spirit of norm smith

2022 positives 1. TRAC IS A STAR ⭐️ 2. CLARRY IS A STAR ⭐️ Brownlow 🤞 3.THE KOZZZY SHOW 🚀 (wish it was on weekly) loved the goal v blues … goal of the year for Dees 4. FRITSCH GOT BETTER AND BETTER 🚀- loved his goal v Swans 5. 2nd Position on the ladder (about right … Cats deserved top spot and premiership favourites) 6. 65000 members 7. 7-0 interstate record 8. ALL AUSTRALIAN FOR MAY, GAWN, CLARRY & TRAC 9. Long term contracts for Gus, Clarry and Trac 10. Big crowds back at the MCG 11. Petty had a full year and is very very good - signed until 2025 12. positive Lingers was very very good 13. JVR showed really positive signs at Casey 14. Casey 16-1. (And who knows how finals will end )

A big preseason for JVR and Howes. Good signs but still very young. AMW is showing why he’s earned another year.

1/2 time ⭐️Munro Bowey Tomlinson ✅Tmcd Chandler Grey Dunstan Baker It’s a shame Bowey and Tmcd not playing last night. Tmcd is much more physical and better contested mark than BBB

Posted whilst angry, disappointed, frustrated etc etc. Feel like for all the years we’ve been downtrodden, our team is really good and could’ve won it again. Really disappointed in the decisions made by several repeat offenders. I know they’re not spuds. Btw there was some positives in the star ⭐️ ratings.

Already lock in for round 1 2023 Ins. Tmcd. JVR. Howes. Bowey outs. Melksham. Spargo. Sparrow. Rivers.

Ins. Tmcd. JVR. Howes. Bowey outs. Melksham. Spargo. Sparrow. Rivers.

Dees got to look for more skill and speed. Too many chances for BBB, Spargo, Melksham, Sparrow and Neal-Bullen. Just footballers. Gave us nothing for too many weeks. Our goal scoring covered up by Fritsch and Kozzzy. Dees need JVR and Tmcd and find another true “goalkicking” forward to at least replace Spargo.

Originally it was 2x first rounders. But he’s value has dropped and he’s lost all sense and smarts in his game. “Captain fumbles”. In the air and on the ground. So much potential. So very very disappointing. I’ll feeling I’ll. I’ll take whatever we can get. Freo 1st round 2022 and Freo future 2nd round 2023 for Jackson.

So sad and farewell 2022 6-Trac ⭐️- battled through pain. Clearly our best. On one leg and he’s still a star. 5-Clarry ⭐️- scragged and gouged all night. Battled and tackled (12 tackles) and showed he’s a warrior 4-Petty ⭐️- battled all night and saved 3 certain goals. Great effort. Great year. 3-Harmes 👍🏻- better. Clean disposal. One grab footy. 2-Langdon 👍🏻- ran and ran and ran and kicked and was again in the best 1- ANB. Ok. Just gets a vote due to his 1st half. But generally disappeared after 1/2 time. Runs into trouble. At least got two good goals. Kozzzy ok - good 1st half but his miss in the 4th (in the goalsquare… No lions ) was unforgivable Hibbo Ok - battled and generally beat Cameron May - ok. Beaten but battling on. Hipwood showed his athletic ability and perhaps batter without competing with Daniher. Brayshaw ok - tagged Neale(why?) but generally looked tired. Good goal in 4th. Hunt - ok. Nothing terrible but nothing enlightening. Did his job. Fritsch - ok had a great year but had two costly turnovers. Two goals but was a little off tonight. 💩Salem -just looked slow. Was he even fit. Disposal not sharp at all. Kicks to the clouds not direct. Disappointed. 🤯Viney - ouch - had to say, heart of a lion and tackles all night but too often took wrong decision. Missed goal chance in 3rd quarter was costly. 🤯Gawn - start of ‘22, mentioned at best in the comp. But he looked tired. Hitouts to no one. Better with a big punch. Tapped it mostly to Neale and Zorko in 2nd half. 🤯Lever - good discipline in defence so then why???? A goal down and gives up an obvious 50. Why?? Arrogance ?? The spuds -1🥶Melksham- one good play then disappears. Wtf. Very disappointing. -2🥔Ben Brown - unable to mark and lead. Is he fit or strong enough. Dropped countless marks. -3🥔Jackson - omg. Fumbles all the time. So many dropped marks. Handballing to other players under pressure. Shines in 2-3 passages then nothing. Ummm. So disappointing. -4🥔Spargo - smart but essentially physically too weak. Tackled too easily. -5🥔Rivers - ran into trouble and panicked and fumbled. Costly mistakes. -6🥔 Sparrow - terrible all night. Missed goals. Missed opportunities. Cost us. Dumb tackles. Career worst game by far.

