spirit of norm smith

any off... 1- Paul Roos- BP & bank balance under control in media (ex Syd) 2- Alistair Clarkson - why leave a premiership constant ?? (Hawks) 3- Choco (Mark) Williams - angry man. Just what we want. No PC rubbish like Neeld (ex Port) 4- Brett Ratten - very unlucky to be shafted by the Blues. He has the pedigree. (ex Carl) 5- Gary Ayres - inspires. Has some unfinished business. Best coach outside AFL system..(ex Geel / Crows) 6- Rodney Eade - ready to go. Would be a huge get.(ex Syd, Dogs) do NOT draft skinny kids. do NOT take a punt on an inexperienced coach

Viney wanted to play for Melbourne Wines wanted to play with his best mate Jack Viney Melbourne made another BAD draft decision. Gysberts, Cook, Morton, Bate, Maric and some more yet to be finalised.

Bad news # 23 for the year. Pushing past 50 bad news threads by year end !!!

Agree. It has been a disgrace for a very long time ...

Will also watch for Angus Litherland and Mitch Hallahan from Hawks. Both impressed me in 2nd half of 2012 for Box Hill. 2 yrs on Hawks list but would struggle to get into HFC 1sts right now. Litherland has Gibson, Suckling, Stratton ahead of him. Hallahan has Hodge, Lewis, Mitchell ahead of him.

2 Current stars: N Jones, Grimes. 4 Future stars: Viney, Hogan, Gawn, Toumpas 7 Very very good: Frawley, Sylvia (must keep), Howe, Trengove, Garland, Clark, Dawes. 15 Foot soldiers: T McD, Strauss, Tapscott, Dunn, Sellar (1 more year), Jetta, Evans, M Jones, Jamar (veteran 1 more year), Fitzpatrick, Magner (elevated), Jordie McK, Bail (just hangs in), Byrnes (1 more year), Pedersen. 6 Developing: Sam Blease (!!), Jack Watts (!!), Taggert, Tynan, Kent, Barry. = 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attract: Dylan Shiels (swap pick 2), Dion Prestia (swap pick 20), FREE agent MID, draft pick # 36 (real crumbing fwd), draft pick 52 (toughness, small back) (magner elevated), (Hogan eligible) Delist: (7) Spencer, Nicho, Davey, Davis, J Macdonald, Gillies, Rodan Rookie: best young player who missed the draft, & mature age backup ruckman.

Prestia for our 2nd round pick 20. If not, then Suns can get stuf%#fed and we will nab him in PSD. Dylan Shiel from Giants for our pick #2. He is the gun we need.

Get tough or get out. Yes, Magner IN and keep him IN. We need Magner, Jetta, Viney, Sylvia, Tapscott, Jones (plus 1-2 more tough guys). Add Dion Prestia (swap pick 20)and Dylan Shiels (GWS) (swap pick 2). No more skinny kids.

agreed. Given Sam Blease at least 5 weeks IN ...

Clearly a shining light so far ... will rival Jack Viney for best first year player

agree. Watched him closely and he is not a smart footballer. No core skills. a big spud.

me

these are so dated ...

Only recruit players who are described as TOUGH. Not Lucas Cook, Addam Maric, Matt Bate, Cale Morton, Jordie Gysberts.

too many chiefs ... and not the right focus on the "warriors".

yes. Get rid of Moloney and Martin ... keep Spencer

Words. Words. Words. Big on talk. NO ACTION.

agreed. Nicho heard footsteps and shirked the contest. delist ...

help ... we are in hell. No A grade players and no money.

Dawes ?? pushed off the footy. One effort. Poor elbow swing. Tried to mark on chest not hands. he was poor.

AFL standard Howe - Our best. If he could kick straight he would bag 5-6. Gawn - liked his game. Big man. Has the edge. N.Jones - tagged again. No one cuts out his tagger to help. Sylvia - showed why he is in our top 5 players. Frustration let him down. Viney - tried but flawed M.Jones - classy disposal. Our best rookie this year. Strauss - showed some run and carry. Nice goal. A keeper. Terlich - trier Tapscott - showed some grunt. but also fumbled too much Frawley - was he playing !! McKenzie - hmmm - bereft of skills Dunn – trier. Garland - holding back a tidal wave. trier. Sellar - trier Evans - trier Kent - overwhelmed. trier. leave in to get some games into. Dawes - no one at magpieland cried when he left. One effort player. To be omitted: Spencer – 2nd rate. VFL Dev squad. Bail – ohhh. Back to vfl. Fell over. Missed tackles etc etc Nicholson - dumb and dumber and dumb and dumber 2 Byrnes - VFL standard (drop) Davey - limited and flawed. Missed 2 easy goals

Mark "Choco" Williams. Ayres as football manager/development coach.

Neeld was pathetic. Disgraceful. Get rid of a teacher who cannot teach (or lead). An assistant only.

3 weeks. Poor decision, based on frustration. Colin actually was one of our better players (against those who say he is a downhill skier). His ability and skill to kick the left foot goal was an example of his talent.

We need a STAR ...