spirit of norm smith

Top versus 16th ! 2nd quarter 5 goals to 2. Dees ❌ low intensity. Low run ❌turnovers and little handballs cut off ❌pies too smart. Low kicks into fwd50 ❌kicks to the pockets pockets pockets and sideways !! Go direct ?? ❌goodwin !! who’s on degoey. Three goal assists. 10 possessions ✅ (nil) need to copy them. Run and low direct footy to find targets inside 50.

Goodwin WHOS ON DEGOEY !!!! he’s going unchecked

One percenters 10-23 !! Intensity is low. Pies are smarter. Lower kicks into 50.

1st quarter. ❌ skill errors ❌Tmcd miss from 15 metres ❌kicking backwards and sideways. ✅Trac Harmes and Jordon only

Dees only missing Viney and Tomlinson from best 22 imv. This weeks opponents Pies are missing three from best 22 … Adams, Howe and Grundy imv. (Greenwood probably not best 22 when all are fit )

5 so far this season imv Bailey tackle on Blicavs. lions lose. Cameron’s mark. Cats lose. Murray’s deliberate out of bounds. Dees lose. Ryan’s 8m kick to Kennedy. Tigers lose. Thilthorpe goal line free kick. Saints lose.

Excellent news. Neale is an inspiration.

Josh Kelly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Melksham out. Langdon in. That’s the change. If Tmcd has to go home , Mitch Brown comes in.

Whatever they are paying Jeremy Cameron, he is worth it !!!

Yes. The only bloke we wouldn’t have got was Toumpas.

Darcy Tucker. Freo.

Port have good skills and could cause us some difficulties. Also that bloke Ollie Wines looks a very very good player. I wish … you know the rest.

40 made famous by Mark Jamar? 42 made famous by Peter Walsh?

The Reverend. Neale Daniher. Is a legend. What a brave man. I shed a tear. But he Plays On and is truly an inspiration. I hope the Dees win the premiership this year. For all of us. And for the joy it would bring. And Neale will be beside us all the way. Play On Neale.

Huge trade deal done today. Dees AFLW side appears to also be a destination club.

Assume Langdon is okay this week. I think a cautious approach with Viney. In Burgo we trust. Burgo is our secret weapon (well no secret, just a weapon) helping us fulfill our destiny.

Loved this years jumper. Definitely looking forward to getting one if possible. I hope we can wear it again this year. Maybe swap Dees v Giants to Alice Springs for round 16.

If it was Brownlow votes , it’s 3- Trac 2- Gawn 1- Oliver

Agreed. He is a lock in our best 22. Another player having an excellent year.

Yes agree … mini “Todd” Viney. Remember the strength and composure of Todd Viney and I see that in Sparrow.

Weid is ready to breakthrough. This is his week. I think he will FINALLY take those marks, crash those packs and kick those goals. If not, we will have to say he’s had 5 weeks and then (after the bye) try Brown for 4-5 weeks.

Blues have to beat the Eagles today. Eagles have about 8-9 out of best 22. Teague should go if they lose it.

Smart footballer. Three clear examples on Friday in the 3rd quarter. 1- Spargo was about 25-30 metres out running in the boundary line and centre the ball to Kozzy (beautifully waited ball) 20 metres out from goal instead of a shot from the boundary (pity Kozzy missed the shot) 2- Spargo contested against two taller opponents, with the ball falling front and centre for Trac to rove it and kick an inspirational goal. 3- Third quarter. Anb tackled and got a quick kick away which Spargo tapped across and down to Tmcd advantage to run onto and kick the goal. He only had one possession from these 3 examples but all were very smart plays. He had 14 possessions which is the standard for a small permanent half forward . But Charlie has to bring this each and every week and is now doing that. His tackling is also vastly improved. A big plus mark so far in 2021.

Dees last 4 grand finals have all been Olympic Years. 1960. 1964. 1988. 2000. Stangely 2021 is also an Olympic year!!! Fingers crossed we can break our long premiership drought. “ Why not us “ as Neale Daniher said. We have to believe.