spirit of norm smith

Key stats Melbourne 14.15.99 Defeated Brisbane 13.10.88 That’s it !!!

Umps votes likely M.Gawn L. Neale C.Petracca Gawn clearly BOG 👏👏👏👏

Mouthguards in at Casey training tonight Seriously though, the team played boring footy and needs to learn about quick ball movement and scoring strategy. The 3rd quarter v Southport was a horror show of wasted opportunities and poor decisions. Need to see a huge response this week and a 10+ goal victory is the prediction.

A win for the ages!! Indeed it was. DEFEATING THE REIGNING PREMIERS AT THEIR HOME GROUND … a very special pod this week 💙❤️💙❤️ What got us excited Jake Melksham. His goalkicking won the game. His goalkicking gives us confidence. His kick on the left to hit Sparrow was superb. Great game to kick 4 and to nullify Andrews. 👏👏 Xavier Lindsay. Such a bright future. His 3rd quarter was special. Run down tackle. Pass to Melksham inside50 to goal. 11 possessions in the quarter. Gave us momentum. His last quarter run and so nearly a special goal. XL20👏👏 Clarry. Love ya Clarry. His 3rd qtr effort's were special - firstly his contested ball and kick to goal and second to tackle, bump, desparate knock on to Langdon to Kozzy for the goal. 👏👏 Max Gawn is simply the greatest EVER. Loved he punched the ball forwards with grunt. 46 hitouts. 8 clearances. We won centre clearances again (which is one of best stats) 18-11. Not sure if we turned centre clearances into scores @binman . Maxy also was superb with interception marking. 👏👏 Trac was good. Signs of him getting back to his best are getting close. A few fumbles but he was good. Backline of May, McVee, Tmcd, Turner were good. Loved AJ as 2nd ruck , just a bullock type player & gives 100%. All heart & loved the goal celebration Bowsa is having a great year and just behind Maxey in B&F. His composure and delivery were excellent Fritta as our super sub. He was energised. He ran, he tackled, he took contested marks Who was this man ? Shades of 2021 even What worries me? Charlie Spargo is so below AFL standard. His missed tackle in the first as Wilmot pushed him aside. Poor. He was negative 3 metre gained at half time. His 3rd qtr. Pass to Fritsch was pathetic. In fact 20 metres out, stud the shot. Then Trac bursts through centre, bullet pass to Spargo marks 25 metre out. Kick out of bounds on the full. 🤬Had 2 good tackles in the 3rd. That’s it. Must go. Must be dropped. Goalkicking accuracy. Apart from Melksham, I’m not confident in our goalkicking. Sharp twice , Spargo, Petty, Trac, Kozzzy, Fritta all missed shots from 30 metres out. They didn’t look confident. Love Kozzzy but 2.4 …what might have been. Windsor ball use. Had 6 kicks & 3 shocking turnovers, two were Lions rebounds and goals. Love the kid but needs to fix up ball use. ? Only one question this week - can we request these umps next week ? Overall they were okay with only a few rough ones … but overall I thought they didn’t overumpire and let the play flow

Easy. In. Viney and Lever (if fit) Out. Sharp (if only he’d taken his chances) Spargo (not AFL standard by a long way) Fritsch stays as sub. @Demonland Fritta seemed energized surprisingly as the super sub. Kicking for goal still got the yips AJ stays in as he loves the contest. 2nd ruck work was ok and did some good bullicking work. If Lever is not fit, bring in Kynan Brown

Actually made the call “wish we had two Daniel Turners”… one back and one forward. He was very good today. Very good

Melbourne- what a win !!! Kozzzzy - we love you Melksham- the goalkicking ace Max - simply the greatest Zorko - Go get F$&&(&)d Oliver - silenced the critics Lindsay - huge future ahead Fritsch - our super sub Spargo - (censored) (censored) (censored)

@Demonland Huge win. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Beat the reigning premiers at home Massive effort and never gave up Lots of great performances this week Jake Melksham 💙❤️that’s a very special day out Love ya Kozzzy Gawn is THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙Go Dees

4th. 🤮Melksham miss 🤮Kosssy miss 🤮Gawn turnover 🤮Langford turnover. Terrible !just terrible … giving it to lions 🤮McDonald turnover 👏Bowey to Melksham goal 👏goal Fritsch 💔kozzzy miss 35 metres 💔miss Petty 👏AJ GOAL 👏Langdon 14 up !!! Trac to Lindsay and … miss from 40 🤮🤮🤮 Goal to McKenna Lindsay brave !!! 🤬🤬🤬Trac miss Langford smart

@dazzledavey36 How can they defend Spargo now !! Not AFL standard. Actually a liability today.

