spirit of norm smith

Fair call

Goodwin? Where was plan B. We were winning the clearances and contested footy for 1 1/2 quarters. Then stopped. The Blues started to win the inside and the contested possessions. We had no answer or ability to transition. It reflected 2019 and Goodwin has not resolved this.

Seriously it was poor. It was a sign of blokes NOT thinking and reflects the onfield decision making. Gawns first win as captain and he misses the song !! What was vice captain Viney thinking ??? Simply was not thinking. Did anyone think ... where’s Langdon and Tomlinson? It was a shambles Where was Goody ? Doesn’t he sing the song now with the players.

Gawn is hard to miss. He’s only 6ft, 9 inches !!!

Ridiculous. Brayshaw is part of our future and can be a vital midfield runner.

“We couldn’t connect forward of centre”. Goodwin has talked about this for all of 2019, after round 1 and now round 2. Surely he is the coach. It lets us down after we dominate, we find it hard to score. 1.2 in a half of footy was a disgrace today in good conditions. Our heart for the contest and our brain to make smart decisions was the issue. Gawn beat Pittonet in the first half, even in second half. Gawn either lost fitness or softened up.

Pass this week. But have to mention what a debut by Rivers.

Jetta May Lever Salem Omcd Rivers Langdon Viney Tomlinson Petracca Tmcd Melksham Fritsch Weid Pickett Gawn Harmes Oliver int Brayshaw Jones Hunt Bennell in. Omcd Pickett Weid out. Smith Anb Jackson emerg Lockhart. Hibberd Jackson Smith and Anb are obvious outs. Weideman must be played. We simply need to see if he can be the target full forward that we DESPERATELY NEED !

Yes today was not too good for Lever. Glad that he got through and will be better with May and Jetta once they play more together. Lever will be better. We gave two 1st round picks for an intercept defender. Not sure he’s worth that or the $600k price tag.

Excellent debut. He will be back next week.

Agreed. Unsure what a coach thinks sometimes!

Who???

Agree. It was not great. We had them and RELAXED. May is good but needs to do the defensive thing better sometimes. Five goal lead but Blues got a sniff. Danger signs.

Surely W.Carey could spare 30 minutes a week

It’s probably dumb and dumber. An Uber to a non essential gathering. Not a hanging offence but suspension was likely.

Who plays on the tall Blue forwards? Casboult, McKay and McGovern. May and ... ??? Lever is best as a 3rd defender to intercept and not in a key post. Joel Smith also undersized imo

Yes. 16 Crows players on a golf course. The punchline to the joke was no penalty. AFL makes up the rules on the run and flip flops.

Breach??? 16 Crows players all breached the rules as well as the coaches. Their excuse? None, “we got it wrong”. And their punishment?? Be more careful next time. It’s ridiculous

Yes but this is UNPRECEDENTED circumstances

Bring in Lockhart

Too soon. Unknown as form can rise and fall this year. Likely need to get down to list of 38-40, meaning we will likely have to cut 8-9 and pickup only 3 new players.

Harmes should be in starting 18 before Riv Brayshaw to start on HFF and Jones as midfield rotation Bennell will play forward

Looks like we’ll try Jackson as a key forward this year. It’s an experiment and must make Weideman question his future at Demonland. Interesting to see this play out (!!!!). I think we need Weid to see the “light “, get tough and get in.

It was bizarre!!!!

Yawn. Pies zone defence. They stopped Tigers run. But you need to score!!! Riewoldt? Rioli? Did they play?? Absolutely missing all night.