spirit of norm smith

Supporting your Footy club is an emotional thing. Where to begin? The disappointment. The despair. The embarrassment. We are the joke of the footy world. Texts from mates saying “Dees would have to kick themselves in the bum for losing, but they’d probably miss that too”. Our short lived positivity was simply destroyed. Questions - yes a few from me, my wife and my 4 kids Do we honestly think they practice goalkicking and real goalkicking simulation? 7 goals 21 behinds. 2 out of bounds. 2 not making the distance. At least 6 or 7 shots were easy and within 30 metres. 1.12 after half time (Petty goal from 9 metre out) 8 behinds in the last qtr. Unforgivable on any level. Sunny. No breeze to mention. Dry. Question @binman is it still just technique or a mental frailty in kicking for goal? I think now it’s both. @george_on_the_outer can we ban players taking shots for goal around the corner kicks on their wrong foot from 20 metres out directly in front. It’s so so bad. Koz, Melksham, Petty, Trac. Some easy shots ended as bad misses in the last few weeks. Inside 50s Dees 57. Goals 7. Yes 12%. Probably one of the teams worst ever conversions. We regressed back to high up and under dump kicks. Bad habits as Ed Sheeran would say ! The transition footy. Dees went side and slow and attacked from wide. It simply allowed a congested forward 50. We allowed Saints to run the corridor. @binman with the game in the balance, we played back and zoned , with little pressure in the last quarter. your stats… Saints had an anmaxing uncontested possessions 250. The coaching. The summary is that Lyon totally smashed Goodwin today. Saints had a strong tag on Kozzy and Clarry. Windhager was almost BOG & Zac Jones negated Clarry. Lyon commented how he told his team at halftime to take away Mays intercepting. In the meantime, Wilkie took 11 intercepts as we kicked it to him. Also Wanganeen-Milera and Sinclair were allowed to roam free. They never had a body side by side. In his presser Goody said he put time into them. Time? There was no pressure on them. Sparrow looked to at one stage be on WanganeenMilera who just ran off him with disdain and ease. @george your view on the absence of a plan to negate the Saints runners!!!

Perfect. Imagine it. Can they play the Benny Hill music over the top. And insert Kozzzzy kicking a left foot snap from 18 metres out and not making the distance.

@binman this is all I’ve got at the moment. So disappointing today.

@Demonland Goody What did you do to try to stop Wanganeen milera ? He ran free all day (except when off for 15. Minutes of 2nd qtr) No player went to him. No one. What did you do to try to stop Sinclair in 1st half ? 20 possessions No player went to him. No one. Goalkicking. 7.21. 7.21. 7.21. Dry. Sunny. Little if any wind. Saints 14.7. Are you practicing at all? Players look nervous. Players have no routine. Setup is all wrong. Finally. Don’t kick it to Wilkie. One of the best 1-1 defenders. Yet we kicked it to him and he won marking contests then stayed free in defence unmanned. what were the instructions? Are the players not listening or are you not giving instructions?

See it’s easy this week… only 7 contributors only.

May - very good defence 👍🏻 Gawn - battled hard and was one of our best great contest v Marshall 👍🏻 Turner - yes played well as a 3rd tall defender 👍🏻 McVee - good rebound and run 20 disposals 👍🏻 Bowey - well held in 1st half Good in 2nd half to be ok 👍🏻 Petracca - played in bursts but nothing like last week was okay 👍🏻 Chandler. - contests and runs hard all day 👍🏻 Ummmm the rest … Fritsch - seemingly played half forward connector and stayed wide and kicked wide too ineffective overall Salem - likes the boring 15 metre pass defensively caught out too often and looked slow Oliver - Zac jones tagged him and did a good job Clarry battled on Lindsay - uncharacteristically is missing goals He nailed them in under 18s Had ok game and excuse as he’s just 1st year Johnson - big bustling bumbling performance love his heart but limited again Pickett - simply poor today Windhager tag was too good and frustrated kozzzy (Why didn’t Goodwin put him forward to one in one in square??) Melksham - seemed injured and bravely went on yet nothing today Rivers - he tried and tried and tried but it didn’t happen today Langford - yes agree he might need a spell as he battles but is looking very tired Petty - good contest and tackle to goal was good but … The rest need to go to house of mirrors Windsor - poor under pressure, turnovers and missed tackles (please please please put him back to the wing, end his defense role now) Langdon - wow that was a shocker. Had to ask if he was playing. Ed will bounce back Sharp - so inconsistent- works hard then lets himself down - disappointing!! Sparrow - where is he at? Defensive forward?? Slow and lacks skill had 3 goal chances for zero goals not good enough Lever -very disappointing , yes he was a liability in defense & imv physically is not right Laurie - some might excuse as only had a quarter but looked slow again and I’m still saying he’s not up to it. Maybe give him a few games so we can finally see that he’s not going to make it. Fair enough. He is a good VFL player.

