Everything posted by spirit of norm smith
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Gary Pert
Iām more worried about āConnection forward of centreā and inside 50 conversions right now.
- Stats Files - 2020
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Corey Wagner
Best German heritage AFL footballer is the great David Schwarz!!!
- Stats Files - 2020
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Demons NSW Hub
Anyone listed whoās not in the hub injured - neitzke kk petty hore baker dunkley cwagner jWagner Chandler bradtke Preuss bedford??
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Jake Lever.. Can someone explain??
Lever must have thought his Xmas had come early with our 4 year deal. The Crows then got two first round picks in 2017 and 2018. Hard to think of any intercept defender on big $$$$ in top 4-5 in their club and were traded in for 2 x 1st rounders. Hope Jake steps up as he is capable of much better. He is only 24. Might need to get rid of the 1970s touche as well.
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CHANGES: Rd 06 vs Gold Coast
Hunt and vdberg surely cannot stay in. Weid and Bennell are surely replacements with Jones and Jetta possibles. Melksham definitely on notice!!
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Demons NSW Hub
Any photos of Oliver or Viney actually kicking the footy and hitting the target ... or anywhere even near the target ????? Forget the gym. Itās kicking kicking kicking and kicking
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2020 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Zac Dumesny and Jamieson Murphy are two youngsters from SA that are highly skilled running midfielders. Dumesny though would be a half back in Andrew Mackie mode. Playing seniors footy in SANFL and fitting in as an 18yo. Murphy chose footy over cricket. Heās a star but flying under the radar as he didnāt go to academy program. Will probably rise up draft boards this year as SA Footy goes ahead.
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Forwards coach
Hawkins is about as likely to leave the Cats as Dangerfield. Heās never leaving sleepy hollow. Iād plead with a Carey, Lyon or Brereton for an hour a week of their time. They are masters of strategic positioning. Perhaps appeal to their sense of empathy for our team and the young Weid.
- NORTH OF THE BORDER by The Oracle
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Demons NSW Hub
Itās a shame they are not at Coogee. I reckon the Coogee Beach hotel has one of the very best Surf-n-Turf meals. Trac or Gussy could do a review
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Demons NSW Hub
I think I heard they are at the Novotel Manly beach. I have stayed there. Two bedroom suites are very good. Assume family guys like Jonesy and Goody are in these suites !! Overlooking the beach. Nice local cafes for the Trac, Brayshaw and other culinary wizards. Btw Dees could use conference rooms for analysis of poor decision making and turnovers.
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CASEY: 2020 Fixture & News
Yes hard to see VFL working now. Very disappointing. The lockdown makes it impossible. A lot of players and supporters will be disappointed. Community footy is great. There will be a few blokes wanting to impress and get another shot at the AFL, and youngsters who missed in the draft.
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Dee-sappointment Article Nails It
I like the thinking of Tomlinson to CHF. Itās a good option. He can mark the footy. His mobile. I donāt see him as a player for the āWingā position that Goodwin etc highlighted him to fit into. Heās a CHF/CHB. Thatās where he played all his junior footy. He can kick the footy 55 metres. Thatās where he played his best footy at the Giants. His endurance is excellent and so thatās why perhaps we saw him as a winger. By midfielders standard, he is dead slow. Time to rethink where we use Tomlinson. Again heās a good footballer that we need to get best value out of.
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Dees on Brink of Another Trade Disaster
Agree. Revisit after 2022. Interesting to look at 2016 draft. The one we didnāt pick until 3rd round Mitch Hannan. 24 of top 30 played with this weekend gone. A very good draft. Some are now seriously top players. Tim English at pick 19 and Jy Simpkin at pick 12 look steals. It takes min 3 years for start of an assessment imo. Pick 7 the Suns got in 2016 for the 2015 pick swap for Dees to get Weideman. Suns chose Scrimshaw (who already has gone to Hawks due to inability to settle at GC) but looking impressive and excellent foot delivery !!! Scrimshaw, Florent or Simpkin would probably have been our options. Hannan #46 ?? 3rd rd 51 games * Dion Johnstone ?? 4th rd ā trade. Hibberd #29 #59 ?? 61 games *
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Dees on Brink of Another Trade Disaster
Yes. DD36 We are in sync. We didnāt need Jackson. We have Gawn who has 5-6 years more. And in after 3-4 years of development, Eagles or Dockers will offer three bags of gold to get him back to WA. Could have got Green or Ash who are ready made and show great signs already. Pickett is a ripper. Be patient this year. Heās electric. Mentor and guide but just let him rip.
