spirit of norm smith

Cannot believe how unlucky and fragile are both Joel Smith and Vandenburg. They have missed huge parts of the last 2 years. When they play, they add a lot to our team. Vandenburgs strength adds grunt to our forward 50. Joel Smith adds versatility and ability to play forward or back. We need them back and fit.

MFC 22 Casey 13 MFC listed players injuries 10 rested 1 Bradtke

Another one missed. Add Charlie Constable. Miers was predicted as a 20-30 draftee. Went # 57 Constable was predicted as a 15-20 draftee. Went # 36. Hardly a surprise that both are very good players.

Bring back Jeffy G. It’s desparate times !!

Massive game. Tommy mcd needs to lift big time. If we lose it’s 0-3 and a much tougher draw this year. If we go 0-3, even with good form, I could see us being 12-10 at best.

Yes our injury management is Consistently Ridiculous And Perennial. ie. CRAP

Viney captain until 2027. Next captain after Viney is yet to be drafted.

Agree outs. Omcd Anb sparrow may(inj) ins. Stretch Preuss Petty Wagner-c jetta Petty Hibberd salem Frost Hunt brayshaw viney Stretch trac tmcd Melksham c-Wagner Weid Fritsch gawn Harmes oliver lockhart Preuss jones kk jones and Fritsch stay in only just!!

Yes Smith was fuc^%<n smartar$$(

Agree

No panic yet. Disappointing yes. It was just expected to happen. Goodwin and the team have not reviewed the eagles loss!! Really. It should how to wait for a turnover and punish us on the rebound. Need to get our mojo. We should fear no one.

May will miss 2-3 weeks. Needs to play on Gorillas like Hawkins. NOT BE THE LOOSE MAN.

Ridiculous. Some always want to always trade out. Petracca can be a very very very good player We are ready to cast aside but somehow we then feel mortally hurt when Thompson, Scully,McLean etc leave. Petracca stays imo

Baker is not ready yet. Hunt and Baker could be damaging but Baker needs 5-6 more games at Casey.

Petracca should aim to kick 2 or 3 goals agame. He is good enough. Now he tries to do the team game and offload it all the time. More half kicks when he can kick goals within the 50. In juniors, he was told to play his natural game. Now he holds back. Maybe hypnotherapy is the answer. See goal ... kick goal.

ANB out before Petracca ANB average is poor!!

Goodwin will need to fix delivery into the forward-50 first. Otherwise player shift doesn’t matter.

I’ll fix the tip right now. But yes the forwards don’t seem smart enough to create space. Watched the Bulldogs last quarter and they kept the hotspot 25 metres out vacant. It was the “hole” and the hawks failed to realise it.

Exactly. Bombs high and long into the 50 don’t work. Neither to kicks to pockets. What about a look up to see what’s ahead?

Best post in the last 36 hours. It’s delivery into the forward 50. Smart footy. We created more chances. Our conversion was disgraceful.

I wanted to miss the draft talk this early. But given we are 18th, I’ll start showing interest now!!!

It’s not really about Manpower and which player is in or out. It’s attitude and game plan. 3 simple ins and outs. Ins. 1- smart footy. 2- skilled disposals 3- tackle effectiveness outs. 1- bombing the footy inside 50 2- turnovers 3- fumbles

Pick 1- Matthew Rowell.

We need a fit best 22 up and running. Already 5/6 out on my best 22 and it shows. May - any update?? Groin??

Yes hard to see Omcd staying in. Has had real shockers and lacks skill, strength, smarts or pace. Gets caught out too much. Petty in for me. Jonesy is struggling. Might just just stay in. Stretch definitely in.