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Personally I'm looking forward to WC getting priority picks so I can act like the self-righteous Carlton, Richmond and Hawthorn fans who disapprove of priority picks while pretending they didn't get them in the past.

I'm sorry GH, but I don't quite understand what the problem is? North have been worse than Hawthorn over the last 4 seasons, so that's why there's more top 4 picks, that's exactly how equalisation works. The assistance we've received has been turned into Logue, Tucker, Fisher, Stephens and W...

The problem for both NRL and AFL is that the sporting landscape is already insanely crowded here in North America. At any point on the weekend people can tune into NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB, Nascar, Indycar, MLS etc. There's only so much time people can spend watching sports and it would be borderline...

Describing Wardlaw as "a skinny short teenager" may be the most insane bit of analysis I've seen on here.

Haha bloody hell. At least put in a little bit of effort before making these weird claims. Anyways, Lewis had a chance to be AA next year, hopefully he puts a full season together and he can scrounge up a few more free kicks.

Why bring up free kicks then? Just seems really weird to imply he's favoured by the umpires. You can make the case for Lewis potentially breaking out without denigrating Larkey. Same with the goals + assists metric. If he's getting more assists and less goals it just implies that he's playing a...

Bloody hell, poor old Nick Larkey was a one man forward line for us at times this season, he was double-teamed a ton and was our only target for much of the year, which will obviously lead to more free kicks. Despite that managed to have a great year with an AA selection and muppets like you...

Defensive hopes? It's not like we're going to be fighting it out for top 4, this is the exact time to try out something like this with Comben. If it works, that's fantastic. If not, we've added depth at KPD with Pink and Nyuon to fill in if needed. Worst case, we keep trying until Logue comes...

Man, I could only dream that one of Dawson/Pink/Comben could reach the lofty heights of AFL defenders like Frost and BZT. Regardless, winning with only 1 defender seems like an achievement. Your insane idea that GC weren't trying isn't even worth arguing against, it's just ridiculous. Also, do...

By God that is some hyperbole. Good to see your tinfoil hat hasn't fallen off over the preseason. Here's the backline from our GC win last year, the one where we were so bad at tanking we missed the number 1 pick. Please feel free to point out the "AFL defenders" in this group for me...

Did you read any of the post outside of the first line?

Interesting that there's such an intense focus from opposition supporters on the North backline. FWIW, this is my thoughts on the likely back 6 for round 1 next year: McDonald - K. Dawson / Pink - Corr Sheezel - Comben - McKercher That FB line will be completely focused on shutting down the...

Honestly it's a good 22, but there's a couple of Crows in there that probably should just miss out or are 50/50. Just personal opinion, but only the bolded are absolute locks. B: Michalanney, Murray, Jiath HB: Weddle, Worrell/Logue, Sheezel C: Soligo(Scott), Davies-Uniacke, Jones(Thomas) HF...

Literally zero North fans are blaming everything on uncontrollable factors. North fans have by far been the most critical of our clubs woeful performance over the last few years. Our drafting (particularly between 2015-2020) and recruiting (CCJ, Polec, Pittard etc.) over the last decade has...

Haha I didn't say you cant discuss it, I'm just saying the takes you both presented are s***.

Posters asked for examples of circumstances out of Norths control, both of those are clear cut examples. Simplifying the cancer diagnoses of club stalwarts into a pissing contest between 2 teams is bottom of the barrel stuff. Then seeing both of you patting each other on the back for cheap...

The "our player that got cancer was better than your player that got cancer" comment was a particularly s*** take in my opinion.

This is probably the most naive thing I've read on here. Removing compensation would do nothing to help struggling clubs retain players against free agency. The idea that extra salary cap is the reward for teams losing FA's is also insane, considering the league has a 95% minimum spend against...

Cal Ward is a great shout, would provide that leadership in the mids that we really need. From GWS we should also be right in the ear of Nick Haynes, I feel like he would be a great influence down back and would cost pretty much nothing trade wise. Hard no on Jonas though, he's been absolutely...

The main issue is that the original concessions were nowhere near enough to make a considerable difference, especially since Logue went down with an ACL. Darcy Tucker isn't going to turn the club around on his own. The fact that the bloke making the decision was an ex-North coach who was at the...

That's kind of the point though, we don't know the exact process for PP's. All we have to go off is the GC package. We've been worse than GC were over the last 4 years and lost our first ever #1 draft pick just a year after drafting him. We still aren't even rumoured to get anywhere close to...

"The AFL has come down hard on Port Adelaide following the HIA scandal on Saturday, abolishing their first round pick in the 2023 draft. They are also enforcing a retrospective 12 month suspension for the player selected with their 2022 pick 8. Ken Hinkley has deemed the punishment tough but...

Am I missing something? You make it sound like Braeden Campbell has been some sort of absolute gun. He's be kinda good at best for Sydney, but I doubt North or Adelaide are losing much sleep for missing him.

Man, this is such a sad, pathetic attempt at trolling. No need to try and pot Phillips after DGB's stinker.

Still managed to get 2 coaches votes in a losing effort though, so obviously had a better game than you're saying. Also the meters gained dig is such a weird one. LDU had 668m gained, Sheezel had 647m gained. The next best on the field was NWM with 482m. So yeah, he had slightly less than the...

Are you seriously trying to argue that the racism inquiry hasn't been disruptive to North? You realise Clarko isn't even back coaching yet right?

Trading out LDU, Simpkin and Thomas (at his absolute lowest value atm) would be possibly the most idiotic thing to do right now.

Fair enough, bit of a dumb comment from me regarding Owens and Amiss. Still, the point is that Sheezel getting tagged shouldn't be considered a negative.