spirit of norm smith

“He tried hard” - Lockhart, Sparrow , May, Lever, Hibberd, Gawn, Petracca Viney Langdon “Need some coaching” - Jackson, Pickett “Absolutely pathetic effort” - Oliver, Harmes, Melksham, Weid, Brayshaw, Jones, tmcd, Omcd, Salem, Fritsch, Hannan ,

Agreed. Slow and lacking any marking presence. Not a defender. Not a key forward. Trade to Suns and get a 2nd round pick.

Agree - it wasn’t the defence. It’s the ridiculous skill errors by our midfield. All of them. 6 Hibberd 5 May 4 Lockhart 3 Lever 2 Gawn 1 Petracca then no one. 16 passengers.

Omcd was poor tonight. Slow. Georgiades was simply too good and pushed Oscar aside. Oscars best is just at AFL standard. He’s average is poor. I don’t see him being a reliable defender. Need to get Petty fit and developed to take a key defender role.

One handed efforts. Behind his opponent. As timid as a young calf for the slaughter. “Built like Tarzan, plays like Jane” !!!!

Agreed. No structure or strategy. Goody needs to wake up

Absolutely. Skills are fuc@&)n pathetic

0.2 from 14 inside 50s marks inside forward 50 - zero !!! With 3 tall forwards!! kick it to the pocket!! Forwards behind !!! No crumbers. Pickett playing too far out !! missing targets !!! Everywhere

Yes. That’s why they’re on top. Tough assignment tonight

Scored tickets to M34. One of the lucky ballot

Agree. That’s another good idea

Yes 2 year deal for $250-300k sounds about right. I think his stocks will rise so sign up now. Could demand more $$ elsewhere by season end but he’s young and should appreciate the opportunity to sign for 2021-22

Still to schedule. v Bombers ??? (Away) hoping for some consistency in a strange twisted season Round 13-17 August 22. V Saints (away) Metricon day August 29 V Dockers (home - Alice springs) day Sept 5 v Swans (away) Gabba night Sept 12 v Giants (away) Gabba day Sept 20 v Bulldogs (Home) Metricon day

Memo to some forwards this week Fritsch and Hannan. There are now 3 talls already. Last week they were aerial too much. Shades of having only one key forward initially this year. Fritsch and Hannan have to rove it more. Pickett MUST STAY INSIDE FORWARD 50 and pressure and chase. He was on the wing and half forward last week and not at the ankles of Weid/Jackson.

Good to see him back.

It’s all rubbish. Just guess estimates from two hack jounos

I think they might need one of the in-house hairdressers. Oliver and Jackson are due.

Btw assume Tom Sparrow has not played in a winning team. Played first two games of 2019 when we got thrashed by power and cats.

Big Thursday night audience on the TV - opportunity here. Traditionally we flop on these occasions but I’m optimistic. Perfect conditions for footy. 24c and sunny. Overnight low of 11c. Clear skies.

It’s on a knives edge. The reason that Vic and NSW and now QLD are in covid outbreaks is because of individuals not following the right processes. The seriousness of the situation means these breaches must incur $$$ but also more serious club penalties like points. Clubs don’t worry about $5,000 or $10,000. They worry about loss of 2 points or 4 points. That would make the discussion more serious.

Lock them up. Stupidity. It could threaten health and well-being of so many people. Some humans are a selfish breed.

That’s a smarter idea

Yes yes yes. Game at Metricon was ok. Staggering of rows actually was good. The loss was disappointing but great to get to a game. AFL has missed a chance to promote the game. Thursday night footy. A quiet beer at the Pineapple and then wander across. Ffs. Makes no sense to restrict crowd to 500. Better hope that Dees v Pies is setup for 10,000-12,000. Saturday night twilight blockbuster!!

No. Missed out ! I’m entering Powerball. Better odds of a successful ticket ?