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  1. Horace

    Age article worth a look if only for the bit copied below the link

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/like-merrett-i-tried-to-leave-my-club-this-is-why-i-m-proud-of-it-and-he-should-be-too-20260324-p5u2jw.html North Melbourne, Carlton and Melbourne were potential suitors. I met Neale Daniher in a hotel suite and I liked his country intelligence and obvious...
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    The pre-historic Pies

    Well not quite. But they do have a very aging list. If they had kept Mihocek, at some stage next year they would be looking at 14 players over the age of 30. A third of the list. That in my opinion is scary stuff. (Although almost certainly they won’t give Cox another contract, not that that...
  3. Horace

    NMFC versus the Limitless Cash for Players Saints next year

    So based on the trading completed by the Saints so far this trade period, (not to mention the cash splashed - which I just did) and bearing in mind they have just Pick 49 left to secure Ryan and Aleer (which they will no doubt do with future picks and further splashed cash) how much will they...
  4. Horace

    The List Cloggers

    At Channel 9. Kane Cornes and Caroline Wilson departing. According to Eddie Mcguire. What's needed now is for them to delist Damien Barrett. What a wonderful outcome for Channel 9, seeing all those out the door. Not so good for Channel 7. Though they do pick up the steak knives. Luke...
  5. Horace

    The Real VFL Ladder

    After a year like we've had and those that have just gone before it, I've decided to go back and live in the past and have reconstructed the current ladder to resemble the old days of the VFL, as follows: South Melbourne Geelong Fitzroy Footscray ....................... Hawthorn Carlton...
  6. Horace

    Libby Birch and the perils of picking plodders

    You have to feel for our girl, Libby, in her role as a tipster in the Age. Presently she sits second last at 58 wins on the tipping ladder, five clear of our wonderful skipper, Emma. The problem for Libby and of course, Emma, is that when you are a player for any team, you are not allowed to...
  7. Horace

    The Common Denominator

    Okay, we are clearly on track to fail to win a game this year. The last team to fail to win a game in a season was Fitzroy in 1964. Hence the title of this thread. Say no more. Please feel free anyone and everyone, to nominate a team for me to switch my allegiances to. Maybe I can stitch...
  8. Horace

    The BBB Thread

    No this is not about Big Benny Brown as most of you probably thought. I will say this though, I think he might be very close to the end of his career, but that's another story. Instead this is The BRING BACK BOOMER thread. Ridiculous I hear you all say and yes he is probably finished as a...
  9. Horace

    Good-bye Nicole Livingstone

    And good riddance. How anyone could think it was a good idea to shut out fans, because it helped "build a better atmosphere" by filling a ground which has limited viewing options, is beyond belief. Idiocy. You will only grow the game by providing more than enough spots to accommodate everyone...
  10. Horace

    Our Age Demographic in 2024

    With the retirements of Jack, Cunners, Hally and Howe, plus Goldy's (incredibly stupid decision to play on at *essendon. Apart from port adelaide, any other club would be okay), those 5 alone equate to 70 years more than our 5 draftees in age terms or roughly reduce the age demographic by...
  11. Horace

    The case to retain Goldstein, Ziebell and Greenwood next year

    As I understand it, Ben Cunnington is contracted for next year so unless he decides to quit at the end of the year, he will be on the list in 2024. Not sure what the situation is with Liam Shiells is but his form has probably been good enough for an extension. Potentially none of these may...
  12. Horace

    Kane Cornes

    Once again Cornes, on the Nine Footy Show, has got stuck into our club when speaking about JHF and last nights game against the Bulldogs. His hatred for North Melbourne builds weekly and is way over the top. I've had enough so rang Channel 9 and complained about his performance. I told them...
  13. Horace

    Which club do you despise the most?

    I loathe them both with a passion. Is there something wrong with me?
  14. Horace

    How does this compare to the Barassi era?

