spirit of norm smith

Pies supporters staggered at this Collingwood v Port Adelaide 9 Dan Houston (COLL) 7 Steele Sidebottom (COLL) 5 Daniel McStay (COLL) 5 Nick Daicos (COLL) 2 Connor Rozee (PORT) 1 Patrick Lipinski (COLL) 1 Tim Membrey (COLL) …allegedly McRae gave N.Daicos 5 and Houston 4. His bias is unhinged !!! Definitely not BOG and would’ve been lucky to squeak a vote or two. Btw Hinkley gave Daicos ZERO !!

“new Casey captain Deakyn Smith has accepted a one-match suspension for rough conduct in the weekend practice match”.

Learnings ? Goody here’s one stat to share this week Melbourne vs GWS. Scores in the first 25 minutes of a quarter vs scores 25+ minute mark First 25 mins (all 4 qtrs) Melb 71 GWS 51 After 25+minute mark …GWS 26 Melb 3 Junk time is Dees worst period. It happens year after year. Play out the quarter !!!

This award is perhaps one of the most biased voting systems ever … with coaches often giving their players votes in preference to any “objective” review. Giants win by 3 points with a goal in the very last minute Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney 10 Toby Greene (GWS) 5,5 6 Tom Green (GWS). 3,3 6 Christian Petracca (MELB) 2,4 5 Finn Callaghan (GWS) 4,1 2 Max Gawn (MELB) 0,2 1 Jake Lever (MELB) 1,0 KINGSLEY IS JOKING !! 5 Toby 4 Callaghan 3 Green 2 Trac 1 Lever Goody (too kind) 5 Toby 4 Trac 3 Green 2 Gawn 1 Callaghan and … in a see sawing match that could have gone either way as well … Lions won by 4 points Sydney v Brisbane 9 Josh Dunkley (BL) 8 Zac Bailey (BL) 4 James Jordon (SYD) 4 Darcy Wilmot (BL) 3 Jarrod Berry (BL) 2 Dayne Zorko (BL) FAGAN IS JOKING !!!! And someone the bias needed to Dean Cox !! Votes Player (Club) 10 Toby Greene (GWS) 6 Tom Green (GWS) 6 Christian Petracca (MELB) 5 Finn Callaghan (GWS) 2 Max Gawn (MELB) 1 Jake Lever (MELB) Leaderboard Votes Player Club 15 Finn Callaghan GWS 13 Karl Amon HAW 11 Toby Greene GWS 10 Jordan Dawson ADEL 10 Will Day HAW 10 Ed Richards WB 10 Bailey Smith GEEL 10 Jarrod Witts GCFC 9 Jye Caldwell ESS 9 Josh Dunkley BL 9 Dan Houston COLL 9 Dylan Moore HAW 9 Toby Nankervis RICH 9 Jack Ross RICH 8 Noah Anderson GCFC 8 Zac Bailey BL 8 Bailey Dale WB 8 James Sicily HAW 8 Jake Soligo ADEL 8 Sam Taylor GWS

Updated … UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUND 1 SUSPENSION Kozzzzy Pickett (available Round 4) INJURED Marty Hore (hand) — TBC Jake Melksham (hamstring) — TBC Charlie Spargo (Achilles) — TBC *Steven May - larynx - TBC 2-6 weeks Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6 weeks Koltyn Tholstrup (back) — 6-8 weeks Luker Kentfield (illness) — TBC Replaced on list- unavailable for the season Shane McAdam (Achilles) Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee) *Bizarre injury strikes again Premiership defender Steven May was a late out for the Dees, with club officials confirming the two-time All Australian had fractured his larynx in an incident at training on Friday. Freakishly, May becomes the second Demon to suffer the injury in a matter of months, with captain Max Gawn suffering the same injury late last year. Gawn took six weeks to recover, however Melbourne believes May's injury is not as serious. May was replaced in the starting line-up by swingman Tom McDonald.

6 - Gawn 5 - Petracca 4 - Petty 3 - Lever 2 - Lindsay 1 - Salem apologies to Sparrow, Bowey, Tmcd

So so good. Inspirational stuff heading into round 1. Fire up Dees 🔥

Here goes the negative spin again from Barrett. He takes every chance to pile into the Dees. Even when we are transparent and open, he wants a negative spin. I mute him on the Tv now. He loves the hate!!! 666 is his number. IF ... it's been on off-season of declarations of love and positivity, and some more love, and then some more love after that ... THEN ... while I don't yet believe it, I don't mind the public strategy planning behind it. It ultimately won't mean anything, though, if the Demons don't get back into the finals.

I like the team but a few shifts. Johnson in for his debut. B: Lever, May, Bowey HB: Salem, Petty, Rivers C: Langdon , Viney, Windsor HF: Sparrow, Turner, Sharp F: Fritsch, van Rooyen, Chandler FOLL: Gawn, Petracca, Oliver IC: Howes, Lindsay, Langford, Johnson SUB: Billings EMERG: Woey jnr, Jefferson, T. McDonald (Kozzzzy, McVee & Kolt out of best 22!!!)

Loved it … great fun !!

Predicting the ladder. Here we go …

UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUND 1 SUSPENSION Kozzzzy Pickett (available Round 4) INJURED Marty Hore (hand) — TBC Jake Melksham (hamstring) — TBC Charlie Spargo (Achilles) — TBC Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6 weeks Koltyn Tholstrup (back) — 6-8 weeks Luker Kentfield (illness) — TBC Replaced on list- unavailable for the season Shane McAdam (Achilles) Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee)

Tim Watson. SEN. 1st Cats 2 Swans 3 Crows !!! 4 Lions 5 Blues 6 Pies 7 Freo 8 Demons missing the 8 … Hawks, Giants, Power, Bombers, Suns & Bulldogs. hard to tip a top 8 when 14 teams could easily be nominated to make it and 7-8 teams would seriously have claims for a top 4 finish wow … Crows at 3. That’s Crazy!!!

Agree. Giants will miss a few for round 1. Still likely to be a strong team with plenty of talent. Dees missing Kozzzy and McVee from the best 22. Like to see Sharp, Johnson and Langford debut for the Dees.

Onboard for 2025 👏👏👏👏

Forward connection. Scoring conversion. Reward for inside 50s problems for many years and still no answers apparently learnings ?!?!?! Hardly Goody - fix it finally … we need you to solve it if we solve this, we can be premiers if we cannot solve this , likely we will lose the close ones and finish 8th to 12th.

Casey Demons have made two more signings, bringing in Lachie Bryce from the Box Hill Hawks and Oliver Green from the Sandringham Dragons. The 191cm Bryce, from Mornington Peninsula power Frankston YCW, made his debut for the Hawks in 2023 but injuries kept him to eight local matches last year. Small forward and midfielder Green, from Parkdale Vultures, forced his way into the Dragons team for last year’s Coates Talent League finals and was part of the grand final side that pasted Greater Western Victoria Rebels.

Scoring is such an important part of the game but is substantially under represented in training time and focus. Why? Who knows??

DOGGA … we would welcome you back !! Wait though until Maxy retires in 2029

Some forward … that’s enough. Tall or small !

Petracca 35 metrs out to goal running in and he handballs to a player slower than him and it’s a turnover. What the ? Go for goal. Overhandballing!!! Stop it now.

Is this a joke ? Seems like click bait in my view

Learnings Still working on Forward connection Skills need improvement guess what ? it’s the same lyrics to the same song as last years

Casey was trialling some of the underage NAB league players from 2024. Not sure if any will be added or if they go back to suburban clubs or to the Stingrays as overage players.

any news ?