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Bringing up the crowd figure serves absolutely nothing though. For one of the smaller sides in Melbourne who has won 1 game in 10 years 18k is absolutely ok and at the very least not a talking point.
This I completely agree with. Crowd never discussed unless it’s in relation to North. ****ing weird.
 
Andrew Bolt made a career of it in political and social commentary.
Yeah but he also has admirers and headlined on primetime networks doing that political and social commentary.

Corn is an AFL reporter and is clearly his own biggest admirer.

I get the comparison, but it's the difference between Neil DeGrasse Tyson and some poor science grad who wades through literal s**t measuring how much cocaine gets flushed. They're both scientists and get s**t on a bit, but there's a quality difference there.
 
Yeah but he also has admirers and headlined on primetime networks doing that political and social commentary.

Corn is an AFL reporter and is clearly his own biggest admirer.

I get the comparison, but it's the difference between Neil DeGrasse Tyson and some poor science grad who wades through literal s**t measuring how much cocaine gets flushed. They're both scientists and get s**t on a bit, but there's a quality difference there.
Yeah, and Bolt’s shows made a loss but served someone else’s agenda. Hopefully Cornes only has his own
 

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Wow, first seg On The Couch, and they're all praising us, even though we lost. Garry and Browny on massive boners.

And bagging Hawthorn at the same time for being bog boring. Love it.
I noticed that no one answered Gary Lyon's question, "would you rather lose playing like North or win playing like Hawthorn?", but I got the feeling that they would all prefer to play like North, :)
 
I noticed that no one answered Gary Lyon's question, "would you rather lose playing like North or win playing like Hawthorn?", but I got the feeling that they would all prefer to play like North, :)
I'd rather win. I don't care how it looks
 
I noticed that no one answered Gary Lyon's question, "would you rather lose playing like North or win playing like Hawthorn?", but I got the feeling that they would all prefer to play like North, :)
Hawthorn aren't winning playing like that....

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The quartet of Kangaroos who embody the hope and future of the club​


By Andrew Slevison an hour ago

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North Melbourne might be 0-2 to start 2024 but there has been plenty of positivity emanating from the club of late.
After testing GWS for sections of their Round 1 encounter, the Kangaroos found themselves up by more than five goals midway through the second quarter of their Round 2 clash with Fremantle on Saturday.

Alastair Clarkson’s young Roos were then stifled and would eventually succumb to the slightly more seasoned Dockers to lose by 26 points, but there was a lot to like.
While the club has been in the doldrums for the last few years, there is an air of positivity at Arden Street now and a lot of it has to do with their group of emerging youngsters.
Clarkson referenced a shot of Zane Duursma, Colby McKercher, Harry Sheezel and George Wardlaw which really struck him on the weekend.




“We know where we’re at as a club and we’re excited by the things that we see and the growth of our players,” Clarkson said on SEN’s Sportsday.


“There’s a beautiful shot at one stage there when George Wardlaw kicked a goal at the end of the third quarter to just give us some sort of hope after they’d kicked seven in the quarter.


“There’s a beautiful shot of them running back to the centre and the four guys in the shot are Duursma, McKercher, Sheezel and Wardlaw. If ever there was a shot for our supporters about the hope and future of our footy club, it’s centred around those four boys.


“We’ve got plenty of others too, but that just says something about where we’re going as a club.


“If our supporters can just hang in there for the ride because they’ll be there when these guys are starting out in their careers and hopefully they’ll be there when they’re lifting some silverware in the years to come.”


Wardlaw won a Rising Star nomination for his 23-disposal, five-clearance performance against Freo while last year’s Rising Star Sheezel was again dominant with 35 touches.


Duursma, in his second AFL game, had 15 disposals and took 11 marks and McKercher, also playing his second senior match, had the ball 22 times.


Another developing player who could help the Roos turn things around is Tyler Sellers.


The 21-year-old made his way onto the senior list as a SSP addition in February and did his AFL debut chances no harm with a bag of six goals in North’s Round 1 VFL win over the Northern Bullants on the weekend.


“He’s only come onto our list in the last month,” Clarkson said of the forward.


“He’s a kid that had been playing at Old Scotch in the Ammos and came into our VFL team last year and led our goal kicking.


“He’s just a typical lad that at 18 years of age wasn’t ready for AFL footy or to be listed on an AFL list. He’s just been patient, bided his time and he gets his chance now.


“He kicked six in an internal trial last week and another six on the weekend. I’d be really surprised if he doesn’t play some senior footy, if not soon, then certainly this year.”


Clarkson and his youthful Roos will be eager to continue their slow ascent by taking a massive scalp when they meet the undefeated Carlton at Marvel Stadium on Good Friday.
 


The quartet of Kangaroos who embody the hope and future of the club​


By Andrew Slevison an hour ago

BEST_SPLIT_IMG__USE_THIS___78_.png



North Melbourne might be 0-2 to start 2024 but there has been plenty of positivity emanating from the club of late.
After testing GWS for sections of their Round 1 encounter, the Kangaroos found themselves up by more than five goals midway through the second quarter of their Round 2 clash with Fremantle on Saturday.

Alastair Clarkson’s young Roos were then stifled and would eventually succumb to the slightly more seasoned Dockers to lose by 26 points, but there was a lot to like.
While the club has been in the doldrums for the last few years, there is an air of positivity at Arden Street now and a lot of it has to do with their group of emerging youngsters.
Clarkson referenced a shot of Zane Duursma, Colby McKercher, Harry Sheezel and George Wardlaw which really struck him on the weekend.




“We know where we’re at as a club and we’re excited by the things that we see and the growth of our players,” Clarkson said on SEN’s Sportsday.


“There’s a beautiful shot at one stage there when George Wardlaw kicked a goal at the end of the third quarter to just give us some sort of hope after they’d kicked seven in the quarter.


“There’s a beautiful shot of them running back to the centre and the four guys in the shot are Duursma, McKercher, Sheezel and Wardlaw. If ever there was a shot for our supporters about the hope and future of our footy club, it’s centred around those four boys.


“We’ve got plenty of others too, but that just says something about where we’re going as a club.


“If our supporters can just hang in there for the ride because they’ll be there when these guys are starting out in their careers and hopefully they’ll be there when they’re lifting some silverware in the years to come.”


Wardlaw won a Rising Star nomination for his 23-disposal, five-clearance performance against Freo while last year’s Rising Star Sheezel was again dominant with 35 touches.


Duursma, in his second AFL game, had 15 disposals and took 11 marks and McKercher, also playing his second senior match, had the ball 22 times.


Another developing player who could help the Roos turn things around is Tyler Sellers.


The 21-year-old made his way onto the senior list as a SSP addition in February and did his AFL debut chances no harm with a bag of six goals in North’s Round 1 VFL win over the Northern Bullants on the weekend.


“He’s only come onto our list in the last month,” Clarkson said of the forward.


“He’s a kid that had been playing at Old Scotch in the Ammos and came into our VFL team last year and led our goal kicking.


“He’s just a typical lad that at 18 years of age wasn’t ready for AFL footy or to be listed on an AFL list. He’s just been patient, bided his time and he gets his chance now.


“He kicked six in an internal trial last week and another six on the weekend. I’d be really surprised if he doesn’t play some senior footy, if not soon, then certainly this year.”


Clarkson and his youthful Roos will be eager to continue their slow ascent by taking a massive scalp when they meet the undefeated Carlton at Marvel Stadium on Good Friday.
Do you know where Clarkos radio interview is that is referenced in the article? I can’t find it
 

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