spirit of norm smith

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 🤣🤣

In: Melksham 🤞Tomlinson✅️, Rivers🤔 Out: Oliver 👎🏻, Petty😷, Bowey🥶 Melksham. Hmmm. I thought Dunstan would be in to help the clearances issue which really was poor last week. And without Clarry, need another strong body to compete with Wines, Boak and SPP . Maybe we are worried about pace and their run in Rozee, Butters, Amon and Houston. Tomlinson ok. In obviously with Petty out , he’s needed given Power play 3 talls and we need Lever in intercept role Rivers - he’s got the pace and intensity to match some of Ports runners but hmmmm Hunt might have also been handy unlucky - Dunstan Chandler Hunt JVR/Weid lucky Bedford Sparrow very lucky Spargo THIS IS A FULL STRENGTH PORT POWER TEAM. Only miss Lycett. It’s still a very very good team. They were nearly our GF opponents last year It’s a neutral venue We have the ruck advantage but also there’s No Oliver No Tmcd No Petty It’s 50/50 game imv $1.90 each. Absolutely a must win Lose this game, and our top 4 chances hang on a knife edge.

JVR’s going to be a star. But I think Dees have clearly pegged this year for his development. And I agree. He might be nearly ready but it’s a huge step up as a key forward. JVR needs time in the gym and further forward craft. His marking and kicking are certainly great weapons that will be great for his future.

Yes I agree with prior views. Outs: Clarry (inj), Bowey (omitted), Petty (H&S) Likely Ins: Dunstan, Hunt & Tomlinson JVR & Laurie are very unlucky. Chandler has to wait. Weideman disappointingly has definitely slumped again this year Bowey had to go. Poor for several weeks and not effective. Bedford and Spargo must be on “red alert” and consider themselves very lucky to stay in.

We probably cannot attract players chasing $$$s. MFC needs to manage the salary cap to keep Brayshaw and Jackson in top of others on serious $$$ like Gawn, Trac, Clarry, May, Lever, Viney, Salem and Langdon. Need to find a few bargains like Haydn McLean and Sam Sturt to present more forward options.

Yes Bulldogs still #1 - 3rd year running ?? Definitely thought Blues would be the challenger. They often get the “rub of the green”. They definitely got a great run v Saints 21-9 recently… then I think broke even on frees with Eagles at the West-Meth-stadium.

Casey v Geelong VFL Sam Weideman 2 goals 2 behinds 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 4 marks 3 tackles 1 hit out Eagles v Blues AFL .. Curnow 5, McKay 5, Fisher 2, Durdin 2, Walsh, Cripps, Cottrell. Best : Curnow … If only … 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Blake Howes will take some time but really want to see him in the last 5-6 weeks of the year. Casey has a bye do extra time for recovery. He could be a very handy mid-forward or running onballer. 🤞for remainder of 2022

it’s a No from me too many $$$ and wouldn’t fit in as our 2nd ruckman to Gawn No forward craft aim for Haydn McLean from the Swans. Affordable cheaper dollars and can play as 2nd ruck or key size strong forward … and is gettable

The kid LDU is a gun. I’d be happy to bring him in. Gets the footy. Excellent kick. Good runner. North can build a future midfield with him, Horne-Francis, Phillips and Simpkin.

Too early to debut this week. I thought we could develop him over 2022 and 2023 and get him in the gym to let his body develop. Preferred to see him physically mature at Casey in next 2 yrs and come in as a 21yo. But Weid’s softness and Tmcd injury has exposed our key forward deficiency. Too early to debut?