Past Simon Wiggins

[Mister Carlton]

Re: simon wiggins

Pathetic shot at goal.
My 99 year old grandmother could kick it from 40 out.

 

[Mister Carlton]

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Will Wiggins last another year on our list?

 

[Sin City]

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Any news on the knee injury?

Looking forward to seeing him lead the way with his courage and hardness at the this year

 

[Sin City]

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So a knee injury and some stitches already for Wiggo this pre-season, wouldn't expect anything less. Glad to hear he put in a solid effort yesterday, keep up the courageous acts Chief.

 

[Sin City]

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Wiggins didn't play in the Bullants practice match on Saturday, maybe there is a slight hope he'll come into the team on Thursday against Brisbane. It's probably unlikely, but if he were to play the same role across half back that he did last season he could be very important cutting Fev's leads off. Hard to think of anyone else with both the courage and application to drop in front of Fev's leads for a full four quarters.

 

[Sin City]

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The Chief had a run in the Bullants practice game against the Balwyn Tigers today and went pretty well, hopefully not far off getting a run in the seniors. Thanks to isdonis.george from TalkingCarlton for the report.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27711

Wiggins showed a bit of dash as a lead-up forward. Left everyone standing with a strong mark on the centre square then sprint to the 50 m arc and split the posts.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27711

 

[starchamber]

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The Chief had a run in the Bullants practice game against the Balwyn Tigers today and went pretty well, hopefully not far off getting a run in the seniors. Thanks to isdonis.george from TalkingCarlton for the report.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27711



http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27711

He should only be used as a depth player like Hadley,Johnson,Browne, Anderson if injury occurs if the young ins are not ready for AFL. It's not like he wins games of his foot and is under 24.It's not like you drop Betts,Yarran,Ohalipin and Henderson for him at this moment or use him in Scotland and Armfield role or does Joseph tagging role or Walker .

 

[Sin City]

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Some people have such short memories. Not that it surprises me at all in Spudboys case. Wiggins played some great games up forward for us at the start of last season, leading to an article being written comparing him favourably to Nick Riewoldt. He then played some great roles across half-back late in the season that were vital to our strong finish to the year. His strong marking, courage and application to the task are a huge asset and he's shown plenty of times that he is still capable of performing at AFL level.

 

[Sin City]

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2010 VFL Seniors
Northern Bullants 2.3 6.6 11.7 16.13 (109)
Bendigo Bombers 2.3 4.4 8.8 9.10 (64)

GOALS:
Northern Bullants: Wiggins 5 Garlett 3 Casboult 2 Arrowsmith 2 McCorkell Morgan Johnson Iacobucci
Bendigo Bombers: Hurley 4 Atkinson 2 Bock Davey Scanlon


BEST:
Northern Bullants: Johnson Ellard Wiggins Browne Hadley Jacobs
Bendigo Bombers: Hurley Davey Atkinson Laycock Shinners Slattery

5 goals and in the best players after the first game of the season. Will help his chances of a senior spot.

 

[starchamber]

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Some people have such short memories. Not that it surprises me at all in Spudboys case. Wiggins played some great games up forward for us at the start of last season, leading to an article being written comparing him favourably to Nick Riewoldt. He then played some great roles across half-back late in the season that were vital to our strong finish to the year. His strong marking, courage and application to the task are a huge asset and he's shown plenty of times that he is still capable of performing at AFL level.

That's the problem he does that for a few games then disappear the next 10 weeks then is injured.I still have him in but you need to drop Ohailipin or Henderson or use him in Armfield role.I wouldn't drop Houilhan,Carrazoo or Scotland they all have their off games but all have great skills or get the ball and are good players especially when the team is playing well.Henderson i wouldn't like to see dropped.

 

[Sin City]

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Cheers to RiverRodent for his report on Talking Carlton. We could've done with the Chief's commitment last night.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27735&start=20

BOG for me was Wiggo who kicked 5 from CHF with several of them from range. He was in the sort of form that he showed in his 100th with his kicking as good as I have seen it.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27735&start=20

 

[Sin City]

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The strong form continues, we're gonna need him at some time this season.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27795&start=20

Wiggins - The only bloke who seemed to get near it in our forward in the first. His experience provides something of a rudder for our youth in the Bullants team and his work rate is forever a plus. Makes good decisions but his disposal by foot would be unlikely to hold up at AFL level.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27795&start=20

 

[Sin City]

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Big game from Chief today in the Bullants tight loss to Port melbourne. Kicked four goals and was in the best players again. Was reported for rough play but if he's not suspended could push for a spot in the seniors in the next few weeks.

