spirit of norm smith

6 Gawn Tried his guts out , won hit outs, took marks got to the back 50, good disposal 5 Petracca. Earned 4 votes for his first qtr alone . Died out as fumbled but two good kicks created goals in last qtr Needs to kick it more 4 Hibberd worked hard , good defence , despite some skill errors he kept trying to create then daylight 3 May strong defence today and looks to bring others in from his rebounds 2 Hannan. For 3 goals. Took limited opportunities 1 Fritsch. For presenting as a forward. Kicking needs work still. apart from Harmes , the rest were mainly passengers. Oliver and Viney hurt us from their ineffective turnovers. Killed us in fact.

Good defender. Not great. Not above average. Just good. Not worth $600,000+ per year Not worth two first round trade picks. But he’s in red and blue now

Yes that’s definite.

Clayton oliver. What the

3rd qtr ✅ Melksham goal ✅ some pressure on the footy - chances missed inside 50 ... need marking forward - letting tiger smalls run ? umps crucifying us with inconsistency ? tigers just bully us and no response

Agree. Viney needs a confidence shot

Exact. This is spot on.

Yes it was the moment to show some team spirit. And nothing. Nudda from his teammates

We need to use handballing to create play. But often we handball around in a circle or handball to a player under pressure. Oliver and Viney in particular, are great at getting the footy but make dumb choices. 1/2 time today Dees 186 possessions- 106 handballs. A lot to players standing still Tigers 165 possessions- 71 handballs. Yet their handball is running and creative.

2nd qtr - Nankervis goal and umpire gift. Umps killing us - Oliver disposal poor. Others fumbling and missing tackles - forwards non existent. No crumbers. McDonald being out marked by balta ✅ none

1st quarter - winning the footy but disposal poor - overhandballing still ✅ Harmes on ball (good) ✅ Petracca getting it done. 14 possessions - missed tackles are costing us goals ✅ Pickett is a beauty. Skills. Pace. How’s the leap !!

Trade Brayshaw. No from me. This years draft is so compromised with 15 of the top 30 being club based academy, NGA aligned or father son picks. No value in draft picks as was shown why JT traded out 2020 first rounder for Pickett. I would use ANB as bait to try to grab one of Port Power youngsters who are missing out. Willem Drew, Joe Atley or Jarrod Lienert as fringe types who have shown AFL standards but are squeezed out right now.

Agreed. I thought they were almost in holiday mode already. Blues and Cats games lacked AFL intensity.

Three Vic boys names to watch out for: (Likely outside top 20 picks and unaligned to clubs academy) Josh Clarke (Eastern) - fast skilled wing or half back. Watched him in 2019 GF and was Easterns best (as a 17 yo). Needs a gym session but displays all AFL qualities. Ollie Lord (Sandringham and Geelong grammar) - trained with the Dees over the summer. I saw him in the under 17s futures match. Big 195cm key forward. Tom Hawkins like. I firmly believe that we should be picking the best available key forward in the draft with our first available pick. Sam Berry (Gippsland) - like a Lachie Neale clone in how he goes after the footy and wins it. Creative type. Won’t win 100m sprint or vertical leap, but is a typical footballer who gets the footy and uses it.

Lions playing 4 straight home games and now with parochial 10,000 crowd. Got to be a huge advantage.

Really hope we see Bennell and Weideman in shortly. Also like to see Sparrow back as he showed real promise in the brief chance he had last year.

Dees v Cats last week was like a practice match. Lacked intensity I watched Saints (v Blues) and Bombers (v pies). The tackling, pressure and controlled aggression was noticeable. Again tonight Brisbane’s ability to pressure and then run with pace is so different to our style. It’s a handball or two max then a kick to forward footy. No slow sideways stuff. We win the contested footy but then turn it over or move it too slow. Our talent is equaled by others. Our list isn’t better than most. It’s the toughness and intensity WITH THE FOOTY that’s needed

Weideman is fully fit. I spoke to him preseason. No issue there.

Apart from Terry Wallace, no one in the media seems to be amazed by our reluctance to pick Sam Weideman. I think it reflects our continued irrelevance as a club and that it doesn’t really matter because we are going nowhere right now.

I think he will be back in a few weeks. Needs to build again. But I think we need to play him to get him back into the tempo of the game ie. play him into form

I’d quarantine at Bondi. Might as well get parts as extras in Bondi Rescue.

It’s another example of Dees getting dudded by AFL. GABBA and Metricon games can have say 20-25,000 attend. A real crowd. I’d be surprised to see 5,000 at our Suns or Hawks games.

It’s all too confusing. 6.05pm. Ridiculously stupid time. That’s 2020 for you.

I’ve been to Blacktown once but never to the footy. It’s not the choice of a great escape. Might have to quarantine at the Best Western motel. Dees need to petition a move to Queensland for rounds 8 & 9. We need to get Queensland for 21-24c winter escape and crowds. Yes crowds.

It’s very disappointing. Gotta feel for the blokes who just want to play some footy