Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin - 2025 Sole Captain. Deserved winner of The Polly Farmer Medal for the Indigenous All Stars with 30 disposals (18 contested)

[Devington]

This is pathetc. WTF are you thinking? This is not a hardened leader of men. Kanga lotto time.. thats a disgrace, sin bin, relinquish the captaincy.. 6 wins under your leadership and you want to do this shit? Piss off

I saw a portrait photo on this website a couple of days ago and thought “nah, its just a look alike, there is no wayy our captain would do this”

****in woww!

6am on a Thursday, do you just wake up drunk and angry or does it require effort to achieve this feat?

Joke(?) aside, it's such a nothing issue. He looks cringe, who cares. Andrew Swallow was literally an underwear model lol. Some players and the player association are pushing for the league to introduce what amounts to fashion runways for players entering the arenas before games. I'm loathe to tell you to get with the times, because I myself loathe dealing with half the changes, but the times have changed and that includes the AFL which is perpetually topped up with 18 year olds who are more 'current' with the trends than we ever will be. Every. Single. Year.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Jy go through it did he?

I might assume that instead of the word “empathy” being present in your lexicon, a barren, yawning hole would be present.

Take a beat before you post, mate.

 

[Caracas]

Fingers crossed for Jy this weekend. He had a horror year last season starting with the Webster hit. He was also concussed twice in 2023. Not forgetting his broken leg before he even arrived at the club. He really hasn’t had a decent opportunity. Hopefully, he’s primed to deliver this season. He deserves some luck.

 

[Caracas]

Cooked that he’s played more game at Carrara

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We obviously need more games at Sydney Showground. 100% record there!

 

[chubbspeterson]

6am on a Thursday, do you just wake up drunk and angry or does it require effort to achieve this feat?

Joke(?) aside, it's such a nothing issue. He looks cringe, who cares. Andrew Swallow was literally an underwear model lol. Some players and the player association are pushing for the league to introduce what amounts to fashion runways for players entering the arenas before games. I'm loathe to tell you to get with the times, because I myself loathe dealing with half the changes, but the times have changed and that includes the AFL which is perpetually topped up with 18 year olds who are more 'current' with the trends than we ever will be. Every. Single. Year.

Not to mention the * players back in the 90's like Gavin Wanganeen doing that awkard fashion show.
It ain't a bad thing to have a North player visible in the media. We need as much exposure as we can get.

 

[Themanbun]

Fingers crossed for Jy this weekend. He had a horror year last season starting with the Webster hit. He was also concussed twice in 2023. Not forgetting his broken leg before he even arrived at the club. He really hasn’t had a decent opportunity. Hopefully, he’s primed to deliver this season. He deserves some luck.

Don't forget the absolutely mangled finger and ankle

 

[zoomba23]

Fingers crossed for Jy this weekend. He had a horror year last season starting with the Webster hit. He was also concussed twice in 2023. Not forgetting his broken leg before he even arrived at the club. He really hasn’t had a decent opportunity. Hopefully, he’s primed to deliver this season. He deserves some luck.

He has had a decent opportunity, but it coincided with a dark, dark period. Definitely deserves a healthy, sustained crack at it with supposedly more competent personnel around him, on field and off

 

[Passmore]

He has had a decent opportunity, but it coincided with a dark, dark period. Definitely deserves a healthy, sustained crack at it with supposedly more competent personnel around him, on field and off

Bizarre to think that of the 8 seasons he’s been here, along with Larkey and Zurhaar plus Xerri and LDU, the second most “successful “ was 2019. And we sacked a coach that year.

 

[Gasometer]

How does Duck Yeah post from 1978?

I just don’t get it.

Does he have some worm hole time warp thingo where he slips through time and posts from that year?

Oh well idk, hope he enjoyed his two chops and three veggies for dinner.

Anyway as Taytay says

 

[Junk yard]

As midfield talent, kick, handball, contest footy, wilbah > jy

Being able to run and compete trumps them all.

 

[DuckYeah]

Being able to run and compete trumps them all.

Depends on the scoreboard. If his disposal is crisp clean and involved in chain and score involvements. I’d take that over a player that can run all day but turns the ball over. I mean, its obvious who one should take but because of your ridiculous bias.. you’ll take the bloke that cant kick and handballs to feet

 

[Roodus]

Hate to be bearer of bad news

 

[Event Horizon]

Hate to be bearer of bad news

Yeah, not good. Will probably miss. Nobody generally goes into the game with hamstring awareness...

 

[Blightys Barrel]

If this has stemmed from the All Stars game as some has theorized (last 5 mins of the game) and the Club has led with the “illness” script for the last 3 weeks, then it’s a little disappointing.

If it a fresh injury from the last couple days, then so be it and either rest him or play him based on a fitness test. Pressure on new fitness guy (White?) to stop the soft tissue count with Wardlaw, Goater, Duursma and now Jy impacted in 2025 so far.

 

[Event Horizon]

If this has stemmed from the All Stars game as some has theorized (last 5 mins of the game) and the Club has led with the “illness” script for the last 3 weeks, then it’s a little disappointing.

If it a fresh injury from the last couple days, then so be it and either rest him or play him based on a fitness test. Pressure on new fitness guy (White?) to stop the soft tissue count with Wardlaw, Goater, Duursma and now Jy impacted in 2025 so far.

I don't think it matters too much when it happened. If anything, I'd rather it came from the All Stars game, as that would mean he'd be close to recovering by now whereas if it happened at training, that would be three blokes doing their hammy at training in a month which suggests we may have a problem somewhere

 

[backtothedraft]

I don't think it matters too much when it happened. If anything, I'd rather it came from the All Stars game, as that would mean he'd be close to recovering by now whereas if it happened at training, that would be three blokes doing their hammy at training in a month which suggests we may have a problem somewhere

We’ve got some of the best player availability in the league. Think generally injury management and prevention has been good under White

 

[Wayne Campbell]

FFS! Why are they training so much? Shouldn't be training this much getting all these injuries at training

 

[Nylex]

FFS! Why are they training so much? Shouldn't be training this much getting all these injuries at training

Agree.. the hard training should be over now..
Time to make sure they hit each game as fresh as possible