spirit of norm smith

Only saw about 25 minutes of the game and only saw him 2-3 times. Stats were 11 disposals 6 kicks 5 handballs. 6 marks. 2 tackles. He’s okay. Others are starring but all MFC need is for him to stay healthy and be happy and pick the Dees. He will take time in spend two years getting his body up to rigors of AFL footy. Hopefully only have to match a bid in the 40s/50s.

Archer May. Part of Sandy Dragons premiership team. Ignored in last years draft. Looks a definite player as a key forward.

Caddy will be a star. No doubt. Moyle would have to be a starting ruck in a lot of teams. Anderson, Rowell, Miller. That’s a gun midfield. Tough. Pace. Goalkickers.

May on Walker Turner on Fogarty …? on Thilthorpe … Lever??? I thought Tmcd would have been the obvious promotion. Still the inside selectors know best

Bytel, Gentile and Allison up forward are quality players. Baldi tagging Gentile is the most obvious coaching move of the week.

Not sure. He played reasonable footy in 23 & 24 but this year he seems a shadow of the player that he was many years ago. Maybe it’s the losing culture and fact the Eagles aren’t improving. It is 3 years now of losing and losing and losing. 9 wins in his 58 games so far at WCE. It’s a shame he missed out on the 2021 GF as he was a good part of our season that year. He played 21 games in “21 but ironically got hurt vs the Eagles. Injury robbed him of playing in the finals and then he couldn’t get back into the GF team.

Casey by 8 goals. Bonner to have 35 possessions. Campbell to have 52 hitouts. Spargo to kick 5 goals and have 32 possessions against the VFL level part timers. Surely Kentfield kicks at least 4 goals this week.

FYI @paul Amy reports Worth noting that Casey Demons talent Roy George has made a mid-season move in the VFL, joining the busy Port Melbourne.

DAMO … 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩YOU ARE A CUCKEN FUNT… Always prints negative about the Dees IF ...the Demons axed Jake Lever for round 16 and bring him straight back for round 17 ... THEN ...I do wonder why he was axed in the first place. There are a lot of problems at this club. Lever is not one of them.

North pioneered Friday night footy. They should have had the game on a Friday night to celebrate 100 years. Thursday is a TV show event and not for the stadium crowds!!( Unless it’s a Crows or Pies home game of course).

Small forward is definitely a position that needs to be looked at. We have the amazing Kozzzzy but he is now needed on rotation in the midfield. We need a pacy, high pressure, goalkicking small crumbing forward. It’s not Spargo. It’s not Sparrow. Maybe Rosas jnr. He was just a name that I looked at as a small fwd when seeing who was being squeezed out at other clubs.

Malcolm Rosas jnr - frozen out by the Suns right now. Smart goalkicker. Dees need a small forward who KICKS GOALS.

Bont runs and is tackled and drops it … no free … play on Zurhaar marks the footy … play on Darcy bumped in a marking contest … free kick Bulldogs JJ tackled and throws the footy with two hands … play on No wonder Kangas fans were crying out BULL****TTT!!

Agree @binman Salem had been good in some games and I’m backing him in but too often he kicks it short and sideways (often easy option with zero impact). Thats why his DE% is high. Salo’s metres gained is low in comparison with his number of possessions. V Suns. 22 possessions, 15 kicks, 222 metres gained. Compared with Chandler for example who had 11 possessions, 6 kicks, 234 metres gained. Salo had low impact. He still cracks in at times and we can’t fault his effort. Salem also is getting exposed with his pace now being an issue. Ainsworth got away from him just by pace alone. His prior injuries and time is slowing him down.

@Lord Travis agreed. We failed to keep bringing in mature talent to build on the best 22.

After another excellent season, Roan Steele was runner up in Casey VFL best and fairest. Played mid/revolving on HFF. Many of DLand suggested he get a Dees rookie spot but no !!! After 3 years at Casey, he decided to go to WAFL to try his luck Midseason draft 2025 - pick 8 - Collingwood selects Roan Steele 3 weeks later - he gets a debut game with the ladder leading Pies !! what’s going on at Melbourne FC ?? Pies pinched him from under our nose. What a mess at MFC!!

Lever back in? Surely not. Unfortunately his (ankle) injuries have seen him have a lack of lateral movement. It showed even at Casey level. At times he looks slow to get to the contest.

"If he is wanting to go again, I don't think you stop someone a couple of years in a row." Does Christian Petracca need a change of scenery to get back to his best? #9FootyClassified | Watch on Nine & 9Now Barrett, Twomey and Lloyd … Larry , Curly and Mo !!