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Weideman's Future?
I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS FOR WEEKS. GIVE WEIDEMAN 5-6 WEEKS. I DONT CARE IF HE DOESNT GET A KICK IN WEEK 1. Heās critical to our future and we need to back him in. If he doesnāt stack up, then ok set for trade and get best outcome for all.
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Weideman's Future?
Yes itās bizarre. They have no idea
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Demons NSW Hub
Whenās the NT HUB option to be spoken about. Dees V Bombers in Darwin. Followed by Dees v Freo in the Alice. Come on Gil. July and August is perfect.
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CHANGES: Rd 06 vs Gold Coast
Have to review Suns outfit first. (Assume Rowell is out). Defenders- Collins. Almost best FB in the league. Harbrow. Great rebounder and user of the footy. Hanley Mids- Greenwood, Holman, Miller and Swallow. Workers. Tough contested footy. Weller, Ellis, Anderson. Runners. Forwards- Talls. Day & King. Smalls. Bowes, Sexton & Ainsworth. so planning. Get another tall defender. Canāt have Lever and Smith. Need another tall forward. Defenders. Jetta. Omcd. Lever. Salem. May. Hibberd. Jetta in for Lockhart. Omcd in for Smith. if petty was fit, Iād play him FB. Lever play 3rd def & intercepts to help combat talls. Rivers shown good skills and run so keep in but start on the bench Mids. Need tough contested footy. Whilst horrible for a few weeks, keep Oliver and Viney. Harmes stays in. Tomlinson to bench and rotate role. Inside- Petracca. Viney. Oliver outside - Brayshaw Langdon. Harmes in rotation Ruck - Gawn (you bloody champion) Forwards. Balance needed. 2 talls. 3 opportunitists. One pressure small. Need to BRING IN WEID OR BROWN (and for 5-6 weeks). Keep Pickett. Melksham to play on Harbrow. Melksham on notice. Needs to show some dash & pressure. Sort through excess of mid sized half forwards. Bring in Bennell for skill and goalkicking. Out goes Hunt and Vandenburg. Didnāt do enough in last 2 weeks. Ins. Jetta. Omcd. Bennell. Brown/Weideman outs. Vdberg. Hunt. Smith. Lockhart. Bk- Jetta. Omcd. Lever. Salem. May. Hibberd. Mids - Langdon. Viney. Brayshaw. Gawn Petracca Oliver Fwd - Hannan. Tmcd Melksham Pickett Brown/Weideman. Fritsch int Rivers Harmes Tomlinson Bennell
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Demons NSW Hub
Dees treated like rubbish once again. Pert and Bartlett to speak up. They are irrelevant. Earn your very large $$$$.
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On the Couch - The Red Zone
Gold. Obvious things we have SCREAMED about for a long time. Goody should have analyzed this for the past 5 years.
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On the Couch - The Red Zone
Yes Oliverās last clanger was perfect example
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Schwarz: 'Dees are irrelevant'
Misguided really. I worked in the building profession for 10 years before moving to design work. I know lots of young blokes with good intent but lacked the tool skills. I also had blokes with talent but were lazy. Who is easier to fix? It was often the ones who had the attitude issue that I developed. I think many of our blokes already have effort and intensity. They do play and compete. But a lot of our players havenāt got the core skills. It will take real coaching and development because itās been ignored for years. Viney and Oliver and even Brayshaw donāt value their possessions. They give it away too easily. Iād invest in intense skill training for the whole club.