spirit of norm smith

Sturt win SANFL under 18 premiership Jett Dahlitz had 37 possessions as a rebounding defender. 14 marks. Showed his talent in SA under 18 at national championships and has been excellent back at club level. Has that energy like Trent Rivers but with much better kicking skills. At 187cms, has a good size too. Would fit in as a Bailey Dale type defender who can rebound and distribute SANFLSturt win 2025 SANFL U18 Premiership - SANFL

Like last year, the Dees future first pick might get some interest as clubs see us weakening and potentially a pick in the top 5/6. Again the Suns have so many academy players to get, so their first pick might be available to negotiate to win.

Judd McVee’s contract and signing surely sits with GM Richardson and List Manager Tim Lamb. Now that we have our new coach, I’d expect this to get sorted out in the next few days.

Dimma says no way is he looking or would consider trading Flanders. But I guess it depends on what the player thinks !!!

⭐️Rory Wright. Sandringham Dragons. Just really hope he lands at the Dees. Great young midfielder. Best on ground v Giopsland today in a tough contest. Has the goods to be an AFL player. Somehow he misses in the “top 30” counts by the draft predictors. I’ve called this young gun out since April and not changing my mind. Get him JT!!!

@Whispering_Jack ⭐️Ollie Greeves. Eastern. 4 goals. 35 possessions. Has future star written all over. Top 10 Draftee ⭐️Lachie Dovaston. The kid will adapt perfectly into AFL. Smart and skilled sml forward. Two goals today. ⭐️Sullivan Robey. 25 possessions and a key goal early in the last qtr sealed the game before the Ranges marched on. ⭐️Willem Duursma. If he’s not pick 1, he’s pick 2. Will play AFL very early in 2026. Eagles likely to get him. ⭐️Rory Wright. Just really hope he lands at the Dees. Great young midfielder. Best on ground v Giopsland today in a tough contest. Has the goods to be an AFL player. I’ve called him out since April and not changing my mind. Get him JT!!!

@Neil Crompton agree … King was chosen as the best candidate. That’s the message we are hearing.

Exactly. @binman Bombing it inside 50. Did our mens coaching team take over. 🤮

3/4 qtr time Port 5,7 -37 Dees 2,8 - 20 Inside 50s Dees 32. Port 21. Terrible composure and skill today !!! Coach must be going crazy. Over handballing is a curse. Can’t understand why you commit skill errors and put teammates under pressure. It’s very strange strategy !!!

Flanders has been squeezed out of the Suns Rioli and Noble play the defensive runners Rowell, Anderson, Miller, Humphrey, Davies play key midfield roles. Flanders has been relegated to the bench on rotation or as a half forward. Suns have another 3-4 young guns coming through to fill roles, like Graham, Lombard, plus draftees Patterson and Addinsall. He would be smart to get into another AFL team and get the $$ contract up

Players to watch for the 2025 draft GIPPSLAND POWER 7 Willem Duursma 16 Jobe Scapin 24 Brodie Atkins 28 Harry Tatterson SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 2 Jack Dalton 9 Rory Wright 27 Xavier Bamert (c) 34 Kye Fincher 41 Bennett Martin EASTERN RANGES 8 Lachy Dovaston 22 Xavier Taylor 25 Oskar Taylor 26 Oliver Greeves 31 Andrew Barker 42 Oliver McKenzie 55 Sullivan Robey 59 Marcus Krasnadamskis GWV REBELS 5 Floyd Burmeister 9 Talor Byrne

https://nine.social/11eD Is there a sports reporter more irrelevant than @sam_mcclure ? Seriously !! Such a negative negative arrogant bloke !!! He seems obsessed with putting The Demons Down. If Nathan Buckley could not commit to @melbournefc and wanted to check out other offers… then MFC decided to choose a coach who would commit!!

Rohan Connolly: AFL JOURNALIST Nothing against Nathan Buckley, who you'd think now gets Tassie job, but really pleased to see Steven King get his chance coaching at senior level. Knows his stuff, been around traps a long time, and is a genuinely nice guy, would love to see him succeed.

Can’t remember. When was YZE appointed for Tigers at end of 2023. I think we’d already gone out !!! I think he literally got the gig about 3-4 days after we got knocked out

Jay Clark at Herald Sun - Geelong unofficial number 1 ticket holder Nathan Buckley was asked specifically if he was given the Melbourne job would he accept it. Buckley said he was still unsure. He wanted more info from the Devils first. Ultimately, Dees picked Steven King, and Buckley remains front runner for Tassie. heraldsun.com.au/sport/geelong-…

When I used this earlier this week, it was to support the appointment of Nathan Buckley. But actually now in hindsight, I was closest to the pin !!! LONG LIVE THE KING

Shhhh Staggered by the silence from the AFL and the Cats on the week’s events both from Smith and from the almighty Chris Scott. Culture?!?! … all we hear about is “respect & responsibility” and again the AFL is silent … I guess they will of course and have to be complicit as they double down on the snoop dogg appointment ! 🤮🤮🤮

ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE. That’s the Cats culture. How wonderful they are !!! Geelong coach Chris Scott and star Bailey Smith have both apologised to women they aimed verbal outbursts at. Smith's incident took place on Wednesday, while Scott reportedly brought an AFL staffer to tears after the qualifying final.

McVee for … they can FOCKER OFF !!

Yes that’s an odd call. Retain Henderson and delist Sestan and Kynan Brown. Zero sense!!

Jack Henderson surely would be highly unlikely to be retained. He started ok but quickly was found not to be up to the required standard. He then struggled at VFL level and was ultimately injured by seasons end.

Nailed it. He was good in “21 and part of our premiership 👏😭. Of course now only getting 7 possessions a game and struggling to kick a goal and struggling to kick 30 metres was a problem in the end. We wish him all the best !!

Let’s bring back to excitement And yeah, the membership and communications departments need a kick to improve dramatically in 2026 More surveys anyone 😭😭😭

Geez I wish we had the wonderful CULTURE like the Cats. The media rubs themselves to excitement mode with Jezza and Danger (cold spoon needed for Hudson and Whateley). But there is silence around Bruh#n, Stengle and Smith for their behaviours. It’s like the media and the AFL themselves have a lot of ex cats players or support the Cats. Oh yes, forgot … they do !!!

Buckley at Tassie!! Give me and him a break. A foundation club takes years to get right and Buckley would have years of pain. The Dees allow him to stay with family in Melbourne and a shot at his premiership glory that has evaded him so far. The AFL should not be interfering in our “process” or trying to somehow conflict Buckley with an imaginary club coaching role.