spirit of norm smith

This really hurts F F S Goalkicking needs work I will repeat Goalkicking needs work Umps screwed us Kiss finals goodbye Play ANW again I love Kozzzzy JV7 you star This really hurts

Well well well. I called for his promotion for many many weeks. He had an excellent debut. WELL PLAYED YOUNG MAN. He must stay in.

This loss really hurt. REALLY HURT. I was praying that we’d cause the upset and defy the feral Brisbane crowd. We had them. We stopped. We needed to kick a goal in the last quarter. How did we go from 9.5 to 11.15. FFS. Needed to get Zorko back. Now they have beaten us twice this year. Hurts. Really hurts. Really hurts !!

6. Kozzzzzzy 👏👏👏👏 5. Jack Viney 👏👏👏 4. Clayton Oliver 👏👏 3. Trent Rivers 👏👏 2. Jacob van Rooyen 👏 1. Max Gawn👏 apologies to ANB and Petty

MFC need mids, mids, mids excluding father son and academy players allocated to the Suns, Giants, Swans, Lions 1st round mids - high quality Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh Josh Smillie - Eastern Jagga Smith - Oakleigh Christian Moraes - Eastern Sid Draper - Sth Adel 1st round - good options at picks 9-14 Taj Hotton - Sandringham Toby Travaglia - Bendigo Tom Gross - Oakleigh Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland Sam Lalor - GWV AFTER THESE TOP 10 AVAILABLE MIDS others to look at outside the top 15-18 players in the draft are: (14 youngsters) Zak Johnson - Northern Nash King - Calder Nathaniel Sulzberger - Sandringham/Tas Patrick Retschko - Oakleigh Cody Anderson - Eastern Lucas McInerney - Northern Harvey Langford - Dandenong Damon Hollow - Calder Cooper Hynes - Dandenong Kade Herbert - SA eagles Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo Oliver Depaoli-Kubank - Tassie Bo Allan -WA Harrison Oliver - Sandringham

Dees in the race ?

Can we nominate some likely players Return to Vic ?? Players squeezed out of their teams best 22? Players who might need a fresh start? Players seeking long term contract of 3+ years? Free agents? I’d like to nominate Angus Sheldrick. He’s shown high quality ability but had injury concerns. Still only 21. Swans have stacked midfield and we could offer a bright future position.

We lost Hibbo. We lost depth players in Baker, Harmes, Dunstan. Jackson returned home to WA Jordon left on free agency We quickly and strangely traded Grundy out. We lost Brayshaw. Js29 is suspended pending investigations Thats a lot of premiership team and depth lost in just over 2 years Plus mature recruits of Schache, Hunter, Fullerton, Billings, McAdam are not of the prior quality brought in (Lever, May, Melksham, Hibbo, Langdon, Brown) Rebuild on the run? Yes. McVee and JVR have cemented themselves. 2023 draftee Windsor. Throlstrup. Pup Brown. All have debuted. AMW gets his chance Will develop Adams, Jefferson and Kentfield as key position types. Lots of opportunities for the youngsters. AND HOPEFULLY JT HEARS THE CALL TO ADD 2-3 HIGH QUALITY MIDS IN THIS YEARS DRAFT

FYI Lions nearly at full “available” strength Noah AnswerthShoulder3-5 weeks Keidean ColemanKneeSeason Tom DoedeeKneeSeason Darcy GardinerKneeSeason Lincoln McCarthyKneeSeason

Not surprised BBB knee is still a problem. He was managed and 2021 and then deteriorated again through 22 and 23.

Great news. 👏👏👏 As most Demonlanders know, I have been a huge supporter of AMW and called for his debut for many many weeks. Finally he’s broken through. We should not expect him to star, but play a role. Hopefully he gets a few weeks to adjust. His tackling alone should add to the team. And yes hopefully the coaches call him to run and run and overlap where he can.

AFL.com.au's Brownlow Predictor 22 Isaac Heeney (Sydney) 19 Patrick Cripps (Carlton) 18 Errol Gulden (Sydney) 17 Nick Daicos (Collingwood) 16 Chad Warner (Sydney) 16 Zach Merrett (Essendon) 15 Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) 15 Lachie Neale (Brisbane)

Howes out - Lever in Chandler out - ANW in surely Chandler can’t keep underperforming for 10 weeks and keep getting a game

Surely surely surely AMW gets promoted for game versus Lions

Let’s aim for POSSIBLE options to discuss not dream wish list players like LDU, Weitering or Holmes.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 5.2 7.8 9.9 10.13 (73) VIC METRO 3.1 7.4 11.9 15.16 (106) Goals Western Australia: Champion 3, Allan 2, Davis 2, Angove, Banfield, Evans Vic Metro: Sims 3, Dolan 2, Armstrong, Dattoli, Gross, Kako, Moraes, Oliver, Reid, Smillie, Smith, Stumpf https://www.afl.com.au/u18cb/matches/6780

No

MFC won but yesterday feels like a loss. Didn’t get any confidence that we can compete against better sides. Finals looking unlikely.

Schache has been very disappointing. It’s not likely but can we delist McAdam, Billings and Laurie please. Taking up list spots !!

V Freo. Nil. V Pies. Nil. v Kangas. 3 votes for Viney, 2 LDU, 1 Rivers. May deserved votes but it’s always biased towards players in the midfield. The projected votes have Gawn between 13-15 Trac around 9-10 May possibly 8 votes JV7 possibly 7votes

Any interest ? Out of favour midfielder Deven Robertsonpushed hard for another chance at the top level with a game-high 33 disposals, a game-high 10 clearances and five tackles

6 May 5 Viney 4 Rivers 3 Gawn Now it’s getting harder … 2 Sparrow 1 ANB

44. 23mfc 12casey Ben Brown - mystery TBC Marty Hore — calf / 1 - 2 weeks Jake Lever — knee / 1 - 2 weeks Jake Melksham — knee / 2 - 3 weeks Tom Fullarton -tbc Lachie Hunter - calf 2-3 weeks Charlie Spargo — Achilles / TBC Christian Petracca — spleen / indefiniteJake Js29- interim suspension

Kynan is a bits and pieces player. Maybe small but shows heart. Nothing of note in his VFL games so unsure why he gets promoted. Marketing? Hope he has a good game.

Dees should target young Angus Sheldrick from the Swans. Had good games in 2023 including a rising star nomination. Showed form as good as Gulden and Warner etc. but then a few injury ended his year. This year again unable to crack into Swans line up this year due to injuries (finger and now ankle injury) the fact they are overloaded with mids. Had 4/5 games in VFL and starred each week He is contracted to end 2025 but I’d definitely get in the phone to his manager. Like to see Dees consider him. He’s only 21, drafted pick 18 in 2021 draft. Strong with good pace and very good left foot disposal.