spirit of norm smith

Prior feasibility studies …

Agree. At least say 3pm as the earliest start.

I think Charlie Spargo should make sure he takes a full recovery this time.

Wish we had a forward like Larkey. Competitive. Goalkicker. Strong mark. Limited opportunities in the Kangas team but would be a star in a top team.

Connor Macdonald is exactly the type of youngster MFC needs. Running midfielder. Good goalkicker. Still developing but has the making of a quality mid. 20 possessions to half time is a good day out. That 2021 draft was a super draft. Excellent top 40 !!!

Paul Johnson. Phillip Read. Adam Tomlinson. Bill Nettelfold. Wayne Gordon. Craig Nettelbeck. Shannon Byrnes. Paul Bryce. Paul Rouvray. Jamie Duursma.

It’s a No from me

He was forgettable!!!

Warning. I’m don’t hate all the other clubs. “Unease” with Giants and Suns as AFL Sponsored and gifted clubs. Hatred index rising on: Essendon (hate to really hate) Carlton (from absurdly high to volcano high) Collingwood (from absurdly high to volcano high) Geelong (from extremely high to absurdly high)

Jeff White 236 games -MFC B&F winner Brett Lovett 235 games - All Australian Brian Wilson 154 games - Brownlow Medallist Laurie Fowler 140 games - 3x MFC B&F winner Gary Baker 127 games -MFC B&F winner Brent Moloney 122 games- MFC B&F winner Anthony Ingerson 121 games Michael Hibberd 113 games- All Australian 🏆 * Jake Lever 110 games 🏆 * Jake Melksham 107 games Bernie Vince 100 games - MFC B&F winner below 100 Games, notable players include * Stephen May 98 games 🏆 *Ed Langdon 94 games 🏆 Carl Ditterich ( Captain/coach, MFC B&F winner) Stephen Icke - MFC B&F winner * Ben Brown 🏆 Ricky Jackson, Clint Bizzell, Dom Tyson, Marcus Seecamp, Peter Rohde, Henry Coles, Graham Gaunt, Shane Zantuck, Alan Jarrott, Darren Bennett, Stephen Powell, Cam Pedersen, Jeffrey Garlett, Sam Frost, Daniel Cross, Chris Heffernan. Of course there’s been some big names like Peter Moore (MFC Brownlow Medallist) , Kelvin Templeton, Jordan Lewis, Byron Pickett and Brent Crosswell. Who could forget Mark “Jacko” Jackson. Others that were less memorable Mitch Clark, Chris Dawes, Les Parish, Craig Turley. They all played in the mighty red and blue.

TOP 30 still early days prior to the under 18 National championships 1. Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh 2. Levi Ashcroft - Sandringham (Bris FS) 3. Josh Smillie - Eastern 4. Jagga Smith - Oakleigh 5. Luke Trainor - Sandringham 6. Sid Draper - SA Sth Adel 7. Tyler Welsh - SA Eagles (Adel FS) 8. Christian Moraes - Eastern 9. Harry O'Farrell - Calder 10. Jonty Faull - GWV 11. Tom Gross - Oakleigh 10. Leonardo Lombard - GCS Academy 11. Ben Camporeale - Glenelg (Carl FS) 12. Zak Johnson - Northern 13. Jobe Shanahan - Bendigo 14. Taj Hotton - Sandringham 15. Sam Lalor - GWV 16. Kade Herbert - SA Eagles 17. Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland 18. Murphy Reid - Sandringham 19. Lucas Camporeale - Glenelg (Carl FS) 20. Noah Mraz - Dandenong 21. Harvey Langford - Dandenon 22. Jack Whitlock - Murray 23. Benny Barrett - SA Sth Adel (Port Academy) 24. Isaac Kako - Calder (Ess NGA) 25. Sam Marshall - Sandringham (Bris Academy) 26.Josh Murphy - Murray 27. Nathaniel Sulzberger - Sandringham/Tas 28. Tobie Travaglia - Bendigo 29. Phoenix Hargrave - SA Sth Adelaide 30. Bo Allan - WA Peel

