Toast Round 8 = North Melbourne 76-94 Collingwood

[Good Horse]

All rangas have a bit of campaigner in them.
If I were head of recruitment half the team would be rangas and the other half indigenous players.
Would be unbeatable.

 

[ClaytonM]

Keane showed a bit today and should retain his spot for a while. Will have some big clangers like Bruzzer did in his first 50 games but think he could become a very good player. But he is not a KPP, more third tall. Having Moore and Roughy down there makes a huge difference.

 

[jathanas]

I'm almost ready to induct him into the order of the Clydesdale alongside Checkers.

I'm pretty sure Noble is 1/2 pony...

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Just nice to get the W really, at the end of the day it can only be a good thing for the group.
Onwards and upwards lads

 

[Axl the great]

The only positives were a few players stepping up and continued improvement of the younger guys.
Poulter looks a real good one, runs the lines really well and is very composed and tough, he's a beauty.
Mark Keane played a nice game too, I bagged him during the week and still doubt him in a high pressure game against good opposition but credit where it's due he was quite good.
Great game by Tyler Brown, showed a real hunger and work rate, he was pretty clean and very good in the contest, funny what happens when you play people in their preferred spot!
Other than that, Steele looks shot, he is really struggling to find space and his awareness has been really poor all year.
Hoskin Elliott, well I cant even deal with how bad he is, lazy and taking the piss.
JT is having a crack but the games gone past the bloke and time to cut him off as well.
Henry looks 10 steps behind the pace of the game but keep playing him as VFL ain't going to fix that.

In general nothing has changed except we got 4 points, we were absolute trash today and Bucks thinking we played closer to our brand shows how much idea the bloke has or doesn't have.

 

[Good Horse]

I'm pretty sure Noble is 1/2 pony...

A Noble pony.

Now thats a turnup for the books.

 

[TheWoodsOf72]

A master stroke of gameday coaching ability........I think not

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Anyone know what the crowd was?

Around 22-23K.

Felt like more.

 

[Doc1763]

Around 22-23K.

Felt like more.

Not great, but North don't draw well anyway

 

[rand corp]

Happy to just enjoy the win, realistic about where we are and just how sh:t North are.

Great came from Crisp, magnificent run and carry all day.
Daicos, continues to grow as a mid.
Pendles, endures.
Sidey, looks cooked.
Cameron, gives his all and is improving
Mihocek, always puts in, great mark.
DeGoey, is irresistable when he is on.
Grundy, needs to clunk more grabs and spoil his opponent better when he can't.
Maynard, was back to his best today
Keane, encouraging
Moore back to his best and where be needs to stay now.
Poulter encouraging.
Noble runs all day and racks up possession, been a fantastic find.
IQ continues to grow.
Henry, he isn't far away I reckon, needs more core strength and experience but runs to good spots and got involved today.
JT & WHE, just warming the seats waiting for those to come on.
Browns, I see something in Tyler, just needs to find it a bit more. Callum too vanilla for me.
Murphy is very brave but you worry for him sometimes, just the way he goes about it.
Roughy always puts in.
Mayne, tries hard, looks like he is struggling to keep up these days.

When they came at us, they looked like they could have run right over us but, they kept us in it with atrocious skill errors and then we steadied.

Happy to see we are getting games into some of the kids and the continued improvement of players like Daicos, Noble, IQ, Cameron and Murphy.

 

[manicmagpie]

Mihocek right now:

 

[foreigner]

Re-sign Buckley already for 7 more years

 

[Kappa]

Noble Poulter Moore Crisp very good

Probably the first time I've seen Tyler Brown play a good game in a long long time

Thomas WHE garbage as usual

Henry and Mcreery struggled

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Cameron is a better ruck and Forward than Grundy and Cox. Should get an 8 year deal at $8M at this rate.

 

[TradeDraft]

Probably the first time I've seen Tyler Brown play a good game in a long long time

Helps when he is played in his Best Postion

 

[barrackers]

Didn’t notice at the ground that Howe was chairing off Sidebottom

 

[Kalidakope]

Didn’t notice at the ground that Howe was chairing off Sidebottom

He'll do anything to prove he's fit for next week

 

[Kappa]

Didn’t notice at the ground that Howe was chairing off Sidebottom

Apparently added 3 weeks to his rehab with that chair off... but worth it.

 

[zhoung]

I'm pretty sure Noble is 1/2 pony...

More Shetland lol

 

[ZEV]

I agree, I absolutely won’t blast a bloke for trying when so many of our players look so devoid of effort. Gets a pass for mine but, as you said, someone needs to get in his ear about his decision making

It's hard to make a good decision when you don;t have any options

 

[Capital Magpie]

You are correct. I can't do a username change without taking out a paid membership, can I? There was a time I used to change usernames as often as I changed underwear. I have to admit, I have lost so much respect for Grundy. I would actually prefer Cameron as first ruck now.

To be fair Grundy was in our top 5 today. Broke even in the ruck, got some clearances and was noticeable around the ground. 124 points in player rankings not too shabby either.

 

[LuckyLee]

I’m not sure Henry is tall enough to make it as an overhead marking forward at AFL level. His opponents in the AFL will be taller and stronger and just as quick. He might need to reinvent himself as a midfielder.


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[TheGreatGrundy]

To be fair Grundy was in our top 5 today. Broke even in the ruck, got some clearances and was noticeable around the ground. 124 points in player rankings not too shabby either.

He is not a million dollar a year player. He rarely takes contested marks or kicks goals. He is not as active at ground level in clearances. A team's most highly paid player is expected to do more than 'break even'.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Club champion and glad we won it in his milestone.

 

[Maggie5]

Damn how lucky we are to have Crispy? Ever reliable and has barely played a bad game.