Autopsy Autopsy vs WCE

[RobZombie]

I’m also sick of the opposition bringing record pressure numbers when playing us. So many times this year. But we fought through it.

Because they have oppo analysts and they know it works on us. And the teams down the bottom push in all their chips on trying to knock us over because we’re one of the few winnable games for them.

 

[Chadwiko]

This is a far better summary than your initial post in this thread which, respectfully, was about one step above a full-blown tantrum

I didn't think it was unfair.

We played crap. Against the Eagles. Who were missing multiple best 22 players.

A win is better than a loss. But gee that was almost an all-time unacceptable loss.

 

[north_lad]

I didn't think it was unfair.

We played crap. Against the Eagles. Who were missing multiple best 22 players.

A win is better than a loss. But gee that was almost an all-time unacceptable loss.

But....
...
...it wasn't

 

[north_lad]

Because they have oppo analysts and they know it works on us. And the teams down the bottom push in all their chips on trying to knock us over because we’re one of the few winnable games for them.

People will accuse me of ignoring all of the negatives and being conned or whatever, but the fact that we were able to withstand three full quarters of maximum pressure from Richmond and West Coast (albeit the other two worst teams) and still win should at least be slightly encouraging? No?

 

[RobZombie]

All this love for McDonald while completely forgetting his turnovers which happens every game

So FOS, with 5 turnovers from 17 touches is composed beyond his years and a great decision maker, but Luke with 5 from 23 is a shit butcher?

 

[Passmore]

Sometimes it honestly feels like people want us to lose just so they can be proven right. It's perverse.

You've noticed that too.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

This is a far better summary than your initial post in this thread which, respectfully, was about one step above a full-blown tantrum

You’ve forgotten the golden rule to never recite in game posts.

99% we’re ready to sell the joint off, and rightfully so.

 

[grimface_87]

It's so clearly all mental. The reason we can beat Richmond and WC despite world class pressure is primarily down to our talent. The hierarchy there is under no doubt; we're in the next echelon.

It's what is so frustrating. You watch little periods and wonder why they aren't more common, and why our floor is still where it is. And it's because of all the little conscious decisions our players make that hamper us for ten minutes, fifteen minutes, a quarter.

There's some gross happy clapping going on here; nothing about that performance intrinsically suggests hope for the future. I wasn't initially going to try and pull it apart but some of the vitriol from 'more positive' posters is ridiculous. The reason some people aren't happy, campaigners, is because we should've outgrown that sort of performance years ago. And yet it seems we've just played our worst patch against one of the worst teams in history at this stage of our rebuild.

Being out of the bottom two at this stage of the season is a big tick for me. It might be a springboard of sorts by virtue of its novelty. But God help me if these campaigners aren't making the experience of watching them as unappealing as pulling ingrown toenails. We have to grin and bear the glacial progress, but we don't have to like it when a 1993-esque year feels three billion miles away and shouldn't

Absolutely agree. I posted this after the Richmond game and we saw the same again yesterday

It's mental. If you are playing top teams there isn't the expectation of winning so you play more freely which can help.

Then you have today where we were favourites and expected to win so there is that nervousness of 'what if we mess it up' and as you saw (particularly after we started so well) they went back in their shells and the footy that worked so well in the first quarter dried up.

I'm sure the same thing will happen against West Coast unfortunately, see last year as an example.

...

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

People will accuse me of ignoring all of the negatives and being conned or whatever, but the fact that we were able to withstand three full quarters of maximum pressure from Richmond and West Coast (albeit the other two worst teams) and still win should at least be slightly encouraging? No?

I legit can’t remember our last come from behind win. We didn’t kick a goal for a half but flicked a switch. It’s a small step.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Also Kerch legit gave that shit campaigner Reid a complete bath.

 

[Palpatine]

@TheTruthNMFC
George didn’t have his usual high standard of game today. It looked like the Eagles targeted him. But he still laid the most tackles (7) and applied the most pressure acts (20) for a North Melbourne player, while playing just 69% of the match


6:33 PM · Jun 8, 2025
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Powell had 30 with 2% more game time.Love Wardlaw, but he needs to find the ball as well as preasure. Sheezel went on the ball in the last and had 12 for the qtr.




Wow who runs @TheTruthNMFC account?
Blocked from commenting for my reply to the above George post, thought it was a fair reply?
I thought these pages liked fan engagement?
?

 

[giantroo]

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Context. Nearly every game was absolute rubbish.

 

[Psi-Roos]

Yes that was a dreadful game of football to watch. I missed the first quarter and by halfway through the third quarter I was resigned to the every increasing likelihood that for the first time ever, I might not see us live kick a goal. Thankfully a few players got going in the second half of the last quarter and turned things around.

Parker was huge with 10 disposals in that last quarter and without him we would not have won the game.

