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spirit of norm smith

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  1. Watched the game and then had a painful look at the highlights of the game and also watched Jake Levers comments post match. We cost ourselves and gave up goals which hurt us. Yes looking back thereā€™s a lot of work to do and composure is critical under pressure. We slipped last night but we get up and go again. 1. Lever stumbles and slips and doesnā€™t take the option to Brayshaw. Drops it when trying to kick. šŸ˜­ Goal to Hayward 2. Forward stoppage. swans clearance. Goal to Rowbottom (he was very good all night) 3. Umpires šŸ¤®hang your heads in shame.šŸ¤® Soft free to swans for a May elbow to Franklin then 50 penalty for Franklin running at May and getting bumped 4. Gawn trying 9-iron chip in back 50 to Hunt. šŸ˜­ Turnover and papley goals. 5. Jackson šŸ˜­taps it down to Mills to goal 6. Rivers panics šŸ˜­and kick OOB on the full. Stephens is a gun and slots it from 50 on a45angle 7. Mills tries to break free, tackles by Oliver ā€¦šŸ¤®umps no free? šŸ¤®ā€¦ picked up by Papley good goal 8. Harmes - love ya but you can cost us. Split section too slow in disposal. šŸ˜­Grubber ball to 50. Lloyd omg kicks a great angle goal. 9. May error trying to access corridor from defence. šŸ˜­Turnover. Reid marks. Kozzy šŸ˜­gives away a soft 50 (šŸ¤®umps !! ) 11. Reid - good mark and kick from 50. A good goal. Fair enough. 12. Warner to runner Mills to put perfect kick to Hickey who marks 15 metres out (simply outsmarted Maxy ) 13. Harmesy šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­flattens Lloyd unnecessarily and 50 and goodnight 14 . Overlap run by swans chaos ball - row bottom to Heeney - its over!!! Some very costly mistakes. Simply last night hurt but we can fix it. Iā€™m sure we can respond.
  2. ANB had a very poor year and yes gone backwards. He seemed to click in 2022 but somehow reverted to fumbling, turnovers, missed shots at goal and missed tackles. If he kicks the two shots last night, we were back in business. Goal accuracy is poor ā€¦ 7 goals (16 behinds) in 22 games as a permanent half forward. Heā€™s endurance is his strength but thatā€™s not enough when youā€™re footy basics are below average. Dees outs ANB Melksham ins Bedford JVR/Tmcd Lions IN - Rayner Answerth Fort out. BigO (concussed) Ahchee Robinson/Wilmot Dees In- 1. composure with the footy (we miss him in games of pressure v pies v swans ) 2. Ability who can kick the footy to find a target inside 50 (played the first qtr v swans than strangely disappeared) 3. a heartbeat and intensity ā€¦ youā€™ve got to show a walking on glass mentality in finals. Some of our players were simply folding under pressure 4 , winning clearances (surely a tap down by out dominant ruckman is useless when the players are stationary or use butterfly handballs) - whoā€™s on the move? out. 1.- get rid of reckless ill disciplined footy (teams suck us in ) 2. risky kicks in back 50 ā€¦ strangely brought in and must go immediately 3. ; fumbles fumbles fumbles ; 4. KICKING TO THE POCKETS ALL THE TEAM. MUST BE DROPPED. Hes been in all year and is symbolic of a poor conversion rate ( we do it to reduce opposition rebounding and scoring ā€¦ ffs you have to score yourself) . 5-6 good scoring opportunities were wasted but stupid kicks that actually on 3-4 occasions went out of bounds on the fullā€¦ ffs drop this kicking to the pockets;
  3. ANB had a very poor year and yes gone backwards. He seemed to click in 2022 but somehow reverted to fumbling, turnovers, missed shots at goal and missed tackles. If he kicks the two shots last night, we were back in business. Goal accuracy is poor ā€¦ 7 goals (16 behinds) in 22 games as a permanent half forward. Heā€™s endurance is his strength but thatā€™s not enough when youā€™re footy basics are below average.
  4. Lions IN - Rayner Answerth Fort out. BigO (concussed) Ahchee Robinson/Wilmot Dees names are just names itā€™s our style that was lacking and Longmire simply outsmarted us and his players ā€œowned usā€ again In - composure; someone who can kick the footy to find a target inside 50; a heartbeat for some players, ; winning clearances out. - reckless ill disciplined footy; risky kicks in back 50 ( Gawn šŸ¤®šŸ¤®šŸ¤®) ; fumbles fumbles fumbles ; kicking to the pockets;
  5. Sorry to earlier posters - I love Gus Brayshaw but tonight he was in the bottom ā€œpoorā€ category 11 turnovers!! And fumbled it and didnā€™t create any real movement probably his worst game of 2022
  6. Christian Petracca alteady a champion of the game love him MFC premiership player norm smith medal bull of a midfielder but two things ā€¦ 1. stay hungry ā€¦ looking like his playing fancy little delicate handballs and tackles being missed 2. He must must must sort out your goalkicking. Itā€™s a huge knock on him and imv stops him from being elite ā€¦ heā€™s not confident and his routine is poor. Straights and simple levers are the key !!!
  7. 78,700 fans 30,000 swans 35,000 Dees 13,700 casual observers!!
  8. Really ?? Yes should have kicked 4 or 5 Melksham šŸ¤® MelkshamšŸ„” slips and stumbles and SpargošŸ„” stops and has it smothered Sparrow hits the post Gawn šŸ¤® Trac running inside 30 and ā€¦ misses šŸš‘
  9. Still believe it's the kicking into the forward linethat hurts us.
  10. Yes must have had gastro through the club They looked tired and swans could have won by 7-8 goals
  11. Jackson was terrible. Dropped marks and fumbled all night. Just didnā€™t try which is harsh but physically got pushed aside by Hickey and then tossed it in. Freoā€¦ Iā€™m selling now if you want him !!! Your 1st & 2nd round 2022 draft picks Plus your 2023 1st round pick FOR Luke Jackson and MFC 2022 2nd round pick
  12. Heā€™s part of the coaching team but couldnā€™t work out how the mids should kick the footy into fwd50. They need Yzeā€™s skill but the up and under kicks !!
