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    Strategy CEO Thread - Jennifer Watt - Started Jan 2023

    This is the case for most of us. However, from the outside, when you look at the executive everyone there seems to performing capably, or incredibly well in the case of Erin Lorenzini. The only clear exception is Todd Viney, and it is a big one. It is the only thing we really care about. As...
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    Training 2026 Pre Season & Training Reports

    I can't make it to training on Friday. Can someone let Clarko know that Cooper Trembath is already on our list and we don't still need to hide him? He can get confused about this stuff.
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    Player Watch #37: Cooper Harvey - Extends to End 2026

    We could have delisted him and picked up a DFA or state league half-back to fill a hole for a year. Instead we keep Cooper and try and turn him into a half-back, despite him having no experience in the role or the necessary traits to fill it. Really weird list management. We seem to love...
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    List Mgmt. 2026 Trade and List Management Thread

    We have been mostly awful, but last year we may have struck gold.
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    List Mgmt. 2026 Trade and List Management Thread

    Not sure it will be huge, every club turns over players. Across the league, the average is 9 players traded or delisted every year. Last year we only had 8, which was low considering we had our list size cut - but it was a weak draft year. At a guess, it will probably only be 10 or 11 players...
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    Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin [Part II] - staying at North in 2026 + won't feature in leadership group as Larkey set to be named captain

    Makes sense. Simpkin could play that role better than the rest of them, he is more disciplined around stoppages and at getting back to help out. Though I think wing is good for him too. For me the biggest priority is working out how to move the ball forward, because what we have been doing is...
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    Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin [Part II] - staying at North in 2026 + won't feature in leadership group as Larkey set to be named captain

    True. Ideally we would be running and carrying the ball out of defense. But as we didn't have anyone who could do that we tried to chip our way forward. Our other mids did little to help.
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    Player Watch #12: Jy Simpkin [Part II] - staying at North in 2026 + won't feature in leadership group as Larkey set to be named captain

    Indeed. He also took 15 marks - as many as Sheezel, FOS, LDU, Powell and Parker combined. He is our only midfielder who consistently runs hard both ways and provides options for his teammates.
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    Player Watch #5: Caleb Daniel

    I'd say that salvaging something out of the JHF debacle was our best trade of the period. But I'm still not sure whether or not we broke even in that one. With trading players in we have been unbelievably bad.
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    Training 2026 Pre Season & Training Reports

    I just checked the average for a real game, it's 60. I hope this means we weren't taking the game seriously and is not a sign of things to come.
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    Training 2026 Pre Season & Training Reports

    Are those stats legit? If so, 17 tackles for the match is embarrassing.
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    Coach Alastair Clarkson - NMFC Senior Coach - Coaching & Football Discussion II

    My apologies, I took your regular criticism of the team's lack of direction, team selection and recruiting as directed at the person most responsible for those decisions. But, I guess it is all Jy's fault.
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    Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - staying at North in 2026

    That's old world thinking, there's a new gameplan in place. We've been struggling to score from turnovers, but you can't do that if you already have the ball. Best way to improve these numbers is to get it to the opposition as often as possible.
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    Coach Alastair Clarkson - NMFC Senior Coach - Coaching & Football Discussion II

    Not sure Simmo is the answer. He left West Coast in a mess, much like Clarko left Hawthorn.
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    Coach Alastair Clarkson - NMFC Senior Coach - Coaching & Football Discussion II

    Are you in a men's group?
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