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Kade Simpson
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would be happy to see the left one spot on first!
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His perceived weakness on his left foot is a bit of an urban legend IMO. Firstly, left footers are traditionally weak on their right side anyway. Having said that, Kade isn't too bad on his right, and does use it every now and again.
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Very underrated player. He thrives with any leadership he is given. Is he part of our leadership group? He must be if Carazzo is. I think alot of people criticise his kicking because alot of it has gone inside 50 and at times our forward structure has not been great in being proactive so you see some kicks looking like they are pretty dodgy. Kade has become one of my favourite.
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Kade looks to play on everytime he gets the ball. Its just that opposition know he'll play on to the left so they prepare for it. If he develops something for his right side then he could be anything.
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His right is ok and as HBF stated his weakness there is overstated.
What I would like to see from Kade is for him to balance up and dispose more effectively after he has gone for a gallop
What I would like to see from Kade is for him to balance up and dispose more effectively after he has gone for a gallop
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He could get lessons from Setanta who is excellent off both feet. Well, for field-kicking. We'll have to work on his set shots for goal.
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Kade Simpson ..let me think .... one quarter player specialist ...
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doesnt do much ...three or four bounce spurt which usually ends up missing the sticks or the mark , but is not the worst on that list
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Carrot is a better kick/user of the footy then Simpson, but for some reason, Kade escapes a lot of the flak Carrot gets which is annoying
Don't agree with a number of the replies. Simpson's effectiveness has dropped since 2006/7 because the opposition have worked out that 10/10 when free he'll wheel onto his left side - opposition moves to the left and he's suddenly unbalanced and has to swing back to his right before he can dispose of it effectively. Which of course doesn't happen all too often in such a situation.
It's probably his greatest flaw in his game at the moment. One of the reasons why he's not kicking as many goals as he used to, IMO, is because teams aren't letting him line it up from 50m on his left.
It's probably his greatest flaw in his game at the moment. One of the reasons why he's not kicking as many goals as he used to, IMO, is because teams aren't letting him line it up from 50m on his left.
