spirit of norm smith

So Rivers kicks the winning goal in a tough elimination finals type game and he misses out. Surely you have look beyond the pure stats. Even Rivers spoil in the last 15 seconds showed his heart and toughness to match his skill and run. Sholl played a good game in a match that counted for nothing really.

Give him a $1000 fine for rough play. And move on. But agree it’s one that a lesser player would be worried about. Neale is red hot favourite and probably will win by 6-7 votes

I have Salem in for 1 vote. He showed a lot more endeavour and his kicks went forward and not sideways and short. I don’t rate disposals efficiency for him sometimes because of the short sideways chip kicks but he was much better on Saturday night. His goal late in the 3rd quarter was crucial and brought us back into the game. A step forward.

Agree. Top 6 is daylight out best players.

Defender??? he has footy IQ but kicking is so so and tackling is not a strength.

Last night. 8 kick outs. 7 were kicked to Gawn and the other was May to Salem. The kick out to Gawn (7) is not effective. Four times it was a turnover and twice led to Giants goals. The Giants knew what was coming and got extra players over to that contest. May had two or three options and had the distance to find alternatives but chose the standard. I know footy is all structured but this is too predictable imo and easily blocked.

16 possessions 2 goals 3 marks 3 tackles. Cool in crisis. A gun. deserves the round 17 nomination

Edited Joeboy Comments as asbove

Brown was smart and played a huge role as a key target. Weid gave us nil. Nil. He really looks lost when he’s got a tough opponent. Doesn’t work hard enough. No gut runs.

6 May the rock 5 Rivers the gun 4 Langdon the roadrunner 3 Petracca the bull 2 Oliver the beast 1 Salem the clever Baker kicked vital goals. Deserves next week. Gawn has a huge heart but small brain. Lever had a shocker of a 1st half but 2nd Half was good. Jetta stood up when needed. Love Kozzy but needs to kick straight and one grab footy. Viney? Neal-Bullen? Weid? Must lift. Surely they were the 3 stinkers !!! Actually the 3 umps were all skunks.

How good was Trent Rivers. Fantastic rookie. Surely gets the Rising Star nomination this week. Riv is a gun.

AFL [censored] up. Send us after NT to Cairns to play 3 games in 9 days. Farrrrrkn ridiculous

Yes he’s a gun

I agree. Our skills are horrible and even worse in difficult conditions. At least the Gabba is sheltered more than Metricon or Cazaly stadiums.

Windy here in Brisbane. Interesting to see if Goodwin can coach a basic skill like kicking with or kicking against the breeze. Good Skills are required and our squad mostly lack skill. But it’s about decision making and being smart. Actually another key deficiency. I’m sure we will go in hard and win contested footy but using the pill is critical. Tonight we have to be smart.

I think the term is “hot and cold”. It certainly does age us and caused unwanted stress levels. Beautiful 24c up here today (it was 22c at 10am for my sons soccer game). Breeze might be a factor. It’s about a 20km southerly today and given our problem with windy days (v dogs and v swans) it might be a problem. Skilled disposal required !!

Agree agree agree. It’s no no no

Agree. He tackles. Good pace. Intense. Smothers. Better than quite a few others.

Jetta May⭐️ Lever Salem. Tomlinson. Rivers. Langdon⭐️ Viney⭐️ Baker Melksham. Brown. Vberg Pickett. Weid. Fritsch Gawn⭐️ Trac⭐️Oliver⭐️ Int. ?Hunt ?J.Smith ?Neal-Bullen ?Spargo Bennell, Lockhart, Sparrow must be considered unlucky.

Lockhart? He must be seriously screwed.

That’s the mistake. Goody doesn’t want to win

Tmac. Oh it’s like moving deck chairs on the titanic

I’d trade 2021 2nd round pick for Gunston. Absolutely.

Ouch. That’s a blow but mightn’t matter in any event given it’s only VERY SLIM chances of finals action. Hope it’s not a Trengove type injury