Autopsy vs Carlton - Round 8, 2020

[Dirty_11]

Did Shaw cost is the game by starting Polec on Cripps. Terrible match up.

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[tazaa]

We lost to Carlton. What positives.

 

[Jumping Roo]

Curnow would be close to the best stopper in the comp

No cunnington has a huge flow on effect on the rest of our midfield. We need to learn how to play without him. Good learning experience for Jy today. He probably has never been heavily tagged in his career before.

 

[LB2Snake]

Other club supporters all laugh at our LDU selection and you can understand why. Apart from half a dozen good games and a few more promising moments he has been a huge disappointment.

Fk other clubs. Stop listening.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Better then not laying at all

He said there were other clubs interested in him when he signed with us. Someone else would have picked him up. He's too good not to be on an AFL list.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Fk other clubs. Stop listening.

In hindsight, it's a terrible draft.

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

- Lukey was impressive in defence today.
- Another solid game from Dumont and Higgins
- Goldy didn't have his best game. Conditions didn't help but first quarter he lacked aggression.
- Hayden was very good on Betts.
- I didn't think Hall was too bad. His goal at the end was class in the conditions.
- Walker was reliable in defence. He would be up there in the Syd votes you would think.

 

[Only Forwards]

Fair enough the angst towards Pittard, but does anyone think we would have felt that much better had we pinched it?

Win lose draw, that was a painful game to watch and still a depressing look at the rest of the season.

Shaw needs to concede the season now and prepare for 2021, no more playing senior players who have no future with us, players underdone, and players who make fundamental errors over and over again.

We're rock ******* bottom at the moment.

Been hamstrung by some injuries to allow that.

In terms of playing kids its a balance thing imo.

It's really across half back that we need to bring one in but outside of that I think we're doing OK in terms of what were blooding.

We'll win next week and hopefully roll Melbourne.

Outside of that I'm all for experimental positioning like Polec on Cripps.

 

[Rod Stroker]

No cunnington has a huge flow on effect on the rest of our midfield. We need to learn how to play without him. Good learning experience for Jy today. He probably has never been heavily tagged in his career before.

Doesn't change the fact that Curnow is one of the best stoppers in the comp. Has been for years.

 

[Roosurgence]

We ran out of gas today.

A lot of blokes coming in off injury lay offs and some kids adjusting to AFL Football.

We win today if that list is at peak fitness. Carlton are very average, the hype is not real.

 

[scottywiper]

Can someone explain why Zurhaar got done for holding it when he lost control of ball and it wasn't even a tackle?

 

[LB2Snake]

Still crap though.

I loved in the first Q though that BBB buried his knee into oppo back. More of that browny. You’ll get there.

 

[Jumping Roo]

Walker has such a composed style.

I know he's not young but we really need more of that in our squad.

No panicking, stays within his limits.

He’s a great mark and contested player but his disposal by foot is not the best.

 

[ChoppyGun]

Roses are red and violets are blue

We suck serious balls and the umpires sucked off the blues

Can't agree KingC.

The umpires were rubbish (as usual), but if anything we had the better of the two.

Had zero bearing on the result imo.

 

[Waynesworld]

Everyone banging on about early draft picks, highly likely we’ll screw that up as well.

 

[Moti]

I loved in the first Q though that BBB buried his knee into oppo back. More of that browny. You’ll get there.

He has actually always competed with a fair amount of courage and intent, he just isn't very good at it. But with his size and weight, he is bound to have some kind of impact.

 

[Ball Dont Lie]

I love Ben brown but his effort at the moment is poor. You can’t get beat in the one on ones AND on the lead. Pick what you want to be. Sure sure the delivery doesn’t help but today he showed he is not up to it at all. Realistically walker should have gone to full forward once Mitch m went off injured. Missed opportunity from Shaw

 

[Merlin007]

I think they turned a corner at quarter time; the first quarter was a continuation of the last five weeks, disjointed, bad skill errors. Jed onto Cripps got things moving, and thereafter, I think there were some real positives. snake baker has most of them, but at the danger of some repetition;

1. something of a break out game for Bailey Scott
2. Larkey - quality player
3. LDU got through
4. McKay was solid again, deserves his spot and his game broadened even from last week, taking some marks, tidy disposal
5. Kyron on Betts - massive game, fewer mistakes, good effort to back up after being steamrollered last week
6. contrary to my diatribe last week, Pittard as a defensive forward went well, with the obvious exception of the game-changing brain fade

not great to lose to a middling team, but some positives to build on

 

[CBSlogger]

Before i cover our guys....56 free kicks in shortened game. Can't remember more howlers ever, both ways. 56.

Anyhow, i thought our tall backs were great all day, as was Kyron, Lmac put in pretty well too but disposal is for the tip. Is Atley even 'fast' anymore? Walker is a huge pick up for nothing and a perfect Scooter replacement.
Goldy an off day.
Simpkin tagged into submission.
Forwards were poor but who the hell would want Dumont, Jed, Hall & Lmac kicking it to you.
If Mahoney makes it he's gonna need to develop some serious tricks in the next 18 months given his physical limitations.
LDU was horribly short of a gallop, i think this manifests into looking like he doesn't 'want it' or 'care.

Special mentions to JMac & Pittard who each had particularly terrible moments that should ensure they don't play next week.

I'm not unhappy we lost, we need new talent and lots of it.

 

[Steele7]

Negative North lost to Carlton
Positive How good was it to see BMac Hayden Taylor Scott LDU Larkey Zurhaar all playing together Games for the future

 

[scottywiper]

The Mahoney drafting was baffling, really. So very slow.

 

[SunnyBoner]

Can't agree KingC.

The umpires were rubbish (as usual), but if anything we had the better of the two.

Had zero bearing on the result imo.

I agree with that. I thought the umps were much worse last week but there wasn't much posted about it.

 

[Waynesworld]

Can someone explain why Zurhaar got done for holding it when he lost control of ball and it wasn't even a tackle?

I can’t explain many of the free kicks today.

 

[SunnyBoner]

The Mahoney drafting was baffling, really. So very slow.

At this stage he looks so typical of many players we have drafted in the past. He has time to turn it around though.

 

[Dingster]

North have lost a competition-most 73 games to injury overall this season.
We didn't deserve to win today.
We're getting games into players that will form our future.
We're in a better position to get draft picks that will make a difference.

Glass is half full.