    This question has been running through my head since we got the wonderful news today. Thank-you Sonja. Then I saw KIA34's post on the Clarksonss thread, copied below, so to me that provided the perfect segway. KickItAnywhere34 said: (Ok - I just wanted to take a moment - I was 6 years old...
  15. Horace

    The new ads on here

    Wow, the powers that be here, must be struggling for cash, to introduce the new format I'm seeing here today. Its hardly worth coming on if we are going to have to put up with this. And no I'm not interested in forking out some cash to get rid of the ads. Or chatting to the "Beautiful women...
  16. Horace

    Bye Bye, Bye Bye Threads

    I am sick to death of them. GET RID OF THEM. Bye Bye.
  17. Horace

    Perhaps part of the reason why we are where we are today

    If my memory serves me correctly, we started 2020 fairly well with a couple of wins, before covid-19 turned football upside down, just as it did everything else. In Round 2 that year, with Rhyce Shaw at the helm, we sent the following team out and beat the GWS by 20 points. B: Macmillan...
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    Who's going on Sunday?

    Normally, at this stage of the year, I can't wait to get to our first game of footy for the year. This year, though, with omicron and the arrival of the apparently more contagious version of it, leading to rapid rises in the number of daily cases here in Melbourne and particularly Sydney, I...
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    Shane Warne passes away aged 52

    Dreadful news https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/shane-warne-dies-of-suspected-heart-attack/100884710
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    The Jason Horne Cup

    Reliable sources within the football media, believe that after this round of matches, the AFL will announce that the clash between Adelaide and North Melbourne in Round 23, will be renamed "The Jason Horne Cup". This decision is based on modelling commissioned by the AFL and conducted by a...
  21. Horace

    Nick Flakey

    Now I'm reluctant to raise that name again, given all the angst we suffered when he preferred the Swans over us in his Draft year, but I've watched, admittedly with little interest, how his career has gone at the Swans. I think it is fair to say it has not really taken off like many expected...
  22. Horace

    "THAT'S GOOD FOR FOOTBALL"

    I was watching AFL 360 tonight and more or less the first topic on the agenda was the travails of the Pies and the future of Nathan Buckley. I think it was Robbo who suggested that they are on the brink of civil war down there. And I thought, that's great, let's hope they tear themselves apart...
  23. Horace

    Another form of Listed Player

    With Ed's delisting today, on top of the initial 11 de-listings, as well as Will Walker's move to the Rookie List, I got to thinking about how list sizes are so much lower than they used to be back in the 1980's and earlier. Back then clubs used to have around 55 players on the list, so as to...
  24. Horace

    No more player departures please

    I may be alone here in my thoughts, but feeling very flat at the moment, now that it is official that Higgo is gone. In another 24 hours, Benny B will be gone as well, who knows what will transpire with Jed and I have an uneasy feeling about Polec and what might also take place with him in the...
  25. Horace

    Toast Some wins in this most bizarre of years

    Well it works for me. What a year it has been so why not document some wins we are at last seeing. Not going to write down all the losses because I don't have enough ink in my typewriter to do that. So here are the wins. I saw the AFLW girls play some very good footy at Geelong and I've...
  26. Horace

    List Management

    I’m rather troubled by the apparent decision of our List management people to tell Higgo that they can’t guarantee him a spot on our list when his current contract expires at the end of next year. I know there is a caveat insofar as we have to get a good deal out of a move to another club and...
  27. Horace

    Fox Sports Shutdown Shootout

    Fox has started a series with the above title and last night they had on our game versus Brisbane in 2003. It was a ripper game and I could not recall the result so watched it to the end on the edge of my seat. It turned out to be a draw with Michael Voss kicking a ball that went through for a...
  28. Horace

    Fitzroy's last win in the VFL/AFL

    Yes I know this is the North Melbourne board, but oddly enough that last win in Round 8, 1996 had quite a connection to the NMFC. The game was on Foxtel today and Fitzroy beat Freo by 31 points, 16.11 to 10.16. I still remember it well and the excitement in the terribly small crowd of just...
  29. Horace

    If nothing else happens this year

    I just hope the boys get the job done both times this year against the *bombers. Just re-watched that last loss from last year and the way *they snatched it in the dying seconds still burns inside. *they are a hateful outfit as far as I am concerned.
  30. Horace

    Petition to the club to appoint Shawry as our next coach

    Well if people can start a Sack Brad Scott petition, I can start a petition to appoint Shawry as the man to coach us. I say appoint him because: The team is playing a new invigorated tough uncompromising brand of football. On his own admission he is a defensive minded coach and the players...

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