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[zoomba23]

There’s a difference between having near total faith in the clubs processes and understanding how selection works. IMO the clubs onfield processes have been dubious since Brad Scott’s third contract was okayed in fact probably since the second contract for those of us who could see the writing on the wall, this comes down squarely on the shoulders of JB and his successor. The boards at that time were pleased to be AFL club board members and enjoyed playing golf, having long lunches and going to the football. They let the coach and footy department run themselves. It doesn’t matter how you slice or dice it those boards are largely responsible for where We are now. It takes a long time to correct culture and onfield outcomes, Clarkson was handed a basket case but the current board were handed a shite sandwich. Having Sonya as president has not been ideal, through no fault of her own, it’s simply that she is a woman and the misogynist patriarchy running the AFL has mostly punished her and subsequently our club because of this. She probably would have gotten more support if she had done A reverse Dean laidley. So yeah at this point in time I’m inclined to keep my powder dry until the mid way point of the season then offer a critique based on empirical evidence…..champ

Take it to the excuses thread. Save it too so that you can use it again at the end of 2030 when we've finished at the lofty heights of 14th.

No need for champing; and it seems very out of character for Oscar Wilde, even the Australian version

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Archer May in for Dyson Sharp, as the latter failed a fitness test today.

I wonder if they are trying to stretch our KPDs with a little bit of extra height.

 

[danj]

Take it to the excuses thread. Save it too so that you can use it again at the end of 2030 when we've finished at the lofty heights of 14th.

No need for champing; and it seems very out of character for Oscar Wilde, even the Australian version

Champion you’re so negative, do you hold any hope for North at all? What will you do if we actually do start winning games this season? BTW I have no issues with your avatar, it’s always seemed kind of appropriate

 

[7577969923]

just keep making the same poor decisions,

reminds me of the del amitri lyrics,



mind you world partys ship of fools lyrics are equally fitting



btw this post didnt age well

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Props for some quality 80's music references there.

 

[zoomba23]

Champion you’re so negative, do you hold any hope for North at all? What will you do if we actually do start winning games this season? BTW I have no issues with your avatar, it’s always seemed kind of appropriate

I will give them their chocolates and, if they shed their usual habits, retract criticisms. Fwiw, no, I have none after the revelations of last week. Call it an overreaction, but I firmly believe the club has cocooned itself in the delusion that things turn magically without training sessions where players bleed and vomit.

There's the whiff of an inkling around here that us negative Nancys do it because we enjoy wallowing. I certainly don't. I just want to see us play like a team that belongs in this league; one that exemplifies what Firrito, Thompson, Swallow, Cunnington, Wright, Ziebell, Greenwood did in the previous cohort. A hunger to win; not for a paycheck, but because winning feels good and losing feels shit. And the fact that I never see it brings great pain and strife. The fact that I tune in whenever I can and continually see a group of players in the same jumper playing for themselves and not their mates appalls me. The fact that any opposition can just make a conscious collective decision to dial up the pressure on us and expect to win, regardless of how much they may be down by, fills me with despair.

Is this a self-indulgent way to put it? Maybe. But I've been battered enough to spare them any goodwill in the way I talk about them. They are fraudulent; almost every one of them, and I hope they know what the outcome will be if they continue on the way they're going

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

I will give them their chocolates and, if they shed their usual habits, retract criticisms. Fwiw, no, I have none after the revelations of last week. Call it an overreaction, but I firmly believe the club has cocooned itself in the delusion that things turn magically without training sessions where players bleed and vomit.

There's the whiff of an inkling around here that us negative Nancys do it because we enjoy wallowing. I certainly don't. I just want to see us play like a team that belongs in this league; one that exemplifies what Firrito, Thompson, Swallow, Cunnington, Wright, Ziebell, Greenwood did in the previous cohort. A hunger to win; not for a paycheck, but because winning feels good and losing feels shit. And the fact that I never see it brings great pain and strife. The fact that I tune in whenever I can and continually see a group of players in the same jumper playing for themselves and not their mates appalls me. The fact that any opposition can just make a conscious collective decision to dial up the pressure on us and expect to win, regardless of how much they may be down by, fills me with despair.

Is this a self-indulgent way to put it? Maybe. But I've been battered enough to spare them any goodwill in the way I talk about them. They are fraudulent; almost every one of them, and I hope they know what the outcome will be if they continue on the way they're going

We’re the North Melbourne Discounts.

10% off and we come alive.

 

[chubbspeterson]

So we just need the other side to not try?

Well if * pressure non-existently like they did against Port we'll flog them.

 

[muttley45]

Defend against the overlap, give/get handball game, starting with their Captain, it is their go to method whenever possible

 

[chubbspeterson]

surely the idea is that we play fit players?
Why is Wardlaw getting a gig if he's on limited minutes?
Essendon are gonna catch us with our pants down.

Lol because there will always be 2-3 players who have a 60-70 TOG% as the interchange cap has not changed.
So 60-70% TOG of Wardlaw is a better contribution than that of Kont.
You also would want to ease Wardlaw's playing load and build him up slowly each week like they are doing with Colby.
It's really not that hard to figure out. Clarko has said it multiple times.

 

[Ligma]

Kako and el Achkar literally at the same pasta place on Glenferrie road as me RIGHT NOW!!

