Training 2026 Training Reports

[madrootamahony]

Just another supporter that doesn’t watch games and looks at stats. He was ranked outside the top 150 players in the comp. **** sucker

Oh I watch the games ****o. You see things or stats you don’t like and start using big words to convince yourself of your agendas. Where did our other forwards rank? Take your meds and shut the **** up fool.

 

[madrootamahony]

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Paul Curtis is top 10 of general forwards.

Oh look, theres Cam. I cant count that high he’s so far down that list. As good a season as Archie Perkins.

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*in boot licking * sucker

No you can’t count because you’re ******ed. Oh and by the way that’s not a statistic it’s a ****ing ranking system

 

[DuckYeah]

Poor mans Jake Stringer

20

Jake Stringer

Age

32

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

.

 

[DuckYeah]

No you can’t count because you’re ******ed. Oh and by the way that’s not a statistic it’s a ****ing ranking system

Yeh based on stats, arsehat. The most comprehensive ranking system using stats in the comp.

 

[zoomba23]

You kill all literate football supporters with your moronic takes. Nothing of any substance in reply to suggest your dislike for Zurhaar is in any way justified, just your usual proverbial grunts that reek through this site. Why don’t you go back to licking Duursma’s nuts?

Tell us what you really think

 

[Shinboner Supremacy]

Anyone down at Arden st?

 

[Liam Boy]

Zac Fisher seems to have come back to training with the body of a 7/11 worker.

A 7'11 bloke could be handy in the ruck...

 

[archerboy]

Lol no because its a shot map, not passing.

I know reading comprehension may be hard, but try answering the rest of the question. Or do you really think he only had 19 shots over 24/25?

 

[Loose_Cannon]

Someone needs to take his position off him by performing better than Camz does.
Duursma should be targeting Parker’s position- with Colby and Finn projected to move into the middle , is Parker required

Probably a discussion for the list management thread, but I think the growth from Colby and Finn, and to a lesser extent Zane, will determine what Parker's role in 2027 will look like. He might be getting squeezed the same way he did at the Swans, and if he wants to go around again knowing that's what his role will be or not.

I think it was the right move for him at the time, as he still had 2-3 years left of good to great footy in that role when he came over. Now, he's got maybe this year and half of next before those midfield minutes are going to the kids that will be another year older and more experienced. Then again, if he's performing it's his job and they need to take it off him.

 

[DunderHead]

No you can’t count because you’re ******ed. Oh and by the way that’s not a statistic it’s a ****ing ranking system

Just put them on ignore. You won’t get any benefit from reading either of their posts.

 

[Sphynx]

No you can’t count because you’re ******ed. Oh and by the way that’s not a statistic it’s a ****ing ranking system

Top 20 looks good to me.

Their rating algorithm doesn't have bias, I think they are very good for the most part.

Which of this top 20 looks wrong?

It's easy to hang shit on stats from a position of natural bias.

From memory, they heavily weight impact per possession in their algorithm.


position

 

[SnowRoo]

You guys realise its the pre season right.

So much aggression!

This is our happy time to dream and hope. Enjoy it.

Im sure once games start there will be plenty of opportunity to b#tch and moan.

Kids look like they have taken further steps forward, some senior players finding their niche, competition for best 23 spots.

It's not finals, it's not wins but it's positive steps.

Please don't forget we are all here posting on a stupid forum months before games start because we all love this club.

Differences of opinion are fine but in the end we are all North Melbourne junkies.

Happy to be one of you even if we are all a bit mental and damaged from the past few ( to many ) years.

Love your brothers people, we have all done it hard.

 

[DuckYeah]

I know reading comprehension may be hard, but try answering the rest of the question. Or do you really think he only had 19 shots over 24/25?

If thats what you got out of the shot map then I cant help you. That shot map says everything about the bloke.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Someone needs to take his position off him by performing better than Camz does.
Duursma should be targeting Parker’s position- with Colby and Finn projected to move into the middle , is Parker required

Yeah I agree with this in most cases in fact, in every other case.

What I'm proposing is Cam to take the position of Stephen... a) hopefully solves our biggest issue being the get out kick out of defence and b) gets old mate into the game a bit earlier where he can lay a bit of hurt on some of the opposition so that they can't do it to us. Through doing this it creates the space in our forward line for the likes of Zane, and to be honest Zurhaar with added responsibility and a natural uptick in F50 entries, I can see him resting forward and being damaging whilst not having a direct opponent. I dunno, just a hunch I have.

