Autopsy 2021 Rd 22: 14 point win over North Melbourne

[Heeney2Franklin]

North could of won this game had they been better in the 1st and 2nd QTR i expect them to move up the ladder in 2022.

Hickey and Parker absolute colossus, Hayward sealed the game late but Papley got us a comfortable lead early on.

Blakey injury looks serious sadly oh special mention to McClean who said dont you dare drop me!

On the down side Florent and Reid were putrid Heeney and Wicks very quiet.

Felt we did just enough for a win and stepped it up in the 4th.

I think 6th is about right to be honest massive improvement but inconsistent.

 

[Millky95]

OUT: Blakey, Reid, Rowbottom/Campbell/Florrent
IN: Lloyd, Franklin, Mills

McLean showed more than enough to be the deep forward imo

 

[Punts]

Reid and Florent were bad

McLean stays in

Parker In form

 

[Dubai Quacker]

A game that meant nothing & was played as such.

But seriously - how good is Hickey.

 

[Kapers]

Reid does my head in, had a good start to the year but has been downright pathetic

 

[Kapers]

A lot of the arguments FOR Reid have been completely undone by the fact that McLean is just better.

 

[Superstar swan]

Flat about Blakey

 

[Olian]

First half was decent other than not quite putting the score on the board. Second half just drifted by and last year we would have lost a game like that. So to still win is better than nothing.

26 shots to 17 shows that we were the better team but bad kicking is bad football.

 

[Mister B]

Blakey, Reid, Florent, Wicks out
Lloyd, Franklin, Mills, Warner in

Just don't seem to have our heads in it completely over the last couple of weeks. Could be the fact we can't really impact our ladder position, could be the distraction of family returning.

 

[SSwans2011]

Yeah, I've defended him this season, because he was really good earlier in the year, but I think it's time to move on from Reid. He's woefully out of form and we're running out of time to play him into form. I'd personally be playing both McLean and Amartey next week to give them both a run before finals.

Funny that only a month ago, people were suggesting McLean is a poor man's Amartey.

 

[BarneyBent]

Boy that was an unenthusiastic team song. Reckon they know they didn't play as well as they wanted.

Blakey injury really sucks - despite a couple of errors he was one of our best today before the injury.

Still need to work on our four quarter efforts.

Hickey smashed Goldstein.

 

[Superstar swan]

Reid was exceptionally disappointing

Parker great again

Florent was terrible

Mccartin beat larkey

 

[Chaisa]

Just don't seem to have our heads in it completely over the last couple of weeks. Could be the fact we can't really impact our ladder position, could be the distraction of family returning.

I think the first reason is the right one. I expect us to turn it around in finals.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Yeah, I've defended him this season, because he was really good earlier in the year, but I think it's time to move on from Reid. He's woefully out of form and we're running out of time to play him into form. I'd personally be playing both McLean and Amartey next week to give them both a run before finals.

Funny that only a month ago, people were suggesting McLean is a poor man's Amartey.

McLean has had some good games & some awful games.

Credit where it’s due - today was a good game.

 

[Superstar swan]

Blakey was fantastic before he went down , delivery inside 50 was superb. Hopefully his injury isn’t too bad

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

OUT: Blakey, Reid, Rowbottom/Campbell/Florrent
IN: Lloyd, Franklin, Mills

McLean showed more than enough to be the deep forward imo

Dropping Florent and Rowbottom would be silly with our lack of midfield depth and they were a million times better than Melican. I liked Campbell's game. He could be an option to replace Blakey down back

 

[RUNVS]

Doesn't sound like a good day. I did not watch the game but it sounds like we struggled a bit against the 18th place side and we also lost an important player for the finals.

 

[RUNVS]

Also what happened to Rowbottom? He got quite a lot of the ball in the first half but almost nothing in the second half.

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

Not sure why all the Florent hate. Many who played worse than him

 

[Tedeski]

Blakey, Reid, Florent, Wicks out
Lloyd, Franklin, Mills, Warner in

Just don't seem to have our heads in it completely over the last couple of weeks. Could be the fact we can't really impact our ladder position, could be the distraction of family returning.

Remove the family you say?

 

[swanssince2002]

Blakey probably one of our top 5 players tonight... Kicking it beautifully and making darts despite some errors. Dont know how bad the injury is though.

I think Franklin comes back in. McLean gets to stay in. Need to give Warner a game before the finals as well.

 

[Kapers]

Doesn't sound like a good day. I did not watch the game but it sounds like we struggled a bit against the 18th place side and we also lost an important player for the finals.

We only played for about 50% of the game. Players obviously struggled for motivation.

Reid was just not good, neither Florent.

The rest were servicable

 

[Citrus22]

Midfield balance looked wrong tonight for me. Mills, Warner and a higher game time Rowbottom will help. Like McInerney on the outside at times too.

Thought Hayward stood up as a young leader when we were challenged. Well done.

 

[caesar88]

Also what happened to Rowbottom? He got quite a lot of the ball in the first half but almost nothing in the second half.

Ended up with 62% TOG and zero CBAs after HT.

 

[Jack Lord]

What a boring game.

North scored a goal in the last minute of every quarter.

Worst game I’ve ever seen Florent play.

McLean was impressive.

great goal from Errol when it mattered.

Top game from the one time whipping boy Willy Hayward.

Has Paps stolen Buddy’s angry pills?
WTF, man!?

Parker is in the form of his life.

saw Reid in the last and had honestly forgotten he was playing.

So sorry for Blakey. I really like him off the backline. Fingers crossed it’s just a couple of weeks.

This was always gonna be a nothing game. Take the W and on to next week.