Dawson Simpson to miss 3 months

nostradamus · January 13, 2012, 07:47:08 PM

With Simpson and Vardy out for extended periods at the start of the season, it leaves the big O and West as Geelongs only options in the ruck

ls anyone tempted to have both in their team ?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-ruckman-dawson-simpson-to-miss-three-months-after-back-surgery/story-e6frf9jf-1226243425219

Cicjose · January 13, 2012, 07:50:06 PM

Not both but O will be playing a lot of minutes early i suspect

Raiden · January 13, 2012, 08:00:46 PM

Stephenson is locked & loaded - barring a horrific NAB cup injury!

nostradamus · January 13, 2012, 08:04:10 PM

Quote from: Cicjose on January 13, 2012, 07:50:06 PM
Not both but O will be playing a lot of minutes early i suspect

Yeah l think Stephenson is a dead set lock in basically all teams

.... l'm not saying that West is a must have, but at 338k (he averaged 76 in 6 games last year) and more or less guaranteeed game time early in the season, he is worth consideration. As he could easily be upgraded to a premium ruck during our dreaded byes

CuStArDaRm · January 14, 2012, 12:29:18 PM

Stephenson for most picked player this year

Windigo · January 14, 2012, 12:49:34 PM

Looking outside DT. How will this affect Geelong?

Haven't seen West playing for a long time. Is he any good at it? Ottens will be hard to replace.

me · January 14, 2012, 11:40:39 PM

west played really well at the back end of last season... was going to go with jacobs + cheap rucks but now might go west + cheap rucks - he will definitely get first go at number 1 ruck at the cats and could really break out

honestly don't know why there isn't more talk about west really

nostradamus · January 15, 2012, 01:21:33 PM

Quote from: Windigo on January 14, 2012, 12:49:34 PM
Looking outside DT. How will this affect Geelong?

Haven't seen West playing for a long time. Is he any good at it? Ottens will be hard to replace.

Thats a really intresting point, and long term it could work out really well for them. With West having a good go at the number 1 ruck spot and early JS it could be the making of him. In the few games he had last year he demonstrated potential to be a good DT scorer, and l think he will only keep getting better