spirit of norm smith

We all love the Dees. But sometimes our dreams are like kids with “Rainbows and unicorns”. Walsh ? Reid??? Windhager?? JUH? We have zero cap , zero appeal, zero to attract real targets and … Flanders as depth (he walks into our best 18)

The line this week is 50 points. A win … yes but we want to show that we don’t relax. Ffs smash them !! No McGovern. No Reid. Graham. Waterman. Yeo. Allen. All out

Goodwin strategy … we will take away learnings !!! Ffs. “We’ll just own it and do something about it and make sure it never happens again”.

@Turner I like it. Similar to my thinking. Ruthless where required. Not just the boring repetitive dialogue about getting rid of Oliver and Trac. There are ways to regenerate and rid of many list cloggers. Overall outstanding work. Maybe harsh on Woey and Verrall who I think maybe can get there at AFL level I like the reach to grab Max Heath. If TDK joins the Saints, then Dees must go for Heath with a 3 year deal, where can play 2nd ruck and forward , and be a successor to Gawn.

That’s just too much to bear … who’s been managing these contracts? Underperformers who got more years than they deserved. Did we give McAdam a 3-yr contract ? FFS. Crows must have been laughing at us. A 28yo injury riddled player with 5 minutes of quality being given a 3-yr deal!! wtf

At least Viney, Trac and Clarry contributed and lead the team charge to 46 up. No excuse for the [censored] up in the last quarter though. It was a cluster [censored]. But it’s not these guys alone that were the reason and plenty of others have dropped off completely on the weekend and in the season. Sparrow? Petty? Salem ? Tmcd? All were poor. Spargo also gives us nothing ! It’s our next core that have also fallen a long way. Agree Viney contract extension length was too long. But he’s tackling and contested footy was better than anyone by a mile on the weekend. @dazzledavey36 who is your proposed “outs” at year end ?? - and for trading out guys like Trac and Clarry, and others, where to and for what???

Just some thoughts right now The list … (16) Kozzzz🤩zzy. Petracca. Gawn. Viney. Oliver. Lever. Langdon. Fritsch. Petty. Rivers. Bowey. McVee. Chandler. JVR. Turner. Howes. Young guns (5) Windsor. Throlstrup. Lindsay. Langford. Mentha jnr. Veterans (3) One more year… May. Melksham. Tom Campbell. (10) Fringe/Doubtful /keep (2026) … Adams. Kentfield. AMW. Jeffo . KBrown . Sharp. Woewodin. Sestan .Verrall. Johnson. —-———————————— ❌9 Trade: (Spargo) (Laurie) (Salem) (Sparrow) Retire: Billings McDonald Delist :Fullerton Hore (injured) Delist Ruthless: McAdam

Gawn. Legend Viney. Keep Petracca. Keep In my opinion, our best three players versus the Saints. Fritsch also in our best. Keep Oliver tried his guts out. Keep WHO TO TRADE OUT? Sparrow did zero and surely Yze will take him Spargo is pathetic every week and will be best traded to the Giants for Derksen Salem has lost pace and impact , and again will find a new home probably at the Power or Lions Laurie has not been given a chance and will have a few clubs interested

Gawn. Legend Viney. Keep Petracca. Keep In my opinion, our best three players versus the Saints. Fritsch also in our best. Keep Oliver tried his guts out. Keep WHO TO TRADE OUT? Sparrow did zero and surely Yze will take him Spargo is pathetic every week and will be best traded to the Giants for Derksen Salem has lost pace and impact , and again will find a new home probably at the Power or Lions Laurie has not been given a chance and will have a few clubs interested

Clayton Oliver, Bayley Fritsch & Jake Lever (Melbourne)“Similarly, significant change is coming at Melbourne on and off the field. “Clayton Oliver’s huge salary works against him now if he wants to leave, which I believe he still does. There’s Bayley Fritsch and even Jake Lever there too. They’re two players to keep an eye on.” Dart board journalism

Clayton Oliver, Bayley Fritsch & Jake Lever (Melbourne)“Similarly, significant change is coming at Melbourne on and off the field. “Clayton Oliver’s huge salary works against him now if he wants to leave, which I believe he still does. There’s Bayley Fritsch and even Jake Lever there too. They’re two players to keep an eye on.”

