Simpson can be an absolutely dominant tap ruckman. He's gone over 50 hitouts, what, 3-4 times in 20-something games?
Twice, against the league's 2 weakest sides, and one of those in a cyclone where no ruckman could leave the ground.
However, he's only had 24 games; he's missed a lot through injury; and in particular, both he and McIntosh have both missed serious pre-season time, which takes years to catch up on.
But we do need to start developing another young ruckman asap, unless we are punting on (a) Simpson developing into a no.1 ruckman before Macca finishes, and (b) our being able to buy a back-up off the shelf at that time.