spirit of norm smith

I am very closely aligned with Cal’s ranking. Although one clear exception for me is he ranked Beau Addinsall (Suns academy) at 26!!! He’d walk into our best 22 as a mid in early stages of 2026. Smart. Skilled. Pacy. I still think he’s ranked 9 or 10 in this draft group. Clubs need to force these academy picks to be heavily paid up and bid in them early !! Also strange that the Swans other two academy guns Carmichael and Chamberlain aren’t included. Swans will clean up big time in this draft. There are plenty of quality young players outside Cal’s top 30… so they might be on JTs list if we keep our early second round pick… SA : Matthew LeRay, Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier, Jett Dahlitz VIC country: Riley Onley. Murray. VIC metro: Rory Wright. Sandringham. WA: Fred Rodriguez Any of these 6 would be handy additions to the red and blue.

Agree. End of 2nd round seems about right. Admittedly that’s about pick 52-53 given the 16-17 academy and father son potential picks likely in round 1 and 2.

Just ranking. The phantom draft is really difficult given you need the inside knowledge and inside conversations. Cal Twomey is the best one for that. Of course all the draft picks don’t get sorted until after trade period, and as we know, sometimes not even until draft night itself. I hope the Dees look at running types with good skills. We appear to be well covered for inside mids. I’m aiming at players that can hit a target inside 50 with smart decisions.

CLUB champion Max Gawn has led the Demons at the Charles Brownlow Medal count, amassing 23 votes for a ninth-placed overall finish. It’s his highest tally on the AFL’s night of nights, eclipsing his previous best 20 votes which came in 2018. Christian Petracca came in as the second-placed Demon in his comeback season. The placings reflected the club’s best and fairest count earlier this month, with Kysaiah Pickett also rounding out the podium. Jack Viney polled eight votes to be the fourth-placed Demon. Jake Bowey earned his best-on-field three votes and first Brownlow votes for his 32-disposal Anzac Day Eve performance against Richmond. Christian Salem and Jake Melksham were the other two Demons to poll with three and two votes respectively. Full Demon Tally Max Gawn – 23 Votes Christian Petracca – 16 Votes Kysaiah Pickett – 10 Votes Jack Viney – 8 Votes Jake Bowey – 3 Votes Christian Salem – 3 Votes Jake Melksham – 2 Votes

Petracca. Runner up in MFC B&F. 16 votes in the Brownlow. So to those that say he had a poor or just average year, “you better go to spec savers!”. He recovered from the massive injury and proved himself again as an excellent player. It was a nearly year too, where you could see him on the verge of a return to 2021. You could see signs in games. I’m looking forward to him having a big impact in red and blue in 2026.

Max Gawn v Dogs in round 22 Dees lost by 6 points and nearly got home 23 disposals. 42 hitouts. 5 marks. 1 goal. 125 SuperCoach points. Clearly he was close to carrying the Dees over the line. 3,2,1 votes all to Bulldogs players Any comments .. Hamish you tool

Agree. Bec was glassy eyed, especially her interview with her love interest Patrick Dangerfield. I thought it was a Geelong B&F night with Smith and Danger as the features. Agree. Hamish. Look at me. Look at me. Shut up and move on. Plenty of games… plenty … where the votes were strange and the NAS 2 votes was just one of many!! His interviews were cringe worthy. 3/10 score We miss Bruce Mc every day !!

Matt Rowell Interchange player … 4th on the bench in ALL AUSTRALIAN team 🤣🤣🤣🤣

3 votes. J.Viney v Saints. 16 tackles. Dominated. Deserved the three. 👏👏👏👏

Brownlow night So 4th place … Harvey Langford. ⭐️ And the camera shows Dan Curtin FFS

HARVEY LANGFORD ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ He’s our rising star !!! 4th place but I’d take him ahead of Murphy Reid any day !!

XL20 Xavier Lindsay. Jumper number 20

Rising Star 4th Place. Harvey Langford. Farrrrkn channel 7 shows CURTIN

M.Rowell. 3 votes v Dogs. 20 disposals. 2 tackles . 56 fantasy points 300 metres gained !! Was okay but … AGAIN hardly BOG BEST Gold Coast: Rioli, Anderson, Miller, Rowell, Noble, Jeffrey, Humphrey Western Bulldogs: Richards, Liberatore, O’Donnell, Bontempelli, Williams, Kennedy

The strange thing is that JAMIE ELLIOTT actually took Mark of the Year v the Lions. His mark was far away better than the Darcy mark. Still it was ineligible given it’s in finals. !!

Agree. Seen about 20 of those this year.

Round 4 3 votes. M.Rowell 17 disposals. 8 clangers. BEST Gold Coast: Rioli, Miller, Uwland, Ainsworth, Flanders, Rowell Adelaide: Thilthorpe, Rankine, Peatling, Dawson, Hinge, Soligo

Dees in attendance are Kozzzy Trac Maxy XL20 The Bison

Michael Christian trying to give Matt Rowell a suspension. One week for being TOO BLOODY GOOD !!

Who’s on Dees table ? Goodwin or Chaplin ?? Gawn. ✅ Petracca ?? Kozzzy???

