Player Watch Kudos Kade Simpson

[Hot Diggity]

Deserves all the accolades he gets - to do what he has done over such a long time is outstanding.

 

[Yojimbo]

You don't need to press the Enter key
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I tried your way and it seemed to work thank you, my old computer was worse and i got into bad habits as a result.

 

[kickazz]

What folly is that he came into a strong traditional Carlton football club that suddenly underwent their worst period in their history due to no fault of his own.
342 games and where does he rank amongst Carlton’s greats? He often had to lift Blues across the half back while completely annihilated. Unfair assessment on his career given he hardly made finals. Just a shame the conceding of his and Carlton’s fortunes.

Yep timing his club/career was his only real mistake, not that you really have any control over that.

It meant he holds the unenviable AFL record of having played in the most losses - 215 in all. If that isn't a testament to his grit and determination I don't know what is.

 

[RAPPA]

Absolute gun. What’s surprising is that players that will have produced his numbers in their first couple of seasons - 6 games, 12 touches (none in the first 3 games) - these days, often get the axe.

 

[FreoRicci]

Yep timing his club/career was his only real mistake, not that you really have any control over that.

It meant he holds the unenviable AFL record of having played in the most losses - 215 in all. If that isn't a testament to his grit and determination I don't know what is.

That’s exactly what came to mind. Many players don’t even play 215 games. To have that many losses instead is a testament of his character and resilience. Ultimately his driving force was the premiership, success. Unfortunately just wasn’t enough of it during his time.

 

[kickazz]

Absolute gun. What’s surprising is that players that will have produced his numbers in their first couple of seasons - 6 games, 12 touches (none in the first 3 games) - these days, often get the axe.

Gotta realise that was back when high interchange rotations were not a thing yet, new players often did not get much time on the ground at the start of their careers.

Time on ground in his first six games:

30%
2%
14%
82%
30%
19%

 

[RAPPA]

Gotta realise that was back when high interchange rotations were not a thing yet, new players often did not get much time on the ground at the start of their careers.

Time on ground in his first six games:

30%
2%
14%
82%
30%
19%

Fair point. One of the few kids nevertheless that Carlton didn’t botch in development. Though he was meticulous with his preparation and was mentally switched on which served him very well for his development.