spirit of norm smith

Cats struggling. Umps keeping them in the game. Port looking dangerous.

Bring it on. We are not hiding in the shadows anymore. #GiveEmHell

Carltank are pathetic. Teague was never going to win over this blood thirsty club. Yes, Ross Lyon is probably the hot favourite.

Agreed. It was a wishful plan by the AFL that was always in peril. Dees will have to take 26-30 players to Perth for remaining games. VFL season is virtually over.

Agree. Love choco!!

Love this game. Actually love this last quarter. Actually Actually actually actually love the last 45 seconds. Moments to remember. Maxy seals the minor premiership. First time since 1964. Love it. Let’s keep the thread alive.

Grand Final day. Jonesy as medi-sub. Dees up by 6 goals. Five minutes left. Harmesy gets a bad knock on the kneecap and sent to the bench but can’t run. Jonesy bursts from the bench and into the ground. The crowd erupts. Demonland faithful shed buckets of tears throughout the nation.

Wow. Harry $$$. Weitering $$$. Jack Martin on big $$. Zac Williams $$$ Adem Saad $$$ Cripps $$$$$ Walsh $$$$$. Surely if they pay Cerra $700k a season they must be then getting tight for salary cap. I think Cerra and future 3rd rounder goes to Blues in exchange for pick 6 and Petrevski-Seton.

?? If port wins, they will DEMAND a home preliminary final

Quick discussion. How do we stop Daniel Rich effectiveness on the contest. I assume we will have Neal-Bullen be accountable and use his elite running to get up and back. Lions may try to use Ah Chee on Neal-Bullen to negate his aerobic ability and they will try to keep Rich free of an opponent. Interested in how this game of footy-chess plays out!!

Selwood has played 332 games and ducked for 14 years. I think Charlie is a mere apprentice at this stage and hardly as effective as getting the umps love.

Derwayne Rissssoles (aka Dwayne Russell). He’s a good commentator up until the time he opens his mouth !!!!

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Love the excitement of the last quarter. Love it. It was the momentum building. We were being embarrassed. The umps were against us. The cats at home. Even the commentators were singing their man-love for Hawkins, Selwood, Rohan, Cameron, Dangerfield. But we turned it around. Incredible. Amazing. Unbelievable. Perhaps our greatest victory since the 2000 preliminary final imv.

Clarry is truly one of our greatest. His contested ball winning is the best I have ever seen. Best midfielder since Robbie Flower. He’s now a genuine A grader. No doubt. If he can fix up his disposal and keep kicking goals like last night, he will become elite. Sensational 2021 and deserves all the awards going around. Love to see him win the Brownlow.

Let’s talk about this game and this ending forever. Shame no one can say “I was there”. Apart from players , officials and security staff.

FN AMAZING WIN !!!

It’s a disgrace. Dogs were very hard done by

Watched the full game of Lions v Eagles yesterday. Must have known that it’d be Dees v Lions. Lions have scoring power in Daniher (45 goals) Cameron (47) McCarthy (34) Mcstay (28) and Bailey (28). Cockatoo and Coleman looked dangerous yesterday. Highest scoring team v our best defence. Huge game v May Lever Smith Salem Smith Bowey Rivers. (likely to miss Hunt again) Tough contested midfield a lot like ours. Oliver Trac Viney Harmes Brayshaw Langdon. Zorko Neale Lyons Mccluggage Robinson Berry. No backwards steps from either team here. Monster midfield battle. One KEY ISSUE - red alert DANIEL RICH yesterday had 29 disposals 24 kicks 874 metes gained “Great”. He was so damaging. Need to somehow negate him through a Neal-Bullen or Melksham style accountable half forward. It could be the difference. Rich is their quarterback alongside Birchall. They get into their hand for kicks inside 50 or disposal in kick outs. Rich can break the zone with 60+ metre kicks. Gawn v Mcinerney Master v Apprentice It’s a big battle and Maxy showed how important he is. This could be where we win the game. Jackson v Fullerton . The young supporting rucks very similar athletes. Love to see LJ bring his 2nd effort footy back in the finals Our enigmatic forwards v a disciplined lions defence. Kozzzzzy is the wildcard here and our best shot at breaking them. He was the difference earlier in the year. Adams Ahchee Andrews Lester Birchall Starcevich. Brown Tmcd Fritsch Spargo Kozzy. It’s well matched. It’s going to be a huge test ahead. Each week we get closer. Bring it on. #DeesBelief2021

Agree. Umps favoured cats all night. Disgraceful. Dees beat 21 again !!!

Media saying controversial 50 against Close!!!! Wtf . No cats supporters should question it. it was a dumb thing to do and deserved the 50. Everyone knows it.

Agree. I had Viney as our 5th best. Joeboy must be joking. Many many missed tackles v cats. Let’s not sugarcoat it … that 2nd qtr was pathetic. Viney knows how to tackle and lock it in. Others were poor and enabled too many cats players to free up the footy. Jack was back and deserved his place.

Agree. Harmes was ok to good. Loves the contest. But his disposal is terrible. Seems to get stuck on his left foot a lot to kick. Decision making dubious. Improvement ahead to get back to 2018 form.

Who’s in danger Tmcd. Looked injured or old or slow. His back mustn’t be 100%. Dropped marks. Got pushed aside in marking contest. Dropped two simple chest marks. Perhaps makes forward line too heavy. But he’s loved by Goody and his teammates !!! (Likely to stay in) Joel Smith. Too loose. Depending on Lions match up. Lions may have smaller forwards like McCarthy Cameron Bailey buzzing around. We will miss Hunt. (Likely stays in but Hibbo or Jordon are options). Tom Sparrow. Competed strongly but his disposal let him down. Will be needed in the battle with Lions mids. He’s in my best 22. So it’s a maybe “Smith out for Hibberd” but “likely to be no change”. Jordon as medi-sub (wishing Jonesy medi-sub).

My dice roll … it’s a mystery apart from port game fri night. Adelaide oval. ✅ Port v sour Cats sat afternoon. Gabba/Metricon. Swans v Giants. sat night. Adelaide oval (MCG?? magnificent Dees v Lions Sunday twilight. Optus oval 🤣 Bulldogs v Bombers/Freo