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spirit of norm smith

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  1. Dees 2 goals v bombers to half time Eagles 5 goals (Waterman 3 goals) by quarter time !! Any learnings Goody?? We have no forward strategy ffs
  2. Unavailable. Campbell, Hore, Lever - injured. MFC emergencies. Howes. Henderson. (May and Pickett having fitness tests) Casey crew. (8) Bonner, Hardie, Smith, Baldi, Windsor, Cross, George & Kirkwood-Scott. Edwards out injured is a blow. Good to see Dees persist with Kirkwood-Scott. He has elite footskills and one youngster who might be handy to consider at years end. Roy George. Let’s see what he can do excite the Casey faithful.
  3. Actually I wouldn’t have minded if they gave Sestan a game this week - omit Melksham. Sestan needs to be given a chance. Actually I wouldn’t have minded if they gave Kynan Brown a game this week - omit Spargo. (Spargo had 1 tackle and 4 missed tackles last week ). Kynan Brown knows how to tackle and needs to be given a chance. Both or either of these changes would have been okay by me
  4. @binman let’s give Fullarton at least two or three games. Hope they don’t crucify him after one game.
  5. Spargo lucky to survive Melksham lucky to survive … surely he’s the sub Henderson- just not up to AFL standards yet JVR had to go Fritta … he’ll be back soon Turner in - yes Fullarton in - yes BUT GIVE HIM 2-3 GAMES Throlstrup- across half forward and must do running both ways
  6. Recruiting. Just stating the facts !!! Here are players recruited to new clubs since 2021 (last 4 years) and in their current teams best 23 (or played on the weekend). Dees are the outlier … with one!! Crows. ANB, Cumming, Peatling, Rankine, Keane, Dawson 6 Cats Stengle Bailey Smith Henry Bowes Bruhn* 5 Swans Grundy Jordon Hamling Adams 4 Pies Cameron Lipinski Schultz Hill Mcstay Perryman Houston* 7 Kangas Daniel Stephens Tucker Darling Parker Fisher Logue Konstanty 8 Suns Long Noble Rioli 3 Blues Cerra Hewett McGovern Saad Haynes Acres 6 Eagles Graham Baker Hunt Flynn Owies 5 Dogs Kennedy Harmes Lobb Bramble Jones 5 Lions Dunkley AhChee Fort McKenna Day 5 Bombers Shiel Setterfield McKay Duursma Prior Gresham Caldwell* 7 Dees Sharp 1 Tigers Hopper Taranto 2 Dockers Clark Sharp Bolton Omeara Jackson* 5 Giants Hogan Stringer Bedford 3 saints Wood Hill Stocker Macrae Henry Jones 6 Power JHF Sweet Richards Rioli Allir Ratugolea Lukosius 7 Hawks Meek Amon Battle Barrass Impey Chol Ginnivan D’Ambrosio 8
  7. Won’t happen due to prior selection habits and delusions shown by Goody and MFC … but I’d go with some radical changes. ie. Any change is radical !! Outs. Spargo. Henderson. JVR. Melksham. Ins. Fullarton. Turner. Sestan. Kynan Brown. Sestan to debut why not? Let the youngster show us something … or we can delist him at year end ! At least give him a go Adams as an emergency in case May fails last minute fitness test (Presume McVee and Throlstrup return via Casey) Salem May Tmcd Riv Petty Bowey Windsor Viney Langdon Chandler Turner Trac Sharp Fullarton Fritsch Gawn Langford Oliver Int. Sestan Sparrow Lindsay Sharp Sub. K.Brown Emerg. Johnson Adams Verrall
  8. Andy got ANGRY … actually he was quite tame compared with some conversations I’ve had with fellow Demon supporters (sufferers) in the last few days. Getting kicked in the media and by workmates is not fun !!!
  9. 💩💩💩💩💩Damo Barrett 💩💩💩💩Sam McClure 💩💩💩💩Tom Morris 💩💩💩Matthew Lloyd 💩💩Jon Ralph 💩Kane Cornes And now 💩💩💩💩💩💩Jack Riewoldt & Jay Clark … banging on about Trac’s family not being contacted or spoken to by the Dees about their son’s injury. It was all contrived BS … Riewoldt went off his nut and was not corrected by Clark. Lazy sensational mud crawling stuff again. Riewoldt hates the Dees. He banged on about Fritsch tunneling Stewart and should be suspended for 3 weeks. Clark said Fritsch nearly put Stewart into a wheelchair for life. Both are now in the media scum file. Absolute BS. But also some well said awards 👏👏👏👏👏Phil Davis 👏👏👏Luke Hodge 👏👏Jordan Lewis Insights and unbiased commentary. Thoughtful and measured. Informed. Not in the gutter looking to ridicule or belittle
  10. Have to clarify the Tim Lamb performance on trades (Jason Taylor does the drafting). Pre Tim Lamb. Hibbo. Melksham. May. Lever. Langdon. Brown. Since 2021… Dunstan, Grundy, Hunter, Schache, Daw, Billings, McAdam, Fullarton, Campbell, Sharp (tbc) None are either still on the list or not in the best team or regular players. A huge flaw. Sure they cost us 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounders. Unsuccessful. Recruiting injury prone or end of career players … Hunter. Billings Campbell McAdam. Other clubs have added players that are regulars and strong contributors. I dare say every club except the Dees in the past 2-3 years
  11. Whilst I agree with most views and disagree with other views expressed … love the anger love the discussion love the passion Great show again 👏
  12. ‪Spargo. V Essendon. 12 possessions. 5 turnovers. 4 missed tackles. 1 tackle. 95 minutes. One good kick to Petty after running 24 metres without a bounce. Nearly killed Ed Langdon with a hospital pass. Pathetic again. Gifted games. Why is he always Goodys favourite one? Madness. Must be dropped. Has done nothing to warrant a game. This typifies Goodys poor selection and bias.