 

[Windhover]

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Big game from Chief today in the Bullants tight loss to Port melbourne. Kicked four goals and was in the best players again. Was reported for rough play but if he's not suspended could push for a spot in the seniors in the next few weeks.

I have read your enthusiastic posts on this thread for Wiglet (or The Chief, if you prefer). The only time in his lenghty career at Carlton in which TC was any value in the senior side was at the start of last year. I suspect he was told then that, given his limitations as a footballer, he would only be permitted to stay in the side so long as he played every game as if it were his last and that in fact if he did not maintain that level it would be his last game. On those instructions for several games Wiggie played like a man possessed. It is true his kicking (for goal and to targets) was poor but he led by example in putting on forward pressure. Eventually, by stint of injury or inconsistency, his game fell away. He was omitted, and rightly so. Regretably the MC relented later in the year and played him (breaching their credibility since he should have played his last game).

In the preseason Wiggie performed like Wiggie of old. He was more terrified than I was when he had possession of the ball and I had no confidence in him. At the moment there is a long list of players at the club that are either well ahead of him now that we know of (i.e Grigg, Robinson, Hadley, Browne, Anderson) and several that look promising (i.e. Kerr, Davies) that should be given a game to ahead of Wiglet. We know what he can't do.

We know what he can do - play VFL football. Let him star there as plenty have before him who have not been able to play at senior level and let him live in peace. If you ask him deep down I am sure he will admit he is not really up to senior football. That is not a disgrace but not admitting it when he has had 10 seasons to prove otherwise certainly would be. He has been at the club through its worst period in history. In that time he has played 116 games and I can only remember his 100th as being a standout plus a few reasonable games at the start of last year. It is time to get over him and move on.

 

[Sin City]

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Stand by what I said at the start of the year. There are more than 22 players ahead of him in selection, even more than that ahead of him ability wise but there will be times we need a guy like Wiggins in the team. The game against Essendon is a good example of that.

Windhover you're off the mark about his form late last year, he was brilliant across half-back.

 

[Windhover]

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Stand by what I said at the start of the year. There are more than 22 players ahead of him in selection, even more than that ahead of him ability wise but there will be times we need a guy like Wiggins in the team. The game against Essendon is a good example of that.

Windhover you're off the mark about his form late last year, he was brilliant across half-back.

I am glad to hear the first part of your post in reply but query your judgment as to his utility against Essendon. (Not that he would have been noticeable, the whole team had a touch of the wiggies that day).

As to his "brilliance" across half-back late last year I defer to you as I concede I missed it. Not that missing his brilliance would have been difficult. By my reckoning he played the last 5 games of the year, averaged just over 5 kicks a game (none of which to my recollection was anything other than a chippie kick or a turn-over) and 11 handballs. (In his best game stats-wise he had 6 kicks and 12 handballs against Adelaide and was trully awful.) So it would not have been easy to see his brilliance and I commend you for your vision if not your judgment based on a grounded view of the facts.

 

[Sin City]

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Against Essendon we played without heart, courage, discipline, commitment, physical pressure, application and couldn't take a mark inside 50. All things Wiggins that are strengths of the Chief.

As far as his form late last year, stats don't always tell the story. Even someone who displays as poor a football knowledge as you knows this. He was fantastic at cutting leads off, taking marks and shutting his opponent down. Sixteen disposals per game for a player doing shut down jobs in the backline is fine anyway. Leave the smart arse comments out of it, you're no good at it and you've already been exposed as a fool plenty of times since you joined.

 

[Windhover]

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Against Essendon we played without heart, courage, discipline, commitment, physical pressure, application and couldn't take a mark inside 50. All things Wiggins that are strengths of the Chief.

As far as his form late last year, stats don't always tell the story. Even someone who displays as poor a football knowledge as you knows this. He was fantastic at cutting leads off, taking marks and shutting his opponent down. Sixteen disposals per game for a player doing shut down jobs in the backline is fine anyway. Leave the smart arse comments out of it, you're no good at it and you've already been exposed as a fool plenty of times since you joined.

With my impoverished football knowledge yes I do know that stats don't always tell the story. (Personally I thought Judd's best quarter against Geelong was his third quarter. He only had 3 possessions but what he did in the packs prevented Geelong from escaping with the ball time and again. Geelong were all set to pounch but were thwarted by Judd's mighty effort.)

The only reason I went to the stats was to see if they could give an indication of the brilliant form you suggest Wiggie displayed. They don't and I am left to rely, uncomfortably, on your unreferenced assertion. Which game(s) was it you refer to late last year? It sure wasn't the Adelaide game.

