Tukimihia Simpkins #248

[TrueTiger]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

 

[TheDaBoss]

Diamond in the rough

 

[weststigerman]

Huge potential given he’s still only 19. Seems to have a decent offload as well.

I’d like to see him get his weight down a bit though, he’s hard to handle in attack but notice he’s not that mobile. In the state cup game the dummy half spotted him and marker and run straight through to set up a try.

 

[Speed2burn]

I still can't believe we managed to steal him

 

[BAGNF05]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

Chuck this up on garners locker

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

Chuck this up on garners locker

Garner would just laugh his stupid laugh like on Sunday. He's safe in the knowledge he can play like absolute garbage like Sunday and still get a gig the week after. Still cannot believe he got picked for this week's game.
Can't wait to get Tuki into 1st grade in Garner's place.

 

[BAGNF05]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

Chuck this up on garners locker

Garner would just laugh his stupid laugh like on Sunday. He's safe in the knowledge he can play like absolute garbage like Sunday and still get a gig the week after. Still cannot believe he got picked for this week's game.
Can't wait to get Tuki into 1st grade in Garner's place.

I would say he’s on a last strike this wk

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

Chuck this up on garners locker

Garner would just laugh his stupid laugh like on Sunday. He's safe in the knowledge he can play like absolute garbage like Sunday and still get a gig the week after. Still cannot believe he got picked for this week's game.
Can't wait to get Tuki into 1st grade in Garner's place.

I would say he’s on a last strike this wk

Hope so. He should've been on his last strike last week after his hopeless season last year. Would love him to come good (as with all of our players, never death-ride anybody that plays for the club I love) but just can't see it happening. He just seems soft in every aspect.

 

[weststigerman]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

 

[BAGNF05]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

I hate this pigeon holing of players to middle or edge. If you have mobility and you’re a footballer then you should do either. Tuki looked pretty mobile in the two games I watched.

 

[BAGNF05]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

Chuck this up on garners locker

Garner would just laugh his stupid laugh like on Sunday. He's safe in the knowledge he can play like absolute garbage like Sunday and still get a gig the week after. Still cannot believe he got picked for this week's game.
Can't wait to get Tuki into 1st grade in Garner's place.

I would say he’s on a last strike this wk

Hope so. He should've been on his last strike last week after his hopeless season last year. Would love him to come good (as with all of our players, never death-ride anybody that plays for the club I love) but just can't see it happening. He just seems soft in every aspect.

He’s like that athletic looking race horse that gives up about a furlong out.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Maybe. But IMO this rubbish nowadays where blokes are pigeonholed as "middles" or "edge" forwards is just new-age tripe. If you're a forward you rip in like a psychopath, that is your main job. Tackle hard and run hard. "Edge" forwards get a free pass when it comes to doing the real tough stuff nowadays, watch Matterson play and the only bloke outside of him in attack is the winger.
We need to build our pack around feared hardheads who crush blokes, if they have an offload in them then that is an added bonus.

 

[BAGNF05]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Maybe. But IMO this rubbish nowadays where blokes are pigeonholed as "middles" or "edge" forwards is just new-age tripe. If you're a forward you rip in like a psychopath, that is your main job. Tackle hard and run hard. "Edge" forwards get a free pass when it comes to doing the real tough stuff nowadays, watch Matterson play and the only bloke outside of him in attack is the winger.
We need to build our pack around feared hardheads who crush blokes, if they have an offload in them then that is an added bonus.

100%. Bellamy goes off work ethic. You can teach skill.

 

[Russell]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Well the last time I looked on the Tigers site, Tuki is a second Rower.

I maybe wrong but I thought 99% of second rowers were edge forwards.

If he is in the 1% - I think he can make the switch.

 

[BAGNF05]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Well the last time I looked on the Tigers site, Tuki is a second Rower.

I maybe wrong but I thought 99% of second rowers were edge forwards.

If he is in the 1% - I think he can make the switch.

Put 13 blokes with desire on the pitch and success will follow.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Well the last time I looked on the Tigers site, Tuki is a second Rower.

I maybe wrong but I thought 99% of second rowers were edge forwards.

If he is in the 1% - I think he can make the switch.

Put 13 blokes with desire on the pitch and success will follow.

? Absolutely spot on.
Hate Bellamy with a passion but he does have the right idea when it comes to this fact.
Our club seems to be massively lacking in this area.

 

[BAGNF05]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Well the last time I looked on the Tigers site, Tuki is a second Rower.

I maybe wrong but I thought 99% of second rowers were edge forwards.

If he is in the 1% - I think he can make the switch.

Put 13 blokes with desire on the pitch and success will follow.

? Absolutely spot on.
Hate Bellamy with a passion but he does have the right idea when it comes to this fact.
Our club seems to be massively lacking in this area.

We’re just doing the best we can with the leftovers. Until we’re winners that’s our plot unfortunately.

Interesting discussion with Brandy about fairness on NRL 360 tonight. Never been clearer to me that rugby league is dog eat dog. How long before there’s no more dogs?

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Hate to burst your bubble guys but Tuki is a middle player. He’s not going to replace Garner any time soon.

Well the last time I looked on the Tigers site, Tuki is a second Rower.

I maybe wrong but I thought 99% of second rowers were edge forwards.

If he is in the 1% - I think he can make the switch.

Put 13 blokes with desire on the pitch and success will follow.

? Absolutely spot on.
Hate Bellamy with a passion but he does have the right idea when it comes to this fact.
Our club seems to be massively lacking in this area.

We’re just doing the best we can with the leftovers. Until we’re winners that’s our plot unfortunately.

Interesting discussion with Brandy about fairness on NRL 360 tonight. Never been clearer to me that rugby league is dog eat dog. How long before there’s no more dogs?

Haven't seen the Brandy segment yet, just watching the replay now. But it is set in concrete that the NRL is far from fair.....notwithstanding that some clubs are inevitably stronger than others. It is not a level playing field in many, many aspects. That's what stinks. This Suaalli rubbish is Exhibit A.

 

[balmain boy]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

He's got a lot of potential but he's barely turned 19 and you're going overboard after one NSW cup game. It's all about putting in effort after effort, week after week that makes you into a first grader.

There's a reason why Tuki and Simpkin aren't even on the extended bench. I may not like it but they shouldn't feel entitled to play first grade, they would be prepared to work their ass off and demand selection

 

[TrueTiger]

Simpkins played for the Wests Magpies on the weekend.He had an outstanding game...

Stats....
Played 73 minutes...
ran for 133 metres...
post contact metres 63...
tackles 49...no misses...

source nine nsm....

Madge and Hartigan may have found a "a little lump of coal that can turn into a diamond"....

He's got a lot of potential but he's barely turned 19 and you're going overboard after one NSW cup game. It's all about putting in effort after effort, week after week that makes you into a first grader.

There's a reason why Tuki and Simpkin aren't even on the extended bench. I may not like it but they shouldn't feel entitled to play first grade, they would be prepared to work their ass off and demand selection

Keep your pants on BB,if you read the last of my post...Coal takes a long time to develop into a diamond...of course Im not going OVERBOARD its just that the young guy has talent and is showing straight up he is prepared to have a go...