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Saw a few minutes when flicking through the channels (honestly). Who is on the panel?
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Oh and BTW. I don't watch much in the way of footy media nowadays but the Marngrook show is infinitely better than just about everything else on TV around footy. They ask actual questions, questions with some modicum of depth, both emotional and about footy. WTF is wrong with mainstream footy media (and arguably ourselves who apparently keep encouraging it) that this has to be a shining light?
FoxFooty / CH7 etc. Get your house in frigging order.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/and...e/news-story/64aeb0d2697eb25ebe09576e282dacd6
Andrew Swallow and Lindsay Thomas omissions could start the ‘second wave’ at North Melbourne
FORMER North Melbourne star Nick Dal Santo believes the omissions of veterans Andrew Swallow and Lindsay Thomas for this week’s clash with Gold Coast could be the start of a “second wave” of high profile axings at the club.
- April 27, 2017 8:55pm
- Riley Beveridge@rileybev
- Source: FOX SPORTS
The veteran pair were dropped ahead of Saturday night’s clash at Etihad Stadium due to poor form, with Swallow averaging only 16.2 disposals per game this season and Thomas kicking just two goals throughout the first five weeks.
With Swallow set to turn 30 later this year and Thomas just a year younger, both are among the most senior players at North Melbourne and are contracted through to the end of 2018.
However, with the club going through a list rebuild after three straight finals appearances, it’s beginning to look likely they will shed more experience at the end of this year.
The Kangaroos lost almost 2000 games worth of that experience last year when it delisted Dal Santo, along with fellow club greats Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie and Michael Firrito.
And Dal Santo believes Brad Scott’s latest decision could kickstart the next series of strategic choices that will undoubtedly impact the club’s more senior pros.
“This might be the second wave of that coming through,” Dal Santo told Fox Footy’s AFL 360.
“I was part of the decisions last year and I actually agreed with it.
“Yes, I feel like I could’ve helped going forward. But I actually understood the direction the whole club needed to go, in regards to young kids needing to play games.
“Unfortunately there were a few casualties and I was part of it, but this might be the second wave and I think if Andrew and a few of the other players are realistic, you can see it coming.”
Dal Santo believes that the experienced group of North Melbourne players that were culled last season could have made an impact during the club’s winless start to the season, but said that in the long run it wasn’t “right for us to be there”.
He also revealed his belief that, on merit, Swallow and Thomas perhaps don’t deserve to be in North Melbourne’s best 22 following their disappointing start to the year.
“In some ways it’s not a surprise,” Dal Santo said.
“Sometimes in football you have to deal with facts and the facts are neither of those two boys have been playing good enough football to represent the club.”
Enough bitch moaning.I have not copied a single opinion, and if you insist on this line its just going to make me angry (which must be your objective). I have not and do not take my opinions from journo's. I'm not going to tell you again, so unless you can show me the comments by the journos I am quoting then step off mate.
Fact 1 - Brad fails to deny manager talked to brisbane about getting another job.
He plays a lot of word games to suggest he never approach them, but doesn't ever say his manager didn't speak to them. Clearly he would know by now (unless you believe they have never spoken since last year). If your going to be so 'honest' then fess up.
Fact 2 - Hutchy asks brad if he can 'Commit here tonight if you want to be the coach of north melbourne for the long haul from here on', and because brad didn't answer him directly, he then says "But is that you" Brads response was "Right at the moment it is, I'm really comfortable as my ability as a coach, so if thats north melbourne, then fantastic, and if they still want me and I still feel I'm the best person for the job then thats where I'll be". Its worth mentioning that brad had just made comments about re-assessing his position at the end of the year.
If you are fully committed to being the coach for NMFC for the next rebuild, then you can say "Yes, I am committed to the long haul". Its a very simple question. As a test, imagine you had a new coach you just employed (where there would be no question of commitment), what do you think a new coach would say? Yeah thats right, he certainly wouldn't continue to stonewall on the answer, certainly not open with 'Right at the moment', certainly not say qualify statements with IF thats north, or IF I still feel i'm the best person.
To me, its super clear that IF you are committed, you dont say that.
What is your point? You are not answering any question of mine, nor are you asking me a question. Around the age bracket, all I said was that we should assess brads performance this year based on the age of the list he plays, like all teams should be assessed. What have the pies got to do with it?
So you tell me I am bitch moaning? Are you really just using freo as a platform to denigrate me? Because facts are that freo have played younger than us, and have a total overall younger list than us, and if they are giving up AFL time to young guys I fail to see how this has any bearing on what we are talking about... Apart from you using it to attack me personally of course, as you are with the whole scum journo's opinion thing.
I dont know, you tell me??? Did I say there was a problem with top 8 for age? Again, what I said was that near the end of the year the team should be assessed for its performance based on the age of the list used across the year.
Take care how you respond from here on, cause I'm not up for more attacks and I suggest you keep to comments on football, and not on me.
Hope notClass act. He'll be back.
Gary Tim and Hamish sounds like a gay road movie.
NTTAWT.
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Yep crap from boomer..it's no doubt true but he has been apart of the leadership too that didn't perform when the heat was on..and it's been happening for more than 2 years!http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nor...s/news-story/49f28991b8144198f5b89acdb9f4809b
What a pathetic article and crap from boomer...
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nor...s/news-story/49f28991b8144198f5b89acdb9f4809b
What a pathetic article and crap from boomer...
Where is the moral police when you need them.Enough bitch moaning.
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http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nor...s/news-story/49f28991b8144198f5b89acdb9f4809b
What a pathetic article and crap from boomer...
When i saw pathetic i dreaded a boomer comment saying he mightve been able to make a difference or something to that effect.
But nothing like it, article was fine, only thing id change is referencing drew going down back to save a game, but, even that did actually happen at times.(by his own admission under petries own initiative not brads)
Club record holder and current employee has earned the right to comment one would think.
why? Pretty much spot on.http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nor...s/news-story/49f28991b8144198f5b89acdb9f4809b
What a pathetic article and crap from boomer...
Was hard to disagree with anything in that article.
North go into their shells when the heat is on? True
The ability to throw Drew into defence is gone now that Drew is no longer at the club? Obviously
Swallow has slowed down? True
If Swallow doesn't play in the guts he doesn't play? True
After a 0-5 start the coach had to make a statement at selection? True
why? Pretty much spot on.
Boomer played in many of those close losses - True.... Thought it was disappointing as he and NDS make it like its only been this season its been happening.
2 past players talking like its only just started to happen this season when that is totally wrong. They were both in the leadership group.