Opinion Dawson Simpson

[thegerman]

If he isn't fully match fit, I agree totally - he should be in the VFL. I'm starting to get really worried that the club is ignoring fundamental principles in playing unfit players. They've been doing it for a while now too.

It's the rule football clubs just do not want to learn - you can't play unfit players.

How about players that can kick? We have three gumbies that cannot kick. Lonners, Simpson and to a lesser extent Blitz. When each get the ball I put my
hands over my eyes and I know that it is either a turnover or a kick and hope.

 

[catempire]

How about players that can kick? We have three gumbies that cannot kick. Lonners, Simpson and to a lesser extent Blitz. When each get the ball I put my
hands over my eyes and I know that it is either a turnover or a kick and hope.

I think your perceptions don't match reality in this case.

While this is disposal efficiency and not kicking efficiency, by way of example, even if you assume all of Blicavs' handballs have been effective (unrealistic, obviously), his implied kicking efficiency is 66%. So in reality his kicking efficiency is more likely 70+%.

 

[year of the cat]

Hasn't Jimmy dropped off this year in his disposal efficiency by foot. What about playing him as a tagger? Do you think he still has the mobility to play that sort of role? Or is he best suited to a 3rd forward (rather than 2nd forward as he was on Sat night) marking role?

 

[fpm84]

Hasn't Jimmy dropped off this year in his disposal efficiency by foot. What about playing him as a tagger? Do you think he still has the mobility to play that sort of role? Or is he best suited to a 3rd forward (rather than 2nd forward as he was on Sat night) marking role?

Guthrie is our tagger and that is the way it will stay. Bartel looked great in round 1 playing effectively the Chapman role alongside Hawkins and Brown. But Brown's only been given three games and Walker one, and in every other game we've been asking Bartel or McIntosh to play the second key forward role - a job neither is capable of doing.

 

[catempire]

Hasn't Jimmy dropped off this year in his disposal efficiency by foot. What about playing him as a tagger? Do you think he still has the mobility to play that sort of role? Or is he best suited to a 3rd forward (rather than 2nd forward as he was on Sat night) marking role?

Went alright in Round 1 as the 3rd tall.

And yes, 61.6% this year, 78% last year. Massive drop off.

 

[Teriyakicat]

With regard to Simpson playing, we only have HMac as our alternative ruck- maybe there isn't 100% confidence in him yet- and Blicavs as backup and the teams we've been playing have worried us enough to want to have all 3 of the big boys in there, despite the fact that the MC "MAY" be reluctant to play all 3. Simpson seems to be needing a rest. Mac will almost certainly need one very soon- the MC will have to pick and choose which games they will rest these boys in because we can't afford to drop games because we've rested a ruck man/Blitz at the wrong time.

 

[year of the cat]

Guthrie is our tagger and that is the way it will stay. Bartel looked great in round 1 playing effectively the Chapman role alongside Hawkins and Brown. But Brown's only been given three games and Walker one, and in every other game we've been asking Bartel or McIntosh to play the second key forward role - a job neither is capable of doing.

Shame then that Guthrie didn't tag anyone last night. Fyfe, Barlow and Mundy were left to all run rampant. Whether that was Scott's instructions to go head to head or we were just ineffective in attempting to quell them I'm not sure. But I couldn't detect any move to lock any of them down throughout the game.

 

[fpm84]

Shame then that Guthrie didn't tag anyone last night. Fyfe, Barlow and Mundy were left to all run rampant. Whether that was Scott's instructions to go head to head or we were just ineffective in attempting to quell them I'm not sure. But I couldn't detect any move to lock any of them down throughout the game.

Guthrie tagged Fyfe and ended up with more possessions than him, but I agree it wasn't a hard tag like the type he put on Dangerfield in round 1 while only picking up 13 possessions himself. I mentioned in another thread that I don't care about Guthrie's attacking game this week, I just want him to put the clamps on Brent Harvey.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

With regard to Simpson playing, we only have HMac as our alternative ruck- maybe there isn't 100% confidence in him yet- and Blicavs as backup and the teams we've been playing have worried us enough to want to have all 3 of the big boys in there, despite the fact that the MC "MAY" be reluctant to play all 3. Simpson seems to be needing a rest. Mac will almost certainly need one very soon- the MC will have to pick and choose which games they will rest these boys in because we can't afford to drop games because we've rested a ruck man/Blitz at the wrong time.

