spirit of norm smith

Andy got ANGRY … actually he was quite tame compared with some conversations I’ve had with fellow Demon supporters (sufferers) in the last few days. Getting kicked in the media and by workmates is not fun !!!

💩💩💩💩💩Damo Barrett 💩💩💩💩Sam McClure 💩💩💩💩Tom Morris 💩💩💩Matthew Lloyd 💩💩Jon Ralph 💩Kane Cornes And now 💩💩💩💩💩💩Jack Riewoldt & Jay Clark … banging on about Trac’s family not being contacted or spoken to by the Dees about their son’s injury. It was all contrived BS … Riewoldt went off his nut and was not corrected by Clark. Lazy sensational mud crawling stuff again. Riewoldt hates the Dees. He banged on about Fritsch tunneling Stewart and should be suspended for 3 weeks. Clark said Fritsch nearly put Stewart into a wheelchair for life. Both are now in the media scum file. Absolute BS. But also some well said awards 👏👏👏👏👏Phil Davis 👏👏👏Luke Hodge 👏👏Jordan Lewis Insights and unbiased commentary. Thoughtful and measured. Informed. Not in the gutter looking to ridicule or belittle

Have to clarify the Tim Lamb performance on trades (Jason Taylor does the drafting). Pre Tim Lamb. Hibbo. Melksham. May. Lever. Langdon. Brown. Since 2021… Dunstan, Grundy, Hunter, Schache, Daw, Billings, McAdam, Fullarton, Campbell, Sharp (tbc) None are either still on the list or not in the best team or regular players. A huge flaw. Sure they cost us 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounders. Unsuccessful. Recruiting injury prone or end of career players … Hunter. Billings Campbell McAdam. Other clubs have added players that are regulars and strong contributors. I dare say every club except the Dees in the past 2-3 years

Whilst I agree with most views and disagree with other views expressed … love the anger love the discussion love the passion Great show again 👏

‪Spargo. V Essendon. 12 possessions. 5 turnovers. 4 missed tackles. 1 tackle. 95 minutes. One good kick to Petty after running 24 metres without a bounce. Nearly killed Ed Langdon with a hospital pass. Pathetic again. Gifted games. Why is he always Goodys favourite one? Madness. Must be dropped. Has done nothing to warrant a game. This typifies Goodys poor selection and bias.

5 changes at least this week Ins. Transition footy with run & run & carry lock tackles man-up-in-defence Lower-eyes-going-inside-50 One grab ball handling Out. Slow-chip-chip-chip-turnover Three bees at the same honeypot Missed tackles Forwards standing still waving arms like drowning swimmers Fumbles and fumbles

Buckley. Nathan Buckley. Hated him as an arrogant coach. Hated him as an arrogant player. He’s okay as a media commentator with insights BUT WTF … All he can say is that they don’t look happy. He called for the disgruntled players who wanted out to be given their wish and that’s why they look unhappy. Ffs. They are 0-5 and got thrashed again for the 4th week running. No one’s smiling with that run. No club would or should look happy. He should talk about the footy issues… the players errors and turnovers and forward 50 disaster and the missed tackles and the poor selection decisions and the need to look at some younger players. Insights needed. Not a dump fest !!!!

The scum on footy classified… [censored] Barrett, [censored] McClure. Scum !!! Crowd numbers. As predicted. Low v giants Low v Suns and will be low v dockers. The 3 worse drawing teams at the MCG with low support bases. Lions and Swans draw reasonable crowds at the G but not other clubs. Why play our home game v bombers in Adelaide. That would be 50,000 at the mcg. We should petituon to play Dockers/Suns/Giants in gather round at Barossa next year. Keep our home games at mcg against bigger clubs. It’s the [censored] AFL to blame

I think Goodwin is like the captain of the Titanic He refused to see the ice bergs He refused to change course and foresee the danger Goodwin is living in denial “It will turn eventually”. Goodwin is basing this on hope more than strategy.

5 things to work on to achieve success Man up. The zone does not work. The zone does not work. We guard grass. Other teams sit back and then pick it apart. Also allowing teams to play 1-2 behind the ball in our forward line is sporting suicide. Do not continue. Forward 50 entries. Forget the soccer ball [censored]. Work transition drills until the lights have to go out. Work and work. Lower your eyes. Kick to space even. Make forwards work. And crumbing and forward tackling must improve to kick it in. Tackling. How bad? Slipped tackles. Missed tackles. Trac. Spargo. Windsor. Clarry. Perhaps are the worst offenders. Opposition get the ball clear and push past all together. Lock it in. Lock arms. It’s been poor for a while. Horrendous now. Transitions. Be brave. Use the corridor. Overlap running (but not overhandballing). Simple but effective is to demand the footy. Standing still doesn’t work. Waving arms next to your opponent doesn’t work. Clearances. Better v bombers but often the Dees are all bees to a honeypot. 3 in. Not one player available to spread. Little handballs to each other. [censored] statistics. Burst and run. Energy must lift.

Kane Cornes described the Dees as “UNWATCHABLE”. Have to agree. Scoring is the key and it’s been a problem for the Dees for 3 years !!! It’s so frustrating to watch us and get angry, sad, disappointed, frustrated, angry , sad, disappointed, frustrated … and despondent. We had 5 minutes of Hope which was quickly killed and incinerated in the last qtr.

He’s a good youngster with footy smarts. Definitely be top 15-20 pick. But unless we trade in, our first pick is likely to be around 25-30.

What a load of Codswallop! Dees supporters right now. My doctor recommends me to avoid watching the Dees for a few weeks My blood pressure is through the roof !!

