spirit of norm smith

Frittttata will stay at the Dees Footy journalists are just creating mud and throwing some … some sticks but often it’s just rubbish

Winners are grinners. Good to get a win 💙❤️ Key points. 1. GOALKICKING 🤩 18.11 wow…That’s a difference. Goalkicking accuracy wins games !!! 2.Max is the premier, All Australian ruckman for 2025. Saw off the challenger !! Loved his goal from his special spot outside50 and loved him flying the flag against the sniper Xerri 3.Melksham was incredible again. So smart. Old Age? What’s that?? He’s the only player still that I have confidence in when kicking for goal. 4.Chin was good. Added Pressure. Tackling. Hit the scoreboard. That’s what he needs to bring every week on his role. 5. Harvey Langford. Love the kid . His composure is beyond his years. Battles in the contest . He will eventually be an inside mid star once he gets a few pre seasons. 6. Jack Viney. 9 tackles again. Maximum effort. Had a good first half. He actually hit 2 or 3 targets today 7.Effort from JVR and Jeffo was okay. That’s the competitive standard. They are still needing lots of development but we need to give them a go. Jeffo’s kicking let him down again and that needs work 8.Trac getting back to near his best. Good at the contest. He can get back to his beast mode in my view …BUT his delivery inside50 is still horrible and his handballs to put others under pressure and missed tackles are costly Room for improvement… 1.Lever. Looked slow again and caught twice when he was so slow to get rid of the footy. Not sure he stays in when May returns 2.Mcvee lost most of his contests and struggled against Curtis (until Curtis got injured). Again his injury set him back and he’s still a key player going forward 3.Kolt looked lost or disinterested at times. Failing to chase on 2 or 3 occasions was a bad sign. Not sure he stays in for next week I had hoped we would get an intense aggressive goalkicking youngster 4.Goodwin. Allowed Mckercher to run loose as a quarterback half back. 20 possessions to half time. Had a lot of kick run and receive without pressure. Others like NWM and Sidebottom etc would destroy us if allowed such freedom. 5.We lost the centre clearances. 11-17. Roos minus Wardlaw and LDU so had a 2nd strength midfield in Phillips, Powell, Simpkin and beat us Xerri 🤬🤬🤬 Hope Tom Sparrow is okay. It was a nasty hit by Xerri. The ball was below Sparrows knees when he gets hit. It was Reckless (at least Careless) High & Severe impact so 3 weeks minimum at least !!! Should get 5 weeks !!

Surely he’s the Rising Star favourite. Another excellent performance. He was so composed in tough contests.

Key points. 1. Goalkicking 18.11 wow…That’s a difference. Goalkicking accuracy wins games !!! 2.Max is the All Australian ruckman for 2025. Saw off the challenger !! Loved his goal from his spot outside50 3.Melksham was incredible again. He’s the only player still that I have confidence in when kicking for goal. 4.Chin was very good. Pressure. Tackling. Hit the scoreboard. That’s what he needs to bring every week. 5. Harvey Langford. Love the kid His composure is beyond his years. Battles in the contest Will eventually get an inside mid role once he gets a few pre seasons. 6. JV7. 9 tackles again. Maximum effort. He actually hit 2 or 3 targets today 7.Effort from JVR and Jeffo was okay. That’s the competitive standard. They are still below par but need to give them a go. Jeffo kicking let him down again. 8.Trac getting back to near his best. Good at contest. BUT his delivery inside50 is still horrible and handballs to put others under pressure and missed tackles Room for improvement… 1.Lever. Looked slow again and caught twice when he was so slow to get rid of the footy. Not sure he stays in when May returns 2.Mcvee lost most of his contests and struggled against Curtis (until Curtis got injured) 3.Kolt looked lost or disinterested at times. Failing to chase on 2 or 3 occasions was a bad sign. Not sure he fits anywhere but at half forward. I had hoped we would get an intense aggressive goalkicking youngster 4.Goodwin. Allowed Mckercher to run loose as a quarterback half back. 20 possessions to half time. Had a lot of kick run and receive without pressure. Others would destroy us if allowed such freedom. 5.Lost centre clearances. 11-17. Roos minus Wardlaw and LDU so had a 2nd rate midfield and they beat us Phillips, Powell, Simpson. Hope Tom Sparrow is okay It was a nasty hit Xerri. Careless High Severe impact so 3 weeks at least !!!

6 Melksham 5 Langford 4 Petracca 3 Fritsch 2 Gawn 1 Viney

In. May Howes Petty Out. Kolt Lever Sparrow (concussion)

Maxy 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

That’s the difference today

Melksham 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

@Demonland mckercher. 27 disposals!! Put a hard tag on. Get Langdon on him to stop him getting easy run and kick disposals. Goody has no idea. Even Trac was jogging behind him. Even Sparrow on him.

Very disappointed today in Kolt. I backed him but last few games have been showing zero effort. What will the eagles offer us for Kolt?

JVR to Melksham 👏👏👏

V Roos. Too slow with the footy. Twice !! Too lazy to chase. Three times !!

Tmcd better option than Lever right now. Both cannot run but Tmcd can spoil !!!

1st half 👍🏻Dees best Langford & Viney 👍🏻Jeffo and JVR contesting is good versus average Roos defenders Kozzzy got hot for 3 minutes then went missing (did he get a knock ??) A few contributions from others but not of any real substance 💔Goodwin allowing Mckercher to run free 💔Poor? Kolt, Lever, McVee & 😭Turner

@Demonland DEMONLANDERS Goodwin game plan let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free 20 possessions Bowey tagged 7 possessions

mckercher Mckercher Mckercher Ffs Goodwin

Lever 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Goodwin Alert Attention Mckercher He is all free @Demonland why does Goodwin refuse to stop opposition half backs ??? Ps. Roos tagging Bowey

Jeffo 🤩

ATTENTION GOODWIN McKercher this weeks half back play maker we refuse to pick up ATTENTION KEY LEARNING!!!

@Demonland Salem 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Goal kangaroos How many goals in RED TIME !!! We play 99% of the qtr

Petracca. Miss. Behind. AGAIN !!!

@Demonland Langford. Love the long kick with real purpose. 5 kicks. Hits Melksham. Goal.

wtf Jeffo handball to … no one … turnover. Free kick Darling. Stupid. @binman who is on Mckercher. 8 possessions in first 20 minutes!!