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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-02/free-agency-has-created-a-twotiered-system-says-malthouse Hardly new topic matter, but so long as free agency remains in the competition any criticism of it remains relevant. The incentive of success makes it fairly likely the general trend of players...

My understanding was that a player had 6 seconds after a mark before play on would be called in all situations except when lining up for goal, in which case he would have 30 seconds before such a call. So when can a player legitimately claim they're having a shot on goal? And is there any...

Given there is a rule for this section of the forum disallowing the starting of new threads simply to advertise a game on another site, I thought it would be handy to have a dedicated thread for football-related Sporcle quizzes, whether created by the user themselves or simply linking to...

http://www.sporcle.com/games/hcd199/north-melbourne-top-5-goalkickers-2000-2013 Just a quick quiz I made, hope everyone who takes it enjoys it - some interesting ones in there.

2010 - 4-6 after Round 10 2011 - 2-7 after Round 10 2012 - 4-6 after Round 10 2013 - 4-6 after Round 10 I suppose we can hope that we'll make a decent go at the run home based on the trend (even 2011 saw us finish 10-12, 2010 was 11-11 and 2012 was 14-8), but why can't we start a season playing...

I was watching some football videos on YouTube and came across this match from Round 1 1993: I looked up the stats from the match and, in the process of doing that, found out just how many players playing that game were no longer at the club within two years. My question, therefore, is this...

2013 Gold Coast (66) def. North Melbourne (51) 2012 Hawthorn (174) def. North Melbourne (59) 2011 No mid-season bye 2010 North Melbourne (129) def. Port Adelaide (93) 2009 Adelaide (68) def. North Melbourne (24) 2008 St. Kilda (84) def. North Melbourne (69) 2007 Adelaide (100) def. North...

After games like this, it seems some get it into their heads that we might be better off trying to finish as low as we can on the ladder to get higher draft picks. To those people: why? The issues today were that we lacked effort, and didn't bother to try. We lost the tackle count 73-61. This...

Hi, Noticed the WS supporter tags have remained blue. Was wondering if, considering the recent announcement of colour scheme, we would be seeing a change to orange tags, or the like?

Just found this section, on a stats website I often use, where the best 6 players are given. Whilst I thought it was wildly off the mark in some cases (Brady not BOG in Round 19, Levi not BOG in Round 22 being the two notable ones), I thought it'd be interesting sharing a tally of the votes...

Numbers freed up. Should they go to the draftees, or should they be passed around?

Thought it'd be an interesting exercise to see what each team would look like if they played the first 22 on their squad numerically. Would be interesting to see how well the top teams fare in this exercise in comparison to the lower teams. North Melbourne B: Rawlings (3) Thompson (16)...

Just been looking on the Dogs' board, and apparently there's been major issues with the stadium during the rugby (haven't seen it, don't much care for rugby). Looks like we could be in for a few slipping-overs tomorrow...

Was flicking through the teams, and noticed this. Don't see it too often (granted, four of them are on squads of 25 - marked with *), so thought it would be interesting to look over who's likely to debut this week: Ryan Harwood - Brisbane Jamie McMillan - North Melbourne Kyle Hardingham -...

After watching today's North-Richmond game, and looking back over the last few, the recent coaching changes meant that, over the last three NM v Rich games: 2009 R5 - Laidley vs. Wallace 2009 R16 - Crocker vs. Rawlings 2010 R16 - Scott vs. Hardwick Has this happened before - and if so, how...

Hi guys, don't normally enter other team boards, but was wondering if there was any substance to some of the "rumours" floating about in some of the papers: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/06/16/152621_afl.html "Mr Harrison said he believed Bellerive offered an easy profit for...

I'm tempted to say no change. Everyone seemed to earn their spot last night; also can't think of anyone specific that should be coming in.

Where do you think your team has its strengths and weaknesses? As far as mine goes: Defence: Isn't great at all, only Hodge and occassionally Gilbee really get up. Presti out stuffed up my emergency system. Midfield: Got to be my strongest area - Ablett, Harvey and the recently added Judd as...

Quite simply, how many players in your 30-man squad are from the team you support? I've got 12...

Some of the less appetizing pre-season jumpers:

This debate seems to have been going on around BF for a while. Basically, the Lions want to change their logo and jumper. I'm pretty sure a new jumper design is yet to be released, but the new logo has, and has been posted around elsewhere on BF. Personally, I think this is a poor decision by...

Simple enough game, and should be over pretty quick. Basically, your task is to remove from the list one player who you believe should not be listed as the best North player on the list currently. You may vote once on any given day (AEDST). Hamish McIntosh Ed Lower Brady Rawlings Lachlan...

Considering the obviously popular notion with certain supporters that short-term pain is necessary in the modern football climate for long-term gain, I thought I'd do a little look back through recent history to see how often the team that got the wooden spoon in any given year takes out the...

How do you guys see the decade as a whole having gone for us? Personally, having been six at the start of the decade, I feel analysing this decade would be somewhat difficult - memories of pre-2007 are very vague. Good? Bad? Thoughts?

Was just wondering how often the top team at the end of H&A matches ended up being the top team. Here's my list: 2008 - No 2007 - Yes 2006 - Yes 2005 - No 2004 - Yes 2003 - No 2002 - No 2001 - No 2000 - Yes 1999 - No 1998 - No 1997 - No 1996 - No 1995 - Yes 1994 - Yes 1993 - Yes 1992 - No 1991...

Is it really necessary for this hot topics board to remain standing? The topic is well out-of-date and the board has not been posted on for an entire week.

Around the Melbourne v St. Kilda match last week, the media seemed to place a great deal of importance on the draft. When Melbourne had the lead early on, Channel 7 made a reference to the possibility that they would lose their first two draft picks. I think it was midway through the third...

How do you guys assess each of our debutants this season? Personally: Liam Anthony - has shown a lot of ability to get possessions. Hasn't always got quite the effort required, but apart from that, has looked great. Cruize Garlett - hasn't had too many games, but has been pretty good...

Just thought this might be of interest to some posters. 26 Drew Petrie 22 David Hale 21 Lindsay Thomas 17 Leigh Harding 17 Andrew Swallow 14 Aaron Edwards 14 Corey Jones 13 Hamish McIntosh 12 Brent Harvey 11 Matt Campbell 11 Ben Warren 9 Michael Firrito 9 Todd Goldstein 9 Lachlan Hansen 6...

Why do umpires consistently determine to have a crackdown on certain rules, e.g. holding the ball, hands in the back? Shouldn't all rules be employed to the letter of the law, all the time? Time we stopped having "crackdowns" and get on with umpiring the game how it's supposed to be umpired -...