Easy this week. Easy. I had only 7 players who I think can actually collect a pay cheque this week. 6 Gawn 5 May 4 McVee 3 Bowey 2 Turner 1 Petracca Apologies to Chandler The rest were simply just passengers Brownlow votes 1- Wilkie 2- Wanganeeeeeen milera 3- Demons shocking goalkicking

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Laurie is not this standard. At all !!!

@Demonland @binman Why aren’t they sitting on wanganeen milers???? Why is he running free?? He’s destroying us - 8 kicks in 11 minutes

7.15 7.15 Two misses from straight in front of Goalkicking is horrible Horrible Horrible @Demonland

Dwayne. “Turner always a forward until Goody turned him into a defender” !!! Wow. How wrong is that !!! He’s soooo bad

3/4 time Gawn. May. Turner. Fritsch. Then 18 passengers. That includes Trac (1 tackle) who disappeared that qtr Goodwin. Who’s on W-milera!!!

Sparrow 30 metre out and What the [censored] Chip 12 metre to no one. No one [censored]. [censored]. FYCK

Wanganeen milera Butler Dees defence is horrible

WINDSOR TACKLE 👏👏👏

Is Langdon playing? Honestly asking. Seems nowhere

GOODY MUST HAVE SINCLAIR IN HIS SUPERCOACH TEAM AS CAPTAIN… zero pressure or tag as he runs freely everywhere. 20 possessions to half time. Stop him and we are back in it. Work to go @george_on_the_outer

Healy and Dwayyyne Russell are Dees haters!! Healy especially. Calling Saints frees ,Question Dees frees ,Riv hit in head, … play on ! Healy hates Dees ever since we beat him and the $$$Swans in 1987 finals !!

2nd Undisciplined kozzzzy Dees goal Trac 👍🏻 Saints goal Clark. Dees missed tackles 🤮 Petty excellent tackle AJ. GONE. SUSPENDED Chandler goal 👍🏻 Max miss 20 metre out TERRIBLE TECHNUQUE … saints easy transfer to rebound goal 🤮 Saints rebound Windsor get back get back get back ffs Butler runs and marks and goal 🤮 Trac goal 👍🏻 Dees got the post AJ goal 👍🏻 Dees 45 Saints 58 4.7 that quarter @binman stats are telling dees tackles in forward 50 … 2 Saints 134 uncontested possessions as they slice through our zone (no man on man footy)

@binman Red alert. Windsor. 4 missed tackles. Not strong enough and letting opponents go Zero effective tackles.

Dees after a few wins !!

1st Fritsch good. Goal 👍🏻 Kozzzzy 15 metre out in front. Mark. Left foot snap. wtf.💔 Didn’t make the distance. 🤮saints rebound goal Saints goal keeler🤮 Saints goal butler free kick 🤮 Saints goal. Clarry miss tackle … keeler goal 🤮 Saints lower eyes Dees kick to pockets Saints run run Travaglia 🤮 Saints quick run and goal to hall🤮 Trac miss 12 metrs out 💔 Melksham goal 👍🏻 Dees 13-Saints 38 Summary stats Smashed in clearance 6-9 Smashed in Contest 27-37 Keeler destroying May !! Fritsch good … everyone else is just watching as spectators