Timmy Simona

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greatodensraven

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Didn't get to watch the game last night but managed to have a listen on triple m. At one stage Simona was in the clear but was chased down by the raiders fb. With recent talk of him losing his pace, did he show any glimpses of having regained any last night? I think last night is the first time he has been in the some space for a while now.
 
he definitely has slowed down in pace.. hasn't lost his ability to break tackles or smartness though. he's a keeper.

jack wighton is very quick though- he outsped tedesco during our try from the 20m. this kid is very good.
 
Disappointed as I thought he was still a chance of getting there. It was tackle 1 so he should never ever have kicked it.

With us pace, he strikes me like Jennings. Very quick acceleration but it dies down after 40m or so.

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Wighton was chasing down Simona at the same rate he was chasing down Tedesco. Difference was Simona kicked it in field whereas Teddy had a crack and made it. Simona would have made it if he hadn't tried to put it on for Tedesco. It's a low percentage play that he needs to stop doing. He actually could have offloaded it to Tedesco where he was tbh.

I think he may have lost a little pace but the games where he outsped people and went the length he wasn't up against noted speedsters either.
 
To me he's looked slow all year since back in the Auckland nines. Doubt the ankle injury he's carrying helps much either. Hopefully a big offseason can get him back to full speed because if it does no way will wighton be catching him again.

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Simona broke two tackles (one was piss weak) before he started sprinting. Wighton was already in full flight. If Simona backed himself he was probably close to making it but seeing as he wasn't really full clear and had people breathing down his neck he didn't think he would make it.

I agree that it was a stupid idea to kick but geez…Teddy came very close to putting that down.
 
Simona is carrying a pretty serious ankle injury. Be grateful he can run…..

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@coopy said:
Teddy Wighton up to 40m

Wighton Teddy 40m+
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This is spot on.

Wighton would have to be the quickest player over more than 40m in the game. He is a running machine.

Tedesco has blinding acceleration and Simona is pacey but both only up to 40m.
 
Teddy gets to his top speed probably as fast as anyone in the comp , but his top line speed wouldn't put him in the top 10 players in the comp

I reckon if we could of reached through the TV on Monday Night most would of strangled Simona when he kicked for Teddy on tackle one LOL
 
Simona is faster now I reckon than when he returned from injury first this year. He's not a speed machine anymore, but he's maintained his tackle busts and evasiveness.

As everyone said, Wighton reeled in Tedesco fairly well, so I wouldn't be troubled about getting run down by him.

But if Tamou or Ben Smith starts to run you down, that is when you are in trouble.
 
Whighton would have got to him but momentum would have carried Simona over (as long as he didn't spill the ball when hitting the ground).

The kick was a bad option because it was only first tackle, but it was very close to being a spectacular try. The kick was well positioned and weighted, just a bad bounce for Teddy.

Whighton is a lot faster than I thought and Simon's speed looks to be improving. Much better then earlier in the season. I've got worries about his speed.

On Whighton - Canberra shouldn't be too upset about losing Teddy when they have him, even though they would love both.
 
Wighton had him covered , was disappointed that Simona didn't take the tackle , but hey , if Simona's kick had come off it would've been brilliant !!!

By the way hasn't Simona had ongoing issues with his calves this year ??

Big fan of Tim .. Gun player !

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Thought he looked pretty quick on that run tbh, and I say that as someone a little concerned over his lack of pace earlier in the season. He's had several niggles with his ankles and calves this year, so happy to give him the benefit of the doubt anyway.

In general though, he's become a really good centre at NRL level. Very rarely gets outpointed these days, even by the likes of Ferguson and Hodges recently.
 
Reckon he has enough speed and is one classy player who is notable by his absence.
We always loose when he is unavailable.
His touches generally are all quality.
Beaten on the outside by Chambers last week came again and ankle taped him.
We need another center of his quality.
 
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