spirit of norm smith

Surely he’s the Rising Star favourite. Another excellent performance. He was so composed in tough contests.

Key points. 1. Goalkicking 18.11 wow…That’s a difference. Goalkicking accuracy wins games !!! 2.Max is the All Australian ruckman for 2025. Saw off the challenger !! Loved his goal from his spot outside50 3.Melksham was incredible again. He’s the only player still that I have confidence in when kicking for goal. 4.Chin was very good. Pressure. Tackling. Hit the scoreboard. That’s what he needs to bring every week. 5. Harvey Langford. Love the kid His composure is beyond his years. Battles in the contest Will eventually get an inside mid role once he gets a few pre seasons. 6. JV7. 9 tackles again. Maximum effort. He actually hit 2 or 3 targets today 7.Effort from JVR and Jeffo was okay. That’s the competitive standard. They are still below par but need to give them a go. Jeffo kicking let him down again. 8.Trac getting back to near his best. Good at contest. BUT his delivery inside50 is still horrible and handballs to put others under pressure and missed tackles Room for improvement… 1.Lever. Looked slow again and caught twice when he was so slow to get rid of the footy. Not sure he stays in when May returns 2.Mcvee lost most of his contests and struggled against Curtis (until Curtis got injured) 3.Kolt looked lost or disinterested at times. Failing to chase on 2 or 3 occasions was a bad sign. Not sure he fits anywhere but at half forward. I had hoped we would get an intense aggressive goalkicking youngster 4.Goodwin. Allowed Mckercher to run loose as a quarterback half back. 20 possessions to half time. Had a lot of kick run and receive without pressure. Others would destroy us if allowed such freedom. 5.Lost centre clearances. 11-17. Roos minus Wardlaw and LDU so had a 2nd rate midfield and they beat us Phillips, Powell, Simpson. Hope Tom Sparrow is okay It was a nasty hit Xerri. Careless High Severe impact so 3 weeks at least !!!

6 Melksham 5 Langford 4 Petracca 3 Fritsch 2 Gawn 1 Viney

In. May Howes Petty Out. Kolt Lever Sparrow (concussion)

Maxy 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

That’s the difference today

Melksham 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

@Demonland mckercher. 27 disposals!! Put a hard tag on. Get Langdon on him to stop him getting easy run and kick disposals. Goody has no idea. Even Trac was jogging behind him. Even Sparrow on him.

Very disappointed today in Kolt. I backed him but last few games have been showing zero effort. What will the eagles offer us for Kolt?

JVR to Melksham 👏👏👏

V Roos. Too slow with the footy. Twice !! Too lazy to chase. Three times !!

Tmcd better option than Lever right now. Both cannot run but Tmcd can spoil !!!

1st half 👍🏻Dees best Langford & Viney 👍🏻Jeffo and JVR contesting is good versus average Roos defenders Kozzzy got hot for 3 minutes then went missing (did he get a knock ??) A few contributions from others but not of any real substance 💔Goodwin allowing Mckercher to run free 💔Poor? Kolt, Lever, McVee & 😭Turner

@Demonland DEMONLANDERS Goodwin game plan let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free let Mckercher run free 20 possessions Bowey tagged 7 possessions

mckercher Mckercher Mckercher Ffs Goodwin

Lever 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Goodwin Alert Attention Mckercher He is all free @Demonland why does Goodwin refuse to stop opposition half backs ??? Ps. Roos tagging Bowey

Jeffo 🤩

ATTENTION GOODWIN McKercher this weeks half back play maker we refuse to pick up ATTENTION KEY LEARNING!!!

@Demonland Salem 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Goal kangaroos How many goals in RED TIME !!! We play 99% of the qtr

Petracca. Miss. Behind. AGAIN !!!

@Demonland Langford. Love the long kick with real purpose. 5 kicks. Hits Melksham. Goal.

wtf Jeffo handball to … no one … turnover. Free kick Darling. Stupid. @binman who is on Mckercher. 8 possessions in first 20 minutes!!

Agree. Billings 👏👏was another player. Thats the best we’ve seen from him all year. He ran. He hit targets. He advanced the footy. He got forward to kick goals. Only 2-3 sideways kicks. Very very good. Howes 👏👏is above this. He marked well. Intercepted. Good disposal. Like to see him back in v the Blues. Mitch Hardie👏👏. If only he was on the list. Maybe we erred in picking Henderson over him. He definitely could play AFL. His skill and goalkicking smarts are perfect as a half forward. Issue now is his age. Still perhaps a chance at years end to get on a list imv.

Agree. Stupidity. Blood pouring down his face from a massive cut on his head. Terrible TV. All we could say was how ridiculous it was.