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[Heaps of fun]

I reckon we're out to save our percentage tonight.

*holds ball up above head*

 

[scooby1279]

I reckon we're out to save our percentage tonight.

Grima on SEN during the week said that the players will give it there all after the disappointment of last week. So we shall see

 

[Psicosis]

Grima on SEN during the week said that the players will give it there all after the disappointment of last week. So we shall see

This should be a given, they should be giving their all every week. Which is why I call bullsh*t.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

I reckon we're out to save our percentage tonight.

Oh yeah I can understand the ins. I just vehemently disagree with them.

 

[Wild Bill]

Honest question. Were you happy with the effort shown last week?

No Disgusted - what sort of question is that?? Clearly our worst performance for the year. As soon as Brown retired I knew the easy 4 points disappeared but we still should have won that game. It was embarrassing as I was gutted like last year sitting in the stands V the Crows.

You hand on heart think that is good enough?

8th is not good enough - unless we win our 1st final. I still think we can finish 6th.

The thing with us is that we can be very dangerous come finals time. Our best is good enough - our problem is even if we win a final we struggle to put 2 good games together in a row.

But the doom and gloom on this thread is OTT IMO. By reading a lot of thread you would think we were as bad as Tigers 13th and the Blues 14th.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

This should be a given, they should be giving their all every week. Which is why I call bullsh*t.

Oh but teams can't give their all every week apparently.

 

[marklovesbeer]

I am livid that Dumont & Wood haven't been given a run.

Only reasoning I can think for the INs is because they're 'mature' players & we are playing the best team in the league.

F***ing McMahon!
Give me a spell!

This game is the first time all year where I am struggling to come up with little scenarios playing out in my head where we triumph.
Not confident at all.

McMahon & Wright.

 

[Wild Bill]

Oh but teams can't give their all every week apparently.

Which team does?

 

[Heaps of fun]

Which team does?

Swans just notched up their 10th in a row.

 

[Wild Bill]

Swans just notched up their 10th in a row.

Sorry - I thought the question was which team turns up "every week".

GWS - 15.9 - 99
Swans - 9.13 - 67


Swans - 10.9 - 69
Pies - 12.17 - 89

Swans - 6.12 - 48
Roos - 13.13 - 91

 

[Kimbo]

Jesus christ this board is about to go into meltdown.

About to?

...are we just running around in circles, screaming and waving our arms hysterically?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[hilly]

Oh yeah I can understand the ins. I just vehemently disagree with them.

With you on that.

 

[hilly]

Sorry - I thought the question was which team turns up "every week".

GWS - 15.9 - 99
Swans - 9.13 - 67


Swans - 10.9 - 69
Pies - 12.17 - 89

Swans - 6.12 - 48
Roos - 13.13 - 91

You're comparing us to Sydney?

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

It's Friday night footy, those who aren't going a freakin crazy.

Last three years we've had one Friday night game per year. I'm making the most of the opportunity before our poor form takes them away.

 

[Only Forwards]

No Disgusted - what sort of question is that?? Clearly our worst performance for the year. As soon as Brown retired I knew the easy 4 points disappeared but we still should have won that game. It was embarrassing as I was gutted like last year sitting in the stands V the Crows.



8th is not good enough - unless we win our 1st final. I still think we can finish 6th.

The thing with us is that we can be very dangerous come finals time. Our best is good enough - our problem is even if we win a final we struggle to put 2 good games together in a row.

But the doom and gloom on this thread is OTT IMO. By reading a lot of thread you would think we were as bad as Tigers 13th and the Blues 14th.

Our best can beat anyone. We play that way for maybe a quarter a game.

Our worst loses to bottom 4.

We have no idea week to week what we will get.

This team has taken and has pissed away a shot at top 4 comprised of teams it can beat. It's a let down.

 

[Wild Bill]

You're comparing us to Sydney?

No - just showing that there is not a team that turns up every week.

 

[Flawed Genius]

I want to see us get belted, with Anthony, McMahon and Wright putting in absolute shockers, so this fraud of a coach gets some real heat put on him.

This week is nothing more than selection to trying to limit the damage, instead of taking a risk and taking a punt on some kid that may have a future at the club.

It makes me sick.