J Viney 3 votes and they show Finn Callaghan. Is Viney there ??? Probably not

Get off Hamish. It’s not about you!! It’s always you always. !! He’s ego is uncontrolled!!!

Max Gawn. Should win. He was the best player in my view. But those umpires are blind so he’s unlucky again. It’s Nick uncontested Daicos as favourite!! 🤬 Surely the Crows 18 wins mean that Jordan Dawson is a definite chance. It could be Anderson or Rowell. Both are champions but could steal votes off each other. McCluggage had a sensational year. He would be a deserving winner. Bazball might get plenty of votes … his flowing hair will attract ! I hope he doesn’t win. He’s a [censored] !! Could Caleb Serong be So-Right!! 🤣🤣 But it might be the upset … Tom Green. He is a star ⭐️

Updated - now with the Coates League finished and WA colts final done … Pending the Draft combine testing Rankings 2025 draft 1st round (likely up to 30 selections) Willem Duursma VIC Midfielder Cooper Duff-Tytler Vic Ruck Zeke Uwland(** academy GCS) Def Suns Dyson Sharp. SA Midfielder 5.Daniel Annable(** academy Bris) Midfield 6.Dylan Patterson(** academy GCS) midfielder 7.Josh Lindsay VIC halfback/quarterback Harry Dean (**Carlton f/son) def Beau Addinsall(** academy GCS) midfield Sam Cumming SA midfield/Hff Sam Grlj VIC halfback/midfield Oliver Greeves VIC midfield Jacob Farrow WA def/halfback/quarterback Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves VIC midfield/HF Mitch Marsh SA med/tall fwd Xavier Taylor VIC Key defender Max King (**academy Swans) Fwd Sullivan Robey 🚀VIC. Mid/fwd Louis Emmett VIC ruck/fwd Lachlan Dovaston. VIC sml fwd Archie Ludowyke VIC ruck/fwd Aiden Schubert SA. Fwd/ruck Zac McCarthy VIC (**Collingwood NGA)key fwd Riley Onley VIC. tall mid Lachlan Carmichael(**acdemy Sydney) halfback/quarterback Rory Wright. VIC Gun HBF/mid👍🏻 Fred Rodriguez WA midfield Adam Sweid VIC (**Ess NGA) small mid Noah Chamberlain(**academy Sydney) Cody Curtin Key fwd/ruck 2nd round 31-52 Jevan Phillipou SA. Mid/hff Harley Barker. SA. Mid/wing Matthew LeRay. SA. Mid/wing Sam Swadling WA Mid Oskar Taylor VIC running left foot half back Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier👍🏻 mid. Think Luke Parker. Jett Dahlitz SA 👍🏻def/halfback/quarterback Koby Coulson (* Suns academy) Ryder Corrigan (*academy Giants) inside tough mid Harry Kyle. (*Swans academy ) halfback/quarterback Jack Dalton. Sml mid. Accumulation Thomas McGuane(*Coll FS) ruck river type mid Felix Kneipp 👍🏻skilled half back Tairon Ah-Mu Big key fwd Jesse Mellor (*GEELONG NGA) hf/goalkicker Harrison Bridge (*Lions academy)elite Hbf Noah Roberts-Thompson SA 👍🏻mid/hff Liam Hetherton (*academy Giants) Cameron Nairn SA tall fwd Thomas Burton VIC sml def/mid Kye Fincher (*Saints NGA) utility/ half back Kalani White(*Melb FS/ )💙❤️ 3rd round Tom Blamires (Frankston VFL) Jai Murray (*academy GCS) mid Louis Kellaway(*Rich FS) Hussein El Achkar (*ESS NGA) Avery Thomas Hunter Wright👍🏻 Jack Ison (*Carlton NGA) Xavier Bamert👍🏻 Toby Whan (*Freo NGA) Sam Ainsworth Tyan Prindable (* Lions academy) Talor Byrne Late picks + and rookie hopefuls Latrelle Pickett🚀SA Glenelg Hff Blake Kelly Taj Murray. Sam Niklaus Zane Peucker Brodie Atkins Zac Harding Charlie Banfield (*Eagles father son) Kobe Evans (*Eagles NGA) Toby Simmema (*Dees NGA)💙❤️ Callum Smith Blake Thredgold Hugo Mikunda Aaron Sharkie Wes Walley(*WCE NGA) Tyah Williams WA Finnegan Davis Hunter Holmes Sam Allen Ben Rongdit (**Cats NGA) Andrew Barker Smokies Connor Ryan Tom Ryan Jobe Scapin Harry Tatterson Sam Lewis VFL Jackson Voss Taj Hayes Fergus McFadyen SANFL Angus Anderson That’s 95 players so like many years, a lot of good youngsters will miss out. I would argue it’s not a weak draft year. Some quality young players are even through the later group. Some will be drafted, some will go on to play VFL/SANFL/WAFL, some will go on to local leagues and others pursue different paths in their lives and sporting careers. It’s an exciting but anxious time for all. Will they get drafted? Where will they go ? Will it be a move interstate?

Agree. He took some great marks including two in congested packs. Quote a prospect. I think he’s slipped from top 20 but represents an excellent buy if he slips into the 30s or 40s. Guys this size take time but the upside is huge.