spirit of norm smith

Dees beat Saints on a Sunday afternoon. Ho hum game to be fair. Dees did enough and won it through 30-45 minutes of footy. Third quarter burst was the only time that I saw the glimpse of what we can do. Last 10 minutes of Second qtr and Last qtr were poor.

How did we let the Eagles beat us? They are a mess. How did we let Reid bully us? Crows paid him some attention

6 Gawn daylight 5 Oliver 4 ANB 3 Tomlinson 2 May 1 Petracca apologies to Salem

Last 3 goals to the saints. Cost me $200 win !!! FFS. Went defensive when 9 goals up

14-14 to 6-8. 54 points wtf saints get 3 goals !!!

Petracca. Captain fumbles. Wtf. Pick it up !!!

Hunter is (censored)

Bowey to … Marshall 😡😡😡

Clarry has zero defensive IQ full stop. Great midfield bull

Jeffo. He’s a project. Like the Weid, he has flaws but good upside potential if we persist. Patience needed.

Taj is sub again. Just like Bedford and Jordon. Goodwin is so boring!!! Taj played well v blues and v eagles. Freo might just give him a call and offer him a deal with a starting position.

Surely AMW gets a promotion soon. His tackling is good. Won some good contested footy too.

Laurie is a small forward with no real pace but has footy smarts. Perhaps that’s he only real position. Hes not a midfielder imv

Assume Blake Howes is an emergency carryover player this week.

He’s a player. Will debut early next year. Another GC17 Gift from the AFL. Suns get yearly ACADEMY PICKS and also NGA Darwin picks. Huge bonus especially as Academy can be automatically matched by the Duns.

Anyone watch the Giants beat the cats at the cattery. Wow. They were desperate. They missed chances in the first half and early in the third quarter. Giants should have been 8 goals up but at 5 goals, the cats clawed their way back. Yet even with the home town fans screaming for the cats, the giants held on and then got the last goals through a piece of Greene magic. Their pressure then to hang on and keep the cats scoreless in the last 8 minutes. Bodies on the line. Tackles that held. Yes held the player up. I honestly would love to see Dees take our intensity to lift to this level. We show it in parts. Yes in parts only and certainly not at the start of games. Somehow we got comfortable. Maybe the Dees got “ freed from desire “ too much after 2021. Goody also got comfortable imv and needs 240 volts as well.

If we lose today, it’ll be a battle to get top 8. Lions, Dees, Suns all are outside the 8. Lose today and we have a tough road ahead!! ps. Aside from Lever, this is our best 22. (Saints arguably have their best 22 … Membrey & Crouch maybe could make them better)

memo to Goodwin. His name is Bradley Hill. He runs and runs and delivers. Elite disposal. Elite efficiency. You must pay heavy attention to him and fellow quarterback Wanganeen-Milera. Do not let them wander around unmanned!!! FFS.

Shallow in the middle perhaps and Brad Crouch should get 40 possessions. Shallow more in the defence. Membrey might kick 5-6 goals , with no Tomlinson Hore D.Turner to play solid defence role. Adams is very raw and young. Sandringham by 40 points or more.

Changed the game!!! His run and carry and kicking actually started the change in Freo getting momentum. 8 possessions in a qtr. 75% efficiency

Sharp !!! Wow. He missed it

Freo. Handballs. Handballs. Handballs. Turnover. Fumbles. Pies pickup. Kick. Handball. Kick. Goal. Freo playing dumb footy tonight !!!

Hodge was 100% correct. Only bloke to question the umpiring ever !! BT is a pies lover all night.

Out this week Marty Hore Calf 3-5 weeks Jake Lever knee 4-6 weeks Jake Melksham knee 4-6 weeks Josh Schache foot 4-6 weeks Joel Smith suspended tbc Charlie Spargo Achilles 2-3 weeks Daniel Turner calf 2-3 weeks Really only LEVER is best 22 note pies are missing Elliott mcstay DEGOEY Mitchell Howe Hoskin-Elliott. 6 best 22 players. Wow.

Sandringham 17 AFL LISTED players (8 emergencies?!?!) Dees 11 afl listed players ??! Connolly???? Hustwaite