Review Round 5, 2026 - North Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions

[Coastal Lion]

Oscar Allen

4

Oscar Allen

Age

27

Ht

196cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.2

4star

stiff not to have the clear mark paid in the first could have had 4 goals

 

[dlanod]

Well done boys. One of the ugliest wins i recall on account of location & weather. Happy to take the points.

That NM guernsey contributed quite a bit to the ugliness too.

 

[M Malice]

I genuinely felt I learnt nothing watching that game.

You didn't learn ANYTHING from Jordan Lewis and Leigh Montagna?

 

[braddsey]

Oscar Allen stiff not to have the clear mark paid in the first could have had 4 goals

Should have called for an ARC review considering it was subsequently called out of bounds! Neal-Bullen did it on Thursday…

 

[BrisVegasDru]

Loving the impact of Drapes and Oscar, hope they both stay fit, as along with Kiddy amd Linc they make us even better!

Gritty win against an improving team.

 

[martinson]

Just glad to get out of there.

Was getting 2025 vibes , still got PTSD from that game.

 

[braddsey]

Just glad to get out of there.

Was getting 2025 vibes , still got PTSD from that game.

Quick shower (are their showers in the big tent out back?!?), then on the bus back to the airport for the first flight home.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Gather Round is WOKE.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Would like to see Dunkley go back to playing free and not locking down at stoppages

 

[Helicon1]

4 points in the bag. Massive game next week. Answerth hopefully in for Zorko.
Draper Kiddi Linc n Allen just getting bettter game by game.

 

[Section 5]

Should have called for an ARC review considering it was subsequently called out of bounds! Neal-Bullen did it on Thursday…

Definate mark.
But noooooooooo on a "review"

 

[Tom14]

Is it true that Tom14 is now a fan of Drapes

Getting dangerously close to having to make THE mea culpa post. Thankfully him deciding to quickly play on from a mark in the last 2 mins irritated me enough to stay my hand.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Looked more like Zorkos achilles that they were working on

 

[Perrip]

 

[M Malice]

Looked more like Zorkos achilles that they were working on

At least we have a ready made replacement for him in Noah Answerth, also getting the ball in Kiddy's hands more often will cover Zork's penetrating kicks in our back half with aplomb.

If Noah not ready maybe Shadeau Brain gets another go.... Luke Beecken?

 

[Nathan Barley]

At least we have a ready made replacement for him in Noah Answerth, also getting the ball in Kiddy's hands more often will cover Zork's penetrating kicks in our back half with aplomb.

If Noah not ready maybe Shadeau Brain gets another go.... Luke Beecken?

Or Reville stays down there and Marshall plays wing but I think we’ll want Reville staying on the wing

 

[luthor]

Draper and Allen .

Great pickups. Both seem like genuinely good blokes too.

Draper is a beast and Allen is a natural forward.

Bailey and Lachie were great and Harris was calm and assured as ever after that 3 week layoff.

The team still has the tendency to play a bad quarter here and there. We really dropped off in the first after coming out breathing fire and the set shot goalkicking was diabolical at times. Probably playing on a windy suburban park had something to do with it. North fluffed a few too.

As usual, we have the ability and the wont to turn it on when it really counts.

The third quarter intensity lifted and we were excellent in the fourth.

In all, a pretty good win against an improving and very game opponent.

Melbourne copped an upset flogging from the Bummers so we can be sure they will be fired up for us at the G next week.
Another challenging assignment but if we bring our best when it counts we should be too good for them on the proviso we don't kick it in the vicinity of Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

34

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

too much. That guy seems to love playing against us.

 

[wattoxi]

According to the north board they were reamed by the umps? Agree umpiring was average but gee whiz we copped some bad ones too

 

[Coastal Lion]

Would like to see Dunkley go back to playing free and not locking down at stoppages

Yes to an extent but in saying that he clamped LDU after quarter time
They absolutely smashed us at stoppage in Q1

 

[Coastal Lion]

I really like that Linc is settling in also he is a quality player and is getting his game back to what it was 2years ago has such a high work rate does so many pressure acts and hard running.
His dribble goal was awesome

 

[janty]

At least we have a ready made replacement for him in Noah Answerth

Other than both being on the shorter side I don't really see how Answerth is a "ready made replacement".

 

[Mr Ripper]

I was going to give Draper a vote but then I remembered wtaf was that goal song. Can’t be having that.

 

[M Malice]

Other than both being on the shorter side I don't really see how Answerth is a "ready made replacement".

I didn't mean a direct replacement for Zork's playing style which is why in the other part of my post which you edited out I mentioned getting that ball into Kiddy's hands more often will maintain our elite kicking out of the back half.

 

[BrisVegasDru]

Thought Gallop showed some really good signs too, i know some were wishing we played Joyce.

 

[Squizz89]

Jaspa has been a bit down on form compared to last year. Would help if he stepped up a little bit more offensively if Zorko misses a bit of time. That, and of course Kiddy showing a lot more the past few weeks should hopefully cover him if he does miss some time.