How bad is everyone tonight? sorry apologies to petty

Summary

Why Jackson you are so thick

3rd qtr Sparrow 🥔🥔 spargo🥔 harmes 🥔 Viney miss 🥔 Fritsch turnovers 🥔 gawn turnover 🥔 Trac 😘😘😘 anb 👍🏻 Jackson 🤮handball to May surrounded rivers🤮 run and fumbles and dropping the ball no matter what … it’s the worst game of the year we couldn’t beat the cats next week

1/2 time ⭐️Clarry ⭐️kozzzy ⭐️Trac 👍🏻langers petty Harmes just okay and winning by 22 🥔Jackson captain fumbles all night - could’ve taken 7 marks but fumbled them all 🥔sparrow gotta bounce da ball !! 🥔brown gotta not run straight into defender ? Spargo ?

Melksham and Neal-Bullen stay in. They’d better perform tonight. Last week, they were simply horrid. Silver lining is surely they couldn’t play any worse !!

No change. ANB owes Goody big time. Weeks of fumbles and turnovers again tolerated. He must simply have a “blinder” to repay the coach’s faith in him. I guess it’s either Duck or no dinner this week for Goody. No change and we win. He’s a genius !! No change and we loss. He simply tolerated lack of performance too many times. Let’s unleash hell !!

Definitely one to put on the “To be considered” list. At 20, he has a lot of time for development ahead.

Yes that’s the strategy if LJ walks back west

Morrish Medal 2022 results Top 10 1: Taj Campbell-Farrell (Dandenong Stingrays) – 18 votes 1: Lachlan Cowan (Tasmania Devils) – 18 votes 3: Bailey Humphrey (Gippsland Power) – 17 votes 4: Will Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons) – 15 votes 5: Aaron Cadman (GWV Rebels) – 14 votes 6: Harley Reid (Bendigo Pioneers) – 12 votes 7: Massimo D’Ambrosio (Western Jets) – 10 votes 8: Harvey Gallagher (Bendigo Pioneers) – 9 votes 8: Olivier Northam (Geelong Falcons) – 9 votes 8: Nicholas Quigg (Murray Bushrangers) – 9 votes

It’s like advanced sudoku or …

Josh Schache is the type of player that clubs look to grab on the cheap and then try to extract all his talent. As a former high draft pick, it’s tantalizing that you can see him fulfill his potential…and somehow put his mind to hard work and mental toughness. I’m not against the idea of recruiting him for say a future 4th round pick. Unfortunately for the Dees, Schache would be like adding another Weideman. Huge potential and might deliver but you might also just live in a constant state of frustration waiting for it to happen.

Josh Scha

At the end of 2019, I was very keen on MFC drafting Hayden Young due to his elite delivery and he is able to perfectly play the modern quarterback type role. He’s also a good mark and decision maker. But happy that we got LJ and also Kozzy. Thd excitement of JTs face was priceless alone. Their mateship alongside Riv and excitement has brought us a lot and the premiership that we waited so long for. Good luck to Young and I think Freo have a definite 200+ game player in him.

Could I just hire him as our Forwards & goalkicking coach !!!

Yes agree it’s not Lobb for LJ … he’s as steak knives with 1st round draft pick. But Lobb does have the ability to kick goals and relieve ruck which is what we would need to aim to get to replace LJ if he goes.