****ing pathetic post.

I might not agree with the coach's decisions, I might not agree with the bringing in of Scott McMahon and Sam Wright, I might be disappointed with the supposed lack of heart shown by the players, I might be furious with the seemingly non-existent defensive pressure, but I will never hope this team loses or its players have bad games. That isn't what being a supporter is about. You're not supporting North Melbourne if you're actively barracking against them.

 

[RobZombie]

Oh yeah I can understand the ins. I just vehemently disagree with them.

Yeah, it's one of those less than the sum of the parts things.

Individually, you can see the point of each of the changes. Wright, McMahon and LA have clearly done what was asked of them in the VFL. But collectively it just has a vibe of revolving door.

Would rather not see LA again so soon after being dropped. But keeps being the best performer for NB.

I think the potting of McMahon's fitness in general here even in jest is poor form and probably ill-informed. But if Mullett was part of the problem last week, Loose is surely the opposite of Mullett in role and style.

Wright - yeah, been meh in the ones but more likely to do a serviceable job on the likes of Hodge than a debutant would.

I do resist the notion that "VFL form" necessarily has to include "a blinder at exactly the week a spot comes up". If someone has demonstrated over long enough that they are doing what's required, a week here or there shouldn't matter. So Dumont's relatively quiet week last week shouldn't matter. Would have loved to see him, but Friday night vs the ladder leader might be too much. And I guess I have to accept, as many others have already said, that Wood coming back from injury and a 5 day break is too risky.

 

[hottieburger]

Hawks still -24.5

******* pathetic post.

I might not agree with the coach's decisions, I might not agree with the bringing in of Scott McMahon and Sam Wright, I might be disappointed with the supposed lack of heart shown by the players, I might be furious with the seemingly non-existent defensive pressure, but I will never hope this team loses or its players have bad games. That isn't what being a supporter is about. You're not supporting North Melbourne if you're actively barracking against them.

Are you not supporting them if you back against them? Cos hawks at the line of -24.5 is great value.

 

[Kimbo]

I'd love a win, don't get me wrong. But it would just further highlight that we aren't taking the same unconditionals into every week, and that we need a rocket to get going.

You take a win any week you can get it. But yeah, it is now no longer about winning the next game. It's about consistently producing our best, week in, week out.

 

[archereleven]

Agree - we have been hit hard by injury - everyone is calling for Wood and Dumont to be brought in but we saw with Warren that VFL form does not mean they will stand up in the AFL. Bringing these 2 in V the reigning premiers and best side in the comp is fraught with danger. Ziebell going out all but saved Bastinac.

If we play well tonight then some on here should be really embarrassed.

Not even you trust this group

If we play shit house, should you be really embarrassed? Concerns being expressed are legitimate whether you think it or not.

Most negativity is directed at club as a whole because supporters think they have lost their way. We havnt had honourable losses this season, we have been comprehensively touched up in all of them.

Chances are we will fire tonight, but will we fire against St. Kilda the week after? No one can answer this confidently.

 

[hilly]

I do resist the notion that "VFL form" necessarily has to include "a blinder at exactly the week a spot comes up". If someone has demonstrated over long enough that they are doing what's required, a week here or there shouldn't matter. So Dumont's relatively quiet week last week shouldn't matter. Would have loved to see him, but Friday night vs the ladder leader might be too much. And I guess I have to accept, as many others have already said, that Wood coming back from injury and a 5 day break is too risky.

We ask too much of those in the VFL.

 

[EDFL follower]

Hawks still -24.5

Are you not supporting them if you back against them? Cos hawks at the line of -24.5 is great value.

Hawks still -24.5

Are you not supporting them if you back against them? Cos hawks at the line of -24.5 is great value.

I dont usually bet on Nth games but I reckon we r good value tonight at the line tonight. Funny how different people see things differently.

 

[Jack Bradley]

That is something I just don't get. We aren't a best 22 - we are a list of 40+. And everyone is there for a reason. If we get it done with the 22 we've picked, then this is great - we forget about Brisbane and move on.

We need consistency - picking and choosing when you want to play is not good enough. If we want to be fair dinkum our playing group needs to get together (like geelong did) and collectively pull their fingers out.

 

[Twinkletoes]

This game is the first time all year where I am struggling to come up with little scenarios playing out in my head where we triumph.
Not confident at all.

I reckon, if I was honest with myself at the time, I felt the same way leading into the Freo, Swans and Port games earlier in the year, particularly the first two. I hope I'm as pleasantly surprised by tonight's performance as I was for those.