spirit of norm smith

Absolutely love Harmesy. He’s a ripping bloke. Friendly. Great with the fans. Great with Jon Amos. Dees supporter as a kid and gives 110%. He has been heart and soul over many years and a premiership player. But his game v Lions was horrible. Horrible. 10 disposals. 4 turnovers. 4 free kicks against. He suffers badly from continually tackling too high around the neck and shoulders. Not the waist. His disposals were tardy at best. I think missed tackles also were evident. We hope he’s in the right mindset (two weeks away for personal leave) and gets the clubs support where possible. In the VFL, he was clearly above the standard and dominated. But his disposals were still lacking the sharpness by hand and foot that are needed at the top AFL level. I think his role is maybe purely as a defensive/tagging mid. It’s needed as we’ve had opposition players dominate us in the midfield without the negating role impact (example Parish last week). I think more time at Casey is needed to reassess where he is at. Hopefully he can rediscover some of the hard edge he had in 2021 and prior to reinsert himself into our midfield.

Darcy Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guaranteed 1st rounder imv Definitely on JTs list Pace. Skill. Evasive ability. Run. Good decision maker. Looks a very good future AFL player.

Darcy Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guaranteed 1st rounder imv

6 Harmes 5 Laurie 4 D.Turner 3 Schache 2 Valentine 1 Howes apologies to Dunstan

Hmmm. Dons goal. Coast to coast with little pressure. Corridor wide open !

Valentine !!! Looking better than some afl listed types

Harmes 👍🏻Howes 👍🏻Turner 👍🏻

Agree. If we had 5 players that were ok v bombers, Gus could put his hand up. He contained Stringer and did his role across half back. Serviceable. He suddenly seems a liitle slower across the ground and likes little 15 metres short passes only. Coaches also have forgotten that he can go into the midfield.

Looked dangerous. Got two good goals. Tried for three marks of the year attempts in packs when his job was to stay down and crumb the pack or apply defensive pressure. Tried an amazing banana goal when players were free. He was ok v Bombers but could have been so much better. His round 1 game was the prototype. Bring close to that every week and wow !!!

Dynasty. What is this media rubbish? We won the 2021 premiership. 🏆🏆🏆😊😊😊☀️☀️☀️ that was sensational amazing unbelievable But the presume or assume that we will just roll up and win more. It takes hard work and dedication and good fortune to win premierships. Let’s just concentrate on next week. Remove hubris … it’s very dangerous

Unsubscribe this week Probably only Viney deserves any votes. Oliver after 1/4 time and Petty 3rd quarter. Many many were very disappointing. Half hearted effort. Outcoached and outmuscled.

Lazy effort v eagles last week. Poor attitude and no desire this week. Outmuscled and Outcoached. That’s the headline.

3rd. 2 behinds outmuscled. More physical. dees showing physical weakness. Clearly outrun. Too many jogging Man on man pressure finding out some passengers embarrassing half efforts - Bowey !!! Melksham snap 45 metres - wow. He can kick a drop punt. again (Dunstall) Petty Langdon Hunter 😊and nil Bombers up 5 goals now flood back !! Smart Scott clearly out coaching Goodwin

🤮🤮🤮🤮poor. 2nd qtr Petty. Trac. Clarry. Riv. May. Grundy (defensive work). Spargo. Sparrow. Not working hard enough defensively. Tomlinson deliberately out of bounds - dumb !!!!! pressure nil - parish 20 touches (Goodwin??tag ??????? Anyone ?? ) coaches preparedness for bombers double rucks !! 🤮 umps !!! Head high and holding the ball ???? Turnovers !! And hospital handballs- Grundy x3, JV, Trac Wtf !!! Gus. Maybe JV. 👍🏻And … ??

Spargo to take the week off then back to Casey. Was not contributing anything and defensively poor when bombers backs were running. Wants to easy ball. His leads to the pocket are fruitless.

Spargo off. Jordon on. It works for us !!! Spargo been a passenger anyway. Had 5 options and then knocked himself out.

Arrogance. From Goodwin and Grundy to 15 others. Not working hard enough. Not going in.

And Shiel gets caught, drops it - play on 🤬🤬🤬

🤮🤮🤮🤮poor. 2nd qtr Petty. Trac. Clarry. Riv. May. Grundy (defensive work). Spargo. Sparrow. Not working hard enough defensively. Tomlinson deliberately out of bounds - dumb !!!!! pressure nil - parish tag ??????? Anyone ?? coaches preparedness for bombers double rucks !! 🤮 umps !!! Head high and holding the ball ???? Turnovers !! And hospital handballs- Grundy x3, JV, Trac Wtf !!! Gus. Maybe JV. 👍🏻And … ??

1st fumbles very costly Bombers spare defensive across half back is very good (Scott 1 Goodwin 0) Draper causing problems Oliver 2 touches 🤮🤮 Parish 13 disposals 🤔🤔 Pickett nearly dangerous 🤩 Fritsch 💙❤️

Yes restart. Was buffering earlier

MELBOURNE Strength: Points from turnovers (68 per game) – 1st It’s the most common way for AFL teams to score, and the Demons are doing it better than any side right now. This would be all the more encouraging given Melbourne’s ball movement inside 50 and general forward function fell apart in the second half of last season. But Simon Goodwin’s side, which has been boosted by the addition of winger Lachie Hunter, is currently the gold standard for converting goals in transition by craftily changing angles and playing with more flare. Big improvement in this area may be the No.1 reason the Demons can win the flag.

Question mark: Clearances differential (-6.8) – 18th This might be the most surprising stat of the lot for a team so recognised for its star-studded midfield. Although it could be partly of the club’s own doing. While Clayton Oliver is probably the best inside mid in the game and continues to get heavy usage in the role, Goodwin has made an emphasis to expand his on-ball rotation this season. Oliver, Christian Petracca and Jack Viney are still the Dees’ main three on-ballers, but the likes of Tom Sparrow, Kysaiah Pickett, James Harmes and James Jordon have gotten more midfield opportunities. And although Brodie Grundy has done a great job filling the No. 1 ruck role in Max Gawn’s absence, the Demons skipper was the best clearance ruckman in the game last year by some margin.

Jake Lever - Ankle | Out. TBC 1 week Michael Hibberd - Achilles | managed 1 week Max Gawn - Knee | 1 - 2 Weeks Joel Smith - Thumb | 1 - 2 Weeks Kye Turner - Groin | 1 - 2 Weeks Christian Salem - Knee | 3 - 5 Weeks Will Verrall - Pelvis | 8 - 9 Weeks

Loss of Munro and Buntine (and White still out). Very young Casey group. Jordon probably will be sub so expect Baldi to play.