Interested in hearing others' thoughts on what we might expect from the boys in 2017.
For me, this is the most interesting North side since probably the late-90's - so many unknowns, so much potential, so much incentive and opportunity for the young guys to establish themselves and to...
I'm finding it really hard to move on from Saturday night. I just cannot get my head around North at the moment. This is really just me thinking out loud - trying to work out wtf is going on - so apologies if this analysis seems too subjective, simplistic or half-baked.
If you look at how we've...
These were a real weakness earlier in the year, this week we comprehensively smashed them:
6.4 vs 2.4
Even in last week's debacle the third quarter was a real positive:
5.5 vs 2.1
Not saying it's officially a trend (Geelong outscored us in the third the week before), but it's certainly...
I was watching the '99 grand final for the first time in ages the other night, and what I came away with most strongly was how incredible our defense was. Martyn, Archer, Pike, Pickett, Blakey, King - hard bastards and/or skillful hard bastards all. It got me thinking about the make-up of our...
Ignore the Richmond-related title - the article lists the "elite", "below average" and "poor" players of each team. I don't really like these sorts of rankings - or articles much, but I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts on the validity of data such as this.
North Melbourne
ELITE...
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/the-fitness-folk-20121124-2a0ez.html
This bit is enlightening:
Knowing exactly where your group is at is critical. Intense musculo-skeletal screening in Brad Scott's early days at North revealed that, on the whole, his players lacked the core strength...
We can play a f***load better, no doubt...but the grit and grunt we found to get over the line today makes this one pretty special IMO. Every week for the last little while there's been heaps on the line, but today we did what good sides do: found a way to win.