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Performed as expected.He needs to play it better!
Skating about vs the scum will not be tolerated.
Laid 3 tackles and looked like a bloke devoid of confidence.
The handling of him has been atrocious.
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Performed as expected.He needs to play it better!
Skating about vs the scum will not be tolerated.
Brad will be covered either way. Paul underperforms and it's a "see told ya" and if he turns it on it's a "see told ya".
As opposed to Bigfooty, Paul underperforms and it’s “Brad has ruined him” and if he turns it on it’s a “see told ya”.
Ahern seeking balance in his game
By Daniel Cherny
April 14, 2019 — 4.39pm
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It was a question that had many North Melbourne fans stumped: Why couldn’t the struggling Kangaroos find a spot for Paul Ahern?
Having at last been recalled, the emerging midfielder explained the reasons behind his absence in the first three rounds of the season.
Paul Ahern was back in the North side on Saturday night.CREDIT:AAP
“I had a bit of defence stuff that I [had] to work on,” Ahern, 22, told The Age.
“Those quick reactions, a bit of transition stuff. I’m good ball in hand. The defence stuff doesn’t come as naturally as ball in hand so I’m just trying to balance up my game.”
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Add to shortlistAfter overcoming two knee reconstructions, Ahern - taken by Greater Western Sydney at pick No.7 in the 2014 draft - broke through for a senior debut in round 11 last year, finishing the season with 11 senior games for the Kangaroos.
But he found himself on the outer as North lost their first three games.
Ahern said he had tried to remain upbeat.
“Obviously it was a bit disappointing. But I just needed to go back to the VFL with the right attitude. If I went back with a poor attitude and just went through the motions I wouldn’t have got a call-up. So that was my focus, go back, work on what the coaches wanted, ride it out and try to get my spot back.”
Coach Brad Scott provided plenty of support.
“Every week that I didn’t get selected he would make the effort to catch up with me and tell what I still need to work on and what I’m doing well. He was really good with that,” Ahern said.
He said he was trying to learn from fellow midfielder Trent Dumont, who Ahern noted was very good at helping his side defensively.
Ahern didn’t set the world on fire at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night, but was reasonably content having finished with 15 disposals as North ended their drought with a 12-point win over Adelaide.
“I thought I played my role,” Ahern said.
“It was good to get back out there and to top it off with a win was unbelievable. That was all my focus was, play my role.”
22 possessions and 3 goals in the lead-up game to the season wasn't underperforming imo.
Bolded clearly a misquote. Actually said:“Those quick reactions, a bit of transition stuff. I’m good ball in hand. The defence stuff doesn’t come as naturally as ball in hand so I’m just trying to balance up my game.”
Ahern said he had tried to remain upbeat. “Obviously it was a bit disappointing. But I just needed to go back to the VFL with the right attitude. If I went back with a poor attitude and just went through the motions I wouldn’t have got a call-up. So that was my focus, go back, work on what the coaches wanted, ride it out and try to get my spot back.”
Coach Brad Scott provided plenty of support. “Every week that I didn’t get selected he would make the effort to catch up with me and tell what I still need to work on and what I’m doing well. He was really good with that,” Ahern said.
He said he was trying to learn from fellow midfielder Trent Dumont, who Ahern noted was very good at helping his side defensively.
Performed as expected.
Laid 3 tackles and looked like a bloke devoid of confidence.
The handling of him has been atrocious.
Perhaps with an encouragement to play his natural game, it might see his performance go to another level.Perhaps with the renewed focus on defense, it might take him some time to get the balance right.
I’d rather he have a balanced game where he contributes a bit and the team plays well as a whole and wins, rather than him getting 30+ and the opposition running amok and us loosing.
Scott seems to preference individual players playing to roles in an overall gameplan over making a gameplan that exploits individual player's strengths. More square slots in the gameplan > than mutilating square pegs into round ones.Perhaps with an encouragement to play his natural game, it might see his performance go to another level.
I'd rather have a player who is full of confidence, maximising his flair where the team plays well as a whole wins, rather than getting 15 possessions & 4 tackles with the opposition benefitting from a diminished influence and us losing.
Modus operandi.Scott seems to preference individual players playing to roles in an overall gameplan over making a gameplan that exploits individual player's strengths. More square slots in the gameplan > than mutilating square pegs into round ones.
Obviously Ahern has things he can do better, but he also has things he does REALLY ******* well.
Haven't been overly fussed with his absence in the team.....the guys that are in the midfield are ahead of him in terms of runs on the board. I don't see it as a slight on Ahern.
Good to have him back in the team.
Perhaps with an encouragement to play his natural game, it might see his performance go to another level.
I'd rather have a player who is full of confidence, maximising his flair where the team plays well as a whole wins, rather than getting 15 possessions & 4 tackles with the opposition benefitting from a diminished influence and us losing.
That's not what happened tho is it. We won and he had our second highest number of inside 50s for the match.
He had games like that last year, where he had similar stats. He had a 10 possession game near the end of the year. But last year he only had one game with more i50s and 2 with more clearances and on Saturday he was competing for them against Jed in his first game back. I think he did well in that midfield where only Polec and Higgo got over 25 possessions for the game.
When you have Higgins, Polec and Ahern you just can't shut down all of the attacking options. Ahern there is going to help Higgins and Polec because you can't sag off him and go to Higgins because if you allow Ahern to get the ball in space he is going to make you look stupid.
So basically its a measure of how you compete for the ball when you don't have it. When we go backwards and lose it with the shitful handballs its a result of "pressure acts". I thought there was more to it than that.
That's basic footy I reckon. You never let your opponent or any opposition player get an easy ball, if you can help it. Its hard work keeping that pressure up tho. That explains why Kanye is so valuable to the side despite the lack of possession and why TT will be as well. They were the only two forwards/non-mids with over 10 pressure acts. THo TT seemed to spend some time in the middle.
Same amount as Polec.What runs at North does Dom Tyson have?
What runs at North does Dom Tyson have?