  13. 5 changes at least this week Ins. Transition footy with run & run & carry lock tackles man-up-in-defence Lower-eyes-going-inside-50 One grab ball handling Out. Slow-chip-chip-chip-turnover Three bees at the same honeypot Missed tackles Forwards standing still waving arms like drowning swimmers Fumbles and fumbles
  14. Buckley. Nathan Buckley. Hated him as an arrogant coach. Hated him as an arrogant player. He’s okay as a media commentator with insights BUT WTF … All he can say is that they don’t look happy. He called for the disgruntled players who wanted out to be given their wish and that’s why they look unhappy. Ffs. They are 0-5 and got thrashed again for the 4th week running. No one’s smiling with that run. No club would or should look happy. He should talk about the footy issues… the players errors and turnovers and forward 50 disaster and the missed tackles and the poor selection decisions and the need to look at some younger players. Insights needed. Not a dump fest !!!!
  15. The scum on footy classified… [censored] Barrett, [censored] McClure. Scum !!! Crowd numbers. As predicted. Low v giants Low v Suns and will be low v dockers. The 3 worse drawing teams at the MCG with low support bases. Lions and Swans draw reasonable crowds at the G but not other clubs. Why play our home game v bombers in Adelaide. That would be 50,000 at the mcg. We should petituon to play Dockers/Suns/Giants in gather round at Barossa next year. Keep our home games at mcg against bigger clubs. It’s the [censored] AFL to blame
  16. I think Goodwin is like the captain of the Titanic He refused to see the ice bergs He refused to change course and foresee the danger Goodwin is living in denial “It will turn eventually”. Goodwin is basing this on hope more than strategy.
  17. 5 things to work on to achieve success Man up. The zone does not work. The zone does not work. We guard grass. Other teams sit back and then pick it apart. Also allowing teams to play 1-2 behind the ball in our forward line is sporting suicide. Do not continue. Forward 50 entries. Forget the soccer ball [censored]. Work transition drills until the lights have to go out. Work and work. Lower your eyes. Kick to space even. Make forwards work. And crumbing and forward tackling must improve to kick it in. Tackling. How bad? Slipped tackles. Missed tackles. Trac. Spargo. Windsor. Clarry. Perhaps are the worst offenders. Opposition get the ball clear and push past all together. Lock it in. Lock arms. It’s been poor for a while. Horrendous now. Transitions. Be brave. Use the corridor. Overlap running (but not overhandballing). Simple but effective is to demand the footy. Standing still doesn’t work. Waving arms next to your opponent doesn’t work. Clearances. Better v bombers but often the Dees are all bees to a honeypot. 3 in. Not one player available to spread. Little handballs to each other. [censored] statistics. Burst and run. Energy must lift.
  18. Kane Cornes described the Dees as “UNWATCHABLE”. Have to agree. Scoring is the key and it’s been a problem for the Dees for 3 years !!! It’s so frustrating to watch us and get angry, sad, disappointed, frustrated, angry , sad, disappointed, frustrated … and despondent. We had 5 minutes of Hope which was quickly killed and incinerated in the last qtr.
  19. He’s a good youngster with footy smarts. Definitely be top 15-20 pick. But unless we trade in, our first pick is likely to be around 25-30.
  20. What a load of Codswallop! Dees supporters right now. My doctor recommends me to avoid watching the Dees for a few weeks My blood pressure is through the roof !!
  21. Thanks to Cameron Burt Simon Goodwin’s coaching record since taking over in 2017: 49-17-1 with Yze 51-60 without Yze Goodwin has zero strategy and zero recognition of suggestions I am sick of his LEARNINGS dialogue
  22. It’s going to get crazy now with trade targets We have no appeal, no 1st round pick and not much coin. Likely we will shop at the DFO for a bargain just make sure it’s not the RSL (Campbell, Billings, Hunter) or the reject shop (Schache).
  23. 5 things to work on to achieve success Man up. The zone does not work. The zone does not work. We guard grass. Other teams sit back and then pick it apart. Also allowing teams to play 1-2 behind the ball in our forward line is sporting suicide. Do not continue. Forward 50 entries. Forget the soccer ball [censored]. Work transition drills until the lights have to go out. Work and work. Lower your eyes. Kick to space even. Make forwards work. And crumbing and forward tackling must improve to kick it in. Tackling. How bad? Slipped tackles. Missed tackles. Trac. Spargo. Windsor. Clarry. Perhaps are the worst offenders. Opposition get the ball clear and push past all together. Lock it in. Lock arms. It’s been poor for a while. Horrendous now. Transitions. Be brave. Use the corridor. Overlap running (but not overhandballing). Simple but effective is to demand the footy. Standing still doesn’t work. Waving arms next to your opponent doesn’t work. Clearances. Better v bombers but often the Dees are all bees to a honeypot. 3 in. Not one player available to spread. Little handballs to each other. [censored] statistics. Burst and run. Energy must lift. God speed !!!
  24. These are the facts DEES 57. Bombers 96. Tonight … 51 inside 50s - 8 goals. 15%. Horrendous. Bombers - 43 inside 50s… 15 goals horrendous defending 16 centre clearances to 7 - score result 0.1 And 2025 so far 5 goals to 26 in 4th quarters . Horrendous Zero wins. 5 losses. 4 thrashings.
  25. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-melbourne-demons-labelled-broken-after-loss-to-essendon-bombers-at-gather-round-david-king-reaction-comments-latest-news/news-story/bd962200033d038a52c4dc3bccb020b6 Cannot argue with some comments about our pathetic performance 💩💩💩💩💩💩But Jay Clark is just bringing up mud again