Game Day Community Series. North Melbourne v wc Saturday 1/3/25 Bunbury WA

[desie]

Corr has been a massive disappointment for me for his whole time at North. Looking forward to him not being required. Massively over rated

He was always a whipping boy at the Giants.

Nothing he’s done for us has been a surprise.

 

[Twangler]

Miles better than the hit out last week and no injuries hugely important too. Biggest positives for me were RHJ and FOS. The other thing I really liked was the period in the 2nd after they got a run on, and we were able to change our game style on the fly and wrestle back the momentum.

 

[Passmore]

The umpiring was ok in the first half. The second half was officiated to a completely different standard for almost all of the second half.

One of them looked like he’d been plucked out of the local at the last minute.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Guess which team won.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Darling tonned up in supercoach with only one goal to his name.

Decent return for pick 67. Fair segment of the commentariat who criticised the trade may well look like idiots pretty soon.

 

[travelli]

Plenty of good signs with FOS and co. No injuries and more clear who isn’t up to it.

Down in by our own inaccuracy on a suburban ground. Can’t say I’m too enamoured by the ground.

I love a suburban ground. Boutique footy.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Corr is a wage theif, same with McDonald.

and Phillips ain't gonna make it. If he can't execute a basic skill with no pressure in a nothing pre-season game, he can't be relied on to get it done in games that matter.

 

[archereleven]

Just finished watching second quarter on delay. …….can anyone name me a more over rated defender than Corr. He’s the worst I can think of. Everyone loves to bag LMac, including myself, but at least he looks like he gives a shit. Corr is on 500K+ and has effectively stolen a wage from us. What a shocking recruitment in hindsight.

He cost us 4 of the first 5 goals I think.
3 as the Mullets direct opponent, then a panicked handball straight to the oppo fwd directly in front.

LMac has the worst ball drop I think I've seen and plays a decent game out of every handful. He is brave and that's where it ends.

Both need to go.

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[TennisPlayerAndy]

Clarkson will need to be committed if rocks the same backline in Round 1.

 

[scottywiper]

Darling tonned up in supercoach with only one goal to his name.

Decent return for pick 67. Fair segment of the commentariat who criticised the trade may well look like idiots pretty soon.

Earliest of crows

 

[Roosurgence]

and Phillips ain't gonna make it. If he can't execute a basic skill with no pressure in a nothing pre-season game, he can't be relied on to get it done in games that matter.

If you apply that logic then McKercher is a mega spud. He struggles to execute the most basic of skills called a handball.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Earliest of crows

Did he look cooked to you?

If not, what are you worried about?

 

[Ura]

Clarkson will need to be committed if rocks the same backline in Round 1.

Corr and Logue have had very interupted pre seasons. I agree neither looked great today but they will be tested hard round 1 against Dogs forwards.
Not to stressed. We just tend to melt over here. Its due to so many poor seasons. We have good reason to be this stressed. Winning would have been good if not just for our mentality. Alot of positives to take away from the game today though. We dominated play for large chunks, created alot of shots on goals and most importantly for me in the middle of an Eagles run of goals we slowed down play and controlled it. We honestly havent done that in years.

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Allergic to winning. We should probably practice it.

 

[andana]

He cost us 4 of the first 5 goals I think.
3 as the Mullets direct opponent, then a panicked handball straight to the oppo fwd directly in front.

LMac has the worst ball drop I think I've seen and plays a decent game out of every handful. He is brave and that's where it ends.

Both need to go.

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Their backline was a major concern in the second quarter, however, as they conceded four unanswered goals to let the Eagles take a narrow lead.
North Melbourne, meanwhile, will be disappointed to have lapsed in defence through the final quarter and do have concerns with the make-up of their backline.

By Nathan Schmook

 

[buttox]

Their backline was a major concern in the second quarter, however, as they conceded four unanswered goals to let the Eagles take a narrow lead.
North Melbourne, meanwhile, will be disappointed to have lapsed in defence through the final quarter and do have concerns with the make-up of their backline.

By Nathan Schmook

Pretty much spot on.
Our forwards did look better darling and Hansen showed a bit. Zurhaar was ordinary though.
The Defenders looked slow to me

 

[Rod Stroker]

If you apply that logic then McKercher is a mega spud. He struggles to execute the most basic of skills called a handball.

Phillips has been a senior listed player for 5 years and was a number 3 pick.

 

[giantroo]

 

[tricknologist]

I thought we looked pretty good between the arcs, but shit was going haywire inside them. The ease with which West Coast scored when they got in our d50 was especially worrying. It wasn't as though they were attacking with any sort of potency. We handed them several goals due to an inability to execute the most basic of fundamentals (which has been an ongoing theme for years now). I'm cautiously optimistic for round one because we should've thumped them, but we really need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[Psicosis]

North dominate (and I mean dominate) and we still lose… why?

Because it doesn’t matter how good our midfield is. Our back 6 is f*king puss. We concede goals every second time a bottom 3 side go forward.

 

[ohmygewd]

Yeah it was a loss.

Yeah it was a praccy game.

Yeah the Eagles get the headlines

But that was the most composed, sharp and dominant performance l've seen from this side in over 4 years...except we didn't get the chocolates - if we even kicked 50% or 12.12, the story would be it's going to be a long season for the Eagles.

Yeah we still have issues and work required but l'm actually quite bouyed that we are actually heading in the right directions

 

[justroyal]

If that’s the case, we put that shit about chom to the forward line to rest?

Dawson, Whitlock developing.
Corr and Logue down there.

**** it put the Unicorn off half back and let him run

 

[Its a Process]

Only have seen the first half and apart from a 7 minute period we were seriously dominant - probably a 5-6 goal better half.

Can’t wait until rd 1.

 

[Psicosis]

Only have seen the first half and apart from a 7 minute period we were seriously dominant - probably a 5-6 goal better half.

Can’t wait until rd 1.

Today showed that it doesn’t matter how dominant we are ball in hand, if you’re going to bleed goals every time the oppo eventually get it forward you’re gonna lose.

 

[Junk yard]

Yeah it was a loss.

Yeah it was a praccy game.

Yeah the Eagles get the headlines

But that was the most composed, sharp and dominant performance l've seen from this side in over 4 years...except we didn't get the chocolates - if we even kicked 50% or 12.12, the story would be it's going to be a long season for the Eagles.

Yeah we still have issues and work required but l'm actually quite bouyed that we are actually heading in the right directions

Definitely more positives than negatives in the loss. We looked really good in patches. FOS looked great, Daniel was superb, Colby, sheezel and Powell were really good and Darling wound back the clock.