Toughest player at Carlton - POLL

[ShanDog]

I'de hate to go in the ring V Casboult ...... but he would probably miss ......

Yeah I wouldn't duck and weave - he'll hit you by mistake. Head still and swing.

 

[Malifice]

Simpson has balls the size of melons. When its his time to go, he goes.

Gets my vote everytime.

 

[thylacine60]

Geez. Imagine if Simmo was likeable a la Kreuz - The Full Package!!

 

[I bleed Blue]

I went for Kreuzer, Murphy and Cripps and then dropped my head when I realised I'd left out Simmo. They'd be my top 4, and then I'd probably drop Weitering in to make it a top 5.

Weitering top 5? Really?

Out of the 20 or so options that were posted I would say he would be the last one I would pick

 

[Quazza]

Weitering top 5? Really?

Out of the 20 or so options that were posted I would say he would be the last one I would pick

I dunno

did get his head kicked off, pop a shoulder and THEN manage to still rush a behind

 

[SBYM]

Simmo goes places no twelve-year-old should go.

End of.

 

[Jabba73]

Weighing 25kgs wringing wet gives him a massive advantage in the pound for pound stakes.

 

[ferrisb]

I voted for Simmo. Despite being one of the least physically-imposing footballers in the league, he's mighty tough.

Time and time again, I've seen him get smashed, fall to the ground and get straight back up - almost in one action.

The guy is made of elastic rubber. It's amazing.

Goes in hard with no regard for his own safety. And when he gets hit, he gets back up again. Goes in just as hard in the very next contest. Never gives up.

Tough. As. Hombre.

 

[Jimmae]

Weitering top 5? Really?

Out of the 20 or so options that were posted I would say he would be the last one I would pick

I dunno

did get his head kicked off, pop a shoulder and THEN manage to still rush a behind

And then returned quite early, and played the rest of the season hurt, including playing out a game with a calf strain.

Not sure what else the guy can do to show his toughness except put himself in harm's way and keep going. Any other definition is just people trying to disguise that they're applauding violence.

 

[ferrisb]

And then returned quite early, and played the rest of the season hurt, including playing out a game with a calf strain.

Not sure what else the guy can do to show his toughness except put himself in harm's way and keep going. Any other definition is just people trying to disguise that they're applauding violence.

And he was only 18 last season. Serious fortitude for a (pseudo) kid.

 

[1shay]

Murphy.

Gets smashed week in week out and none of his team mate stand up for the little fella - no tears either.

 

[Pinnell]

I went for Kreuzer, Murphy and Cripps and then dropped my head when I realised I'd left out Simmo. They'd be my top 4, and then I'd probably drop Weitering in to make it a top 5.

Kruezer is soft as butter when the ball is in the air. Avoids it any chance he can.

 

[Pinnell]

Simpson, Cripps and Ed Curnow for me. Look at the team from 1995 - you'd practically name all of them except for Camporeale. Same goes for the team back in 81-82.

PS I'll add DOcherty for his willingness to go back with the flight of the ball - that is tough.

 

[Jimmae]

Kruezer is soft as butter when the ball is in the air. Avoids it any chance he can.

Not holding marks is not the same as avoiding the contest mate, but ok.

 

[thylacine60]

I wouldn't say a long way. Ed is as tough as they come and is quite underrated here.

He said by a long way..............

 

[zeeCFC]

I wouldn't say a long way. Ed is as tough as they come and is quite underrated here.

He said by a long way..............

DID I STUTTER?

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Not holding marks is not the same as avoiding the contest mate, but ok.

Not sure I'd call it avoiding the contest, or not being tough. Maybe it's because I'm looking for it now, but I've noticed a tendency for him to close his eyes and/or drop his chin forward in a marking contest. I reckon more often than not, when I see him do this he drops the mark.
It's hard to find specific examples though.

 

[Pinnell]

Not holding marks is not the same as avoiding the contest mate, but ok.

Come on Jimmae. You go to the games. He literally hides when the ball is being kicked out from a point, or when there is a down the line kick required - doesn't want, and never demands the ball in the air like a big man should. Maybe he's too scared he will drop the mark? Who knows. But he is SOFT in the air when his position (ruckman/psuedo key forward) and body type demand that it is he that gives a target. I'd say his contested marking stats go someway to supporting that. But, when you go to the games he frustrates no end with his jog around like Humphrey when the ball is required to be kicked long to him.

 

[thylacine60]

bit of truth in that........

 

[Aphrodite]

Yep!

 

[zeeCFC]

Death, taxes, Kreuzer running under the ball

 

[Kramer1]

Simpson has balls the size of melons. When its his time to go, he goes.

Gets my vote everytime.

Explains the slightly bandy gait.

 

[Kramer1]

Kreuzer has poor marking technique. No doubt. Has had from day one.

That said the suggestion of him being 'soft' is one of the more ridiculous things I will read on here...today.

 

[TheCoach16]

Not holding marks is not the same as avoiding the contest mate, but ok.

I agree. Kreuzer is in no way worried about contact, the contest, or taking a hit. He's a tough competitor. He's worried about dropping the mark, that's all.

Over the last couple of years he's developed a bad habit. From a long way out, he anticipates the drop of the ball, he raises his arms in that direction, throws his body in that general area and then takes his eyes off the footy completely. "Hoping" it lands in his hands...

 

[thylacine60]

It's still early...