spirit of norm smith

Yes it was obvious to the DL faithful during the 10 wins. Going at 3/4 pace and some sloppy mistakes and not 100% focus. Then you play other top 8 teams and whack !! Where’s the pressure and intensity that we saw v the lions. 🤔

Yes yes yes. It’s so clear to 65000 supporters. It’s not that they are under pressure. From a mark or free kick, it’s a bomb and often to the pockets. It’s like a defensive type kick.

Agreed. But long bombs just don’t help anyone ( can’t believe that I’m looking at you Salem ). We look so much better with quicker ball movement and lowering eyes to a sharper pass.

If we did lose Jackson to Freo🤬🤬 the only silver lining is that we’d be in the race for this kid surely JT has AARON CADMAN in bold text on his list. I have him #6 draft pick but he’s a key forward which are like gold. Cadman is a Jeremy Cameron 2.0. Full forward or CHF. Van Rooyen and Cadman would be a perfect combo for our forward line !!

AFL WEBSITE - Sarah probably is not a Dees supporter or even watched Saturday night !!! Very optimistic Melbourne 52 points (13 wins, five losses) 128.8 per cent Melbourne now slips four points adrift of top spot after its loss to the Western Bulldogs, with Brisbane's win and Fremantle's draw meaning its hold on top four is tenuous. The clash against the Dockers has suddenly become even more vital to the Dees' second-chance aspirations. Melbourne should have the firepower to see off Collingwood, Carlton and Brisbane, but stranger things have happened, particularly in clashes against the Pies - Sarah Black

Agree. We’ve lost the “eye of the tiger”. We are not sharp. Hungry.

Agree Agree But I’m still wondering which 2 games will we win ? Can’t see it right now. Winning 2 is probably optimistic!! 😭😭

Finals start now. 8 weeks. 2x blockbusters at the MCG. 2x big Road-trips. Each game is against top 4 contenders. Our record v bottom 8 teams. 11-0 Our record v top 8 teams. 2-5. !!!!! A lot of players need a rocket. We thought 10-0 it was all just good enough. But the warning signs were there with 1/2 or 3/4 game efforts good enough. Not any more !!!

I can’t give May a vote. The howler was an absolute killer.

Three words clearances lost again Angry Frustrating Disappointing lost double chance on downward slide stop long bombs quicker ball movement

Ins. Corridor play. Taking the game on. Clever footy outs. Slow boring ball movement. Big heads.

Some youngsters to shout out Hayden Young from Freo is an excellent young player. Great kicking skills. Conor Macdonald from the Hawks is a seriously good youngster. Good pace. Moves effortlessly. Footskills are excellent. Dylan Stephens from Swans. His burst of pace and has ability to hit targets. They have a great bunch of young fast kids. Stephens. Warner. Gulden. Florent. Campbell. Very attacking team.

Definitely top 10 now. Given some clubs desperately need tall key forwards !!

Bruhn will nominate the Cats. Likely role in their midfield perhaps to replace Selwood. If I was able to grab Giants players, aside from the stars like Greene or Kelly, I’d go for Ash, Callaghan or Cumming. AFL should wind them up and send the “franchise” to Tasmania. Western Sydney is undoubtedly heartland Rugby League and will remain so.

Here we go again Demons waiting for Sam to become what we all desperately waif him to be !!! We live in the hope that Sam Weideman will take his chance and show more intensity, one grab marking and kick goals as a key forward. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Miles Shepherd should get the recall in place of Weideman. He showed enough in recent games to warrant more opportunities.

Just checked. Bailey Dale is elite for disposals (avg 27 per game) , rebounds from def50 (6.9) and metres gained (592m). But only average for contested possessions, tackles and spoils. Classic quarterback. Aside from the Mids (Bont, Libba, Macrae) I’d put lots of work into making Dale accountable and making sure we tightly watch him closely when the Dogs rebound. Simply can’t play a loose zone on him.

Agreed. If Dogga goes, we definitely want one pick within top 10, and one pick within top 16.

Thanks WJ. It’s a good summation of FEB. I think he’s got AFL qualities no doubt, and probably going to be draft range around the 40-50 mark. Love to see us get him as we can let him develop over his initial 2 years with plenty of gym work and in the Casey program. Not too sure Clarke and Binns are under the radar as they have shown brightly in the U18s championships. Both would be excellent in red and blue.

a definite yes from me

No matter what happens with Dogga, I’d still be keen to ask the Swans about the availability of Haydn McLean. Big bodied 197cm Forward/2nd Ruck. Good goalkicker, good mark. Behind Franklin, McDonald and Reid as a forward. Behind Hickey and Ladhams as a ruck. Would appeal to us and brings physical presence.

Fritta was getting his styling done this morning 🤣

Agree we need to shut down Bailey Dale. At the peril of my SuperCoach team. He’s clearly their quarterback. Sometimes or actually mostly, MFC fails to identify key quarterback types. Mills (Swans) and Crisp (Pies) played this role and in recent losses we failed to shut them down. Possibly Melksham is identified for this role and knows that Dale often takes the kick in and then runs to create the overlap possession.

Aaron Cadman is like Jeremy Cameron 2.0. Definitely we’d play him.

Jake Melksham this week 6 possessions 1 goal (over the top out the back - out ran Clurey) 1 chase down on Tom Clurey (Ports slowest player alongside Dixon) 7 tackles I think probably only the tackles and the fact that Bedford had another shocker that saved him. Needs to definitely show more this week in a big game !!