spirit of norm smith

From my VC v Allies write up Orlando Turner kicked the match winner , quiet all day but has burst of pace and looks like he knows where the goals are. Probably rookie pick at best. overall summary Orlando Turner is from NT under our NGA academy. Whilst he was largely quiet, in the two championship games, he showed glimpses of brilliance and goalkicking smarts to indicate he might be picked to develop as a small forward. Rookie pick likely.

A fit muscle man … JV7 👏👏👏👏

Need for two conference system again with wildcards and playoffs and other American style imported gimmicks. VFL is a pseudo east coast made up competition.

Woey going out is unlucky imv Harmesy still in (for now) is lucky JJ didn’t keep up his required standard so very vulnerable again Hibbo deserves to come back but we are already ok for defensive structure. Spargo fell over in 2 contested play events and did an undisciplined act to gift Willy a free goal. His goal from outside 50 with a 5 goal breeze behind him was good but not excellent. Didn’t do enough to warrant return to 1sts.

Jaxon Binns looks like he’ll finally make his debut at the Blues. He’s been starring all through his first year in VFL and deserves his chance. Pick 32 in last years draft. One to watch that got away imv !!!

You had me convinced until the “Spargo with elite ball use” line.

Sparrow replaces Harmes Oliver replaces JJ Fritsch replaces … ?? (Woey jnr?) Melksham has to keep his spot

So they change the NGA rule after Jamara gets picked. We lose access to Mac Andrew. He will be a very good player once he has more protein shakes and gym work. What other rule can they now change ?

I think it’s a fairer option to gift them a “priority pick at the start of the second round” and rule that it must be traded on. They have quality youngsters and need to compliment these young guns with players with experience around them. We used such similar picks (early 20s) to land guys like Vince, Hibbo, Lingers and Melksham which helped us rise up to the top.

October 2014 … The AFL released a statement, saying there were a number of reasons the Commission knocked back Melbourne's request. It noted the Demons' four wins were double what they achieved last year and their percentage also improved. The league also pointed to Melbourne's bad run with injuries this season and their good crop of young talent. When the Dees asked for a handout, it was refused because we hadn’t made the right decisions, already had enough young talent and had to be more accountable. Eight years and no finals and we were rejected. Sound familiar. North have made some poor decisions and must regroup using their many years of 1st round draft picks (11 x 1st rounders on their list). Vote NO to this

Agree. No mercy this week. They inflicted pain on us for so long. Need to stay ruthless!! 1- we need to make the percentage if possible. 2- port and lions have a few 50/50 games ahead

Tigers fans still crying. Gawn destroyed them. Viney destroyed them. Petty destroyed them. But they reckon the umps were the difference. What the??? Ridiculous cry baby mentality!!

Wow. Stats on steroids I’m liking the simple stuff Goalkicking. ✅. set shots 15-4. In play 5-4. Clearances 49-40. ✅Centre clearances 18-15 Tackles 62-63 🤔 Tackles in fwd 50 14-10✅ Marks inside fwd50 20-10 ✅ 1%ers 41-60 🤯 Best stat. 130-98. 😊😊😊😊

Dees have endured a long search for a key forward. From Tilbrook to Templeton to Cordner to Bennett to Jakovich to Schwarz to Neitz to James Cook to Jurrah to Mitch Clark to BBB. Apologies if I missed a few. Yes BBB played and was a key part of our 2021 glory. The search over 50 years for a gun forward. Some came on big dollars and big reputation. Some have excelled then were cut short by injury or discipline. Many were great for only a few years. Neita was the standout over a longer period once he settled at full forward. Others were so exciting but couldn’t sustain it. And so we look to JVR, Petty and Jefferson and hope for a true long term forward.

Good call Layzie. He’s the only player that I would even consider promoting from yesterdays game. Love to see him on the emergencies list soon. He’s hard at the footy. Loves the tackles. Loves a goal. Still raw in some ways but is developing strongly. He played wing/Hbf/HFF as a junior but is a small forward under our structure. Definitely a keeper and one to watch.

6 Gawn 5 Petty 4 Viney 3 Trac 2 JVR 1 Melksham apologies to Langdon, Riv and ANB.

Brayshaw?? Not in my top 10 today. Serviceable at best.

3rd petty 👋👋👋 Gawn 👋👋👋 viney 👋👋👋 Trac almost Melksham 👋👋👋 Gus. Salem. Kosssy. All MIA. 🤬Harmes oh no. 🤮Hunter to Casey.

Hunter. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

45 metres out on the run. Players free and … miskick to tigers player. Ffs !!!

2nd qtr ✅petty. JVR. Trac ✅Viney. Gawn. Trac. 🤮Harmes. Woey. Mcvee. Bowey. Hunter. Lots of missed tackles allowing tigers to keep movements 👍🏻clearances Dees 22-17 🤡turnovers 34-Dees 40

@dazzledavey36 looking like boys v men. Timid. Afraid. Nervous. Bowey likewise. Viney only one looking like he wants to contest the inside footy.

Harmes. Love ya but it’s time to go !!!

Message to Goodwin. Wake the faaarrrk up !!!!!

Playing on from marks. Tigers 22% from 27 marks Dees 8% from 21 marks. slow is slow is slow ball movement