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Thoughts on Kanga's rookies Jy Simpkin vs Kayne Turner

Scoring potential and JS?
My opinion is js is similar and scoring potential similar. Possibly Simpkin could get rested after a few games as he missed all of last year and much of preseason

On Mountford and hibberd, at this stage I would expect one to get dropped for cunnington in round 2.

Pruess js low I would have thought, but if his first two games are good a bit of DPP magic could make him relatively easy to bring in as a rookie correction trade, moving DPP 0 rookie to forwards
 

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Mountford looks alright actually, think I might jump on

VFL stats last year: played 18 matches, averaged 16 touches, 6 tackles and 0.5 goals

In JLT 1, he only came on in the 2nd half, played like ~35%, had 8 touches, 5 contested, 7 tackles ad kicked 1.1

hmmm
 

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Mountford looks alright actually, think I might jump on

VFL stats last year: played 18 matches, averaged 16 touches, 6 tackles and 0.5 goals

In JLT 1, he only came on in the 2nd half, played like ~35%, had 8 touches, 5 contested, 7 tackles ad kicked 1.1

hmmm
That 1 behind was a sitter too.

Only issue is that I don't think he was tagging in JLT1, which is what he is likely to be doing on Sunday.
 
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Simpkin is a cyril type of small forward arm, while Turner is more the pressure poppy type. Both are very well liked by north fans.

Turner will not get a heap of it, but he will lay a heap of tackles, pressure and has a knack of kicking regular goals.

Too early to tell for Simpkin, but he has more long term midfield potential than Turner. He is quick, is hard at the footy and has a bit of x-factor about him. He would accumulate a lot more than Turner in the long term.

Turner you could trust his scoring to be regularly around the 50-70ish mark, while Simpkin will put up similar numbers, but has a scope for higher numbers around the 80 mark if he has a good start to the year.

Roll of the dice mate, good luck.
Thanks for the solid reply, I'm sticking with Kayne
 

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That 1 behind was a sitter too.

Only issue is that I don't think he was tagging in JLT1, which is what he is likely to be doing on Sunday.
dirt cheap though, he'll still be close to the ball as a tagger, racking up a high tackle count
full season in the VFL and a couple preseasons under his belt now

Surely he gets a chance at consecutive games? Thoughts as a Roos supporter?
 
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many seem to be over looking bowes from gc really think he is worth the extra money with so many question marks over the other mids
Agree, I reckon his medium-term JS is very high (more than Taranto and Florent, equivalent to WHE and Turner) it's just his price premium compared with the cheaper guys.
 

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dirt cheap though, he'll still be close to the ball as a tagger, racking up a high tackle count
full season in the VFL and a couple preseasons under his belt now

Surely he gets a chance at consecutive games? Thoughts as a Roos supporter?
Agreed. He won't be as defensive as Jacobs (then again, who is?). Plus, he has the pace to get some of his own possessions on the break.

While he might be there instead of Cunnington in Rd-1, BS is known to like playing a tagger. This alone, give him a shot at consecutive games if he gets the job done in rd-1.
 

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dirt cheap though, he'll still be close to the ball as a tagger, racking up a high tackle count
full season in the VFL and a couple preseasons under his belt now

Surely he gets a chance at consecutive games? Thoughts as a Roos supporter?
Cunnington's return is an issue for consecutive games for mountford. But there's a possibility of consecutive games if he does a good job.
 
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