spirit of norm smith

It’s a cruel sport sometimes. Thought he had potential. Two years killed off by injury.

Stick it on a wall. Hmmmm. $1000. Stuck on a wall. I love the Premiers $295 print !! Booked it and I’ve got the weg and mark knight posters for a combined $70 spend but I’m also importantly spending my $$$ on… I love the tshirts, the hoodie, the key ring, the cap, the stubby holder, the beach towel. They’re mobile. Anything that tells everyone else that I’m a Demon fanatic and we are Premiers 🏆.

Magnificent Spine chilling Gets me pumped up every time very emotional when Clarry raises the arm and signals after the goal, that’s when I dared to dream that we’d win and we did 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆

Great news !!! Petty really showed us what we saw glimpses of before his injury. Gotta love our future with such young guns who can keep improving.

Love all the merchandise so far. Anything with Premiers 2021 🏆 Its amazing still. Premiers. Wow - anything that says we won it!!! I’m still pinching myself What a year! What a game !!!

I thought GWS or Sydney would be the most likely to steal Andrew in the first round. Both need young development rucks.

Yes definitely will appeal given his size and pace. Knevitt would probably appeal to the Cats at pick 22 if he lasted that long. It might be another chance for the Dees to get Chris Scott angry 🤣🤣🤣

Yes happy 4 week anniversary Go Dees Premiers 2021 🏆

Yes I suggested earlier in the thread that perhaps Dees v cats in RD1 2022 would be good at the G. Really smash those cats bastards and inflict more pain on arrogant Chris the tool Scott.

Herald Sun Weg laminated poster just arrived. 👍🏻

Whilst not exactly a “Smokey”, I’d like nominate Connor Macdonald as a player to note. Played excellent schoolboy footy for Haileybury in the APS competition and in limited games also showed plenty for Dandenong Stingrays. He’s the sort of midfielder that is really good at run and carry but also can win his own footy. His versatility to play across midfield, half back or half forward presents as a good draft option. Probably our 2nd round pick could see him shoot up into contention to become a Demon.

Agreed. Unlikely options (unlikely to be available) are Andrew, Sinn, Sonsie or Goater. Likely available options possibly are JVR, Chesser, Roberts or Wilmot.

Yes home games of course to unfurl the flag. Big 90000 back at the G 🏆

Interesting write ups. Josh Sinn is the standout here, and Wilmot is probably ranked 19-24 range. The main player here that I think Dees could be looking at is Lewis Rayson with our pick “37”. One of 5-6 certainly for this range. His speed and excellent kicking bring him into calculations. He’s all class with the footy. Doesn’t waste it. Impressed in the SA v WA game.

#17 Andrew. #37 Williams # 49 Willis # match Woey jnr. Cat B Moniz-Wakefield. Andrew lasting to 17 is ultra optimistic. Dees would have to grab him if he gets there imv. 🤔 Williams lasting to end of 2nd round is a prayer. Freo would be crazy to let him slip. 🧐 Jane’s Willis showed plenty as inside/outside mid and across forward, and and would be a very good pickup in 3rd round.👍🏻 Woey 👍🏻 Moniz-Wakefield as a cat B 🤞👍🏻

That was the moment. My confidence soared. We’d kicked 7 in a row to obliterate the Dogs. Clarry knew it. He showed we are number 1. Great year young man. Clarry… you’re a champion. !!!

Love v. Bombers. 90,000 crowd. Ticketed. $$$$s. Friday night. Bang bang bang bang !!!!!

I’m loving the club right now but this feels wrong. Most clubs that lose the GF rebound the next year to defeat their conquerors. It’s basic human motivation. Dees should look to get round 1 versus a club like Crows. Gets us away to a positive start.

Brayshaw. Petracca. Sparrow. Oliver. Bang bang bang bang. James Brayshaw called it !!!!

Yes it’s a Russian Roulette situation. I wouldn’t be so sure that Lions would pass him by. They have pick “18” after us and would likely try to pick Mac if he was available. Just my view.

It will be interesting to see if Mac is available at the Dees pick. I think it’s highly unlikely. If he was available, I’d think we would grab him. It’s a shame the NGA rules changed and we are the club to be impacted. But hey who cares, we are Premiers! 🏆 ( screw them 🤣)

Tough one this year once again. I think a lot of random amateurs like me only have limited capacity and capabilities. I’ve watched some of the local SANFL and WAFL where possible and the SA-WA Under19s matches. Combine results also skewed to SA-WA. Hard to gauge our local Vic metro youngsters given lockdown over past 2 years and restrictions. Perhaps only go with the Cal Twomey ratings and blend with the SA-WA youngsters. Interesting that JT got over to WA with the Dees and was able to see many of the WA youngsters live. Obviously gives them an advantage yet JT ⭐️ picked 3 Vic metro boys last year so hard to call.

Given we’ve waited so long for a premiership, I’m spending up big time. You cannot assume it will happen again so need to enjoy the moment and of course indulge in the merchandise as much as possible. My wardrobe and study will become a shrine to the 2021 premiership. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Blake Howes is the obvious player in this group. I saw vision of playing for Sandringham under 18s. Not unlike Archie Perkins. Athletic type 190cm. Perhaps taller half forward role. He’s not in the frame for our first round “17” and likely would be gone by our 2nd round “37” pick. One youngster who JT may have on the “37” radar is Charlie Molan (I don’t know if he’s any relation to Luke Molan from our 2001 draft class). He looks a likely type. Wing /half forward. Strong at the footy and has the endurance base to play “up and back” running outside mid role. From Ballarat. Best and fairest winner for Rebels in under 18 this year. Rather strangely he was named back pocket for TAC 2021 Under18 team of the year.