3rd 💔Trac poor. Left handed nothing handball. Turnover. Goal. Morris. 👏Melksham kick. To Sparrow. 👏Oliver Desparate. Goal kozzzzy 🤮🤮🤮🤮sharp miss 💔Lindsay late tackle. goal Gardiner 💔Windsor and Salem. Mark bailey. Dees 50. Spargo 30 out. Pass to Fritsch. Poor pass. [censored]. Goal to lions on rebound 👏Clarry goal Trac. Burst. Through 50. 🤬🤬🤬🤬Spargo 30 out and miss everything!!! Farrrrrk me Spargo is [censored] REALLY FUCCCCHHHN 👏Lindsay to Melksham. 🤬Turner. Goal Gardiner. ⭐️Lindsay. Tackle. Disposal. Run. More please

Spargo. Get off now !!! That’s [censored] 30 metres out Kick the goal Hit a 15 metre pass

Spargo. First half. Metres gained MINUS 3. 1 tackle. Poor. Very poor Want to see a massive lift in him Wish we had an Elliott, Hill, Greene, Papley etc as a small forward to kick goals.

Commentators picking on Oliver. Yet the turnovers are the issue. Been 5 or 6 cruel turnovers that have cost us and led to Lions goals.

Love it coach Joeboy. Positive. Go for the win. But Goody loves the lil Spargo so that would be a brave call !!!

2nd 🤮Windsor shocking turnover 💔Steven May. Goal to Gardiner 🤮Salem miss target from 15 metres 🤮Chin 50 out. Out of bounds 🤮Sharp drop mark 10 metrs out Dropped marks and poor skills 👏Lions turnover. Dee rebound. Trac to Melksham. Goal. 🤮Windsor kicking is poor 👏Chin goal. Determination Riv poster !! Spargo is terrible !! Who’s on Coleman !!’ 💔Trac jogging into defence. Lazy. Lions run through middle & goal to Gardiner. Stop going backwards kicks. It’s going into trouble !! 👏Gawn to Trac to riv. Goal. Lions 55 dees 42. Much better Effort is there !! Tackles in forward 50 … 8 👏👏@binman

@binman Clearances 11-11 But Dees centre clearance 8-2, stoppage clearance Lions 9-3

Watched Pies v Crows yesterday. Ability to lock the player in the tackle is critical. Dees let too many players get handball away !!! It’s an ongoing weakness.

Dees v Lions 1st 👏Chandler to Melksham 💔Langdon turnover Mcd turnover goal 🤬Petty miss 15 metres out 💔Langford turnover McCluggage goal 💔AhChee goal 👏Riv to kozzzy 🤬Melksham 50 stupid 👏Tmcd goal 💔Windsor turnover - Petty turnover … Morris goal 💔easy centre clearance. Trac slip. Morris goal chin poster !! Unlucky 💔turnover. Hipwood goal. GOOD. clearances BAD corridor owned by lions in turnover - 4 goals FUCHHHHEN TURNOVERS Lions 39. Dees 22.

Dees to be ahead at 3/4 time and then …

Thanks @KC from Casey @Demonland “and it’s difficult to gauge performance on possessions won when so many of these are wasted through errant disposal and poor decision making”. I agree. People look at stats and seem to determine how the players perform. But it’s a falsehood sometimes because the poor kicks, poor decisions or ineffective handballs achieve zero. Kicks sideways to go wide and slow achieve zero. Casey was outrun, outplayed and outsmarted by the part timers. Lever was good & will be back next week. That was the good news. Yes I agree TC won the ruck battle. Howes and Kynan Brown were good. They could get promoted. I think Hardie was our best (wish he was MFC listed). Bad news. The guys like Kolt, JVR & Jeffo were disappointing. Billings picks up junk possessions and achieves little. He will be delisted or retire at year end. Sestan and Adams are okay though I just can’t see them getting to AFL level right now Overall it was a very disappointing loss.

It looked worse ! Maybe 3000!!! The AFL’s website says “TBC”. Is that a joke or just how they treat it !!! Why not report it ??! By the way Power v Cats started at same time and it’s got a reported 35,000

Just want the Kolt to be that aggressive goalkicking half forward with a midfield burst. Ah we can dream

Agree. Pies have the umps and the crowd. They will be a huge premiership shot.

It’s very disappointing Kolt was the biggest disappointment. I thought he’d play through the midfield, get 20+ possessions, kick 3 goals and get that swagger going. Instead, well it was disappointing is best way to sum up. Kynan Brown. A yes from me !! Hope he gets promoted soon. Howes is too good for VFL. I’d like to see him across half forward and try to nail goals Others ? Plenty of maybes. Sestan ok. Adams ok Woey jnr ok Verrall yeah probably ok. But they didn’t give me any confidence of being able to go higher. Jeffo Ummmmm let’s persist but it’s looking not good imv JVR … 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞he gets some coaching and support