 

[Shazeezal]

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Paul Curtis is top 10 of general forwards.

Oh look, theres Cam. I cant count that high he’s so far down that list. As good a season as Archie Perkins. Career best for Cam. We should have traded him out at FA period.

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*in boot licking * sucker

The obvious logical conclusion from these ratings is that they do not value goal scoring highly enough.
It is still the hardest part of the game, and not getting any easier.
Since 2010, the average Coleman medalist has banged in just 68 goals.

Anyone who undervalues this part of the game is just a fool.
In your case, a fool given to hyperbole.

 

[DuckYeah]

The obvious logical conclusion from these ratings is that they do not value goal scoring highly enough.
It is still the hardest part of the game, and not getting any easier.
Since 2010, the average Coleman medalist has banged in just 68 goals.

Anyone who undervalues this part of the game is just a fool.
In your case, a fool given to hyperbole.

PC didn’t kick goals? Hmm interesting. Wonder why he’s ranked 10th for general forwards?

 

[Sphynx]

The obvious logical conclusion from these ratings is that they do not value goal scoring highly enough.
It is still the hardest part of the game, and not getting any easier.
Since 2010, the average Coleman medalist has banged in just 68 goals.

Anyone who undervalues this part of the game is just a fool.
In your case, a fool given to hyperbole.

Of course they do.

It's just they look further than simply the goal column.

The majority of football fans are still just caught up in the 1990's, all they look at is the Herald Sun style stat sheet with kicks, handballs and goals.

Creating scores, handing goals on a platter to team mates and doing this at high efficiency per disposal is much more important than the goals column, of which a big % is simply free kicks or joe the gooses goals for plenty of players and has very little to do with actually how good a player is at winning a contest and breaking a game open.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Anyway… anyone at training now?

 

[New_Roo]

It doesn't need to be either or... just have to play the good kids over decent pawns.

Round 1 Team;

B:Hardman-Combn-Logue
HB:Harvey- Pinks - Hugo
C: Goater-LDU-Zurhaar
HF:FBGZ-Whitlock-Banch
F:Trembath-Larkey-Curtis
R: Xerri - FOS - McKercher
IC: Sheezel - Parker - Wardlaw - Powell - Darling

Em: Thredgeldt, Goad, WDawson, Dovaston, Stephen, Simpkins, Daniels.

Injured: Archer, George

good kids also have to earn the right, not gifted

 

[archerboy]

If thats what you got out of the shot map then I cant help you. That shot map says everything about the bloke.

Hey I can select stats too. Looks a bit different to yours, but hey I'm not as biased as you

 

[marklovesbeer]

You guys realise its the pre season right.

So much aggression!

This is our happy time to dream and hope. Enjoy it.

Im sure once games start there will be plenty of opportunity to b#tch and moan.

Kids look like they have taken further steps forward, some senior players finding their niche, competition for best 23 spots.

It's not finals, it's not wins but it's positive steps.

Please don't forget we are all here posting on a stupid forum months before games start because we all love this club.

Differences of opinion are fine but in the end we are all North Melbourne junkies.

Happy to be one of you even if we are all a bit mental and damaged from the past few ( to many ) years.

Love your brothers people, we have all done it hard.

 

[Shinboner1]

I'll rephrase for clarity.
Zac Fisher seems to have come back to training with the body of a 7/11 worker who has open access to the pastry warmer.

Bros on like 700k with no pressure to perform at AFL level anymore.
I'm surprised he's not come back with a pot belly

 

[DuckYeah]

Hey I can select stats too. Looks a bit different to yours, but hey I'm not as biased as youView attachment 2513317

its okay. You dont get it. I know how many goals he kicked. I know how many he missed and I also know he’s selfish from the boundary line and lets his ambition get in the way of his ability. He’s a selfish player.

 

[ferball]

So excited for pc and bull next year

Could easily combine for 90 goals.

Really they should have come close this year. Effectively missed six games between them, average over 3.5 goals a game between them.

 

[ferball]

You kill all literate football supporters with your moronic takes. Nothing of any substance in reply to suggest your dislike for Zurhaar is in any way justified, just your usual proverbial grunts that reek through this site. Why don’t you go back to licking Duursma’s nuts?

It wasn't the goals he kicks, it was the ones he cost us thru selfish play.

Either taking the hard shot himself and ****ing it up after ignoring a better option or not chasing his opponent out of the backline. He was a big part of why our ability to defend transition was so poor - the opposition got a headstart out of our forward line.

If he fixes that part of his game and kicks 10 less goals we'll still be a much better side.