spirit of norm smith

I know this gif was banned and I’ve resisted for 2 years … but the thought of trading Trac for DEGOEY no no no

💙❤️💙❤️we love the Frittata 💙❤️💙❤️ the hair the smooth left foot the forward craft his 2021 premiership heroics 149 games 252 goals but but but he’s got to also do the hard things in footy tackle chase your opponent, really chase don’t guard grass, man up he’s above average in many metrics but really poor in the defensive and 1%s

Huge question. Firstly speak to Goody to get his thoughts. Listen. Then I’m saying, doesn’t matter who we draft in , the current crop needs to be better. I’m getting the players improving skills over the summer. Running and kicking. Running and kicking. Speed on the footy. Dees were rank 16th for disposal efficiency - ranked 3rd highest in turnovers. Work on contest and clearance too. Not trading pick 5. (Sorry no to any Dan Houston deal). Get picks 25 & 42 for ANB off the crows. Keep 25. Package 42.45,51 & future 4th pick to Suns for pick 20. Have 5, 20,25, 61 in draft ( Three high quality picks 5 Langford/Lalor, 20 Moraes/ Gross/ Hynes, 25 Dattoli/Oliver, and a JT special at 61. Maybe a “best in VFL” at pick 61 as a mature type player to bring in. Also then pickup Noah Yze CAT A father son & Ricky Mentha NGA CAT B in rookie draft ) . Of course the equations all change if the Petracca debacle ends in him leaving.

Sam Lalor - is a Dusty Martin/Cam Rayner type. Likes physical style of play but also has the skills and decision making to support his top 5 status. Midfield - forward type. Harvey Langford - plays like the Bont. 190cms. Bigger midfielder. Contested ball runner. Can mark forward and hit the scoreboard. Long left foot. Can hit targets but not elite skills. Xavier Lindsay - plays like Josh Kelly. Midfielder/half back. Elite left foot kick. Slightly built but excellent step and evasive skills. Can play inside but likely outside running mid in AFL. Love to see him in red and blue next year.

#doNotTradePickFive

@Edm “we would have to trade up into 12-15 range for him maybe a trade with Richmond for a future first when they get one of the freo picks? “ Agreed. Bold move but definitely worth it. Tigers might want to smoothe out their picks across this year and next. Giving up a future first is risky but worth it to get a pick around 12-13 this year

Probably get pick 25 and later pick swap from Crows for the ANB trade It’s a strong draft. I would like to see us try to get 3 picks in top 30.

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Agree. Lalor at 187cm and Langford at 190cm offer inside footy contests and marking ability.

CROWS LIKELY TO OFFER PICK 25 “pick 25 CROWS - tied to MFC SECOND ROUND PICK” probably Dees ask for at least 25 and 42 for ANB and pick 51 Dees 5, 25, 38, 42, 45 That’s then available to package and get further up the order with GC to trade to get points

JT goes to work with pick 5 👏👏👏

Harvey Langford He trained with the Dees over the 23/24 pre season. Early call as the player most likely for the Dees to pick with pick “5”. Here’s the latest write up from Code Sports Position: Midfielder/forward Height: 190cm Clubs: Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country Langford’s dominance had been flying under the radar before the national championships, and it continued on the national stage for Vic Country. The strong 190cm midfielder was joint winner of the Larke Medal after an outstanding campaign, averaging 26 disposals, eight score involvements, six clearances, six marks and 130 SuperCoach points. Langford’s contested ball-winning, penetrating left boot, overhead marking and forward half impact stood out throughout a well-rounded championships where he broke games open on a consistent basis. Langford doesn’t need a lot of the ball to have a big say on a game, helping turn the tide for Vic Country in their final game against Vic Metro with a big pack mark and goal. The Mount Martha product’s form in the Coates Talent League has been emphatic, kicking a goal or more in every game and falling below 130 SuperCoach points just once in his 11 matches. He is averaging a formidable 152 per game at that level along with 25 disposals, five clearances, six tackles and has also kicked 14 goals. I added this … Plays like? The Bont

Pick 5 ***** DO NOT TRADE THIS PICK ***** Will be pick 6 given Lions father son pick Levi Ashcroft should be pick 2 or 3. I think top 4 is clearly Finn O’Sullivan, Jagga Smith, Luke Trainor and Sid Draper. Prime choices are “live pick 5” Harvey Langford, Sam Lalor, Xavier Lindsay or Josh Smillie. (In that order for me)

MFC social media “Let’s finish the Melbourne way. 👊” responses were What slow and can't hit a target? Great plan. 😑💔💙 Insipid. No hardness. No accountability. No determination. No toughness. Who’s our inside mids? Only Jack. He can’t do it all himself. No more JJ Harmes Gus. BIG BIG end of season review is needed.💔💙 With another weak as p!ss performance? Pathetic end Certainly delivered on the 2024 Melbourne way!! That was as disappointing effort as you could imagine💔💔💔💔💔

Positives. Gawn. Salem. Tmcd. Chandler. Langdon. All could walk off proudly. Negatives. Missed tackles. Turnovers. Fumbles. Slip overs. No game plan. Umpiring. If I was discussing with Goody 1. Turnovers. Pies beat us in every stat … except for turnovers. Our skills were horrible. And these were not risky kicks to create. Basic kicking errors. 2. Zone defence. Guard grass. What !! Why !! Pies cut us up each time with run and skill. Man up. They destroyed us with uncontested footy. Kick mark kick mark run and overlap. It’s been year after year. 3. Tag N Daicos. It worked previously. But we let him run right from the start. 10 possessions by 20 minutes in first qtr. pies were then 4 goals up. Poor coaching. 4. tell Kozzzy never to bump again. It’s too risky !! there’s a lot more that’s enough for this weeks game

