spirit of norm smith

I’d be keen to keep pick 8 ( Freo to finish 11th🤣🤣) and pick 18 ( Dees to win the premiership 🏆🏆). Two young midfielders to be added to our group with foresight of list management in years ahead. We seem very well covered in other areas. Will Lorenz, Cooper Simpson and Darcy Wilson would be likely types in the Dees mindset come November.

I watched the replay and we won by 68 points. Fritsch kicked the goal after the siren. Not sure why this hadn’t been raised in the media. Oh yes, we’re not the Pies of the Blues 🤣🤣🤣

Special mention to Paddy Cross. Looks like another good young addition.

Bailey Laurie. Definitely will be an AFL footballer but behind too many at the Dees. Starring at VFL. Tom Sheridan. Get the boy a pen. Love his style. He’s another great find and reminds me of when we discovered Fritsch. Blake Howes. If he lifted his intensity, he’ll get a game in the next 3-4 weeks. He’s ready. AMW. Get him signed up. Jefferson. Build him up and watch the JVR/Jefferson combo in years to come. * actually liked Trent Mynott from the Dolphins. I’d invite him to pre season and see how he goes. I think he could be a very solid AFL player.

Agreed. Was looking lost in attack and comfortable in defence.

Just did enough Wasted many opportunities Too many turnovers Tackling impressive overall Thankful for Grundy Tmcd welcome back Kozzy almost amazing Gotta love JV Fritsch all class lots just satisfactory Trac kicked straight Goal-line tech f@$@$&@$&d

6 Grundy 5 Viney 4 Petracca 3 Oliver 2 T McDonald 1 Hunter

Dees might have to ask the afl for a please explain. Percentage counts !!!

Kozzzy 5 behinds !!!

Overhandballing

Best players Jayden Hunt Tim Kelly Grundy Fritsch Hunter

1st half not pretty. clangers and clangers and clangers ugly. really ugly. Fritsch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Freo heave ho Freo go low Freo heave no Freo heave ho Freo sinks low Freo heave ho 🤣🤣🤣

Agree on the night around the ground but two decisions in the last quarter presented Port with 7th and 8th goals. Both were hardly there.

Saints v Suns 1. Saints on a roll v bottom half teams. But they’re impressive so far even without Steele and others 2. Suns. Horrendous. Ben King. Marshmallow. Rowell. Looks lost. Dew must be on his last chance. 3. Mitchito Owens has the energy and desire missing in the Suns. Another NGA steal. 4. Noah Anderson is a star. Tried and tried. Ned Moyle and Bailey Humphrey on debut showed hard edge and determination. Others failed to support. 5. umps failed twice to notice Saints clearly running in the protected zone. Clearly. One of the bizarre AFL rules that’s totally inconsistent across every game.

Swans v Port 1. Ollie Florent. You are a star. Great game. Love your run and skill. But you’ve got to kick the distance to win it. 2. umps somehow got Port back in it. 3. Franklin on his last legs surely. Sad to see him goalless and benign. 4. Allir Allir. The last gasp save. How the story goes!?! 5. Duursma and Butters. Love to see them in red and blue. We were super keen on both but not in the draft to grab them.

Touk Miller. Love his determination but so wasteful and turnovers killing his team. No look kicks or handballs are surprising for a player of his experience. Noah Anderson. Such a star wasted in this Suns outfit. Dill McLaughlin decision to gift Rowell & Anderson has killed this kid.

Heart and desire Mitchito Owens. Yes and yes. Like his aggressive approach Ben King. No and no. He looks disinterested and lacks any 2nd effort or defensive understanding. No heart right now.

Kangas v Blues 1. Carlton rely on Curnow and McKay. But they are seriously very good. 2. Kangas youngsters are impressive. Simpkin, Sheezel, LDU and they’ll add Wardlaw in next few weeks. 3. Kangas poor goalkicking and Larkeys injury hurt their chances. 4. Blues need Sam Walsh in. He’s run was missed and he will be a key to their premiership chances 5. Umpires in 3rd quarter were horribly favouring Carlton. It killed North to see Blues get so many frees whilst they didn’t get one for the last 20 minutes in the 3rd. Best comment about the umps. No comment.

Lions v Magpies 1. Lions very very hard to beat at home 2. Magpies lack of a ruckman is a weakness to exploit 3. Magpies goalkicking accuracy in 2022 was amazing. In round 3 & 4 it’s been woeful. 4. Nick Daicos seriously must be favourite for the Brownlow 5. Charlie Cameron loves it when the Lions are front runners

Looking now at the depleted Eagles squad. Likely danger if any is Darling and Allen up forward. Both have showed proven goalkicking ability. Though May and Petty should be more than capable to cover them. Yeo, Kelly and Gaff are stars but seem to have lost their edge over last 12 months. Dees should control the midfield and win by 5+ goals.

I like JJ and disappointing to see him dropped again this week. He might get the sub spot and they should have Melksham play at Casey this week. It’s simply that JJ is unlucky given others have cemented a spot ahead of him. With Hunter coming in, it means he’s squeezed out of the midfield role. It would be a shame if JJ saw better opportunities elsewhere , and like Bedford, others may see him as gettable.

BBB TBA Gawn 3-4 weeks Harmes TBA Salem TBA 6-7 weeks Joel Smith 3 weeks Kye Turner TBA Verrell 8-9 weeks Taj Woewodin 4-5 weeks

Definitely have Darcy Wilson in top 20 - probably around 15 on this list. His pace and evasive skills as a mid would be a nice addition to the red and blue.

In. Tmcd Pickett outs. Mcvee Bbb (inj) Melksham Mcvee as sub.