Everything posted by spirit of norm smith
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Garry Lyon: "Melbourne Supporters are Gutted"
Thanks Dr. This saved me 30 minutes of typing. Itās so clear. Why donāt our footy special coaches get it. Why does it take the weekly footy media to raise it !!! Itās been 18 months of poor execution, dumb footy and poor team structure.
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On the Couch - The Red Zone
Goodwin needs to have the blowtorch applied
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On the Couch - The Red Zone
Agree. Frost had a clanger or two but had 7-8 more defensive efforts than ANY of the current key defenders. His pace and size was excellent for a key defender but another Goody scapegoat!!
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Demons NSW Hub
No sugar coating. Itās going to be hard. But like the Power did, you have to be positive *** Demonland - can we merge with Demons Winter adventure post. Perhaps change Sydney adventure.
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Petracca's score involvements
Trac had another very very good game. Not excellent. Iām tough. You have to be. He is now a bona fide mid imo. Who can also rest forward. He can try to copy Dusty and be dangerous wherever he is His first quarter was A grade. But then he fumbled a few and handballed too often. With such kicking ability, he needs to burst and kick. He created about 5 of our goals yesterday. And we only kicked 8 !!
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Demons NSW Hub
Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday. Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !!
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Demons NSW Hub
Train at Manly Warringah Wolves AFL Club
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Demons NSW Hub
Q Station Sydney National Park. Manly. North Head. 4 stars. Well located for quarantine. Good walking and team dining facilities. Not quite the Gold Coast resorts but manageable. If thatās it.
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What has happened to Clayton Oliver?
Spot on. Heās not damaging. In fact he either turned over the footy or put his teammates under pressure. One kick to the forward line went at 45 degree angle out of bounds. His handball to Smith cost us a goal. His final clanger killed off any momentum we had. He needs a mentor or special coaching. He has the ability. Itās the execution of delivery that is missing.
- Demonland Player of the Year - Round 05
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Demons NSW Hub
Yes. I think we will see HB this week v Suns. We need his skill. It will be interesting versus his former team. At least some theatre.
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Garry Lyon: "Melbourne Supporters are Gutted"
Thanks Demonland for posting. This is what we have been screaming out for years. We win the contested footy against virtually every time. Only the Lions beat us last year in contested footy. But our football skills - kicking and handball are shocking. And the overhandballing is as bad. Often to a teammate under more pressure.
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My 3 word player analysis V Richmond
Gawn was our best by a mile. Hit outs. Marks. Contested marks. Disposals. Efficiency. Tackles. Blocks. He did his very best.
- Demonland Player of the Year - Round 05
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Demonland Player of the Year - Round 05
I canāt see how Salem gets votes. He was getting handball receives but not often in the contest. He has also been a culprit of a slow slow style. His delivery is often short 15 metre kicks. I held high hopes for him as a Houli type running half back but heās not quite there. He was not the worst yesterday but not deserving of votes.
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Our Midfield group has the worst disposal in the league.
I agree that on TV itās hard to know where our players went sometimes. I miss watching the game live at the ground. You get more perspective on why and how
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Steven May, Time for a change?
Surely we need capitals JUST GIVE WEID OR BROWN A GO IN THE FORWARD LINE for a few weeks. Not just 1-2. We brought in Brown. We need to give either of them 5-6 weeks. Here you go. Yes. Itās not just a fling.
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Steven May, Time for a change?
May was a forward as a junior and first two years at Suns. Can mark. Great kick. Iād try the Weid first but if all is lost by round 10, Iād experiment with May going forward.
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Our Midfield group has the worst disposal in the league.
Demonland. Can we start a post on this. Itās been obvious for years and years. Not just the past bad 18 months. It does ākill usā and the players. There is no skills development coach clearly. I just posted about forgetting about trades etc. Fix the skills of the 22 that play right now. Skills and decision making are CRITICAL
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Our Midfield group has the worst disposal in the league.
SNAP. BINGO. EUREKA!!! Yes even this is so simple. We donāt get back or quickly enough to take our mark or free kick. We play dumb and this is one of the 5-6 most basic easy to fix things. Trac, Viney, Oliver, Harmes. Plenty of examples. Iād fix it in 3 minutes to the list with a short video. Surely Goody!!!
