Here comes Simmo!

[polakthetiger]

Just read this on afl.com.au..

'Simmonds trained well on Friday and is close to returning after an ankle lay-off, possibly against Collingwood in round three.'

Without putting all the hopes into 1 player, even a little underdone, it would be great to have him be able to contest the hit outs in half the ground, maybe playing as a forward/ruck role, or regular changes off the bench, 10-15 min bursts.

 

[itsintheblood]

Bloody unreal!!!!!! our most important player IMO and should be captain.

 

[tugga]

They interviewed him on the telethon yesterday and he said he's definitely back for round 3.

 

[marco polo]

They interviewed him on the telethon yesterday and he said he's definitely back for round 3.

Thank goodness...very, very important player for us

 

[tigerT]

yep our most important player, but sad that we are such rubbish without him.

 

[Tigeritis]

Watched training yesterday and he looked o.k. Seemed a bit proppy towards the end of the session. Wont see his A-game for at least another 4 weeks or so due to match fitness/limited pre-season I would imagine.

 

[UpTheGuts]

Heard Browny on 3AW pre-game and he said Simmo had been kicking both sides that morning (said it like it was a massive achievement).

I'm doubtful he or Brown will line up on Friday. If Simmo does play, he can't be expected to have much of an impact and would surely spend>50% of the game off the ball.

 

[Darth_Tiger]

we really have been found out with our limmited ruck stocks. we really need to pick up another quality ruckman at the end of the year.

 

[cherryripe]

Really how bad is Graham? Perhaps he should've been elevated instead of King.

 

[Croat tiger]

Really how bad is Graham? Perhaps he should've been elevated instead of King.

I said that during the week.Patto also got smashed in the ruck like I said he would.

 

[PLSC]

simmo is a gun and will glady have him back asap but it was good to see the team without him because it highlighted the pathetic recruiting with no replacement for stafford who was underrated last year

love simmo

 

[cherryripe]

King seems to be like, oh, 20 other backpocket/half-back flankers on our list. Yet with only 1 fit inexperienced ruckman and two senior rucks out injured what does our "brains trust" do?

 

[Croat tiger]

King seems to be like, oh, 20 other backpocket/half-back flankers on our list. Yet with only 1 fit inexperienced ruckman and two senior rucks out injured what does our "brains trust" do?

Our footy department is dumb,why wouldn't you recruit key position players in the draft?.

 

[PLSC]

Our footy department is dumb,why wouldn't you recruit key position players in the draft?.

because then that would mean they would of needed to have a plan

 

[tigermania]

simmo is a gun and will glady have him back asap but it was good to see the team without him because it highlighted the pathetic recruiting with no replacement for stafford who was underrated last year

love simmo

Give it up pal.

We have 3 ruckmen on the list and 1 rookie. The fact that Simmo and Knobel are injured is hardly a recruiting problem.

Geez mate. Kill whoever pumped your soul full of negativity.

 

[PLSC]

Give it up pal.

We have 3 ruckmen on the list and 1 rookie. The fact that Simmo and Knobel are injured is hardly a recruiting problem.

Geez mate. Kill whoever pumped your soul full of negativity.

we have 1 GUN ruckman

an injury prone hack ruckman

and a young developing chf/ruck

get back in your box you muppet