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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    We made it, the last match review piece of the season is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/08/24/one-last-game-round-24-2025-north-melbourne-v-adelaide-kangaroos-season-analysis-review/ It's a long one, so here's the summary in picture form to save some words.
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    202559 NMFC R24.jpg

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    • Category: North Melbourne
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Righto, Richmond post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/08/17/records-and-handballs-round-23-2025-north-melbourne-v-richmond-harry-sheezel-54-disposals-midfield-clearances-xerri/ Pretty simple one: when there's a 48-point win and a 54-disposal game, the two topics are how North were able to...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    I think it's one of those situations that's simple in theory, hard to solve in practice. For the Geelong post, I kind of laid out how the last two seasons have gone in a similar cycle: start expansively on offence but defence looks no good, wind back the offence to very basic stuff to improve...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Good job by me forgetting to pop in last week and post, but we are live with the GWS post: https://theshinboner.com/2025/08/11/domino-effect-round-22-2025-north-melbourne-v-gws-giants-charlie-comben-zane-duursma-leadership-analysis/ I wanted to zoom out a bit and talk about domino effects...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Geelong post up, which is only kind of about the Geelong game: https://theshinboner.com/2025/07/27/repeating-the-cycle-round-20-2025-north-melbourne-v-geelong-structure-style-game-plan-clarkson/ It's more about how North's 2025 is following a similar sort of top-line cycle to 2024 in terms of...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Okely doke, Sydney post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/07/20/rucks-turnovers-round-19-2025-north-melbourne-v-sydney/ The post touches on two things: 1) The plan to neutralise Grundy in the ruck (worked okay for a while!) 2) The ball use both by hand and foot (didn't work at all!) And...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Most clubs have two main get togethers during the week where they bed down their plans. The names and approaches for each will differ slightly depending on the team, but I'll just use the names I learned from my time: 1) Scenario planning, eg. 'if <opponent> does <x>, what is our response <y>'...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Melbourne post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/07/14/self-applied-handcuffs-round-18-2025-north-melbourne-v-melbourne-team-selection-tall-defenders/ This one's all about team selection, the influence it had on the first two and a half quarters, and the lessons that should be learned...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Bulldogs post is up, pretty long one: https://theshinboner.com/2025/07/04/a-milestone-night-round-17-2025-north-melbourne-v-western-bulldogs-mckercher-larkey-turnovers-pagan-speech-marvel-stadium/ And here are all the topics in picture form to save me typing some more words:
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    202545 NMFC R17.jpg

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    • Category: North Melbourne
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Okely doke, Hawthorn post time: https://theshinboner.com/2025/06/29/a-midfield-domination-round-16-2025-north-melbourne-v-hawthorn-analysis-defence/ It's a pretty simple and straight forward one today I think. Split into three parts: 1) Why North's midfield was outpointed 2) What Hawthorn did...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Alright, the Carlton post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/06/22/progress-confirmed-round-15-2025-north-melbourne-v-carlton-defence-offence-structure-analysis-mcg-ball-movement/ There's basically two points to the post: 1) Where North have improved since Good Friday 2) How that was put...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Righto, Fremantle post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/06/15/risk-v-reward-round-14-2025-north-melbourne-v-fremantle-forward-half-inside-50-tackles-good-friday-optus-stadium/ This isn't so much about the result, but more a specific focus on the process, bringing a strong, strong forward...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    It's a large one today, West Coast post is up: https://theshinboner.com/2025/06/09/a-robbery-in-bunbury-round-13-2025-north-melbourne-v-west-coast-hands-oval-comeback-simpkin-mckercher-zurhaar/ Roughly divided into four parts, some (much) longer than others: 1) What caused the first three...
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