spirit of norm smith

I am getting sick of Matt Burgan's sugar coating. It was a poor effort. No Pavlich and no Hill. Two of their very best. Both were rested!! We failed to execute basic skills. I actually think Freo relaxed and margin could have been 80 plus.

Ins ... Tapscott, Blease, Jetta, JKH Outs ... Gawn , Salem, Terlich, Barry

shades of 2012 & 2013. No confidence. No inspiration. No attack.

We are in damage control. Poor decision making. Inside 50s Mfc 17 Freo 42 Getting smashed ...

Overpossessing the footy !!!!!!!!! Roos ... 135 possessions ... 3 points. Its obvious. Move the footy QUICKLY !!!!!!!

Our pick must be CHRISTIAN PETRACCA. He was clearly AFL ready and will be a star. If he goes before our pick, Angus Brayshaw would be a likely option.

Yes good finishing skills and pace. Likely 2nd round pick to give up but hopefully only a 3rd round. Billy is a very good prospect.

The Wiz Jeff Farmer was one of the most exciting players to have wirn the red and blue. Exciting fast amazing skills and that bit of cheeky mongrel. It was a sad day when he went west.

Howe, Watts, Tommy McD all very good. I did think Jeremy Howe might go Bang, kick 5-6 and set the league on fire.

Agree. Show me another team or club website doing this. Just keep it one line. "Played key role. Executed on skills. Effectively tagged. Needs to work on development. Ready for next step up." etc

Every team needs an absolute gun. Hird, Voss, Buckley, Carey, Lockett, Riewoldt, Harvey, Ruccuito, Jarman, Brown, Kelly, Pendlebury, Swan, Watson, G Ablett, Hodge, Franklin, Rioli, Cotchin, Pavlich, Goodes, etc etc. All top teams need that top 10 in the league player. I think Jesse Hogan can be that player. I think Christian Petracca could be that player if we draft him. The cavalry of Jones, Tyson, Vince, Dawes, Frawley, Toumpas,Viney, Salem will be very good but not the star that carries you over the line in a tight one or rips the game to pieces. I live in hope.

Petracca will be a star gun. A cross between Jobe Watsons size, Chris Judds kick and Pendlebury poise. I think he is our obvious choice (but I was wrong about Wines, Freeman as our choices). Maybe we dont like mature tough midfielders.

Yes big play for Mackay. Offer what pick or player?? Toumpas?? pick 22?? Mackay is the fast running midfielder we need. Add Billy Stretch and we have outside pace to add to Viney, Jones, Tyson.

WTF ... we move from the MCG to Junction Oval to Casey to Aami Pk to the MCG and now to Melbourne Uni. Why move???? We often say the MCG is our heart. Aami offers already state of the art facilities with Goschs oval for FULL YEAR USE. why move ???? why spend more money when we have none. what is Barlett doing? sounds like putting in an empty legacy. we want footballers not gypsys.

Tomlinson and Greene for pick 4 & 22... hmmm. Allow Stretch as f/son at pick 42... if we trade away picks

Tomlinson and O'Rourke for picks 4 & 22

Toumpas for pick 9 ... yes and yes. Pick a Vic !!! Liam Duggan or Corey Ellis good options

Adam Tomlinson ... best mates with Dom Tyson and Kristian Jaksch ... best mates with Jack Viney Either are welcome Tomlinson for pick #24 and Strauss

Billy Stretch represents more hope ...

Ins... Michie, Tapscott, Blease, Jkh, Mckenzie Outs ... Terlich (inj or dropped), Salem, Nicholson, Gawn/Bail, Jetta (susp) Grimes Frawley (on pav) Dunn Tapscott Garland Howe Michie Viney M Jones Vince Pedersen Watts Jkh Dawes Blease Jamar Tyson Jones Gawn/Bail Mckenzie Kent sub Barry emerg Salem Nicho Toumpas

Ins... Michie, Tapscott, Blease, Jkh, Mckenzie Outs ... Terlich (inj or dropped), Salem, Nicholson, Gawn/Bail, Jetta (susp) Grimes Frawley (on pav) Dunn Tapscott Garland Howe Michie Viney M Jones Vince Pedersen Watts Jkh Dawes Blease Jamar Tyson Jones Gawn/Bail Mckenzie Kent sub Barry emerg Salem Nicho Toumpas

Daisy Pearce must be in. Love her attack on the footy. Tackles better than Bail in any event. He tried 3 times to tackle Bontempelllllli !!!

shut this down

6-Jamar 5-Howe 4-Jetta 3-Vince ... 2nd half BOG 2-Frawley 1-Viney This loss really hurted

out Salem, Nicho, Terlich in Michie, Mckenzie, Jkh