spirit of norm smith

Last 4 weeks 8–13 v blues … blues were horrible , Dees were less horrible (v6-8) 8-18 v pies … Dees dominated and should have won by 6+ goals yet won by 4 points (v9-8) 8-15 v cats … Dees fell away to cats pressure (v11–12) 5-15 v Giants … Dees had 73 inside 50s and lost by 2 points (v7-5) 29-61 over 4 weeks. Poor. Very poor. Goalkicking is a physical and mental exercise. It’s also how the entries into 50 are created. Dumb kicks to packs are easily defended. And stupid videos of players kicking ridiculous banana kicks doesn’t help supporters frustrated by their inability to kick goals from 25-30 metres out.

6 Viney daylight 5 May daylight 4 Sparrow 3 Mcvee 2 Bowsa 1 Trac 🤮🤮🤮Harmes 🤮🤮Smith 🤮Chin

21 Viney

@joeboy Yes agree with all except Rivers.

3q time 🤮fumble. Go to ground. Slip over play behind 🤮smith 🤮chin 🤮Harmes 🤮Kozzzy could have kicked 5. He’s not front and centre to crumb. ✅✅✅❤️❤️Viney ✅defence clearances 36-22 👋👋👋 one per centers 42-76 🤮🤮

Half time boring ugly footy 2.9. 2 out of bounds Trac 0.4 🤮🤮🤮footskills 🤮kozzzzy (use your right foot ) (front and centre) ✅✅defence. Riv. May. Lever. Bowsa. Petty. Mcvee. Salem ✅ in tough. Viney. ANB. ststs inside 50s 33-23 frees 14-1 clearances 22-14 Quote from Dermie - the Dees “kick it between the two big sticks “. 👋👋👋

Ummmm. Jordon too good for VFL. Dunstan too good for VFL. Woey jnr needs to get a debut soon. AMW to debut soon too imv.

1st suburban footy poor skills and delivery 🤬grundy 🤮trac’s foot skills ✅May, Rivers, Viney, Hunter, Sparrow 21-8 inside 50s but one goal each

Agree. He might be a rookie chance and develop in partnership with his brother. Just looked like he needed some marking guidance.

Thanks Deetox. Flanders seemed to be in good control of his disposal v Pies even under the heat of the pies Mids. I’m thinking who’s available and might not cost us either of our 2x first round picks. He might be gettable for a future 2nd round.

Two main targets for me are Mitch Georgiades and Sam Flanders midfielder Sam Flanders is reportedly on the radar of multiple clubs as the cessation of his contract with the Queensland club nears. Flanders joined the Suns as the 11th overall pick in the 2019 National Draft and has managed 34 games since making his debut in 2020.

I reckon the Dockers will finish 10-12 (they might squeeze in 11-11 ) but they’ll finish about 10th. That gets us pick 9. That’s a win for us.

Brown is ok. Not a Daicos or Ashcroft father son. He might go late in the draft or we can automatically pick him up as a rookie. He’s got his father’s determination so he’s a chance.

Good call DD36. De Mattia is one to watch now he’s concentrating on his footy (very good young cricketer as well). Good pace for inside mid. Liked his burst with the footy. Footskills need work. In the vic metro v SA match, I liked Harvey Johnston’s game, as a smooth mover across half forward with evasive skills and smart play, and liked Archie Roberts as a very skilled left footer with his accuracy to hit targets. Not top 30 but either definitely could be handy pickup in a 3rd round. I am still on board with our 1st round picks to look at Mids like Zane Duursma (the priority) , Tassie’s Sanders and Mckercher, Darcy Wilson and Cooper Simpson.

In 2021, we had the eye of the tiger. We were desperate. Hungry. We had the defensive wall. Opposition were like flies landing in the Lever-May web. Now in 2023 seemingly we are drinking our own bath water again. Will it just happen ? No. It’s not a panic call. But we have a very very good team of very very good players. We are in the premiership zone competing against a hungry pack - Magpies, Lions, Power all looking likely. Where’s the excitement factor coming from ?

Danger game. Giants see this as winnable. Especially in wet conditions. We all know how good the Dees are in the wet. 🤬🤬

Yes it’s disappointing and is a loss. But silver lining is that he was being managed across the season, this is a chance to freshen up as well. Get him right for rounds 19-20 onwards.

Targets? Currently … Anyone that can hit (kick) to a target over 20-30 metres !!!

Changes : Bowey for Hibbo. Harmes for Jordan. sub. Melksham surely JJ walks now under free agency. Spargo to play at Casey again and work harder than ever. His place in the team is not guaranteed. He’s fringe now imv.

Last 3 games 8-13 v blues 8-18 v pies 8-15 v cats need to fix asap as it may cost us ultimately in the finals or GF Demons Scoring Efficiency Disposals Per Goal 45.62 % In50s Goal 15.40 Conversion % 34.80 Cats Scoring Efficiency Disposals Per Goal 31.09 % In50s Goal 20.80 Conversion % 47.80

That’s it. Match summary in a sentence

Horrible horrible terrible horrible

🤐 please Kozzzzzy. Please do something!!

Saints. Ummmm 2022 drop off again ????