spirit of norm smith

Agree

F ARK IN ELL ROOS V DEES IN TASSIE - rescheduled to Dees v Roos in Adelaide ROOS V LIONS IN TASSIE - rescheduled to Roos v Lions at Metricon. Dees get screwed every time. Lions are absolutely favoured with AFL trying to gift them a flag !!! FFS

Clearly a stronger Crows team. They waved the white flag v Roos. Set themselves to win v Dees

I still think we will add 3 youngsters. Definitely won’t be inside mids or a young ruckman. NEED OUTSIDE MIDFIELDERS THAT CAN RUN, WITH SKILLS TO KICK THE FOOTY.

Agree. Goodwin cannot continue if we lose this. It’s a “186 point loss “ no matter how big the scenario of a loss.

Tom and Oscar can go to the Suns in exchange for Brayden Fiorini and a 3rd round pick

Bulldogs - Bont, Libba, Macrae, Dunkley, Wallis Too many inside mids!!! Wallis played forward pocket last night. Maybe they should trade the Bont!!!

Tomlinson played as a key defender for Giants in 2016-1st half 2018 seasons. Then played CHF and wing in late 2018. He is a utility. Might see him at CHB. Worth the trial. Cannot have Lever as 2nd tall. Played MUCH BETTER as 3rd tall and intercept. Goody - ??

If we lose, then 1- Goodwin should resign and acknowledge he is not capable of leading Dees to glory 2- Players will be advised to stop drinking their own bath water 3- media will enjoy the week and make Melbourne FC the laughing stock 4- Dees supporters will have another period of shame and despair 5- the holiday camp in Maroochydore will be under extreme review If we win, then... (According to the media and special commentators) it’s because the Crows are hopeless and it proves nothing until we beat a good team.

Brayshaw for Dons first round pick - selection at 10/11. Lloyd has his own agenda

McHenry or McAsey likely to kick a bag !

agree. Jackson has zero contested marks in 3 weeks. Mitch Brown probably should retire !! He deserved a roll of the dice this game.

It’s strange given CROWS PLAY THREE TALL FORWARDS - Walker, HImnelberg and Mcasey. Fogarty also to play key forward. Perhaps Tomlinson to play CHB. Strange to drop Omcd for this one !!!?!?!?!?

Agreed. Footy is a relatively simple game. Gawn needs to use his dominance much better. Hit outs to advantage is the measure ... not just hit outs.

Still can’t believe we picked Toumpas over Wines. It haunts us. And again last night to see Jackson Macrae (who is an absolute star) deliver a 28 possessions game at 85% efficiency. He was at pick 6. His under 18 year was exceptional where he showed his skill, evasiveness, goalkicking and ability to win the footy.

Surely Pert and Bartlett will get us this one. Or are they soft?

Jackson is lost as a KPF. He runs to the pockets and his marking is still requiring work. No contested marks in the last 3 weeks. His go is his athleticism and 2nd efforts. Both outstanding. More midfield like. So his position is Ruck in the mould of Brodie Grundy. Given we have Max who should play until his 33-34, I think Jackson is 3-4 years away from assuming the ruck role. My “Eagles” mate reckons they see him replacing Nic-Nat and will entice him home with a truckload of cash to get him.

Thanks Rusty. I agree the urgent need for a midfielder or two with good skills and pace. We need to try Hunt or Baker (to use their run and carry and pace) or move them on at seasons end. Love to see Rivers or Jordan play on a wing for development as their pace and skills would be handy in such a role.

Bizarre. Leon Cameron described him as a classic utility. He often referred to him “playing a role”. Full back. CHB. Wing. Ruck. CHF. The Giants 2018 end of year summary describes him as a “key defender”. He was never a full time wing player for the Giants. Never. Never for two years through 2018 and 2019. I don’t think he’s our answer for skilled fast outside midfielder.

Any advance on this ...

Exactly. We have WATCHED them. Not as an analyst from afar. This strategy analyst had no idea. Some good points but captain obvious could see those. Skills. Skills. Skills.

I’d play Preuss if fit. That’s what he is on the list for. Otherwise trade him out for both his sake and our list.

Top 10 strategies for rest of 2020 1- put Pickett (or Bedford) inside the forward 50 and stay in the arc. Don’t go up to the wing or half forward. We want someone to actually crumb a pack inside forward 50. 2- a true wingman to partner Langdon. Rivers? Hunt? Jordan? Baker? We need pace and skill. If it’s not Baker or Hunt, then they are in the delist scrap. 3- Weideman. To bring his intensity every week. Not in patches. We need him desperately to stand up as our key forward. 4- kick ins. A plan B. Not just “May to kick it to Max about 45 metre out on the left hand flank “. So predictable. So boring. Teams expect it. What about setting up space. Run and Kick and run. Other teams create strategies to get the footy at least to mid-half forward. May could even kick it to 80 metres out. 5- kill off the OVERHANDBALLING pandemic. Dees have this need to handball handball handball until it leads to a turnover. Two effective handballs then kick it. 6- inside 50 attacks to a scoring position. NOT TO THE POCKETS. We wander “Why” we don’t score. FFS. You need to kick it to 15-25 out and get the forwards to play in front. Conversion rate 10-15% (Goals/inside 50s) is horribly low ... the worst 7- Salem to actually use the “elite “ ball skills through the corridor. He needs to be challenged. He’s safety first 15 metre kick sideways gets a 80-85% efficiency rating but does not achieve anything (a 125 metre gained rating is poor). Ineffective. 8- Harmes to play a run with tagging role. He’s like a Mitch Robinson type. Hard as nails but needs a focus of the job. On Sloane. On Simpkin. On Pendlebury/Sidebottom. On Shiel. These are the next assignments. 9- The Trac must become elite. There’s the challenge. He’s now in the zone. 24year old. Fit. Firing. Talented. He needs to be our star. He will get tagged. He needs to burst out and lift himself and the team. 10- Goodwin. Be a coach. Give some creativity. Show a strategy. Really needs to move BEYOND HIS CLICHE WORDS AND EXCUSES (“we are having trouble with our connections forward of centre”). Fix it !!!

Agree. But that’s why there is the term Coach. With the access to technology and psychological analysis and neuroscience and human biometrics modelling , surely the millions spent in the football department can get a bloke to kick the footy 45-50 metres in a straight line. Or are the millions spent on ego and cliche training. Oliver was a good kick in his under 18 year. He got worse as he has developed. It’s also decision making. He handballs to a teammate COMPLETELY SURROUNDED. He needs composure as the media highlights. BUT REMEMBER, He can get the footy 30 times in a match. That’s hard work. That’s talent. He has the ability. You need to work on fixing his weakness and then continue to work on it week after week.

It was a disgrace. 1 minute 18 seconds sums it up. The blooper video went for 2 minutes 48 seconds.