Thanks to Cameron Burt Simon Goodwin’s coaching record since taking over in 2017: 49-17-1 with Yze 51-60 without Yze Goodwin has zero strategy and zero recognition of suggestions I am sick of his LEARNINGS dialogue

It’s going to get crazy now with trade targets We have no appeal, no 1st round pick and not much coin. Likely we will shop at the DFO for a bargain just make sure it’s not the RSL (Campbell, Billings, Hunter) or the reject shop (Schache).

5 things to work on to achieve success Man up. The zone does not work. The zone does not work. We guard grass. Other teams sit back and then pick it apart. Also allowing teams to play 1-2 behind the ball in our forward line is sporting suicide. Do not continue. Forward 50 entries. Forget the soccer ball [censored]. Work transition drills until the lights have to go out. Work and work. Lower your eyes. Kick to space even. Make forwards work. And crumbing and forward tackling must improve to kick it in. Tackling. How bad? Slipped tackles. Missed tackles. Trac. Spargo. Windsor. Clarry. Perhaps are the worst offenders. Opposition get the ball clear and push past all together. Lock it in. Lock arms. It’s been poor for a while. Horrendous now. Transitions. Be brave. Use the corridor. Overlap running (but not overhandballing). Simple but effective is to demand the footy. Standing still doesn’t work. Waving arms next to your opponent doesn’t work. Clearances. Better v bombers but often the Dees are all bees to a honeypot. 3 in. Not one player available to spread. Little handballs to each other. [censored] statistics. Burst and run. Energy must lift. God speed !!!

These are the facts DEES 57. Bombers 96. Tonight … 51 inside 50s - 8 goals. 15%. Horrendous. Bombers - 43 inside 50s… 15 goals horrendous defending 16 centre clearances to 7 - score result 0.1 And 2025 so far 5 goals to 26 in 4th quarters . Horrendous Zero wins. 5 losses. 4 thrashings.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-melbourne-demons-labelled-broken-after-loss-to-essendon-bombers-at-gather-round-david-king-reaction-comments-latest-news/news-story/bd962200033d038a52c4dc3bccb020b6 Cannot argue with some comments about our pathetic performance 💩💩💩💩💩💩But Jay Clark is just bringing up mud again

Sad. Disappointed. Depressed. What game plan ? No forward strategy. No skills. Defence is to zone and guard grass. Fumbles and fumbles. Dumb decisions. Play wide and slow. Missed tackles. Sad. Disappointed. Depressed. 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 We need a change now !!! It’s not a boys club. It’s time for change.

2021 👏👏👏Premiership. Goodwin must be a SuperCoach. Is that how it works !?! 2025 0-5 after 4 straight thrashings Horrible losses. Uncompetitive. We are sick of 3 years of Learnings Forward 50 connection [censored] Getting better We are a horrible team No strategy No structure No direction Time to go THIS IS THE END

Easy 6 Langdon 5 Petracca 4 Kozzzzzzy 3 Fritsch 2 Bowey 1 Salem Apologies to Max that across goal kick was a match killer So poor !!! Viney and Oliver were okay but ineffective. Fumbles and fumbles and fell over!!! -3 JVR -2 Henderson -1 Windsor

Facts 5 goals to 26 in 4th quarters . Horrendous 51 inside 50s - 8 goals. 15%. Horrendous. Bombers - 43 inside 50s… 15 goals horrendous defending 16 centre clearances to 7 - score result 0.1

Putrid. Horrible. Pathetic. Disappointing. 1st quarter 🤮comedy of errors 🤮bombers are [censored]. 💩💩 Dees are WORSE 🤮fumbles by Fritsch Clarry Petracca Rivers … perfect conditions 🤮chances chances chances -13 inside 50d (1 goal) 🤮Spargo 3 bad errors already 🤮JVR …minus 3 .. looks lost !!! 🤮pressure? 8 tackles only ⭐️Pickett goal 👍🏻Tmcd Viney 2nd Spargo 3 missed tackles 🤮Bowey spare. Ridley spare. Bombers uncontested marks in defence 🤮chip chip chip chip TURNOVER 🤮Spargo setup Langdon for ko 🤮fumbles and fumbles and fumbles 🤮. Inside50s 27. Goals 2. 7% 🤮Spargo metres gained 50 ⭐️Langdon 17 disposals 6 contested possessions 1 goal 8 marks 3rd. 🤮🤮🤮fumbles - why Oliver Trac Viney all fumbles all the time. A revival 👏Quick ball movement and More direct footy 😊😊😊goals Petty Pickett Fritsch x2 👏fritsch positive 👏Melksham contested mark 👏Langdon run run run 👏Sharp. 💩May !! Dropped mark or a mark ?? A mark. umps kill us ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ Bombers 65. Dees 49 4th. The worst ☠️Petracca miss ☠️Gawn horrible pass ☠️Guard grass … zone is dead. Teams pick it apart. Man up !! ☠️Windsor stupid - play on. Turnover. Bombers goal. ☠️Langford stupid play on. Looks slow tonight. ☠️JVR slow and falls over all the time. Missed tackles. ☠️Chandler asleep. Red man goal. ☠️bombers. Last two goals in last 45 seconds. Disgraceful!!! Putrid Horrible DEES 57. Bombers 96.

3rd. 🤮🤮🤮fumbles A revival 👏Quick ball movement and More direct footy 😊😊😊goals Petty Pickett Fritsch x2 👏fritsch positive 👏Melksham contested mark 👏Langdon run run run 👏Sharp. May !! Dropped mark or a mark ?? A mark. umps kill us ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️kill us ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

Had one strong contested mark and goaled. Others from leading for the footy. That’s more than what we see tonight.