Autopsy North lose to Carlton.

[footy2016]

Anything to worry about here?

Will be fine mate. Got the free kick and no injury to McGovern and head didn’t hit ground.

Plenty of other things to worry about!

 

[Danni_Benson]

George goes in there and you realise what a bunch of one paced, ball chasing plodders the rest are. They have no gears to defend or don't use them.

His return was a massive eye opener! His intensity stood out like a beacon. He embarrassed his teammates, operates at a completely different level. Every contest, every movement had purpose, like it was life or death. Meanwhile, the bulk of his teammates drifted in and out of the game, as per usual. It was impossible to miss. I adore him.

 

[Clarke is King]

Genuinely shattered after that. Hard to see how it’s ever going to turn. Make it make sense - how are we still every bit as bad as we were 5 years ago. Laughing stock of the competition, no first round pick and no signs anything is going to improve.

Falling out love for the game for sure

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

Can someone change the thread title?

The umpires had zero influence on this result.

It’s ****ing embarrassing that it’s lasted this long.

+1

Umpiring was disgusting today but NMFC were far worse.

 

[mighty mick]

You know we're stuffed when Darren Crocker leaves the game at 3 wtf time.

We are a rabble why is patch still coaching the mids he's had ongoing concussion d since he stopped playing. Clarkson is just taking the piss as he thinks we're improving

 

[Flawed Genius]

Trying to calm down and look at it rationally I think they set themselves for the game. Clearly TDK has remembered the reaming he got from Xerri last time and came out with a physical intent. Their whole side seemed up for the fight physically and made it obvious from the get go. I've also no doubt that Voss said a variation during the week of 'if you get on top of these blokes and up the pressure they will wilt and fold and it will be circle work'.

The sickening thing is that they did, we did and it was. Vision Impaired Frederick could see it coming after the missed goal from Larkey. Zero backbone, no system, no intent to defend, and they all stood around and let it happen except for Wardlaw who played like he actually hated the opposition.

Voss out coached Clarkson again but I reckon did it during the week. We are going to play Pittonet, we'll put TDK forward, we're bringing in Lewis Young

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Lewis Young

Age

26

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

197.9

3star

D

4.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

26.0

1star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

181.6

3star

. Land of the Giants Princes Park edition. And they left Pittonet out, TDK barely went forward, and we came in with Logue Comben and Corr and forced Logue to spend huge amounts of time on Will ****ing White. Logues fat and has the turning circle of a small Isuzu van, no wonder White looked hugely effective. Not just on Logue though. McKercher isolated, McDonald isolated, Daniel god strike me isolated. Durdin Motlop White must've thought it was Christmas.

That's not to throw the defenders entirely under the bus - you've never seen a more comprehensive smacking in the midfield. Xerri isn't right combined with TDKs revenge game, our mids having the most staggeringly lazy display of footy you've ever seen, they just waltzed it out the front of the stoppage time after time after time. I wonder if you went through every centre square free kick advantage call and figured out some form of mathematical formula which counts metres of advantage gained x time taken to clear immediate vicinity of free kick, we would be dead last and falling. Every time the other team has gotten advantage they are at the 50 before the umpire blows advantage. We get a free kick from a centre square stoppage and Wardlaw takes nine minutes to get back behind his mark, so TDK wanders behind the footy and we have to kick long to a contest

We have so many brain-dead footballers and so many ineffective 6/10 wing/HBF players. Tucker and Stephens ****ing suck. Zurhaar threw himself at every contest and wasn't our worst. The kids (Duursma McKercher O'Sullivan Sheezel Wardlaw) have no example to follow, no standard being set and no expectation that they'll meet it. There is no accountability, no drive, no care factor. Turn up, park in the underground car park, do a bit of media, high five your mates, go out on the ground and piss fart around for two hours, come off, go home rest up and collect a pay check.

People dropping their hard earned in a cost of living crisis to watch that. Better people than me. Disgusting. Abhorrent. Port are going to **** us. For the first time I am genuinely questioning whether Clarkson is the right man for the job.

 

[scottywiper]

Genuinely shattered after that. Hard to see how it’s ever going to turn. Make it make sense - how are we still every bit as bad as we were 5 years ago. Laughing stock of the competition, no first round pick and no signs anything is going to improve.

Falling out love for the game for sure

How? Two words. List mismanagement.

 

[the_cleaner]

Fwiw there realy isnt any footy media worth watching. I watch the bounce but it’s really not even a footy show.

i’ve been live, such a small studio but lots of fun live.

 

[DarwinRoo]

Speaking of Patch what did he do at VFL level to get a job at an AFL club?

I swear some of the people that get jobs at our club have a one line resume that says “I used to play here” and they get hired.

 

[William Caresser]

Did Clarko say we tried a few different things for centre bounces?

Because the most CBAs for midfielders was:

Q1: LDU, Parker, Powell, Sheezel, Wardlaw, Simpkin
Q2: LDU, Parker, Wardlaw, Powell, Simpkin, Sheezel
Q3: LDU, Wardlaw, Sheezel, Parker, Powell, Simpkin
Q4: LDU, Parker, Sheezel, Simpkin, Wardlaw

Looks like the same guys getting the same results to me.