I don't see any reason for Blitz to be playing when we have Simpson and HMac in the same side.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I don't see any reason for Blitz to be playing when we have Simpson and HMac in the same side.

We need 2 of them- several posters from different threads are advocating dropping 2 and leaving us with just HMac. I think we'll be using the 'Insurance' card all year. Simpson isn't running out a full game just yet, so Blicavs is staying in the side to help HMac out late in games. When things change, maybe then you'll see him (Blitz) playing in the ressies.

 

[year of the cat]

Guthrie tagged Fyfe and ended up with more possessions than him, but I agree it wasn't a hard tag like the type he put on Dangerfield in round 1 while only picking up 13 possessions himself. I mentioned in another thread that I don't care about Guthrie's attacking game this week, I just want him to put the clamps on Brent Harvey.

Every player has an opponent and is responsible for minimising their output as well as contributing with their own game. I'd argue that rather than actually tagging Fyfe, Guthrie just played on him. It will depend on our opponent, but Guthrie (and Scott) need to determine his role - is it to be a lockdown tagger in the Ling mould or should he be given more licence to back himself. I reckon against the top teams he just has to play a more defensively minded game. If not, then someone else needs to strip into that role.

 

[Partridge]

How about players that can kick? We have three gumbies that cannot kick. Lonners, Simpson and to a lesser extent Blitz. When each get the ball I put my
hands over my eyes and I know that it is either a turnover or a kick and hope.

Without even looking at the stats I can't agree on Blicavs. I've got my criticisms of him but I would say his disposal is normally sound. He doesn't try to do too much by foot and generally hits targets I would have thought.

 

[Partridge]

We need 2 of them- several posters from different threads are advocating dropping 2 and leaving us with just HMac. I think we'll be using the 'Insurance' card all year. Simpson isn't running out a full game just yet, so Blicavs is staying in the side to help HMac out late in games. When things change, maybe then you'll see him (Blitz) playing in the ressies.

That may be the reasoning, but it effectively means we're one midfielder short. Which shows up against good teams. As it did Saturday night.

The club has to show a bit more balls than that. Pick who you think are the two best/fittest ruckmen, and that's who plays. Picking three just in case isn't the way to go about it. We don't pick three lumbering key forwards just in case Hawkins has an off night do we?

 

[cats_09]

Without even looking at the stats I can't agree on Blicavs. I've got my criticisms of him but I would say his disposal is normally sound. He doesn't try to do too much by foot and generally hits targets I would have thought.

He went at 90.9% efficiency on the weekend and is averaging 0.9 clangers per game this year - I think most players would be pretty happy with that.

 

[Teriyakicat]

That may be the reasoning, but it effectively means we're one midfielder short. Which shows up against good teams. As it did Saturday night.

The club has to show a bit more balls than that. Pick who you think are the two best/fittest ruckmen, and that's who plays. Picking three just in case isn't the way to go about it. We don't pick three lumbering key forwards just in case Hawkins has an off night do we?

I see your point but we'd shuffle the deck and put another tall up forward (Taylor, one of the rucks or whoever)- they'd have to manage but we don't have any that can just slot into the ruck if Simpson or HMac goes lame. Blicavs' role isn't in the ruck apart from either late in the game or as 3rd man up.
Having said that, I'd be happy if Simpson was getting full games in the twos now and again- they could do with a ruck boost, I'm sure, and it would be better for him than 3/4 of a game in the seniors and not all of that in the ruck.

 

[dazbroncos]

Guthrie tagged Fyfe and ended up with more possessions than him, but I agree it wasn't a hard tag like the type he put on Dangerfield in round 1 while only picking up 13 possessions himself. I mentioned in another thread that I don't care about Guthrie's attacking game this week, I just want him to put the clamps on Brent Harvey.

Boomer and Wells have squirrel gripped us a lot of late. Guthrie to Boomer and Id even let Bews start on Wells. Just don't let them get a clean ball and as both Boomer and Thomas kinda only skate one way, the turnover could be very effective against them…

Go Catters

 

[David the Cat]

Boomer and Wells have squirrel gripped us a lot of late. Guthrie to Boomer and Id even let Bews start on Wells. Just don't let them get a clean ball and as both Boomer and Thomas kinda only skate one way, the turnover could be very effective against them…

Go Catters

No Wells this week Daz.

 

[Pivo]

No Wells this week Daz.

Thank you for small mercies.

 

[nohairandfair]

Dawson a late out for Walker... should be interesting to see how things unfold.