spirit of norm smith

May? Salem? I thought they’d be declared fit

Love the fast ball. Once Carlton switched tempo last night, they got on top of shaky Cats defence. Go quick and daring is a big plus imv.

29c here. Beautiful day. Beautiful conditions for Footy tonight

Brisbane 24c is predicted for 7pm tomorrow night. Perfect conditions for footy.

Yes it’s a fantasy in many ways

Pickett out suspended. Presume May , Salem , Viney and Fritsch back. Presume Mcvee stays as travel emergency. Presume Mitch White is still out. Presume Lawrie and Tomlinson are put back to Casey. FB: J. Smith. Tomlinson Munro* HB: D. Smith D. Turner. Hibberd C; Howes Jordon Woewodin HFF Burgoyne* JVR AMW FF: Sestan. Schache Jefferson rucks. Bell* Laurie Dunstan int. Grey* Verrell Adams Steele* emerg. KFH K.Turner Buntine* Goonan*

Casey Demons this week 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Yes same !!

Just arrived in Brisbane. 80% humidity hit me as soon as we walked down the stairs off the Virgin flight (ps. Virgin - wonderful!!? What a joke !!!! - delayed 40 minutes arrival ). Dees will need good rotations through the midfield Having a sub will help !

Agree. I think Brownlow should go 3- Gawn 2- Petracca 1- Oliver not sure Kozzzy will get a vote. Lever should be votes but umps recognizing defenders for votes is a low probability!!

Leigh Matthews was wary when asked whether players owe their opponents a duty of care. “On the footy field, your duty of care is to play to the rules,” Matthews said. This must be a joke !!! Leigh Matthews what a joke. His king hit on Peter Giles was one of worst hits of all time. And the Neville Bruns incident must be wiped from the history books. Matthews was a great footballer but a thug as well.

Ditto

From the Age Match review officer Michael Christian classified Pickett’s rough conduct charge as careless conduct, high impact and high contact. Christian’s high-impact call was critical to the finding, given Smith quickly bounced to his feet, avoided an injury and played the match out. Pickett could have escaped with even a fine in the scenario the impact was judged to be low, and typically cases where a bump does not cause injury are graded no worse than medium impact. but it wasn’t high contact as Smith was hit in the upper torso. No HIA was called upon. but it wasn’t high impact as Smith got straight up and played the rest of the game. SIMPLY MUST CONTEST OR LET THIS INJUSTICE CONTINUE

Ditto. Joeboy - back in town !!

6-Max Gawn 5-Kozzzzy Pickett 4-Christian Petracca 3-Jake Lever 2- Ben Brown 1-Kade Chandler … apologies to Clarry, Spargo and Gus

Watched this over and over and over. Kozzzy leaves his feet to bump. Not great. Impact yes. But … IT WASN’T A HIGH HIT TO THE HEAD watch the frame by frame and it’s a shoulder to upper torso hit Smith played on. No Concussion. Amazed that some are trying to put Kozzzys on the frypan for this. In my view, it’s a rough conduct. Low impact as Smith plays on. Two weeks and one week as a guilty plea. If it was Cripps, Hawkins, Selwood, Dangerfield. Not guilty. Move on. But Kozzzy is one of the regular blokes so he cops it.

Dees need to give Kade his big chance this year. Love his pace and tackling but importantly his ability to kick 40+ for goal. His goal sense will be a big plus if he gets the chance. Hopefully they don’t change his attitude to handball rather than take the chance to kick the goal.

Luke Dunstan ???

Round 1 May - hamstring TBC Salem - thyroid TBC Fritsch - foot - round 2/3 Viney - knee - TBC 4 key players out. Arguably 4 of our best 10 players.

Bulldogs love pace. That’s how they beat us at Docklands last year. I think they see us as beatable again with forwards and pace. Tough one with 4 of our best 12 players.

Ummmmm Salem 🚑 May 🚑 Fritsch 🚑 Viney 🚑

Is that 8 home games and 10 away games ??

Assume it’s B: Lever, May, Rivers HB: Brayshaw, Petty, Bowey C: Langdon, Oliver, Hunter HF: Neal-Bullen, McDonald, Chandler F: Pickett, Brown, Spargo R: Gawn, Petracca, Harmes I: Grundy, Sparrow, Laurie, McVee Sub. Jordon

Since 1973 , for pure MFC enjoyment and excitement at the footy 1- Robert Flower 2- Christian Petracca 3- Allen Jakovich 4- Jeff Farmer 5- David Schwartz

1 Grundy Gawn combo? 2 run and gun ball movement? 3 can they emulate Tigers sequence? 4 will Hunter get back to his best? 5 will Pickett be in red and blue in 2024? Hmmm - apart from the obvious Question 1, not really the most insightful questions to be asking. 1- the workings of the Gawn Grundy combo (of course) 2- will the Demons discover their mojo to dismantle teams and put the score on the board when they have control of the game? 3- will the Demons be mentally and physically strong enough to withstand 2nd half comebacks by the opposition ? 4- will the Demons maintain the strategy of kicking to the deep forward pockets (as a defensive attacking move) ? 5- do the Demons have the depth to have rotations and ensure their stars are fit and firing come September? These are more of the “pub questions being asked”.