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POSTGAME: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Couldnāt agree more. Intensity is not just physical. We need mental intensity. Concentration. To kick it properly. To make the right decision. To use handball creatively. Thatās seriously lacking. Itās not lack of confidence. Itās the foundation skills and decision to then execute it.
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TRADES, DELIST, PROMOTE
My option is the one where you take the many years of underachieving and ask why and how. There is plenty of talent on board. Not any greater than other clubs but the equal of others. But as I watch the Dees and compare us to other teams, there are glaring issues. 1- the main one. Our foot skills are horrible. The worst in the league. We are the TURNOVER KINGS. IT KILLS US. I would have sessions of constant skill development. Delivery of the footy is critical. The Hawks and Tigers teams of the past decade that won premierships were manic on how accurate they deliver the footy. And itās not just slow. You have to make quick decisions and have the skill to deliver. 2- OVERHANDBALLING. There are too many handballs that put pressure on teammates. Some handballs are looping. Itās another part of the game that is so critical. Handballs are to create. Our stats show we have more handballs than kicks. Itās not running line breaking. Itās often to a bloke standing still who is 60cms away. Ridiculous. I think itās sometimes the lack of confidence to kick the footy so we handball it instead. 3- Converting our inside 50s. We win contested footy. Two issues. First - The DELIVERY INTO FWD50 IS DUMB AND HORRIBLE. To the pocket or in high. Easy to defend. There is no bullets or setup kicks or even chaos delivery. We are often too slow and teams flood back into zone. Second - We need a true marking forward. Desparately. Hogan and Weideman were our hope. Weideman can still be. We must play him for the next 6 weeks. Yes 6 weeks at least. I donāt care if he doesnāt get a kick. It will say thatās your chance. We will back you. If it doesnāt work, I will still reckon there will be 3-4 clubs still seeing Weideman as a trade target. Key forwards are gold. Tommy mcd is ok, a bandaid forward that has played above and beyond. Jackson is not ready yet. So my point itās back to basics but critical need for skill development. Yes thatās the coaching responsibility. You canāt keep saying āwe have trouble connecting forward of centreā without fixing it. I am not a believer in trading out a Viney, Brayshaw, Oliver etc. They have shown they are A grade in some period of games. We need to bring that back consistently. You trade out your surplus. I see ANB as the player who has value as a mid-forward who at 24yo with 6 years 70-80 games has some appeal to others. He will probably want chances elsewhere. Overall I will stick with our blokes but with fanatic desire to see them work on transition of the footy by hand and foot. Creative and positive. Intensity is not just about pressure and tackling. Intensity is a mindset of 100% commitment 100% of the time. We need that in our skills. We are too soft and dumb with our footskills and handball. Thatās the hard work that is critically needed.
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CHANGES: Rd 06 vs Gold Coast
Jetta?? May. Smith Hibberd. Lever. Salem. Langdon. Harmes. Brayshaw. Bennell??. Tmcd. Hannan Pickett. Weid??. Fritsch. Gawn Petracca Oliver Rivers Vandenburg Tomlinson Jones?? outs. Lockhart Hunt Viney Melksham emerg. Sparrow Brown Anb
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CHANGES: Rd 06 vs Gold Coast
Many many on here were against Butler and rubbished anyone who thought we should grab him as a cheap draft pick. Not laughing now.
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Demonland Player of the Year - Round 05
6 Gawn Tried his guts out , won hit outs, took marks got to the back 50, good disposal 5 Petracca. Earned 4 votes for his first qtr alone . Died out as fumbled but two good kicks created goals in last qtr Needs to kick it more 4 Hibberd worked hard , good defence , despite some skill errors he kept trying to create then daylight 3 May strong defence today and looks to bring others in from his rebounds 2 Hannan. For 3 goals. Took limited opportunities 1 Fritsch. For presenting as a forward. Kicking needs work still. apart from Harmes , the rest were mainly passengers. Oliver and Viney hurt us from their ineffective turnovers. Killed us in fact.