spirit of norm smith

Great news. He deserves the game. Good preseason and one of the best in last weeks practice game for Casey.

Who’s the Cats fitness guru? only Tuohy missing from their best 22. Unbelievable. It was the key to them beating the Pies. Ablett etc all fit for round 1. Tough game v Cats at the cattery

Casey has a very very average social media and website presence. Hard to understand. Twitterist works less than a kardashian !!!

Lever was at his best when allowed to play the 3rd man role to impact the contest or intercept. Lever struggled when required to man up on a key forward and it hurt our defence. It does depend on the other team. Eg. V Crows last year, Omcd took Walker and Vince actually took their roving CHF Lynch. Lever was free and played his best game.

Ins. Preuss. Stretch. May. Outs Wagner Hore Frost kk not quite ready Jetta. Omcd. Hibberd Salem. May. Hunt Stretch. Harmes. Fritsch Petracca. Tmcd. Melksham Spargo. Weideman. Anb Gawn. Brayshaw. Oliver. Jones. Preuss. Sparrow Spargo Emerg Wagner Frost Hore Injured Jkh Lever Hannan TSmith JSmith Lewis Vdberg Garlett Walker Nietscke Casey Lockhart. Petty. Hore. Munro* Frost J Wagner Baker Maynard KK Jordan Keilty Mitch Lewis* Bedford Bradke Chandler buxton-Wales* Gent* C Wagner int. Vella* Tynan*White*Freeman* emerg. mccaffrey* hutchins* collis *

Petracca out??? He wasn’t at his best but is super talented and really showed his ability in 2018. I’ll back in the Trac.

Out are Nietschke Season Walker Season (delist) Jkh 10-12 weeks Lever 8-10 weeks Hannan 8-10 weeks Vandenburg 4 weeks Garlett 4 weeks T Smith 3 weeks J Smith 3 weeks Lewis 3 weeks Kk still not ready to go imo

Injuries already killing our 2019 year. 11 players out with injuries already. It’s ridiculous. Wrap up the rest in cotton wool

Stretch is a chance this week

Hore showed glimpses but ultimately was not ready. Needs a year in the system. He is a “not quite” player. Not quite tall enough, quick enough or skilled enough. OMac is the same!

Goodwin is joking surely. “We wished we would’ve have more time to prepare”. That means missing September. Good teams back up. They “Are” ready to play. 5 months of preseason. Suspension and injuries (aside from Viney) were in preparation. No excuses. We lost the contested footy and couldn’t handle it. And they missed Wines. Simply we expected to just turn up. Where was the support for Gawn. We need Preuss May VBerg in to match the physical teams. Port were worthy winners. They should have won by 40+.

Baker likes to run and kick. He can spot a player unlike a few of our 1st team seniors. Though last year I remember Rawlings suggesting he needed to link up more with other runners (except they weren’t as quick). Hope they don’t turn Baker into another handball mad midfielder. It drives the forwards crazy.

Have to get some more outside run. Baker will play once he gets more match fitness. He is quick.

I’d still bring Preuss in next week. He can play forward and bring in when Gawn needs a rest. Preuss also can handle some physical stuff and get angry. We need a bit of anger.

In. Lewis Preuss kk Outs Frost Hore Wagner Jetta Omcd Lewis Salem May Hibberd Hunt Viney Brayshaw Petracca Tmcd Melksham Spargo Weid Fritsch Gawn Harmes Oliver Jones Preuss Sparrow ANB Emerg Stretch Hore Wagner inj jsmith TSmith Garlett vdnberg Inj Lterm Hannan Jkh Lever Nietzske We are already down 4 from best 22. Injuries could make or break 2019.

20 passengers. Very disappointing. How can you be under prepared after 5 months. We were not ready. We were not hungry. 5-6 changes coming

Yes that’s why May and Petty are seen as the answer

Sparrow looks good. Could retain his place. A few others experienced players are struggling.

Really struggles. He has been exposed again as not good enough.

Rubbish 50 to Gray. Kills us

Yes watch how Preuss and kk go need them in

Agree. Need to get May Vdberg kk Preuss in. I like the physical intensity that May Preuss Vdgberg adf

Yes agree Wagner and Hore deserve their chance. Not in the best 22 so debut in MFC is a lot earlier than I expected or considered. Shows the team is absent 4-6 players.

Weaker team than 2018 And it’s ONLY round 1

?? 7 out of my best 22 May Lever Vberg J Smith kk Preuss Hannan