spirit of norm smith

Yes hard to see VFL working now. Very disappointing. The lockdown makes it impossible. A lot of players and supporters will be disappointed. Community footy is great. There will be a few blokes wanting to impress and get another shot at the AFL, and youngsters who missed in the draft.

I like the thinking of Tomlinson to CHF. It’s a good option. He can mark the footy. His mobile. I don’t see him as a player for the “Wing” position that Goodwin etc highlighted him to fit into. He’s a CHF/CHB. That’s where he played all his junior footy. He can kick the footy 55 metres. That’s where he played his best footy at the Giants. His endurance is excellent and so that’s why perhaps we saw him as a winger. By midfielders standard, he is dead slow. Time to rethink where we use Tomlinson. Again he’s a good footballer that we need to get best value out of.

Agree. Revisit after 2022. Interesting to look at 2016 draft. The one we didn’t pick until 3rd round Mitch Hannan. 24 of top 30 played with this weekend gone. A very good draft. Some are now seriously top players. Tim English at pick 19 and Jy Simpkin at pick 12 look steals. It takes min 3 years for start of an assessment imo. Pick 7 the Suns got in 2016 for the 2015 pick swap for Dees to get Weideman. Suns chose Scrimshaw (who already has gone to Hawks due to inability to settle at GC) but looking impressive and excellent foot delivery !!! Scrimshaw, Florent or Simpkin would probably have been our options. Hannan #46 ?? 3rd rd 51 games * Dion Johnstone ?? 4th rd ❌ trade. Hibberd #29 #59 ?? 61 games *

Yes. DD36 We are in sync. We didn’t need Jackson. We have Gawn who has 5-6 years more. And in after 3-4 years of development, Eagles or Dockers will offer three bags of gold to get him back to WA. Could have got Green or Ash who are ready made and show great signs already. Pickett is a ripper. Be patient this year. He’s electric. Mentor and guide but just let him rip.

I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS FOR WEEKS. GIVE WEIDEMAN 5-6 WEEKS. I DONT CARE IF HE DOESNT GET A KICK IN WEEK 1. He’s critical to our future and we need to back him in. If he doesn’t stack up, then ok set for trade and get best outcome for all.

Yes it’s bizarre. They have no idea

When’s the NT HUB option to be spoken about. Dees V Bombers in Darwin. Followed by Dees v Freo in the Alice. Come on Gil. July and August is perfect.

Have to review Suns outfit first. (Assume Rowell is out). Defenders- Collins. Almost best FB in the league. Harbrow. Great rebounder and user of the footy. Hanley Mids- Greenwood, Holman, Miller and Swallow. Workers. Tough contested footy. Weller, Ellis, Anderson. Runners. Forwards- Talls. Day & King. Smalls. Bowes, Sexton & Ainsworth. so planning. Get another tall defender. Can’t have Lever and Smith. Need another tall forward. Defenders. Jetta. Omcd. Lever. Salem. May. Hibberd. Jetta in for Lockhart. Omcd in for Smith. if petty was fit, I’d play him FB. Lever play 3rd def & intercepts to help combat talls. Rivers shown good skills and run so keep in but start on the bench Mids. Need tough contested footy. Whilst horrible for a few weeks, keep Oliver and Viney. Harmes stays in. Tomlinson to bench and rotate role. Inside- Petracca. Viney. Oliver outside - Brayshaw Langdon. Harmes in rotation Ruck - Gawn (you bloody champion) Forwards. Balance needed. 2 talls. 3 opportunitists. One pressure small. Need to BRING IN WEID OR BROWN (and for 5-6 weeks). Keep Pickett. Melksham to play on Harbrow. Melksham on notice. Needs to show some dash & pressure. Sort through excess of mid sized half forwards. Bring in Bennell for skill and goalkicking. Out goes Hunt and Vandenburg. Didn’t do enough in last 2 weeks. Ins. Jetta. Omcd. Bennell. Brown/Weideman outs. Vdberg. Hunt. Smith. Lockhart. Bk- Jetta. Omcd. Lever. Salem. May. Hibberd. Mids - Langdon. Viney. Brayshaw. Gawn Petracca Oliver Fwd - Hannan. Tmcd Melksham Pickett Brown/Weideman. Fritsch int Rivers Harmes Tomlinson Bennell

Dees treated like rubbish once again. Pert and Bartlett to speak up. They are irrelevant. Earn your very large $$$$.

Gold. Obvious things we have SCREAMED about for a long time. Goody should have analyzed this for the past 5 years.

Yes Oliver’s last clanger was perfect example

Misguided really. I worked in the building profession for 10 years before moving to design work. I know lots of young blokes with good intent but lacked the tool skills. I also had blokes with talent but were lazy. Who is easier to fix? It was often the ones who had the attitude issue that I developed. I think many of our blokes already have effort and intensity. They do play and compete. But a lot of our players haven’t got the core skills. It will take real coaching and development because it’s been ignored for years. Viney and Oliver and even Brayshaw don’t value their possessions. They give it away too easily. I’d invest in intense skill training for the whole club.

Thanks Dr. This saved me 30 minutes of typing. It’s so clear. Why don’t our footy special coaches get it. Why does it take the weekly footy media to raise it !!! It’s been 18 months of poor execution, dumb footy and poor team structure.

Goodwin needs to have the blowtorch applied

Agree. Frost had a clanger or two but had 7-8 more defensive efforts than ANY of the current key defenders. His pace and size was excellent for a key defender but another Goody scapegoat!!

No sugar coating. It’s going to be hard. But like the Power did, you have to be positive *** Demonland - can we merge with Demons Winter adventure post. Perhaps change Sydney adventure.

Trac had another very very good game. Not excellent. I’m tough. You have to be. He is now a bona fide mid imo. Who can also rest forward. He can try to copy Dusty and be dangerous wherever he is His first quarter was A grade. But then he fumbled a few and handballed too often. With such kicking ability, he needs to burst and kick. He created about 5 of our goals yesterday. And we only kicked 8 !!

Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday. Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !!

Train at Manly Warringah Wolves AFL Club

Q Station Sydney National Park. Manly. North Head. 4 stars. Well located for quarantine. Good walking and team dining facilities. Not quite the Gold Coast resorts but manageable. If that’s it.

Spot on. He’s not damaging. In fact he either turned over the footy or put his teammates under pressure. One kick to the forward line went at 45 degree angle out of bounds. His handball to Smith cost us a goal. His final clanger killed off any momentum we had. He needs a mentor or special coaching. He has the ability. It’s the execution of delivery that is missing.

I agree. He appears restricted. Definitely not as energetic or at the contest as I would like to see. Not capable of a creative midfield role right now imo

Yes. I think we will see HB this week v Suns. We need his skill. It will be interesting versus his former team. At least some theatre.

Thanks Demonland for posting. This is what we have been screaming out for years. We win the contested footy against virtually every time. Only the Lions beat us last year in contested footy. But our football skills - kicking and handball are shocking. And the overhandballing is as bad. Often to a teammate under more pressure.

Gawn was our best by a mile. Hit outs. Marks. Contested marks. Disposals. Efficiency. Tackles. Blocks. He did his very best.