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Surprised how poorly Larkey has played against the Hawks historically - is he due for a bag?

In 2003 there were two teams that won it all - Brisbane and North Melbourne.

That sounded like the greatest goal of all time lol. Anyone have footage of this?

Wow that would have been an even bigger blow at the time. Longmire seemed to have a down year in 1995 by his standards. I wonder if he came into 1996 extra motivated?

Didn't know that about the 93 side - North basically lost two of its best forwards by the first quarter of the Elimination Final. That's a lot of badluck. That's basically a Matthew Lloyd type career whilst sharing the forward line with the GOAT CHF who would also finish up with 700+ goals.

Longmire was the youngest ever Coleman medalist in 1990, booting 98 goals asa 19-year-old. Whilst he doesn't reach those heights again, his career up until the end of 1995 yields 494 goals from 155 games, an average of 3.2 goals/game. He and Carey form a lethal forward partnership - the closest...

Agreed. Between LDU and Thomas, 20 games were missed, almost equivalent to a full season without an elite player at the club. Furthermore, LDU and Thomas only managed to play 7 games together. That's a whole lot of momentum lost in 2023.

Firstly, this Instagram account is one of the best! Thank you! Secondly, to add to Lavy_Panther's post, it seems completely unfair that we were embarrassed with forward-line riches and yet also had players that could just bypass the forward line completely with 60m goals 🤯

Yes. I would say so.

What a champ! Well done Larkey! Only the beginning for him too as he begins to enter his prime. Physically, he still looks like he can fill out a bit which will only make him even more unstoppable combining his incredible read of the ball, leading patterns, and goal kicking accuracy. Can't see...

Congratulations Harry! One of the all-time great debut seasons - which was needed as this year's cohort had some real strong contenders. Looking forward to what's next for this young champ.

For the horror show that was North's 2023 season, seeing Tarryn Thomas' comeback is one of the biggest positives. He not only got back on track, he was playing arguably the best footy he's ever played. That's a real testament to the kid and North for creating that environment for someone who...

I think the Tigers at the G was a fitting farewell for Jack - two of the best games I remember with Jack involved are against the Tigers at the G - the first was a pulsating end-to-end seesawing affair between two young up and coming teams in 2012, and then the EF in 2015, which was a game of...

Yeah I think the back-to-back retirements takes its toll. Ziebell as a player was always a sort-of contradiction in my eyes. Once touted as a "Michael Voss" clone, I had huge hopes on JZ straight off the bat. He both had a AA-level peak as well as was a limited player at the same time. His...

I would love for Cunners and JZ to 'meat-grind' Essendon. Just for old times sake.

Thank you Cunners. You are an absolute champion of the club and the game. We couldn't build that premiership team around you, but you won something far more important - life. Will be sorely missed. Hope you come back to the club in some capacity in the future.

I don't often hype our players too much, but WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH. Wow

Took my girls to a North game for the first time (oldest is 3.5 and youngest 11 months). We went with another family from America who we have helped convert into North supporters. Tbh I gave my girls about half-time before losing interest and leaving, but full credit to them, we stayed the...

Clarko's first year with Hawthorn, they went 3-13 and finished 5-17. Obviously, Clarko is no longer a rookie coach, but he has seen and experienced it all. Patience. Having said that, if Clarko develops this team into a premiership team, he is the GOAT coach.

Great thread. My spin on this was on some of the "coodabeens" that could have prolonged our success from the 90s into the 00s. Peter Bell wants out. Bell had just had his best season in 2000, and was one of the best midfielders in the AFL at the time he was traded to Freo. Obviously didn't...

Feel my list will have already been covered in this thread but instead here are the top 5 by Brownlow votes: Brent Harvey 191 votes (0.44 per game) Wayne Carey 126 votes (0.52) Wayne Schwass 88 votes (0.48) Andrew Swallow 78 votes (0.35) Shannon Grant 73 votes (0.30)

Aside from the GF that will not be named, the 97 prelim was my least favourite game of all time. I was filthy with that McKernan tackle, and remember that by the end of the game, we basically had to ruck Simpson I believe as we had run out of bodies. 97 was such a frustrating year, where nothing...

Great shoutout to Lindsay Thomas! That game against Carlton where he kicked 7...unplayable. That game was the closest to a Carey-like dominance from a North player since The King himself. Yes that includes Petrie and Brown monster games.

North needed this era's version of Buckley to kickstart a new premiership cycle

Dmac was so smooth. Loved the Giants. How lucky (and unusual?) were we to have dominant professional teams in North Melbourne in the 90s?

His 'aura of authority' is through the roof. He talks, pretty much everyone in the AFL listens.

I loved reading that article, thanks for sharing. It's reminded me also that the next time North win a premiership, it would be the first time that I'd seen the complete cycle - from bottom to top. Even though I grew up watching the 90s North, I was too young to even remember 1993, let alone...

If Clarko can get JHF onto the Hodge trajectory then my god, we'll have a multiple Norm Smith medalist here. In terms of physique and toolkit, he's pretty similar to Hodgey. Has actually had a better start to his career too.

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - The Alchemist

Sonja Hood, hat's off to you. Firstly with the way you handled the David Noble firing, but now orchestrating the biggest recruiting coup probably since Barassi.