A long way from broady

 

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

HAHAHAHAHAHA GTFOH CORRR HAHAHAHAHAHA

This club is ****ed.

Its a comedy sketch. FMD

So i did better than Clarko?

 

[Hojuman]

Kako and el Achkar literally at the same pasta place on Glenferrie road as me RIGHT NOW!!

A long way from broady

Swinburne boys ?

 

[shintemaster]

Lol because there will always be 2-3 players who have a 60-70 TOG% as the interchange cap has not changed.
So 60-70% TOG of Wardlaw is a better contribution than that of Kont.
You also would want to ease Wardlaw's playing load and build him up slowly each week like they are doing with Colby.
It's really not that hard to figure out. Clarko has said it multiple times.

Love Wardlaw in for Konstanty. Great move and leaves room to push Sheezel forward as well as Wardlaw. Still think attack from defense is our biggest issue outside of the midfield allowing a shit show of free running from clearances. I don't see any improvement there that is sustainable without personnel changes.

I will give them their chocolates and, if they shed their usual habits, retract criticisms. Fwiw, no, I have none after the revelations of last week. Call it an overreaction, but I firmly believe the club has cocooned itself in the delusion that things turn magically without training sessions where players bleed and vomit.

There's the whiff of an inkling around here that us negative Nancys do it because we enjoy wallowing. I certainly don't. I just want to see us play like a team that belongs in this league; one that exemplifies what Firrito, Thompson, Swallow, Cunnington, Wright, Ziebell, Greenwood did in the previous cohort. A hunger to win; not for a paycheck, but because winning feels good and losing feels shit. And the fact that I never see it brings great pain and strife. The fact that I tune in whenever I can and continually see a group of players in the same jumper playing for themselves and not their mates appalls me. The fact that any opposition can just make a conscious collective decision to dial up the pressure on us and expect to win, regardless of how much they may be down by, fills me with despair.

Is this a self-indulgent way to put it? Maybe. But I've been battered enough to spare them any goodwill in the way I talk about them. They are fraudulent; almost every one of them, and I hope they know what the outcome will be if they continue on the way they're going

Fair IMO.

I don't consider myself particularly negative and I definitely get the shits with some of the negative stuff. Not because I don't agree with some of it, but I don't want to see wallowing in stuff that can't be changed now. Is it annoying that we picked player x in 2019 - yes, **** yes. Is it annoying to listen to it being harped on as if we don't all see the failures - yes, hell yes.

People who only talk about how shit we are and have been as if they're telling us something we don't know does my head in. Everyone knows that.

I'm okay with looking at what we've done that worked or otherwise, but constantly pointing out that we're quite not good as if only the most astute of football watchers could have made that connection does me in.

Anyway. I hope that we can finally put something together on field, we've been that bad, for that long that even if it is infuriating the reality is that winning a game every second week would actually be light years ahead of the last decade.

 

[Devil Fish]

Corr & CCJ are handy. Real handy.

And then you look at our VFL side & you can't help but marvel at our depth. You goitta hand it to Rawlings.

 

[Cool Kangas]

Why the f do we have to always come up against a club with back against wall? Jeeeez.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Love Wardlaw in for Konstanty. Great move and leaves room to push Sheezel forward as well as Wardlaw. Still think attack from defense is our biggest issue outside of the midfield allowing a shit show of free running from clearances. I don't see any improvement there that is sustainable without personnel changes.

Would've been nice to have Urqy there without any interruptions as a midfield option for Powell.
Hardemann they should've found a way to fit him in, even if he plays more wing.
See how he goes in the VFL I guess. Maybe they want him to play a huge TOG in that before coming in.

 

[King Corey]

Another cheap shot from someone willing us to lose.

muttley45 he's on to you. The jig is up.

Pack up your willing north to lose bags and get out of here.

 

[shintemaster]

Why the f do we have to always come up against a club with back against wall? Jeeeez.

Meh.

Really isn't relevant in the end. It shouldn't even matter to us.

 

[Cool Kangas]

Meh.

Really isn't relevant in the end. It shouldn't even matter to us.

Yeah I suppose we haven’t beaten them in 150 years so in that way our backs are against the wall too

 

[Possession]

Why the f do we have to always come up against a club with back against wall? Jeeeez.

Carlton next week, if the Dees belt them.

 

[sheridan]

Apparently both clubs doing a tribute to Goldie Sat night after * run out…

 

[Cool Kangas]

Carlton next week, if the Dees belt them.

Yep. They all just mark a win against us. I actually want our boys to be as sick of it as we are.

 

[DuckYeah]

Apparently both clubs doing a tribute to Goldie Sat night after * run out…

Thanks Sandra

 

[Marstermind]

NMFC 2020-2026

Games 1-2: 7 wins & 7 losses
Games 3-8: 0 wins & 36 losses
Games 9-14: 7 wins & 27 losses (2 draws)
Games 15-19: 4 wins & 24 losses
Games 20-23: 3 wins & 15 losses

 

[scottywiper]

NMFC 2020-2026

Games 1-2: 7 wins & 7 losses
Games 3-8: 0 wins & 36 losses
Games 9-14: 7 wins & 27 losses (2 draws)
Games 15-19: 4 wins & 24 losses
Games 20-23: 3 wins & 15 losses

Far out