spirit of norm smith

Yes #MROmadness

Hell yeah. Storm the AFL buildings !!

Agree. Gleeson is a mad man. Fogarty. Chol. You could name 5-6 every week. MRO and Gleeson have lost it in the views of all the footy public. #FreeJVR

Appeal Appeal Appeal The tribunal chairman Jeff Gleeson KC said that although it was reasonable for the young Demon to assess the situation in the way he did they decided “a reasonable player would have seen that in spoiling the ball in the way he did would almost inevitably have resulted in a forceful blow to Ballard’s head”. But that’s wrong. I’d agree if there was a swinging arm. I’d agree if he looked directly at Ballard. JVR is clearly trying to spoil. Ballard was not concussed. He hurt his neck on falling. The fact that a stretcher came out seems to be a major factor. How could JVR stop ? He’s in the act of contesting the mark. Last week the Fogarty spoil was play on. That was worse than the JVR incident.

Yet Chol has no case to answer for a similar incident. He attempted to tackle but hit Bowey in the head. That’s 2 weeks.

I think this is an absurd decision. JVR is banned doing a legal action under the rules and laws of the game. No swinging arm. No concussion. It’s a spoiling attempt that hit the other player in the head. Wow that’s 10-12 incidents per match every week.

Ffs. panel of former players Jason Johnson and Paul Williams. wow.

Claremont Daniel Curtin played through the midfield by Claremont ends with most disposals and BOG with significant impact. 26 possessions, 18 contested, 12 clearances and 10 tackles. I keep saying it this kid is a gun with so many strings to the bow agree @Pennant St Dee he’s a future star. Would laugh at Freo if we grabbed him. Eagles surely will finish last and look to grab Reid.

Yes Goodwin seems more balanced than others. Dew must have thought it was the Suns B&F votes !!! Ballard and Swallow ffs. I was at the game and Trac and Viney were far ahead of these two. We won and they were two key reasons.

Yes it’s insane how Barrett hates the Dees and how reveals each week that he hates most teams (except his favoured Kangas). He’s a f@$&))&(t

Weid starting to come of age according to the fox commentators. Two good marks and goals.

Love your work Max Gawn My Best players Clarry. Trac. JV. Sparrow Brayshaw Did their job Rivers. Bowey. Lever Grundy Pickett played Satisfactory game JJ Mcvee Hunter. Chin Back to backline Petty Still very raw JVR Turner Not fully fit? May More needed from Langdon. ANB. very disappointing night Fritsch

Definitely the Kayo / Fox commentators especially Dunstall was barracking for the Suns. Agree the replays highlighted our frees and issues. I think given the 5 minutes stoppage for Ballard meant multiple replays. Btw Chol should also be referred as a MRO incident. Lucky Bowey wasn’t concussed and fell on his shoulder.

? JVR hit on Ballard. Eyes for the ball ? Maybe 1-2 weeks given impact of Ballard being injured. ? Hibberd fitness. Assume he’s right for next week. ? form of JJ and Mcvee. They were ok but on the edge still come selection ? rest Clarry. He looked physically spent at the end as he willed as forward. likely ins. BBB, Hibberd outs. Turner. JVR (susp) Hibberd May. Lever Rivers Petty. Bowey Hunter. JV. Langdon Anb. Grundy Chandler Fritsch. Bbb. Kozzzy Gawn Trac. Oliver. Brayshaw. Sparrow. JJ. Mcvee. Sub. Laurie

Agree. Alex Sexton is an absolute gun goalscorer at VFL level but not quite there at AFL. Had a great year 2-3 years ago. Like Dunstan for Casey, he’s too good for VFL but won’t get a run now given age and others ahead of him.

Tackles v Suns 66-44 ⭐️⭐️⭐️Pickett 7. Sparrow 7. Viney 7 ⭐️⭐️ANB 6 ⭐️Gawn 5 but others were lacking and work to do 1s. May. Lever , Bowey , Langdon. Riv. Chin. Fritsch 0 ☹️Hunter 0 ☹️

I was at the game and this “dew” and slippery ball comment is not accurate. We went for a kick after the game and there was little moisture. And that was at 7:15. Ball handling wasn’t so much the issue. I agree we were simply outmuscled or outsmarted at the clearances. We had our A graders in there and guys like Rowell (11 clearances) and Anderson 10) won out. Trac (8) and Clarry (6) were beaten but still were excellent all night and tried their guts out. Viney was Witts also was very good and was break even (35 to 33 hitouts) v Gawn and Grundy. There’s work to do on Clearances especially Centre clearances where we have been down in prior two seasons.

Suns v Dees frustration and then relief in Dees 5 point win Suns won contested possessions 149-123 clearances 42-36 marks 94-66 Dees won tackles 66-44 inside 50s 61-45 (but low impact inside 50) Dees overhandballing again Dees kicks 177 handballs 146 Suns more effective with the footy Suns 227 kicks 121 handballs

Suns v Dees frustration and then relief in Dees 5 point win Suns won contested possessions 149-123 clearances 42-36 marks 94-66 Dees won tackles 66-44 inside 50s 61-45 (but low impact inside 50) Dees overhandballing again Dees kicks 177 handballs 146 Suns more effective with the footy Suns 227 kicks 121 handballs

3 votes N. Anderson 2 votes M. Gawn 1 vote W.Powell 6 GAWN 5 Sparrow 4 VINEY 3 Brayshaw 2 Oliver 1 Trac apologies to Rivers and Bowey

AFL article on Noah Anderson. He’s the one to stop. The 22-year-old is averaging 27 disposals a game, 12 of them contested, along with seven clearances to be ranked top-10 in the AFL in that category. Statistics provided by Champion Data show that when Anderson attends the centre bounce, the Suns win the clearance 52.3 per cent of the time – ranked second in the League behind Sydney's Luke Parker. He's also forced 29 turnovers from his pressure this season – top 10 in the competition.

Thanks JB @jamesbrayshaw for the pickup as well

Does BT even realise Andrew Dunkley (father of Josh) was himself a very good reliable Swans defender with a lazy 217 games.

Gold Coast weather for 6th May. Sunny 24c. Bewdddddiful !! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

Dunstan out is a big loss. He’s virtually BOG every week. Tmcd rested to get his body 100%. At least we hope there is no further ongoing foot issues. Whilst he’s not in form, having him fit for a late season cameo might be handy.