Shallow draft ? Theres plenty of talent. The issue is that the academy and father son picks have such a high concentration across the first round. It’s such a compromised pathway now that it is giving a huge lift to Giants, Swans ,Lions and Suns (Lions and Swans in particular that have full academy players plus father-son availability).

Again the Footy Classifieds hyena pack are calling out that Trac could be traded and has fallen to outside the best 25 midfielders in the league , based on the AFL coaches votes. Slow news week ? What a pack of clowns searching for relevance !!! Cal the gettable vulture Twomey trying to fill more junk airtime and pushing up trade innuendo with half the season still to go

Again the Footy Classifieds hyena pack are calling out that Trac could be traded and has fallen to outside the best 25 midfielders in the league , based on the AFL coaches votes. Slow news week ? What a pack of clowns searching for relevance !!! Cal the gettable vulture Twomey trying to fill more junk airtime and pushing up trade innuendo with half the season still to play.

What a mess!! It was a free kick to Ainsworth … no mark … no 50 metres… May also got the ball and Ainsworth so no report But how did May get fined for being smashed by 2 Suns cowardly bastards … what a gucken joke !! MRO is gucked!!

Enjoying the pod and it reflects our emotions and queries right now Binman … just hearing some more of the pod whilst at lunch … your “Wishlist” of getting a Bergman and or a Wanganeen-Milera and or a Ben Long (Suns) is very very remote! I do agree however that these are the type of players that the Dees need which is probably your point You put up potential players to trade as Rivers or McVee or Trac to get deals done !!! I’m keeping these guys as I see them all playing a key role ahead One player to discuss as a possible trade out is Tom Sparrow. Where does he sit? I like him as a player and he’s a great young man and clubman and it would hurt to trade him … but he hasn’t established a position and now seems pegged as a defensive half forward. Is he a midfielder ? Probably not. Where does his future sit?? It’s ruthless and potentially unpopular but he has value. Tigers might be an option as he has had a good bond with Yze when he was at MFC. @Demonland i might add this to next weeks questions after we whip the crows 🤞

Play the kids scream the @Deebrief podcasters. Play Adams. Play Kynan. Play Woey. Play Luker. Play Henderson. Play Verrall. Whilst I understand the thinking, it’s not that easy. I think they might have not seen Casey play enough. By the way, they also cry out for Tom Campbell to get a game so it’s often confusing irrational rhetoric in most pods. (Also “Scotty” saying let’s see Fullerton again is just unbelievable). JVR. Showed ability to get up the ground as a marking CHF. Appears still uncertain in marking but we have to give him a go. I believe we need to give him the next batch of senior games and see the JVR and Jeffo combo. In a way they compliment each other in style. Windsor. I think we get more games into both Kolt & Windsor (Windsor though needs another week at Casey , not in the guts but running on the wing where he belongs and push forward to kick goals ) Verrall had reduced game time with TC back in. He’s developing slowly but will improve with another preseason. A debut is unlikely at this stage Henderson is a good VFL player yet I am in doubt whether he is able to be an AFL player He has moments but then seemingly gets lost in the game Still has to step up alot to be considered Kentfield is a forward, not a CHB (may that experiment end) and should be given more games at the key forward post I am hopeful he becomes a player Ricky Mentha has had two good weeks. I like his style but this year is development and then we get to see him in 2026 as a potential debut game Woey jnr has been up and down all year. He’s got injured so will have to see hon the fringe and is disappointingly one who may not stay on the list Kynan Brown is 100% heart but he butchers the footy It would be a big problem at AFL level He needs to fix his kicking asap to be considered Adams is ok and might see AFL debut shortly He needs to be tested at the higher level and next week might be that chance v crows Culley is a watch for me. He picks his moments and often is too casual or misses his targets to step up to AFL (probably why the Eagles moved him out) Others … Fullerton, Billings and Hore (unfortunately injured again) will be probably delisted at years end. Tmcd likely to retire at seasons end Lever is not fully right and he needs to get his aerobic level up I think his ankle/leg issues are hampering him

@binman I’m part way through the podcast listening on my way to work. My point was that in the 1st qtr, the players erred by trying to guard grass in between players in a zone. Lots of pointing but no one manning up Pressure rating was non existent @george_on_the_outer 👍🏻George also noted this disorganized piece early in the zoning. The Suns exposed it early (as I commented ) “until we tightened up and got into the match”. I agree we stopped their transition after quarter time through tightening up but it as too late.