Hug a Dee today !!! Reach out and make sure fellow supporters are ok.

I chose Euphoria!!

Goodwin. This is on you. St Kilda gave Wanganeen-Milera a four-minute spell early in the last quarter (12m to 16m) before he unleashed the Marvel Stadium Miracle. Pickett was benched for nine minutes from the 20m mark. Players do get stuck on the bench but that kind of move loses you games of footy

We are the oppressed. We must stand together. We must fight back. @Demonland you are not alone

@poita @old dee Sparrow and Spargo have gone miles backwards since 2021, yet are picked each week on reputation alone. They are not midfielders nor do they offer anything in terms of goalkicking or pace or aerobic ability in today’s game. I’d omit them back to Casey. I’d trade both of them at year end. Sparrow to the Tigers and Spargo to anywhere who offers anything draft pick or player (Spargo to Giants for Derksen works).?

“That's dangerous ... we've got to call out the behaviour." Garry Lyon says Brody Mihocek is "lucky" to cop a fine, rather than a ban. COLLINGWOOD forward Brody Mihocek has been fined for his dangerous push on Richmond gun Nick Vlastuin on Sunday. Mihocek gave away a free kick after pushing Vlastuin into two oncoming players during the second quarter of the Magpies' 36-point win at the MCG. The Match Review Officer charged Mihocek with rough conduct, grading the incident as careless conduct, low impact and body contact. Mihocek can accept a $1500 fine with an early plea. THE FAVOURITISM TOWARDS THE PIES IS AMAZING THE AFL SAID TO STAMP THIS OUT BUT THE MRO MICHAEL CHRISTIAN IGNORES THAT AND SUPPORTS HIS PIES HERITAGE

Absolutely both should have been SUSPENDED

[censored] THEM [censored] THEM Standing up to the AFL OPPRESSION [censored] THEM [censored] THEM ITS US AGAINST THEM

[censored] the AFL MOORE DROPS KNEES … NOTHING MAY PLAYS THE BALL … 3 WEEKS DEES MUST ACCEPT THE “US AGAINST THEM” APPROACH

@BDA @beelzebub @dazzledavey36 @picket fence Its a corporate type world … this is Brad’s To Do list ✅ letter to Members … done But this is not the corporate world “Frustrated!!!” That’s not enough People are saying that “the Saints win will go down in folklore for generations to remember”. Does Brad know how that feels? Where’s the true compassion for the fans? We don’t support the club because we played for them. We love the club because we give our soul, our hopes and dreams to the club. We maybe care too much. We get angry when we see a lack of a “duty of care” from our players. That was evident as we folded under pressure. We are a laughing stock in the media and throughout the league. We have lost any respect earned. You train to do your job in all aspects and when you fail in key tasks and key moments so so many times on so so many occasions, members have the right to feel disappointed, hurt, frustrated, embarrassed and betrayed.

St Kilda v Melbourne10 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STK 6 Max Hall STK 5 Max Gawn MELB 5 Jack Viney MELB 2 Christian Petracca MELB 2 Bayley Fritsch MELB Seems about right. Thought JV7, Trac & Gawn as our best again. The odd guard with farrrk all support. Max Hall. From suburban footy to the VFL to the AFL. Now he’s starring. 100% Energy and effort. Not a bad starting point for recruiting.

@dazzledavey36 agree. Weakness, vulnerability.. whatever you call it, we are ripe for the picking. We are again being seen as irrelevant. A laughing stock. Who can argue with that!!! They want to pick at the MFC carcasse. My point is that there is no constructive thought There is no question of the development … no question of the list changes of players lost … and the strategy of the trading since 2021 I just think the same story gets played by journos to sell off Oliver and Petracca and even Viney and May. Repetitive story … Dees need to trade out Petracca to the Pies and Oliver to the cats… by Peter Ryan Jay Clark Jon Ralph Scott Gullan Sam McClure Damien 666 Barrett

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Thanks @WheeloRatings … shows how the Dees gave it up in last quarter … that’s the story. @binman