The evolvement of Kade Simpson continues to amaze me.

I was one who doubted that this once frail skinny kid would be able to stand the rigours of AFL. I'm ecstatic he's made it.

Confidence is an amazing thing and in Simmo's case CONFIDENCE is the key word.

Congratulations to Simmo and all the people involved with his progress.

He IS a very exciting playmaker for the blues and I look forward to many more years of Simmo strutting his stuff.

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There's so much I could say...

Yep, simmo has come a long long way from his donuts first 2-3 games.... Credit to the kid who stuck it out and did the hard yards.

Love it when goes for his runs along the wing, not afraid to take the ball and run, something we have been lacking for a while.

Showing us what he showed at VFL level for so long

Great skills and speed, but also COURAGE....did not shirk a contest, went in hard every time

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

I agree i also like watching Simpson playing.

He will play a similar role to Camporeale in his career. (I dont mean easy kicks and money hungry)

He is a great playmaker who finds the freedom to run and can put attacking pressue on the defence. He has good disposals and give him a few years and could be a class A player known by all supporters.

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"Dont count the games, make the games count"

Thats it. He killed the VFL, now he has the confidence in the AFL he will be a star. When Simmo is one on one you would have to back him 80% of the time to win the contest, as sign of a player in form.

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Mjonc signing off at 8888

Hmmm.....

*shudders at the thought of the vultures circling in 8 years time*

Great stuff by Simmo and a lot of the team, really worked hard as a unit.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Great, gusty fast performance tonight by Slimmo, among others, many of them young.

But one thing budzy, the key words to me are Maturity and Opportunity. Simmo never lacked confidence. He never lacked the desire to take on opponents far larger than he. You should have seen his first few VFL games - just dash, dash and more dash.

Amazing isn't it. To think if you actually give a talented kid some time to find his feet in the VFL he might actually make an impact in the AFL a few years later.

Wonders never cease.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Only the knob gobblers wrote him off.

I love his attack on the ball, and his confidence to run and bounce. He's looking set to carve out a brilliant career.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Tee hee

It was good enough for Michael Tuck, and you'd think that it would be seen as a way to bring on underdone players. Maybe now we might wait a little bit so that Russell and Blackwell are brought in when they are ready

The thing I was most impressed by was Simmo's willingness to put his body on the line. I loved the way that he ran back into the hole and took both the mark and the hit to stem Demon attacks. In some ways given his body, he is going beyond the call of duty, but he doesn't hesitate to do it at all.

And of course he showed the same courage when displaying composure entering the F50 - no panicking, he would calmly see the opportunity and seize it. Flipsides of the same coin - courage under pressure.

Go Simmo - WooHoo

what about that mark!!! Simmooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Kade Simpson is sexy.................

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

To quote my Collingwood mate, who put his dosh on the Blues on my recommedation this week:

"number 6 has been everywhere, and done everything tonight"

Was very impressed. And I say that because I've always thought Simmo hasd future star written all over him but hearing it from a neutral observer is sweet as

He thought Murphy was awesome as well (given it was his first game n' all), for the record!

102 dream team points for Simmo today.

Perhaps we need to be patient with Jordan Russell also?

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"I had to eat"

Could Simmo be the second coming of David Glascott????

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

get rid of him....bring back Campo....

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

I thought Simmo was great and would have given him 2 votes until i realised the game Waite actually had.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

That would be awesome!!!