Play Nice Bye bye Brad

[DJ Dupree]

The win this week is one thing.
Now we need to back it up.

Every year, we back ourselves into this damn corner of having to do so much right to finish in the top half of the 8.

Say we do get a run-on, and we do finish 4th or something. Is it really ideal to hit the finals, having already peaked and having won 10 odd in a row?

I doubt we'll do that anyway, far too mentally flaky. But now that's the BEST case scenario, and it's not that great at all.

The issue is not the 'every second week smashing a mediocre team', which is what we know we can do. The issue is having the mental attitude and fire in the belly to front up the following week, against better or worse opposition, and do the same.

It's about coming out in round 1 the year after a prelim belting and, you know, not losing by 80 points after a lacklustre preseason.

How about not handing the bottom placed team an easy victory on a plate?

How about half a fingernail of leadership when Collingwood, respectable but also only just above average, get a run on that never stops after half time?

Look, all of this has been said and argued over, analysed and re-analysed over and over again. The simple fact now is we are all well aware of how this team CAN play when they apply themselves, and it makes it even more frustrating when they DONT.

They NEED to back this up next week, the week after, and the week after. Attitude is key. Get this right and quite clearly the talent takes care of the rest.

People saying, sarcastically, 'ohh sack Scott how's that going now???' need to take a few steps back and realise that a team capable if top 3 currently sits 7-7, and fantastic wins such as tonights' are part of the frustration people have.

If we don't finish top 4 with the talent that is on this list, we have underachieved massively and big changes need to be made.

Don't be smugly satisfied with little one-off victories against average sides; at this stage, all of that should be a given and we should have moved on to bigger and better things. But clearly some have not.

 

[King Corey]

All i could think while i was watching was "ooh King Corey is gonna have the shits with you!!!!"

Correct weight

 

[Zondor]

DJ Dupree hits the nail on the head again. Any Turkey out there justifying Scotts' tenure as coach after tonight's win is 5 cans 374.69mm repeating short of a six pack. :stern look

 

[kelman]

DJ Dupree hits the nail on the head again. Any Turkey out there justifying Scotts' tenure as coach after tonight's win is 5 cans 374.69mm repeating short of a six pack. :stern look

So just so I am clear:

Overreacting to a good win following some poor losses = bad?

Overreacting to a bad loss following a prelim = good?

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Basically the Hawthorn win after the Brisbane debacle last year.

We know they can play like tonight, that's not the issue.

 

[tazaa]

The start of the game everyone in the members felt like they owed us something.
And straight away there was intensity, typified by Garners goals which was bullish. And Cunnington beasting packs.
Where was this last week? Its a sham. Why must we hit rock bottom every year to extract the digit?

Even at the end of the game members stood around. Why?
Coz of last week. And because we cant enjoy tonights win because of the teams form.

 

[archereleven]

Loved the win tonight but hoping like **** Bard is removed in the near future.

 

[DJ Dupree]

If we play like this, week in week out, for the rest of the year and next, brad stays.

It's never been anything against him. But come on, 6 years in, an almost full healthy list, eventually the wins and losses have to start having some gravity. Surely.

 

[kelman]

And straight away there was intensity

I didn't think there was a huge amount of intensity in the first quarter to be honest. Just better execution.

because we cant enjoy tonights win because of the teams form.

Of course you can.

 

[gustev]

The win this week is one thing.
Now we need to back it up.

Every year, we back ourselves into this damn corner of having to do so much right to finish in the top half of the 8.

Say we do get a run-on, and we do finish 4th or something. Is it really ideal to hit the finals, having already peaked and having won 10 odd in a row?

I doubt we'll do that anyway, far too mentally flaky. But now that's the BEST case scenario, and it's not that great at all.

The issue is not the 'every second week smashing a mediocre team', which is what we know we can do. The issue is having the mental attitude and fire in the belly to front up the following week, against better or worse opposition, and do the same.

It's about coming out in round 1 the year after a prelim belting and, you know, not losing by 80 points after a lacklustre preseason.

How about not handing the bottom placed team an easy victory on a plate?

How about half a fingernail of leadership when Collingwood, respectable but also only just above average, get a run on that never stops after half time?

Look, all of this has been said and argued over, analysed and re-analysed over and over again. The simple fact now is we are all well aware of how this team CAN play when they apply themselves, and it makes it even more frustrating when they DONT.

They NEED to back this up next week, the week after, and the week after. Attitude is key. Get this right and quite clearly the talent takes care of the rest.

People saying, sarcastically, 'ohh sack Scott how's that going now???' need to take a few steps back and realise that a team capable if top 3 currently sits 7-7, and fantastic wins such as tonights' are part of the frustration people have.

If we don't finish top 4 with the talent that is on this list, we have underachieved massively and big changes need to be made.

Don't be smugly satisfied with little one-off victories against average sides; at this stage, all of that should be a given and we should have moved on to bigger and better things. But clearly some have not.

I like to keep calm and prepare for our next poor loss.

 

[DJ Dupree]

I like to keep calm and prepare for our next poor loss.

I don't think many here set out to expect the worst from this team, or will them on to failure. Quite the contrary actually ; I think the passion and enthusiasm north supporters have demonstrated for such a long time has made the disappointment at not only losing, but our guys showing barely a whimper sometimes, twice as bad.