YEAR PLAYER 2001 Adem Yze 2002 Adem Yze 2003 Clint Bizzell 2004 Jeff White 2005 Travis Johnstone 2006 Cameron Bruce 2007 Nathan Jones 2008 Brad Green 2009 Aaron Davey 2010 James Frawley 2011 Jack Trengove 2012 Nathan Jones 2013 Nathan Jones 2014 Nathan Jones 2015 Jack Viney 2016 Max Gawn 2017 Clayton Oliver 2018 Clayton Oliver 2019 Max Gawn 2020 Christian Petracca 2021 Clayton Oliver 2022 Clayton Oliver 2023 Christian Petracca 2024 Max Gawn Nathan Jones x4 Clayton Oliver x 4 Max Gawn x 3 There is only 3 players have won the past 9 awards. Gawn, Oliver & Petracca.

thanks @Demonland Congratulations to Max Gawn on taking out the 2024 Demonland Player of the Year. It is his 3rd time winning this prestigious award. PLAYER VOTES 1 Max Gawn 220 2 Jack Viney 123 3 Trent Rivers 112 4 Steven May 104 5 Christian Petracca 97 6 Alex Neal-Bullen 93 7 Kysaiah Pickett 81 8 Ed Langdon 79 9 Clayton Oliver 65 10 Christian Salem 60 11 Jacob van Rooyen 58 12 Tom McDonald 55 13 Judd McVee 50 14 Jake Lever 43 15 Bayley Fritsch 32 16 Kade Chandler 30 =17 Tom Sparrow 25 =17 Caleb Windsor 25 19 Daniel Turner 22 20 Harry Petty 20 21 Jake Bowey 17 22 Blake Howes 15 23 Jack Billings 13 24 Adam Tomlinson 9 =25 Jake Melksham 2 =25 Andy Moniz-Wakefield 2

Different game ?? Laurie runs free and kicks without pressure… straight to the Pies player right in front of him. No forward error. Laurie kicked it straight to the Pies player. Horrendous turnover.

Pies definitely have us on a leash. We are their (self censored as you know the word) Goodwin record v Pies. Win 3 Loss 10 (Dees lost 6 of last 7) He seems incapable of understanding the Pies strengths. it’s their run and pace. Our zone defence is unpicked each year by run and skills. They have a rubber band backline with Crisp and Quaynor rebounding to Pendlebury / Daicos/ Sidebottom/Degoey to small forwards Elliott/Hill/mccreery. Rinse and repeat cycle. the record is 2024R24 Dees 8.9 57 Pies 15.13 103 Pies by 46 2024R13 KB Pies 14.5 89 Dees 6.15 51 Pies by 38 2023QF Pies 9.6 60 Dees 7.11 53 Pies by 7 2023R13 QB Dees 8.18 66 Pies 9.8 62 Dees by 4 2022R21 Dees 13.11 89 Pies 15.6 96 Pies by 7 2022R13 QB Pies 12.10 82 Dees 8.8.56 Pies by 26 2021R13 QB Dees 9.9 63 Pies 11.14 80 Pies by 17 2020R12 QB Dees 16.4 100 Pies 6.8 44 at the Gabba Dees by 56 2019R21 Dees 7.11.53 Pies 10.10 70 Pies by 17 2019R12 QB Pies 15.8 98 Dees 7.15.57 Pies by 41 2018R12 QB Dees 14.7.91 Pies 20.13 133 Pies by 42 2017R23 Pies 14.15 99 Dees 12.11 83 Pies by 16 2017R12 Dees 15.14 104 Pies 15.10 100 Dees by 4 Watts kicks match winner !! Goodwin takes over as MFC senior coach 2016R12 QB Dees 16.8 104 Pies 8.10 58 Dees by 46 2016R4 Pies 9.13 67 Dees 16.6 102 Dees by 35

Yes agree likely Crows will offer back the “2nd round pick tied to MFC”. Likely pick 25-26. That’s probably ok if we could get Harrison Oliver with that pick.

summary by Steve23magpie on X “another soft heartless effort by melbourne” couldn’t argue with that

@Whispering_Jack👏👏👏 Or more concisely … Dees bring a knife to a gun fight !! Outsmarted and Outclassed and Outplayed

Pick 5 or pick 6 doesn’t matter. Either is fine. We need to hold the pick and not trade. Any of Lalor, Langford or Lindsay would be great additions.

Dees need to focus on skills and pace through the midfield. I don’t think that Riv and McVee are the answer. They are excellent across our defence and should stay there. You don’t rob your strengths to try to fix other gaps. two steps 1. Recruit one mature player ready to go in the midfield. Peatling for example would be an excellent addition. 2. use this year 2024 draft to see at least three quality midfielders… this years draft is super strong

Fritsch needs the tough conversation yes he’s a very good goalscorer but it’s a team game and he has a LACK OF SECOND EFFORTS LACK OF ANY TACKLING LACK OF DEFENSIVE PRESSURE He looks lazy at times !!!!