spirit of norm smith

Seems like we are now lacking the depth we had in 21,22 and 23. Loss of Brayshaw hurts us in a big way as well as moving on guys like Bedford, Baker, Jordon, and Harmes.

Cats have a good run and probably still top 4 side with good amount of GMHBA games so likely 15 to 16 wins at least. 😭😭 Chris Scott. He’s a sore sore loser. That’s a fact.

Agree. Got the footy last week v blues afl but was slow user and often looked undecided. Maybe a lack of movement ahead of him but he should kick to the players ahead or to space for forwards to lead into. Langdon out. Thought I’d bring Hunter back but can see Taj Woey playing in that wing.

Lever may McVee Bowey Tmcd Rivers Woey Viney Windsor Sparrow Petty ANB KOZZZY BBB? Fritsch Gawn Trac Oliver Int. Salem Billings. Howes. Mcadam sub. Chandler (to manage him) Likely BBB comes in Ins. Salem. McAdam. BBB Emergency. Kolt.

Hustwaite?? Connolly?? Both have been injured for a few weeks. Do we know the extent of their injuries?? ps. Terrible match fixture with both sides having

SHANE McAdam will make his long-awaited Narrm debut, nearly halfway through the season. The livewire small forward, recruited from Kuwarna last year in the Trade Period, will play on Sunday against Waalitj Marawar in Perth.

Daniel Turner and Marty Hore must be two very unlucky or fragile types of players. Hore has been injured for majority of his return. Got back and now copped more injuries. Turner has played max 3-4 games then injured again for likely 3-5 weeks. Hugely disappointed as both show to be handy players when fit and available.

Likely that Fullarton will get a chance this week. Has shown moderate form for Casey but has some skills and can do relief rucking (in absence of JVR).

Cheers DD36. I haven’t seen much of the Bullants so couldn’t comment.

Paul Amy has reported A bit of AFL interest in star Northern Bullant Jean-Luc Velissaris for the mid year draft. His coach Rohan Welsh confirm: 'He’s tough, he wins it inside, he uses it well and he’s so consistent. He might be one of those guys who gets to the next level and rises again.’ apparently was very good again v Pies VFL on the weekend

MFC does not make enough noise with these poor umpiring performances. We're way too polite.👏👏

Tough run home Some tough interstate matched so we might split it 5-4 and finish 6th or 7th.

rebounding quickly, and hitting up shorter targets around the 50. 👏👍🏻👍🏻

Did Laura Kane meet with Simon Goodwin? Or are we too insignificant?? I am sure if the Pies or Blues or Bombers copped the shocking decisions like MFC copped, they’d be meeting with the AFL bosses Do we lack the squeaky wheel Chris Scott syndrome!!!

Fremantle v Sydney 8 Isaac Heeney (SYD) 8 Oliver Florent (SYD) 6 Caleb Serong (FRE) 5 Chad Warner (SYD) 3 James Jordon (SYD) Richmond v Western Bulldogs 10 Adam Treloar (WB) 7 Marcus Bontempelli (WB) 6 James Harmes (WB) 4 Aaron Naughton (WB) 3 Ed Richards (WB)

CHRIS SCOTT YOU AGAIN SHOWED YOU ARE AN [censored] YOU WERE WRONG A DISGRACEFUL RANT Scott was critical of the decision post-game, but Kane said given Clark's kick had not been to the obvious advantage of the Cats, the umpires had made the correct call in stopping play. "The umpire's whistle has gone at almost the same time that the player (Clark) has disposed at the ball," Kane said. "It's worth noting it came off the side of his boot, it was a shanked kick, and the umpire has made the decision to bring that back and give Geelong the shot on goal. "So we were comfortable with the way it was officiated."

Riley Collier-Dawkins was very good v Essendon in VFL yesterday. Has the mature body, experience and skills to make an impact straight away. I like his quick burst in stoppages. Given the loss of our midfield depth, I’d support choosing him in the mid year draft. Also means Trac can rotate forward more if we had more midfield options.

Leaves the ground Elbow out No attempt to tackle Kozzzy got suspended for the same incident but it was determined that it “could” have caused a serious impact. But it didn’t. MRO is inconsistent. That’s the issue time and time again.

The Geelong doctor barely even questioned Cameron. Twice he was waived away and walked off. Barely 15 seconds of discussion on field. Cameron had to be withdrawn for HIA. His head hit the ground really hard. I think the AFL has again shown little regard for their own AFL “strict” protocols. Last year Port was fined $100,000. The Cats again have to be laughing at the AFL.

Geelong have been cleared of breaching AFL medical protocols, despite the Cats revealing on Saturday that key forward Jeremy Cameron had been diagnosed with delayed concussion from a heavy head knock on Friday night. Cameron was allowed to play out Friday night’s clash against Port Adelaide after landing heavily during a marking contest and slamming his head into the GMHBA Stadium turf. Star Cat Jeremy Cameron was diagnosed with delayed concussion on Saturday. GETTY IMAGES But the big Cat reported concussion symptoms during tests on Saturday morning and will miss next Thursday night’s clash against Gold Coast in Darwin. Several commentators questioned why Cameron was not taken from the ground on Friday night after he landed on his side and banged his head on the ground in a whiplash motion at the nine-minute mark of a tense last quarter He lay on his back after the fall, holding his head, before clambering to his feet to take part in the next stoppage. Geelong medical staff spoke to Cameron on the ground, but the club said on Saturday that he had passed a head injury assessment. Geelong said Cameron was allowed to play out the final nine minutes of the match, in which the Cats lost by a goal, because he did not report any symptoms and had satisfied all AFL requirements. An AFL spokesperson said the league’s medical experts had discussed the incident with Geelong doctors on Saturday morning and were comfortable that Cameron had been managed within the league’s concussion guidelines. The spokesperson said medical spotters in the ARC had alerted Geelong doctors to Cameron’s fall shortly after the incident, but in the absence of “probable motor incoordination or no protective action” immediate removal of the player for a sport concussion assessment test (SCAT6) was not mandated. The heavy nature of Cameron’s fall on Friday night, prompted Seven commentator Brian Taylor to say during his call: “He gave his head a real good banging. I reckon the doctors will look at that.” Fellow commentator Matthew Richardson then added: “As soon as you stay still on the ground for a couple of seconds, that’s a trigger.” Seven boundary rider Abbey Holmes was shocked that Cameron was not taken to the boundary for tests. “Jeremy Cameron is staying out on the ground,” Holmes said. “It didn’t look good, did it? With his head heavily making contact with the ground.” ——————————————///-

Here’s a pic of Chris Scott after the loss. He is another reason to hate Geelong. His arrogance is disturbing. Nothing to do with one decision. Cats got good cream from the umps especially in the 2nd half.

Heeney probably gets 2 or 3 votes last night so could be on 15-16 votes already.

V the AFL FAVOURITES Bluescum 3-S.Walsh 2- C.Petracca 1- P.Cripps The projected votes have Gawn between 10-12votes, Trac around 8-10 , & May on potentially 6-7 votes.

Changes? Chandler clearly struggling with his knee. Though gets a 9 day break. I would bring Woey in to the 22. Kolt as the sub. Rest Chandler.

https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/1788528363025387548/video/1 leaves the ground contact made propensity to do damage so why a fine ??? MRO is corrupt. Kozzy incident was the same. Soligo got up immediately. I thought the AFL wanted to stop such actions