As to our effort against Essendon I do not agree that we played without heart, courage, commitment or physical pressure (I agree our application was lacking and we couldn't seem to mark the ball anywhere, let alone inside 50) and regard this, from someone whose byline is "the spirit of Carlton" as an unbelievable bagging of the side unworthy even of a Richmond supporter. We put plenty of pressure on and created more than enough turnovers to easily win the game. Unfortunately we rarely capitalised on Essendon errors and, whats worse, gave the ball back in a trully headless display. To my mind we played like the Wiggins of my memory.

 

[Sin City]

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With my impoverished football knowledge yes I do know that stats don't always tell the story. (Personally I thought Judd's best quarter against Geelong was his third quarter. He only had 3 possessions but what he did in the packs prevented Geelong from escaping with the ball time and again. Geelong were all set to pounch but were thwarted by Judd's mighty effort.)

I also thought Judd and the midfield were alright in the 3rd quarter when Geelong turned it into a struggle they held up well. Certain his first quarter was his best though, he was on fire.

The only reason I went to the stats was to see if they could give an indication of the brilliant form you suggest Wiggie displayed. They don't and I am left to rely, uncomfortably, on your unreferenced assertion. Which game(s) was it you refer to late last year? It sure wasn't the Adelaide game.

He made a few mistakes under the pressure Adelaide put on, no doubt, but you obviously watched this game so you would know that after the first quarter the whole team bar Walker really folded up. He was crucial to our wins against Port and Geelong with his marking, application over four quarters, marking and cutting off leads. Also had the sense to handball it off as often as he could. Did the job across half back better than anyone else available could have.

As to our effort against Essendon I do not agree that we played without heart, courage, commitment or physical pressure (I agree our application was lacking and we couldn't seem to mark the ball anywhere, let alone inside 50) and regard this, from someone whose byline is "the spirit of Carlton" as an unbelievable bagging of the side unworthy even of a Richmond supporter. We put plenty of pressure on and created more than enough turnovers to easily win the game. Unfortunately we rarely capitalised on Essendon errors and, whats worse, gave the ball back in a trully headless display. To my mind we played like the Wiggins of my memory.

We were soft and had no commitment against Essendon, you can dispute it if you want but I'm not changing what I said and I don't think many would agree with you. We were un-Carlton like. If you think we applied physical pressure than please explain how crap, out of form players like Williams, Gumbleton and Reimers got amongst the goals and rookies were allowed to tear us to pieces. Hardly playing like Wiggins from anyones memory I wouldn't think.

 

[Sin City]

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Another solid game up forward for Wiggo today in the Bullants easy win against Frankston, kicked three goals and had some pretty good reports about his game. Carlton are travelling well at the moment so all he can do really is keep playing like he is and hope a spot opens up down the track.

Wiggins - Played HF and was good. Took some strong marks and lead well. Tackling and forward pressure great. Would expect no less.

And I thought Wiggo (who was lucky not to get rubbed out during the week - the VFL tribunal are obviously much more sympathetic than their AFL counterparts!), T-Bird & Waite were solid and are ready if Carlton requires them next week.

The chief would have to be close to a senior recall - lead up play really good and his lack of skills isnt really visible at this level so its hard to see if he's actually improved this til he gets a crack in the 1's. Has been super consistent and probably deserves it. Maybe hendo out, chief in.

 

[Sin City]

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Pretty solid performance from Wiggo today in a disappointing result for the Bullants. Kicked two goals and was very physical for the entire game. All forwards found it tough dealing with the Hawks flood.

http://www.talkingcarlton.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27933

Wiggins: Probably the only player on the ground who knew how to play with the mindset of 'we've got the wind' and 'we're kicking into it'. Played forward and as usual played a workmanlike game. Enjoying his footy, giving it all, but probably won't see Navy Blue action unless injury hits.

Wiggo's form is encouraging and I hope that we haven't forgotten him yet. Still think he would be useful up forward and it was this time last year that the papers started noticing him and gave him a write up. That probably sent him backwards! Without Fev, Wiggo might be an interesting support forward for the others and I love his defensive pressure.

 

[Sin City]

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Another solid game yesterday from the Chief. Two goals and in the best players again as a lead up half forward. Doing everything that could be asked of him.

 

[starchamber]

Very hard too see where Wiggins fit in the side now.I think if he is strong enough he could do what Mclean was suppose to do for Judd and protect him. Mclean is very slow to move and can cost us goals rather quickly if his injured or not up to it with pace.

 

[Sin City]

Very hard too see where Wiggins fit in the side now.I think if he is strong enough he could do what Mclean was suppose to do for Judd and protect him. Mclean is very slow to move and can cost us goals rather quickly if his injured or not up to it with pace.

Who left the dunny lid up?

 

[starchamber]

Who left the dunny lid up?

Not Warnock you need to bend down for that lol