Jed Adams (9 disposals, four marks) 🤨 "Jed had a mixed day where he had some good defensive moments and some he [wouldn't] like to have again. He is working hard to be as consistent as possible with his performance, especially around his defensive positioning." Kynan Brown (3 goals, 16 disposals, eight tackles) 👏👏 "Kynan is developing the foundations of his game along with his role understanding at present. He played between the midfield and up forward on the weekend, demonstrating his work rate, speed, and explosiveness around stoppage. Up forward, he applied great pressure and got rewarded with three nice finishes on goal off the back of this." Tom Fullarton (2 goals, 21 disposals, seven hit outs, five marks)👏👏👏 "This was arguably Tom's best game for the club so far. He varied his time between key forward and ruck, collecting 21 possessions, 13 of these contested, and four clearances. Tom probably left a few opportunities out there on the weekend, finishing with two goals and four behinds." Lachie Hunter (23 disposals, three marks, three clearances)👏👏 "Following a few months out of the game, it was a great return for Lachie. He was at his creative best around scrimmage, with his hands in tight and stoppage craft solid. Lachie played between the midfield and, at times, up forward; he built as the game went on and had an impactful last quarter." Matthew Jefferson (4 disposals, two clearances)🤨🤨 "It probably wasn't MJ's strongest performance on the weekend, although as a key forward, you are dictated to by the ball movement up the field. On a small ground, he found it hard to get separation, but in saying this, he brought others into the game by bringing the ball to the ground. Ultimately, we'd love to see him work his opponent over more and bring his strength of launching at the ball to every contest." Bailey Laurie (24 disposals, 20 tackles, 11 clearances)👍🏻👍🏻 "It was a great performance from Bailey on the weekend. Playing predominantly as a midfielder, he was super clean and strong around stoppage and scrimmages, winning a lot of his own ball whilst amassing an unbelievable 20 tackles." Andy Moniz-Wakefield (18 disposals, seven marks, seven tackles)👍🏻👍🏻 "For the last few weeks, Andy has been playing a new role in defence. It wasn't his best game defensively on the weekend, but as we know, learning a new role can take some time to adjust. Offensively, Andy is quite damaging and threatening, and we love to see the ball in his hand." Josh Schache (3 goals, 15 disposals, seven marks) 👍🏻 "Josh was arguably, along with Bailey, our best performer on the day. He was solid in the air and helped us move the ball on what was a skinny ground via some critical moments and some big contests. He finished with seven marks on the day and was critical in creating opportunities for us to score whilst executing in front of the goal and finishing with three goals himself." Oliver Sestan (3 goals, 21 disposals, three tackles, five clearances)👏👏 "Oli's performance on the weekend was one of his best that we've seen at VFL level. His ability to win his own ball in contested situations and be calm when using the ball by hand or foot was a highlight. Oli finished with 21 possessions, five clearances and three goals and was moved through the midfield in the second half, which is great for his development." Adam Tomlinson (16 disposals, five marks)👍🏻👍🏻 "Tommo is a brilliant influence on our young defenders. He's able to instruct others and set the ground up quickly. His ability to read the state of the game in the last quarter allowed him to be in good positions to win the ball back for us. This and his leadership went a long way toward our ability to execute and win the game from 14 points down at three-quarter time." Daniel Turner (One goal, 15 disposals, nine marks, three tackles)👍🏻👍🏻 "It was great to have Daniel back out there on the weekend. Returning from a longer stint on the sidelines we were to ensure to manage his minutes, yet this didn't affect his output. With nine marks and seven possession gains, Disco slipped straight back into the form we saw throughout the early stages of preseason. We moved him forward in the third quarter to good effect, having four score involvements and kicking one goal himself." Will Verrall (21 disposals, four marks, four tackles, 32 hitouts, six clearances)👏👏👏 "Will's last month of football has been pleasingly consistent. His ability as a young ruck to give our midfielders first use but then follow up and impact in the next phase of play was significant. From his 21 disposals, Will had nine score involvements and six clearances. He showed his developing aerial game by getting behind the ball and taking several intercept marks." Kyah Farris-White (1 behind, one disposal, one mark)🥶🥶🥶 "Off the back of a great preseason period, Kyah has been able to play bigger minutes in the VFL so far this season. As a young ruck and tall forward, seeing him have impactful moments in games has been great. Kyah's impact on the weekend was limited although he was able to run good patterns and have a shot on goal as a forward. We look forward to seeing him spend more time in the ruck in future games to develop his ruck craft further." Some VFL Players to watch: Paddy Cross (19 disposals, eight marks, two tackles)👍🏻👍🏻 "Paddy started as a forward but moved to a wing as the game went on. On a ground not suited for wingers, he played a hard-running, contested style of game. Finishing with 19 disposals and eight marks. Off a season last year riddled with injury, it's great to see him back out there having a big impact on games for us." Tom Freeman (7 disposals, two marks, three tackles)👍🏻 "Tom was huge for us in the second half. Billy Gowers, an experienced forward for Port Melbourne, had kicked five goals to halftime. Tom slid across to Gowers in the second half, really taking him out of the match. This went a long way in us getting the result, so full credit to Tom for getting the job done."

