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

[The Warlord]

His stepping through traffic is something else.

 

[LB2Snake]

His stepping through traffic is something else.

Yep agree...coupled with a clip he doesn't mind giving when going for the ball. If he can combine a step and a clip he seems happiest.

 

[GreatBradScott]

Thought his frame would be challenged by the role, but genuinely flourishing. Elite.

 

[Themanbun]

Thought his frame would be challenged by the role, but genuinely flourishing. Elite.

In this sport we put far too much stock into appearances, or a couple of kg or cm here and there.

 

[kangaspurs]

Thought his frame would be challenged by the role, but genuinely flourishing. Elite.

I reckon he would be one of those guys that would be a lot stronger than he looks from afar. You see close ups of him in photo or video and he's pretty ******* stocked these days.

 

[Val Keating]

Love to see the comments from a month ago calling him a dud first round pick.

He’s a jet.

Honest question, did anyone call him a dud?

 

[koshari]

... and not necessarily true. Time will tell.


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Go back and watch the game again. Few players from any club will have games as clean as jy had today. Again not a knock on ldu.

 

[The Warlord]

Thought his frame would be challenged by the role, but genuinely flourishing. Elite.

He's a hard little bastard and is light enough to bounce off contact and balanced enough to keep going when he does

 

[Flawed Genius]

Imagine him at 27

 

[Junk yard]

Love to see the comments from a month ago calling him a dud first round pick.

Just as silly as the he's a forward rubbish more than
90% of people we're saying.

 

[Val Keating]

He’s a forward. It’s so frustratingly bloody obvious he’s a forward. Everyone wants to be a midfielder these days

WRONG!!!!

 

[Thewlis Dish]

I reckon he would be one of those guys that would be a lot stronger than he looks from afar. You see close ups of him in photo or video and he's pretty ******* stocked these days.

I remember photos from just after he was drafted and he looked pretty solid. Have never thought he was that lightweight tbh.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Scottroo]

Toot toot. He’s arrived at the station

 

[Heaps of fun]

Jy. Simpkin.

 

[tazaa]

Had his own footy today.
Shifter Sheehan would be wrapped with his development.
Paul Roos was right on him and will definitely give him a wrap tomorrow night on OTC.

This isn’t a crack at Brad as hes gone now so we move since it’s been done to death ad nauseam, however a poster said that Jy is/was an inside mid and that’s his best position. Not a half forward or small forward at all. At all.
Might have been nn or rf8 who said it.
Quite possibly Brads biggest failing was that he didn’t play Jy on the inside. I never saw this level of footy coming even when he was drafted.

 

[czero]

Yup.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Clean, tough & skilful. All things I could see from his first few games.
Never knew he would be racking up 30+ touches to go along with these attributes.
He will be (is) a deadset star if he stays on this trajectory!!! Easily BOG today

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Imagine him at 27

It won't be fair.

 

[Val Keating]

It won't be fair.

Imagine him at 23

 

[the flying ham]

Imagine him at 23

Imagine him next week

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[Roo Beauty]

3 votes.

 

[Val Keating]

3 votes.

I gave Taz my 3 because I thought Bruce could take the game away from us, but once Taz went to him the game was ours.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Imagine him next week

Imagine all the people.......who’ll be made to look like fools as he crashes through them or dances around them in the future.

Another savvy selection off the back of a ruined year due to injury.

The kid’s a gun!

 

[Jesslc]

He’s a jet.

Honest question, did anyone call him a dud?

100%. Anyone could go back and look if they had the motivation.