Would get Curtis in there and up the ground more despite the goals he's kicking. Has a lot more power and explosiveness than most of the others and his fitness is much improved. Could really be anything.

Can't play Powell, Parker and Sheezel in the same midfield - too slow. Sheezel to half back and the other two should be separated.

Put an absolute rocket up LDU to use his gears - both ways.

 

[the_cleaner]

People dropping their hard earned in a cost of living crisis to watch that.

1000 ****ing percent!

someone should show this comment to the whole ****ing organisation!

 

[Gasometer]

Speaking of Patch what did he do at VFL level to get a job at an AFL club?

I swear some of the people that get jobs at our club have a one line resume that says “I used to play here” and they get hired.

At * the line is “I used to work at North”

 

[the_cleaner]

His return was a massive eye opener! His intensity stood out like a beacon. He embarrassed his teammates, operates at a completely different level. Every contest, every movement had purpose, like it was life or death. Meanwhile, the bulk of his teammates drifted in and out of the game, as per usual. It was impossible to miss. I adore him.

like i said in the game day thread. if you could bottle up his passion and relentless and sell it, you’d be a billionaire.

 

[Kangaroosters]

Today was the first time I really believed that system is the issue - not cattle.

I’m not saying sack Clarko, but we’d want to see some tweaks to how we play because it’s flat out not working.

 

[Gasometer]

Today was the first time I really believed that system is the issue - not cattle.

I’m not saying sack Clarko, but we’d want to see some tweaks to how we play because it’s flat out not working.

Absolutely

 

[Chadwiko]

Speaking of Patch what did he do at VFL level to get a job at an AFL club?

I genuinely heard exceptionally good things about him as an assistant coach when he was hired, from people inside the AFL-bubble who would know. He was spoken of a potential future Clarkson-successor/protege, in a similar vein to Hardwick/Simpson/Beveridge/Fagan/etc.

But yeah **** me the proof is in the pudding, and this pudding tastes like shit.

 

[Danni_Benson]

like i said in the game day thread. if you could bottle up his passion and relentless and sell it, you’d be a billionaire.

What I would do to have another one like him on our team!

 

[Hop_lessly Devoted]

I can't see a win incoming anytime soon, and normally I'm fairly optimistic and hopeful.
North is in no position to poke fun at or look down on any other team in the competition right now.
And I don't want to see any fluff from the club's socials this week - e.g. parmi or parma? Please, spare me.

 

[jay317]

The only positive is Carlton will be begging the AFL to keep us as the permanent GF opponent since it's a guaranteed win for them

 

[Psychic Roo]

The group confidence and belief is non existent for a whole lot of reasons. Lots of them hold the ball a few seconds too long in general play or at stops.
Then they try something - meaning well. The delay and lack of skill and belief kills the run and errors pile up. Rinse and repeat.
Its a superhuman effort to build this back for coaches. Seeing leaders do this week in week out is toxic and contagious. Its a few bad seconds here and there. Sitting on heels. A bad choice in the air to hit a contest and not impact or punch or handball into dangerous space. Turned to panic today.
We are a long way back.

 

[Gorman2Geister]

It was like watching the SCLSU Mud Dogs out there at times.
At times I was Coach Klein, commentating that the Carlton player dropped the ball, no matter, he can pick it up again and run in to goal.
Wardlaw was at least channeling Bobby Bouchet at times but as Rob Schneider's character says, "Oh no! We suck again!"
It was pathetic.

 

[kingcarey1]

How? Two words. List mismanagement.

Terry “The List Mangler” Wallace?

 

[Hop_lessly Devoted]

The group confidence and belief is non existent for a whole lot of reasons. Lots of them hold the ball a few seconds too long in general play or at stops.
Then they try something - meaning well. The delay and lack of skill and belief kills the run and errors pile up. Rinse and repeat.
Its a superhuman effort to build this back for coaches. Seeing leaders do this week in week out is toxic and contagious. Its a few bad seconds here and there. Sitting on heels. A bad choice in the air to hit a contest and not impact or punch or handball into dangerous space. Turned to panic today.
We are a long way back.

Good observation. We really do seem to hesitate for that split second too long and by then the ball is lost or again in dispute.

 

[heem]

… also no doubt that Voss said a variation during the week of 'if you get on top of these blokes and up the pressure they will wilt and fold and it will be circle work'….

…. There is no accountability, no drive, no care factor. Turn up, park in the underground car park, do a bit of media, high five your mates, go out on the ground and piss fart around for two hours, come off, go home rest up and collect a pay check. ………

Closely related issues. Two astute observations from high quality post.

Voss’ defining characteristic as a captain of the most brutal team of the modern era was perhaps how to identify and ruthlessly exploit psychological weakness.

 

[Cool Kangas]

Feeling this way after a footy game every week is unhealthy. And to think I stupidly had such high hopes for 2025. Delusional.