  13. Agree. Three times he looked awful and got the other one !! Who thinks heā€™s a forward ??? Heā€™s our ruck who can 15-20% forward. Grundy to Dees is a šŸ¤®šŸ¤®šŸ¤®
  14. Gawn - had little influence and wanted to continue to tap the ball down to his feet where the swans win the clearances!šŸ¤” Viney - disappeared after firstā€¦ fumbled too much and lost his feet often šŸ¤” Oliver - inspirational and prolificā€¦ bloody championā€¦ kept us in the match then wore the blood and bandages of a warrior ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø Petracca - injured before injuryā€¦šŸš‘ yes injured ā€¦ but could have kicked four goals and his lack of confidence in goalkicking is very very odd šŸ¤® Jackson - head was elsewhere ā€¦ ffs ā€¦ heā€™s a champion then heā€™s a spud ā€¦ no footy intelligence and fumbled šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„” Brown - was absolutely useless ā€¦ soft tonight šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„” Langdon - disappeared after firstā€¦ great start then went wider and wider ā­ļø Spargo - disappeared after firstā€¦ pushed aside easily ā€¦ kicked one great pass and three absolute dogs šŸ’© Brayshaw - limited by injuryā€¦ love him but tonight was poor šŸ’© Pickett - a total failure ā€¦ omg lost total awareness and was chasing tails šŸ„”šŸ„” May - one fateful mistake BUT overall was a champion We would have been destroyed without him ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø Petty - seemingly no mistakesā€¦ bloody champion and gave 100%! ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø Fritsch - ten minute game ā€¦ was dangerous but his one miss was very poor from 25 metres out ā­ļøā­ļø Hunt - poor under pressure ā€¦ but at least tackles and ran and did a lot very well šŸ‘šŸ» Neal-Bullen - tried but failedā€¦ EMBARRASSING AND JUST AWFUL ā€¦ new captain fumbles šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”6-star spud tonight award winner Harmes - disposal was poor and tried and failed and fumbled and looked confused šŸ’© Hibberd - needed sick bed.. bloody gave 100% and won his battles ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø Sparrow - had little involvement ā€¦ another NEARLY NIGHT ā€¦ one good goal ā€¦ he fumbles were costly šŸ„” Salem - seemingly avoided pressure and looked unfit on occasion strange to think he was nearly BOG in ā€œ21 GF ā€¦ now could be dropped ā€¦ terrible left foot helicopter kicks šŸ’© Melksham - the bad Melkshyā€¦ from gold to dog-shizzen ā€¦. 3 costly missed shots when usually reliable šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„” Rivers - was rarely sighted- tried but failed but tried šŸ§ Lever - couldnā€™t get involved-did his best šŸ‘šŸ»
  15. 1st change. Anb. Out. Was terrible all night. Bedford. In. 2nd change Salem out. Bowey in 3rd change Melksham out Tmcd in. Have to risk him. If not, itā€™s JVR
  16. 600 Oliver 5 May 4 Petty 3 Hibberd 2 Fritsch 1 Langdon Pass marks - Lever Viney Gawn Hunt injured Trac (calf) award -6 anb -5 kozzy -4 brown -3 Melksham -2 sparrow -1 Jackson and could have added Salem (surely he was not fit) Spargo Harmes Brayshaw Rivers thatā€™s 1/2 the team as shockers tonight
  17. šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”award 6 anb 5 kozzy 4 brown 3 Melksham 2 sparrow 1 Jackson and Spargo Harmes
  18. How bad is ANB? Worst game of the year
  19. 3rd Oliver šŸ”„šŸ”„May āœ…hunt hibberd petty Brayshaw Viney ANB šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„” ?? Trac injured šŸ¤®šŸ¤®Melksham brown Jackson Kozzy all very poor Harmes captain fumbles but Swans too smart. pressure and clearancesā€¦ Run and overlap and delivery !!!
  20. Absolutely. Nibbler had two chances and two misses. Heā€™s had 4 missed tackles in 1st half.
  21. 12 fumbles !! Love his attack but captain fumbles tonight
  22. 1st half āœ…May Petty Hibberd Langdon šŸ„”Jackson Brown ANB Melksham Riv ?? Kozzzzy šŸ¤®šŸ¤®šŸ¤®umps - the 50 !!! Ffs need to lift ā€¦ yes Trac (sore) Gawn Brayshaw Clearances 12-20. Poor so far
  23. Stats from Dees v Swans round 12 Dees 348 possessions- 205 kicks 143 handballs Swans 305 possessions- 218 kicks 87 handballs Swans run and kick a lot more than other teams. Their ball movement needs to be slowed, shutdown or pressed. They want to run run run. We won in the ruck where Max dominated hitouts but broke even in clearances Swans won in the pressure count and tackles (75-53)
  24. Hibbo probably gets the job on Papley. If heā€™s unavailable, then Hunt or Rivers. Need to quell their v fire power (May, Perry, Lever v Franklin,Reid, McDonald) (Hibbo, Salem, Hunt, Rivers v Heeney, Hayward, Papley)
  25. Yes I Loved it !! Kinda had it ready to go for tigers win. Tom Lynch šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„”šŸ„” 3 tigers defenders trying to punch it through and all collided with ball going to Joe Daniher šŸ¤®šŸ¤®šŸ¤®