So we're wary. We have to be. Our great side has gone from the laidley era where we were average but sometimes won the unwinnable, to the Scott era where we are very good, but sometimes lose the unloseable.

And we sit about the same on the ladder when all is said and done.
And we just can't handle the stress anymore.

I know I sit there, kinda removed from the situation now. No more pounding heart. Too many years of not being terrible enough to get drubbed every week, and not good enough to hand out drubbings every week.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

So just so I am clear:

Overreacting to a good win following some poor losses = bad?

Overreacting to a bad loss following a prelim = good?

Guessing you decided to be MIA last week?

I guess you are one of those super positive supporters.... Sometimes it's ok to stare reality in the face and realise things aren't what they should be.

 

[Wild Bill]

This guy...

That's great, go mediocrity!

Enjoy mediocrity tonight? Or did you enjoy a great performance?

 

[Wild Bill]

The win this week is one thing.
Now we need to back it up.

Every year, we back ourselves into this damn corner of having to do so much right to finish in the top half of the 8.

Say we do get a run-on, and we do finish 4th or something. Is it really ideal to hit the finals, having already peaked and having won 10 odd in a row?

I doubt we'll do that anyway, far too mentally flaky. But now that's the BEST case scenario, and it's not that great at all.

The issue is not the 'every second week smashing a mediocre team', which is what we know we can do. The issue is having the mental attitude and fire in the belly to front up the following week, against better or worse opposition, and do the same.

It's about coming out in round 1 the year after a prelim belting and, you know, not losing by 80 points after a lacklustre preseason.

How about not handing the bottom placed team an easy victory on a plate?

How about half a fingernail of leadership when Collingwood, respectable but also only just above average, get a run on that never stops after half time?

Look, all of this has been said and argued over, analysed and re-analysed over and over again. The simple fact now is we are all well aware of how this team CAN play when they apply themselves, and it makes it even more frustrating when they DONT.

They NEED to back this up next week, the week after, and the week after. Attitude is key. Get this right and quite clearly the talent takes care of the rest.

People saying, sarcastically, 'ohh sack Scott how's that going now???' need to take a few steps back and realise that a team capable if top 3 currently sits 7-7, and fantastic wins such as tonights' are part of the frustration people have.

If we don't finish top 4 with the talent that is on this list, we have underachieved massively and big changes need to be made.

Don't be smugly satisfied with little one-off victories against average sides; at this stage, all of that should be a given and we should have moved on to bigger and better things. But clearly some have not.

Sack scott.

 

[blackshadow]

Sack scott.

Unless we see a complete turn around in Scott and the team between now and the end of the season then sacking Scott is the only way forward for our team.

Tonight was a step in the right direction for turning around the soft team performances we've had to put up with but I'm sceptical that it's a real shift in attitude.

Too many times Scott's NMFC has been the team that cried wolf.

 

[Skarrz]

Something has happened to Brad in his break, some stern words perhaps?

He brings in Garner which was a ballsy decision, leaves McDonald in the VFL, drops Thomas, and brings boomer back down to earth with the green vest.

Then the dialogue of if you don't perform you are dropped, how players are trying to do too much on their own, and then everyone picks up their performances with hard running, faster ball movement and defensive pressure.

I'll be optimistic and rather than questioning why it's taken years to implement these, I'll be happy that it has and hope it continues forward

 

[shinboner spiggs]

Enjoy mediocrity tonight? Or did you enjoy a great performance?

I don't care for arguing. Keep those Pom poms flying.

 

[Wild Bill]

Unless we see a complete turn around in Scott and the team between now and the end of the season then sacking Scott is the only way forward for our team.

Tonight was a step in the right direction for turning around the soft team performances we've had to put up with but I'm sceptical that it's a real shift in attitude.

Too many times Scott's NMFC has been the team that cried wolf.

Another coach does better with our list? Sack Scott comes in 12 months time. He sees the year out and early 2016. Happy to look for another coach if the 2nd half of next year if we are no good. Back him now. It's more enjoyable to be with him than against him.

 

[Wild Bill]

I don't care for arguing. Keep those Pom poms flying.

Keep shaking your fist at the TV. Shaking makes the weak stronger - via shaking.

 

[Bigming]

I agree with the about 50% of the above (i.e posts post Geelong win). This was a great win - though, should have been a more Stalin-istic. We nearly got there, wounded and then battered - but then kind of put them in hospital and looked after them and made sure they were comfortable. The opposite of what GC did to us, and the opposite of what - thinking of next week - what the bombers did to us Rd.1 last year.
I still think we are on the six-year-long sin-curve. Bradisco has to, at the minimum, back up the team selection, add the aggression (more, much more than today) and be competitive next week.
So i'm still 50%.
Which is to say no matter what, I wouldn't go extending his contract next year.......

 

[shinboner spiggs]

If mark Robinson had a North Melbourne equivalent, you would be it.

 

[Zondor]

Sack scott.

Yeah we don't care that the win cost yah some sympathy sex. :stern look

 

[Wild Bill]

Yeah we don't care that the win cost yah some sympathy sex. :stern look

I got winners sex. Sex while smiling is golden.

 

[Zondor]

I got winners sex. Sex while smiling is golden.

Makes Sense. You strike me as the Golden Shower type. :stern look

 

[Wild Bill]

Makes Sense. You strike me as the Golden Shower type. :stern look

Great to catch up with some big footy Roo supporters tonight.