spirit of norm smith

Here is how our best 22 could look for 2016... Jetta Frost Dunn Lamumba T.Mc Salim Michie Viney Vince Kent *TOMLINSON Petracca Gartlett Hogan *LYNCH Gawn Brayshaw N.Jones Tyson ANB Stretch Watts Depth. Utilities. Cross Grimes Newton *Bugg JKH VDNBERGER Harmes Trengove (hopeful)Hunt Depth. Ruck.Spencer Jamar Depth. Key position. Dawes Pedersen O.Mcd Rookies White King +2 ...*Callum Moore,*Jake Lovett Draftees. *Balic *Clarke *Gresham *Mutimer

Plowman for Howe would be good ...

Outs(9). Howe-Giants(trade 1) Toumpas-Crows (trade 2) Garland (FA) bail m.jones mckenzie terlich fitz riley Promoted. Harmes VDNberg Ins. Tomlinson - Giants(trade 1) Tom Lynch - Crows(trade 2) Tom Bugg DFA. Thats the CHF, Half fwd and tough onball tagger. draft picks 5 (Harley Balic), 25 (Ryan Clarke),26 (Jake Gresham), 45 (Kurt Mutimer). Thats a skilled ruck rover, x factor midfielder, high possession rover and skilled running half back.

Yes to Tom Bugg

Parish Balic Tucker Mathieson in that order

Would we trade... Howe to Lions for Tom Cutler or their pick 21 (their 2nd round). Howe to Giants for Adam Tomlinson or their pick 28 (their 2nd round). Howe to Suns for Trent Mckenzie or pick 23 (their 2nd round).

injuries. Pedersen PETRACCA Trengove (season) Vandenburg 2 weeks.season Lamumba . ankle 2 weeks. season Dawes. ankle. rested. 2 weeks. season. Tyson ????? hamstring Hunt ????? rested Mckenzie ????? rested Fitz. concussion???? Brayshaw . rested

they would call this tanking if we were 17th or 18th

jetta tmcd dunn salem garland cross michie vince stretch watts hogan newton gartlett spencer howe gawn viney n.jones anb m.jones grimes sub. omcd emerg. harmes bail riley rested brayshaw still strangely injured tyson

Bail and Matt Jones have failed too many times. Why rest Harmes ?? He has hardly played?? Been sub a few times. Why not just use him or Brayshaw as sub. Tired players ... amazing !! no wonder we are viewed as SOFT.

Another BOG in Collingwood reserves. I think he will be promoted this week. Dees need to offer this kid a 3 year deal. He is very good.

Toumpas swap for Lynch... fair call

Howe to Giants for Tomlinson... straight swap

weekly update. Toumpas trade ... for Lynch from Crowd Howe trade ... for Cutler from Lions Garland can go Delist- M Jones Mckenzie Bail Riley Terlich Fitz minus 8 ...

I watched the last half against the Cats tonight and you cannot imagine the difference in game style. We ran, tackled, nailed goals, went through the corridor.

Agree Toumpas in straight swap with Lynch

Confidence comes with executing correctly. We fail at the basics. Remember the basics get you 90% of the way. X factors like Rioli, Ablett, Judd etc the additional 10% !!

Yes these are ALL the things we are failing to do. The club seems to not have the answers. Footy is still a game of basics.

Yes. Add "intensity and hardness". 14 steps !!

Poor attitude. Shellshocked. Move him on.

Yes yes yes. Better than most on our list.

1. Tackle around the waist... not the neck. Weak players go high. Hold the tackle and pin the arms. 2. Goalkicking. The most important and yet poorest skill executed on the footy field. 3. Over use of handball. An MFC specialty. Handballing around in a circle achieves nithing but a turnover. 170 kicks and 170 handballs achieves nothing. I want 220 kicks and 150 handballs. 4. Run run and run. Its a sport where you must keep moving. Create space. Demand the footy on the move!! 5. Support. Bump. Shepherd. Talk. Knock on the your advantage. Smart 1%s. 6. One up, one down. Both in attack and defence you must crumb smartly. 7. Kick to the Hotspot 15 metres out of goals (not the pockets). 8. Stand up. Don't go to ground (MFC slips or goes down too quickly). Your options are often poor and you get caught with the footy. 9. Move the ball quickly quickly and quickly. Use the corridor. Defenders hate quick attack. If you are slow, the opposition setup defence too quickly. Attack and entertain. 10. Dont kick backwards or sideways in the back 50. It achieves nothing. Thats a start to measure next week. Watch the top teams (Hawks and Eagles especially) and tick off these 10. Forget other meaningless stats.

Top 5 questions Why is the tackling ineffective? why tackle around the nec why handball to other players under more pressure in the back 50? why is goalkicking so casual? why kick on your opposite foot and turnover the ball? why do we fumble and slipover all the time??

One Showed improvement in his last 2 games. He is AFL standard. Strong and a good kick. Perfect modern wingman.

If you care... post Fffffff. that sums it up