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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    I think the interesting part is how when a lot of teams run tags, they do it where the tagger starts outside the centre bounce and then comes in afterwards to pick up the mid - Sydney do it a lot with Jordon - and Geelong basically flipped that around by putting Smith to half forward and then...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Not entirely sure what the above has to do with this thread, but anyway the Geelong post is live: https://theshinboner.com/2026/05/03/a-topsy-turvy-trip-down-the-highway-round-8-2026-north-melbourne-v-geelong/ It turned out surprisingly longer than anticipated, but also turned out there was...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    We are live with the GWS post: https://theshinboner.com/2026/04/26/forward-half-pressure-back-half-transition-round-7-2026-north-melbourne-v-gws-step-forward/ It's all about North's forward half work v GWS' back half transition, the push and pull between that and how North's back half/back...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Still working away until the start of June, I just completely spaced on posting the Brisbane piece here. I haven't made that mistake this week though! The Richmond post for everyone...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Today is a day where it's great not having an editor, because I can just get carried away and cover anything and everything...
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    Player Watch #2: Finn 'The Finn-isher' O’Sullivan

    This is what I mean by the above, explained in video form: (Look at this guy quoting his own posts)
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    Player Watch #2: Finn 'The Finn-isher' O’Sullivan

    The most impressive thing about the game was that people hear 'tag' and think oh, he must have been solely focused on neutralising Merrett. It wasn't really a 'tag' by the traditional definition. Instead FOS used Merrett as kind of like a reference point - he's there, close him off, ball goes...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Night games are a punish to turn around, but we are live: https://theshinboner.com/2026/03/29/a-streak-busting-win-round-3-2026-north-melbourne-v-essendon-finn-o-sullivan-luke-parker/ Ideally I find time during the week to do extra deep dives on O'Sullivan and Parker - particularly the latter...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    Today's post is very long, and it's very late, and I have a full day of work tomorrow (today): https://theshinboner.com/2026/03/23/playing-on-the-oppositions-terms-round-2-2026-north-melbourne-v-west-coast-optus-stadium-analysis/ If I have more time during the week I'll get more granular with...
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    Analysis Rick's Analysis (The Shinboner)

    At a time where I'm sure nearly everyone is asleep, we are live: https://theshinboner.com/2026/03/16/away-we-go-again-round-1-2026-north-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-o-sullivan-horne-francis-trembath-analysis/ A lot of it is setting the scene using yesterday, but the two most important things...
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    Training 2026 Training Reports

    Just to add some extra context to the 250odd words I bashed out on my phone at half time in surprise at what I was seeing: During the summer I always detach from footy as much as possible. For two reasons: a) It helps keep me fresh during the actual footy season because I'm not committing to...
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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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    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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    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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