Adam Simpson
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"Adam Simpson" is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Melbourne, Simpson originally played for Eltham Football Club/Eltham in the suburban Northern Football League (Australia)/Diamond Valley Football League, and he also played under-18 football for the Northern Knights before being recruited by North Melbourne at the 1993 AFL Draft/1993 National Draft. He made his senior debut for the club during the 1995 AFL season/1995 season, and the following season played in North Melbourne's 1996 AFL Grand Final/grand final win over , having also been nominated for the AFL Rising Star/Rising Star award earlier in the season. A midfielder, Simpson also played in the club's 1999 premiership side. In 2002, he won the club best and fairest award (the Syd Barker Medal), and was also named in the All-Australian team. Later in his career, Simpson served as captain of North Melbourne, for five season from 2004 to 2008, and he retired at the end of the 2009 AFL season/2009 season after 306 games. He is currently the senior coach of the West Coast Eagles, having served as an assistant coach at Hawthorn Football Club from 2010 to 2013.

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It did churn in the players' bellies a bit but, having said that, I don't think we can turn it around in one game. I think if we are fortunate enough to make the finals, that's when the next step will be.

The leaders and Dean and myself couldn't be closer at the moment.

We've been playing in the same type of jumpers for 100 years so it doesn't worry me if we both wear the same jumpers.

It's niggling at the moment and I can't train hard, especially on hard grounds.

The game's still pretty good. These rule changes, we'll just adjust. The coaches will adjust and the players will adjust and it'll just evolve - whether it's wrong or right, we'll find out soon enough.