Wowwwweeeee. Crows played for frees. Fogarty. Walker. Then should have got the holding the ball on Draper. Sure they were robbed but 🤣🤣🤣who cares !!!!

It’s a no from me … sorry. just love the 2021 version and this one doesn’t compare

AFL website Western Bulldogs: Naughton, Treloar, Dale, Weightman, Macrae, Johannisen No Bont??? I think umps give him 3 Brownlow votes

No Libba. No JUH. DOGS DESTROY SAINTS !!! unbelievable

Dees NEED to win BIG Tigers are undermanned and vulnerable. We have copped plenty of thrashings from the Tigers. We need to give some payback and win by 8-9 goals plus.

Ollie Florent is in negotiations on a long-term extension at the Swans as the club continues on its quest to re-sign its batch of key players.

Trade in players who went on to be Bluey Truscott winners Jeff White 2004 Laurie Fowler 1975 1979 1980 Gary Baker 1978 Brent Moloney 2011 Bernie Vince 2015 Stephen Icke 1982

Yes let’s add Cam Pedersen and Jeffrey Garlett as other notables. Both were very handy recruits through the transition years. 👏👏

JVR. WE LOVE YA. BUT PLEASE JUST TAKE A MARK. DROPPING TOO MANY RIGHT NOW.

In a rare decision, Charlie Cameron’s clean record over more than 200 games paid dividends after the Brisbane livewire escaped with a fine at the tribunal for his sling tackle on Jake Lever. Another bizarre decision !!!! Brisbane sought to have the impact grading lessened from medium to low, which would let Cameron escape with a fine, despite his guilty plea. Tribunal counsel Sally Flynn said it was the potential to cause injury that warranted the medium grading, labelling the tackle "inherently dangerous". Lever's "vulnerable" position, the angle and rotation of the tackle and the extent of the force were relied on to argue for medium impact. Tribunal dismissed his argument that the impact of the incident should have been graded as "low’' rather than "medium''. BUT chairman Jeff Gleeson - found exceptional and compelling circumstances to use its discretion to turn the ban into a fine, citing Cameron's clean record. Gleeson said the incident was careless but at the lower end of seriousness, and noted Cameron had to complete the tackle in a rotating manner to avoid Lever - who is 20kg heavier than him - crushing him due to momentum. Character references from Adelaide and Carlton champion Eddie Betts and an Indigenous elder also helped sway the Tribunal, but they were most taken by his previous disciplinary record. The Tribunal also noted that Lever was uninjured in the incident. "His 207 games suspension-free puts him in a very small minority … only 668 players of the 13,125 who have played the game at the elite level have played 200 games," Gleeson said. "Almost half of those have been suspended for one match or more. Mr Cameron is clearly in the unusual category in this regard.

Jeff White 236 games Brett Lovett 235 games Brian Wilson 154 games Laurie Fowler 140 games Gary Baker 127 games Brent Moloney 122 games Anthony Ingerson 121 games Michael Hibberd 113 games * Jake Lever 110 games * Jake Melksham 107 games below 100 Games, notable players include * Stephen May 98 games *Ed Langdon 94 games Carl Ditterich, Ricky Jackson, Clint Bizzell, Dom Tyson, Marcus Seecamp, Shane Zantuck, Bernie Vince, Alan Jarrott, Darren Bennett, Stephen Powell, Daniel Cross, Stephen Icke and of course Brent Crosswell and Mark Jackson.

When was our last Irish recruit. Last one I remember was Tohill in about 1990. I would think every other club has had at least one success or several (Cats) since

1. Petty has shown he is an A grade key defender. No doubt. Alongside May and Lever, he was a key part of our 2021 Premiership winning tall defence. 2. Petty played his junior footy as a key defender. That is his place. Where he can use his judgement, height and strength. 3. May won’t play forever. He has 2-3 years left at best. Petty is only 24, with 10 years of footy ahead. I’d like to see him re-establish as a key defender. 4. The forward swap should be seen as a make shift option. I know Petty can mark but he is not a natural forward. His kicking is ok but sometimes lacks the real confidence of a key forward. I think he’s being “tried” due to deficiencies of alternatives like Schache. 5. We can’t judge Petty based on Thursday night. Heavens. I’d trade out 12 players if Thursday night was as the normal standard they were capable of. Petty will be better than that match.