spirit of norm smith

Rutten is safe now imv . Recent wins have saved him.

Gus. Come on. What can they offer? Really. We are family. The grass isn’t greener elsewhere. You are loved by all at the Dees. Let’s get the deal signed.

Dees need to be very strong in their messaging. Hands off.

Dogga. We love ya. Sign up and March on to September glory

Hate to lose Jackson. Always a risk when you bring across a youngster from interstate. If we had to , I’d support the trade triangle of Dockers: Luke Jackson dogs: Rory lobb and freo future ‘23 first round dees: Dogs ‘22 first pick (9-10) freo ‘22 first pick (15-18) and a Freo player like Lloyd Meek

Assume Tomlinson is the medi sub? Bowey- rested, managed or forgotten?? Daw. Retired. injured /unavailable. Tmcd. D.Smith J.Smith

Good insights from the weekend and prior posts from other Demonlanders. From the SA v Vic metro game Will Ashcroft - will play senior footy in 2023. Sam Walsh like in his style and class. Lions will be very lucky but need to match draft pick #1 or 2 imv. Charlie Clarke - his pace and smarts and goal sense are appearing. Classic half forward. Harry Sheezel - smooth running mud with class and skill. Will be top 5-6 pick. Very very good pick imv Cam Mckenzie - as a mid, just gets the footy and goes. Constantly moving and burst of pace. Top 20 pick. Alwyn Davey jnr - Bombers will pickup a classy small forward. His ability to crumb and evade is already on show. Oli Hotton - is a player and showed good skill and goal smarts. Agree likely a top 15-20 selection Lewis Hayes - very good intercept defender. Reads the play. For clubs with no Jake Lever, he will be appealing. SA Billy Dowling - looks a footballer. Competes and gets the footy. Good kick and has skills. Adam D’Aloia - another mid with strong ball winning ability. What impressed me was his coverage of the ground and getting to the contest. Harry Barnett - good agile young ruck. One for clubs to watch and if Jackson goes (😭😭😭) , I’d consider him as young option for the Dees 👍🏻 Mattaes Phillipou - obviously the kid is super talented and can play ruck rover or as a goalkicking forward. Kobe Ryan - didn’t showout as I hoped but looks like a Rory Sloane type of midfielder. Showed signs but want to watch him in last game v WA this week. Harvey Pedlar - reminds a little of Tom Sparrow type. Not a high possession winner but good build , good kick. Might be a late draft option if Dees are down the order. Underagers Holt and Moir definitely impressed. Moir (as has been commented) does resemble JUH from the Bulldogs in style and ability.

It’s a no no and No from me

Worth thinking about …

Loved to see Hibbo get a vote. He played an excellent game and has been very important in the past month. Jack Viney was second best for the Dees in my view. Had another great game especially in absence of Clarry.

I agree we left 3 or 4 goals behind on the weekend. Yes sometimes it’s best to take the shot. Other times its definitely wasteful when other players are free and available. It’s about decision making. I think we need to get back to backing ourselves.

Yes to lose Yze would be a huge loss. Wish him good luck … but hoping he doesn’t get it !! 🤔

Ins. Oliver and Petty outs. Bedford and Tomlinson Tomlinson would be very unlucky but has to given backline structure Melksham might get another game purely because Bedford was woeful. He got caught watching the opposition rather than instinctively going at the footy. Two good passages don’t negate his overall absence. Really disappointing because I wanted a Kozzy- Bedford combo

6. Kozzzzzzy 5. Viney daylight 4. Jordon 3. Petracca 2. Tomlinson 1. Langdon apologies to Hibberd and Sparrow

Clearances 19-31. Ffs. Again

3rd 🤮Salem kicks into man in the mark. 🤮Jordon handball to Harmesy. 🤮Viney shot from 35 👏kozzzy 👍🏻Trac. Spargo. Tomlinson 🤬who’s on Rozee !!!!

BBB getting marks in the wing and CHF. Need him inside 50 kicking goals. It’s our lack of Tmcd or a CHF that’s a killer !!

Love it. Everyone of the 65000 members can see it!! Goodwin??? They both need a fuc@)$$(t rocket.

2nd ⭐️⭐️Kozzy goals and dancing shoes 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Viney Hibberd Langdon Sparrow 🤮donkeys. (Two certain goals fumbled) Frisch and the milkshake twice 🤮Trac missed twice and Fritsch ?? Jackson - so much “potential”

Finlayson. 19-4. Dees embarrassing so far. Who’s a leader??

1st quarter 🤬pathetic. Zero goals. Slow and wide and wide and wide. Not daring. No overlap running. Go wide and wide. 🤬missed opportunities. Fritsch. Pickett. Jackson. 🤡BBB and Bedford.

I really support and want to see Father-Son remain in the AFL. Will Ashcroft looks a ready made AFL player. He’ll walk into the Lions team and play in their midfield next year. Not quite Nick Daicos but very similar

Todays game. Hunger top 2 vs Hunger top 8.

Missing Melb. Oliver Petty Tmcd Missing Port Lycett Melb. Tall def. May Lever Tomlinson. Port Tall fwds. Dixon Marshall Georgiades Melb. Small-mid def. Hibberd Salem Brayshaw Rivers Port smallmid def fwds Rozee Gray Melb. Inside Mids . Trac Viney Harmes Sparrow Port inside Mids Wines SPP Boak Drew Mead Melb. Outside Mids. Langdon Jordon. Port outside Mids Butters Amon Bergman Farrell Melb. Tall fwds. BBB. Jackson/Gawn* Fritsch Port Tall def. Allir Clurey Jonas Burton Melb small-mid Pickett ANB Spargo Bedford Melksham Port small def Houston Byrne-Jones Bonner Melb. Rucks Gawn/Jackson* Port rucks Finlayson 1. Guys like Harmes and Sparrow need to stepup 2. Drew will tag Petracca. 3. Our small forwards will need to kick goals. Perhaps at least 7-8. That’s Kozzzy, Bedford, Spargo and Milkshake 4. Gawn and Jackson will dominate the ruck, but we need ti win clearances 5. Butters and Rozee are now key players for them. do we tag Rozee ? He’s been excellent over last few weeks as a running midfielder 6. ANB had to earn his spot. Ports runners might worry us. He needs to play a more midfield link runner.

R17: against Port at Alice Springs … 50/50. Port have no ruck but otherwise at full strength. Lots of run and momentum at they recover from horrid start R18: against Bulldogs at Marvel. They play well at the docklands stadium and have midfield back. Tough one. 60/40 R19: Freo at Freo. Hard to beat at home but we need revenge . It could define our seasons direction. Win and we stay in top 4 count. 40/60 game R20: big one against Collingwood at MCG - expect 75000 (huge ! ) they have our marker right now as their defense owns our inactive forwards - and yes very tough one again 50/50 R21: against Carlton at MCG. Another very tough game. Expect 80,000 as Blues Mania hits It will be finals atmosphere 50/50 R22: against Brisbane at Gabba. Ouch draw for the Dees. We destroyed them earthier but they’re a 6 goal better team at home. Probably a 40/60. So we could win between 0 and 5 in my view. Probably too much optimism to expect we’d win all 6 🤣🤣