep into September in the future.


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[The Nostradamus]

 

[King Corey]

Poor kid turns 21 looking like that, probably still never had a girlfriend.

 

[The Warlord]

Poor kid turns 21 looking like that, probably still never had a girlfriend.

I know right, and he's got that super hot housemate who goes everywhere with him too, just to make it worse.

 

[King Corey]

I know right, and he's got that super hot housemate who goes everywhere with him too, just to make it worse.

One of the more creative ways to describe David Loader that I've ever heard.

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[Passmore]

Put em on his back in 2nd half. Colossal

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[Kangaroos4eva]

Has arrived.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Give him captaincy now

 

[Billy Not Really]

Pencil him in for the captaincy soon, he's now settled in for what he is capable of doing.

The stuff he did on the field today was nothing short of inspiration, kept a cool head during the dying moments. That's leadership.

 

[koshari]

maturity levels have soared.

 

[guapo]

To me it’s what you get when you persevere with high end talent. 3 years invested, now coming into his own and building to a very high, consistent output.
Hope he gets another game soon....

 

[Shermanator]

Magnificent today, simply magnificent

 

[tazaa]

He’s here

 

[Snake_Baker]

He’s here