spirit of norm smith

V Pies - finals week 1 69 inside 50s. Yes 69. Melbourne 7.11 and EIGHT total misses. 7 majors from 26 shots at goal. Players panicked. Trac refuses to try to score when inside 30. Handballed off 3 times to players under pressure. Collingwood 9.6 and a single miss. We lost due to poor connection into fwd50 and inaccuracy. Shot ourselves in the foot. Forward craft is non existent.

Melbourne 7.11 and EIGHT total misses. 7 majors from 26 shots at goal. Collingwood 9.6 and a single miss. Astounding inaccuracy from the Demons. Shot themselves in the foot Ralphy in the herald Sun !!

Yes yes yes. He’s a lad. A good bloke. But no idea on forward structures. They all lead to the same spot. Spread. Come up and free up space. Teach leading. Teach Fritsch to tackle. Teach kozzzy to burn off opponents. In Carey or Brereton or some true ex forward.

Pies will argue that he was bracing himself. In the air, split decision in the act of smothering. Tom Browne the journalist was in his defence straight away the truth … he turned his body to make contact - chose to bump - in the head - high contact - severe impact - that’s 2 or 3 weeks.

Gawn - Huge Heart. Herculean effort. Huge Viney - flew the flag then tried but overall not at his best at all Petracca - nowhere in 1st half / lifted to almost bring us home in the second half, but learn to tackle , often easily pushed away or evaded Oliver - tried and tried and tried but many many irrelevant possessions , got better and nearly lifted us May - looked out of sorts early but lifted to one of the best Dees in the night - such passion and heart Lever - big on spoils , had a few brain fades , why didn’t we keep Turner in so Lever could be intercept defender Bowey - good and almost very good. Safe in disposal… an important game Rivers - where was his energy. No go tonight … was surprisingly quiet Salem - ummm he’s not the player of 2021 … looked slow and loose McVee - good game … Hill got 2 early but Judd was break even tonight Smith - had his chances - rather see him in defence McDonald - retire now … slow … cannot turn … 3 minutes - 2 goals vanRooyen - young colt - raw - overawed - will be suspended Fritsch - brain fades … almost good … his defence is non existent - players brush him off learn to tackle !!! Pickett - an almost game as usual - brilliant and poor in so many passages - could have won it but it’s often a case now of almost !!! Neal-Bullen - good in patches - a defensive forward Sparrow - nowhere in 1st half then better second half Chandler - did he play? Looked lost Hunter - gets the footy BUT slow to dispose of footy - must improve decision making Hibberd - very good as stopped Elliott all night Laurie - no no no was lost almost delist now Langdon - yes he was Sidebottom gimp but got much better in second half

6 Gawn 5 May 4 Bowey 3 Kozzzy (good but could be so much better) 2 Clarry 1 Trac (2nd half)

Did nothing for 3 1/2 quarters. Fumbled. Could easily be delisted. Could trade him to Adelaide for Mcadam. Easily. Easily.

Really ? It’s all about how we absolutely lost the game. The pies did not beat us. We beat ourselves. Huge disappointment. Huge. Some of the problems are same old same old. The effort in the 2nd half was huge but dumb footy and poor skills are deflating. Binman. It was 69 inside 50s to 37. 7 goals. Wow. That’s possibly a new record low. 10%. Most sides average 30-35%! Goody? 2022 and all 2023 “we are getting better and working on our connection forward of Centre”. Really. Really. It’s horrible !!! Let’s bomb the ball Inside 50 to a pack. Really. Madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result ! No one leads. No one hits a bullet pass. No one. No one. No one. Viney. Trac. Salem. Oliver. Sparrow. No one. No one hits a forward with a pass. No one lower their eyes. Another point is shots from 45-55 metres out. Success rate about 3%. But players keep stepping up. Tonight. Oliver. Smith. Rivers. Wow. It’s incredible. Madness again. Huge hearts. Huge effort. Can’t fault the effort. But dumb footy. Dumb. It’s the only word for it. There’s no system. No strategy. No improvement. Perhaps we can recruit elite midfield kicks. Maybe just maybe players who hit targets. Frustration Disappointment Gutted that’s honestly how all Dees supporters feel !!’

Surely Grundy plays next week

Simply here’s the message I don’t care how many stats you get I don’t care how many inside 50s I don’t care how many contested possessions if you can’t kick goals, you will lose !!! Simple. Trac looks to handball rather than kick goals Clarry kicks Hail Marys… even seen him kick a pass !! kozzzzy tries to kill the ball from 20 metres in front Teach them to kick Teach them to kick a goal. Brown. Retire Tmcd. Retire. Petty ✅Mcadam✅moniz Wakefield ✅

3rd x 49 inside 50s vs 33!!! 5 goals behind x so many chances so many chances x Trac is a good player - not great not elite x stupid play … may x stupid taking advantage x kozzzy and Trac - kick a goal from 25 metrs out

Steven May. You are Stupid.

I just hope Tmcd retires !!! Can’t turn or change direction. Too slow

Is trac playing ??

AND lots of Passengers. Trac. Sparrow. Rivers. Laurie. Fritsch. Tmcd. JVR. All need to lift !!!

2nd X defense holding up x no transition x nothing from the “elite” Trac Viney Oliver ! ✅Kozzzy ✅Gawn x Fritsch soft just soft (Kozzzy goal) / one handed jumps / marks fumbles 🤬🤬🤬 33 inside 50s. Two goals. Goodwin not teaching anything - connection forward of Centre is farrrrrrrrkd

Is Goodwin joking ??? Tell them to lower their eyes !!!! Ffs

Absolutely. Absolutely. Looked better with Tomlinson or Turner and Lever as intercept defender. Hibberd in unbalances the defence 🤬🤬🤬

1st ❌pies too quick ❌hill goals ❌Maynard knocks out Brayshaw ✅Viney flies flag 🤮🤮long bombs not working - r we farkkkkn too stupid to hit a target Fritsch mcd smith are no chance ❌Kozzzy had two chances but 🤬🤬🤬

Dees in the wet ??? Not good. Giants rolled us this year. Our skills are 50/50

Pie talk on the socials : I don't like keeping Markov in the side ahead of a stalwart like Noble. But I think we win anyway. Markov/Noble aren't why we win this game. It's the stars who win finals. And we have more than them Let’s show the footy world why we ended up on top Can we play the all duck no dinner recording over the speakers right before the bounce 🤣

Question 1 J.Smith - forward or back ??? Was impressive last game v Swans for his pressure and competitive nature as a forward. Got to the contest. Fritsch, JVR, Melksham, Smith and two smalls rotating. But he may play back as we have May and Lever to cover Mihocek, Mcstay, Cameron and potentially Howe. Smith likely with Rivers as well. Question 2. I assume Hibberd gets Elliott. Who gets Hill? Assume it’s Mcvee. Question 3. Will Kozzzy finally hold onto those absolute screamers? I like him competing on the deck and not necessarily in the air. Need to see X factor tonight… hopefully Kozzzy can light it up!! He should play forward and occasionally into the middle. But like him inside 50 and kicking goals.

Agree. Dangerous as a goalkicking small-medium forward. Good mark. Loves a goal. It’s a Yes if the right terms and trade deal works.

Agree can’t believe on Hore was recognized. Again others are under appreciated by media around our games. Banno, Heath and perhaps Harris could have been recognized.

Dees win by 42 points. Beat a team tipped as a challenger. Kicked the last 9 goals of the game unanswered. But only Kate Hore was good enough to be in the team of the week. Despite the premiership win, many Dees players imv are underrated still. At our competitors peril !!!