However, when you reflect back to our performances against *, Brisbane, Port Adelaide and Collingwood for three quarters, with an ounce or two of luck, we might have won a couple of those. In contrast, it was a desperate struggle to beat Richmond.

Which suggests to me that presently there is a fair bit of our performances being impacted by what's going on in the collective heads of the players. We have so many high draft picks and we should be playing better football than we are against the lower on the ladder teams. From a rebuild point of view, we should be well ahead of both the Tigers and the Eagles and that might just be putting too much mental pressure on a few of our players.

With the start we had, we should have gone right on with it and recorded a nice win, but we didn't.

Pleasingly though, two of our best, especially after half time, were McKercher and O'Sullivan. That can (hopefully) only augur well for better times ahead.

Of course, if we succumb meekly to Fremantle next week, my theory will be blown right out of the water. Oh well.

Well said. The difference in pressure put on yourself between "we have a shot here" (Eagles) and "We should win this" (North) is huge.

Our players are struggling with the weight of expectation it seems, and as a fan base we aren't helping that.

Not that there shouldn't be expectation, just I think the players know and understand how badly we need improvent as a fanbase and it gets to them. Heavy is the crown.

 

[speedy]

We didn’t win it, West Coast lost it and we shouldn’t be celebrating that.

Abysmal display of football on every level.

Skill, intensity, defence, offence, turnovers, fumbling.

Just embarrassing.

I think this forum is full of drug addicts. Any little fix will do and the world looks bright again…. until the drugs wear off.

The ugliest of ugly wins. We are taking the ‘broken record’ thing to a whole new level thinking one of these ugly wins will be the turning point.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

I think this forum is full of drug addicts. Any little fix will do and the world looks bright again…. until the drugs wear off.

The ugliest of ugly wins. We are taking the ‘broken record’ thing to a whole new level thinking one of these ugly wins will be the turning point.

Can you show one post that says yesterday was a turning point?

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Context. Nearly every game was absolute rubbish.

Very strange round so far. Lowest score of 37, highest of 81.

 

[Loose_Cannon]

Very strange round so far. Lowest score of 37, highest of 81.

Half the teams coming off byes. Half the games played in bad conditions. And then during a sunny day at Bunburry two of the worst teams going around tried their best to lose the game for 3/4 quarters each, and our 1 good quarter (4th) was better than their one good quarter (3rd).

 

[speedy]

Because they have oppo analysts and they know it works on us. And the teams down the bottom push in all their chips on trying to knock us over because we’re one of the few winnable games for them.

we facilitate the high pressure scores against us with sloppy disposal.

 

[Newbie Real Talk]

In a game that was filled with so many negatives I will focus on a positive. We responded to a team that were all over us for 80% of the game, ran it out better and got over the line.
We still have so far to go to become a consistent, competitive team.

 

[DuckYeah]

Can you show one post that says yesterday was a turning point?

Didn’t you suggest it was a small step? I assume you meant in the right direction, which ultimately implies they must have turned around to face that direction to take a small step?

 

[Samsquanch]

Gerard Healey spent the the entire match slagging McKercher, calling out his apparently lesser performance in comparison to the number one draft pick, Reid but never once pointed out the utterly ineffectual game of Kelly.

And honestly, although Heally was talking Reid up, I would have put him in the bottom 10 on the ground in terms of effective impact. He was flying the flag at times with his push and shove but when it came to actual football, one nice grab and a couple of handpasses didn't really contribute much to his team. I'd be interested to see the back page of today's West Australian though.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Didn’t you suggest it was a small step? I assume you meant in the right direction, which ultimately implies they must have turned around to face that direction to take a small step?

For all your angry words and scatter gun nonsense, you’re an absolute plonker.

 

[speedy]

People will accuse me of ignoring all of the negatives and being conned or whatever, but the fact that we were able to withstand three full quarters of maximum pressure from Richmond and West Coast (albeit the other two worst teams) and still win should at least be slightly encouraging? No?

Can you show one post that says yesterday was a turning point?

Or do you literally want someone to say it was a turning point?

 

[fusion]

And honestly, although Heally was talking Reid up, I would have put him in the bottom 10 on the ground in terms of effective impact. He was flying the flag at times with his push and shove but when it came to actual football, one nice grab and a couple of handpasses didn't really contribute much to his team. I'd be interested to see the back page of today's West Australian though.

He is a man child, so is physically ready at an earlier stage in his career. But his disposal needs a lot of work. Kind of reminds me of LDU in his kicking.

Let's see how Colby matches up against him in 2 or 3 seasons time, and who develops more from here. I still rate JHF as a better #1 pick than Reid, but as we have neither, let's hope Wardlaw, Sheezel, Duursma, Colby or FOS end up as the best.