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

[koshari]

I tapped those same brakes on the Atley tram car about 100 games games ago! I've gone through about 30 sets of brake pads.

I just rely on his engine brake.

 

[TruRoos7]

Kids go some serious skills, me likey.
Mind you our development team will soon fix that.....

 

[Thndr]

Could someone attach Jy's face to this for me..... LOL

 

[Thndr]

 

[Kimbo]

Quoted from the autopsy thread after the Rd 5 game against Freo at Subiaco. Jy's fourth game.

Simpkin was unbelievable. Running off the checklist: [x] no footy last year, [x] barely any pre-season, [x] coming off a severely broken leg, [x] weighs barely anything wringing wet, [x] four games into his career, [x] zero penetration on his kicks due to the leg injury. And he's a star. A genuine star.

I scoffed in amazement at about six things he did last night, including but not limited to the four candy shop visits in one play, the perfectly weighted leading kick to Garner after realising he didn't have the leg to make it from 45 and taking about 0.5 seconds to make his decision on where to go next, the little jab to Fyfe's guts (Simpkin is a little prick and it's glorious), and the sharp little things he does like spinning in the right direction to end up on his preferred foot. The goal was all class.

The kid is a star and I don't think we fully realise yet how good he has the potential to be. I'm bloody excited to watch footy just because I know there's a chance I'll see something special from him. I understand now why Hawthorn fans are so high on Rioli and why Adelaide fans love Eddie Betts and why Carlton fans used to go to the footy to see Fevola. We've got our own version and it's going to be extraordinary to watch his next 10 years of development. It is also concerning that just four games into his career, he's easily our most exciting young prospect.

Thought this was worth preserving for posterity FG.

 

[Donkey Chop]

Sammy Davis Jr

 

[Reginald0]

without raining on the parade particularly
he had 12 touches kicked a goal

with Wags and Ando watching on....

I'm guessing we just keep playing him, yes?

 

[the big lebowski]

without raining on the parade particularly
he had 12 touches kicked a goal

with Wags and Ando watching on....

I'm guessing we just keep playing him, yes?

Wags has never kicked a goal, Simpkin kicks one a game.

Anderson is a mild fielder.

With Thomas about to be dropped, yes we keep playing him (with the occasional week off to manage him).

 

[Donkey Chop]

without raining on the parade particularly
he had 12 touches kicked a goal

with Wags and Ando watching on....

I'm guessing we just keep playing him, yes?

When was the last time North had a kid in his 4th game dance around opponents at will? The upside is massive

 

[Kanga1996]

When was the last time North had a kid in his 4th game dance around opponents at will? The upside is massive

Never ? He is part of the reason why we go to the footy, Its never boring when he has the ball.

 

[Shermanator]

When was the last time North had a kid in his 3rd and 4th games dance around opponents at will? The upside is massive

EFA

 

[roojor]

Different mover to wellsy but he the same mould and has the amount of talent to be as good as him.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Wags has never kicked a goal, Simpkin kicks one a game.

Anderson is a mild fielder.

With Thomas about to be dropped, yes we keep playing him (with the occasional week off to manage him).

Jy is hot sauce.

Don't want any of that mild s**t.

 

[jclei]

I remember the Bont doing a few duck and weaves on the boundary in his first year and then kicking a goal from the boundary. I remember thinking he will be a star with that sort of agility.

Jy has more

 

[DrZaius]

The way I see it if he had kicked either of those goals in the Dogs or Freo games they would have been goal of the year.. In his 3rd & 4th games. Imagine when he finally kicks one of them.

Absolutely massive potential.

 

[Saintly2]

Best talent we've had since J Smith.

Gun. We've chosen very well here.

 

[shniko11]

I think he just got carried away with all the shimmying in that gif.

Its kind of understandable tho, he's a kid in his 4th game of senior footy, why wouldn't he try every trick he's got while he can? Imagine stepping inside Sandi to kick that goal after making 4 freo players look like s**t. What a rush.

At some point he's gonna do that and someone will nail him at the hips and drill him into the ground

Agree with all this.

 

[shniko11]

Thats why my nick name is Lid....keep a lid on it...all that Candy talk makes me sick....the pressure and tagging is yet to come...lets not let expectations get ahead of reality.

And this aswell but i know it's hard to keep the lid for all of us.

 

[ferball]

Best talent we've had since J Smith.

Gun. We've chosen very well here.

Stop talking now - they've got the same fricken initials...

 

[rippersnipper]

I hope he becomes a mid/cyril type, his talents will be wasted a bit with our midfield down forward

 

[chubbspeterson]

Very high cojones factor with this kid. Has no fear on most occasions and does some subtle things that are just classy.
One was that deft sideways chip to a teammate off half back to switch the play, most other guys would've missed the target.
I reckon Garner, Simpkin and Wood are the three young guys with that special something.

 

[King Jack]

Different mover to wellsy but he the same mould and has the amount of talent to be as good as him.

Saw Wells from the beginning to the end. Sublime. Jy is more exciting, most exciting since J&P Krakouer in the early 80's

 

[astrovic]

Anyone else remember Wellsy's coming out party, when he took Hawthorn to the cleaners? Had 30+ touches, kicked a couple of goals and was BOG by a country mile. Like Jy he was a 19 and a bit years old, although in his second season and 35th game.

Then there was JWS' coming out party in the final, also against Hawthorn. 27 touches from half back. 2 weeks shy of his 21st birthday, in his 24th game.

Jy is the first young player since either of them where I get the feeling that some time in the next year he is going to go bang and just take over a match. He was again incrementally better this week, adding midfield involvement and composure to his game.

(And sorry Gaso, this is the closest I can get to keeping a lid on it re: Jy....you can't deny he has something special about him).

 

[King Jack]

I remember the Bont doing a few duck and weaves on the boundary in his first year and then kicking a goal from the boundary. I remember thinking he will be a star with that sort of agility.

Jy has more

Actually, much more

 

[King Jack]

Best talent we've had since J Smith.

Gun. We've chosen very well here.

J Smith, nobody will ever know where he might have gone but J Simpkin is the most exciting first year player in 35 years