spirit of norm smith

played 5 years in Southern League for Tooronga-Malvern (1sts and 2nds). Then 3 years for Highett - mainly in the 1sts (but in 2nds at the end). I was like a Dean Laidley type before I realised I was a good average player. Finished in 1999 and then enjoyed watching the Demons march to the GF in 2000 ... never went back. At 27, my dream of an AFL career was over

another opinion on Freeman ... "Freeman is incredibly quick and powerful and compares himself to Dangerfield and Luke Shuey. Freeman can find the ball and he uses it really well. He’s an under rated kick and a real force as an outside player. He seems to have an AFL ready body. I’d like to see him try get the inside ball a little more, but other than that; there are no outstanding flaws to his game. Freeman’s combine was incredible – second in the 20m sprint with 2.82 seconds, he came 10th in the 3km run, 10th in the beep test with 14.10 and first in the repeat sprints".

agree ... this is madness. why do we have an etihad home game.

could Scharenberg slip to pick 9 ... I had Freeman as a lock for #9 BUT its a tough one if Scharenberg was available.

Freeman, Crouch, Salem, Lennon ... any are all good by me. I think all will be available (likely boyd, kelly, aish, scharenberg, billings as top 5, #6 Bontempelli #7 Kolodjashnji)

Hungry Jacks. .. Viney, Watts & Trengove ... & the fitz

Brad Dalziel must be very unlucky... he played some good games in 2nd half of 2013.

agree with Riley ... look at Matthew Sully from Cats VFL team. Very good tall defender.

surprised..... no

options here are tall key position backs: Cameron Giles or Daniel Mcstay tall rebounding half backs:Tom Cutler or Nick Bourke small fwds: Dwayne Wilson or Jay Kennedy-Harris more midfielders: Nick Holman or James Tsitas this is based on our needs and possible available players

terlich mcdonald garland clisby frawley(vc) grimes toumpas viney *Freeman/lennon howe dawes vince hogan clark blease gawn tyson n jones© cross trengove watts sub: michie emerg m jones, fitz, kent

outs: Sylvia (FA), Davey, Rodan, Macdonald (retired), Tynan, Davis, Sellar, Gillies, Taggert. rookies delisted: Stark, Magner, Couch. ins: Hogan (eligible), Tyson, Vince, Michie, Cross, Clisby (rookie upgrade). so 3 more main spots on the list and 4 rookie spots. draft #9, 40, 57, 91 (clisby upgrade). or we may pass on 57 & select PSD#2.

avoid Nahas !!!

yes... shhhhhh. Fuller and Dumont were my ones to watch from the SANFL GF. Nathan Gorden also will be on an AFL list in 2014

Freeman tipped in Herald Sun Phantom Draft as our number 9 pick. He would fit in perfectly as a runner with real acceleration. Loves to run and bounce and deliver inside 50.

agree... Horsley is an option. Maybe rookie draft is best opportunity.

one role we need is a tall rebounding defender... like a Grant Birchall or Andrew Mackie type Watched Tom Cutler video and fits the bill perfectly. 190 cms good pace and skills, versatile and good 2nd efforts. Predicted draft range 25-35 but my slide to 40 , I hope.

1-gws boyd 2-gws kelly 3-stk aish 4-dogs scharenberg 5-suns kolodjadnji 6-pies bomtempelli 7-lions billings 8-roos McDonald f/son 9- dees freeman 10-pies lennon 11- eagles sheed 12-tigers crouch 13-carl salem 14- gws dunstan 15-swans hartung 16-cats taylor 17- freo acres 18- stk dumont 19- stk (zak) jones

order of preference... Freeman, Lennon, Crouch, Kolodjashnji, Bontempelli, Sheed, Dunstan, Salem, Taylor. Assume Boyd, Aish, Schareberg, Kelly and Billings are top 5. BTW our pick is effectively pick 8 as Kangas pick #8 is Luke Mcdonald as father/son selection.

Bail to Lions for pick 48... win win

Bail and Nicholson are not in my future plans

order of preference...from the likely available candidates Freeman Crouch Lennon Kolodjashjni Sheed Bontempelli Dunstan I assume Boyd, Aish, Kelly, Scharenberg, Billings are top 5.

Gartlett at 40 if available ... worth the risk

Dunstan is the smoky at no.9 pick. A real hard footballer. Good mates with Jimmy Toumpas.

if we get Kade Kolodashnjjjjiii at pick 9, surely we choose Jake Kolodashnjjjjiii at pick 58. Double The Trouble for commentators