Opinion Commentary & Media VIII

[Caracas]

The Hawks might well give us a touch up this weekend. However, they’re capable of giving any team a walloping down there. We’ve shown what we’re capable of and we’ve finally got our structure/game plan in place. There’s no looking back from here. The switch has been flipped in my subconscious. I feel good about the team again. I can’t help it.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I’m also feeling positive - and I’m also aware that I watched two quarters against Collingwood last season that were as good as I’ve seen North play in years and that level was not sustained (or even reached again) for the rest of the season. I know that wasn’t a win and last year’s Collingwood wasn’t this year’s version, but it was an outstanding vision of what was possible that in retrospect was an outlier. As was the last stretch of the Melbourne game earlier this season. So my current optimism is definitely cautious.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Not as good as everyone round here makes us out to be. Midfield is no where near good enough. Dont let one factor that is being pushed by everyone about clearances as the be all end all of our midfield is great. Carlton relied on slow rubbish with contested ball as their strong point and look at them now.

geez mate. not like we're the finished article ! half our side haven't started shaving yet.

not too many round here saying we're a good side now, but we are certainly better than what we were.
That's what I'm enjoying after a crap 5 years

 

[DuckYeah]

geez mate. not like we're the finished article ! half our side haven't started shaving yet.

not too many round here saying we're a good side now, but we are certainly better than what we were.
That's what I'm enjoying after a crap 5 years

I dont want mediocrity either because we put up with that for a decade before we were shite

 

[Caracas]

Not as good as everyone round here makes us out to be. Midfield is no where near good enough. Dont let one factor that is being pushed by everyone about clearances as the be all end all of our midfield is great. Carlton relied on slow rubbish with contested ball as their strong point and look at them now.

I agree with most of what you’re saying here, DY. However, Carlton have been and still are a competitive unit. They’re in the doghouse again right now but nowhere close to the depths we have dwelt in continuously for the past five years. I see us as having finally emerged from that hell and arrived at mediocrity. The last eight weeks back that up. At least, we can enter each match with a modicum of hope and the confidence that we’ll, at the very least, give a yelp. I thought that wasn’t certain to happen again, to be honest. Of course, that’s just step one.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Not as good as everyone round here makes us out to be. Midfield is no where near good enough. Dont let one factor that is being pushed by everyone about clearances as the be all end all of our midfield is great. Carlton relied on slow rubbish with contested ball as their strong point and look at them now.

Agree. We need some more transition run and ball use longer term. We're a contest/clearance strength group.
But good to see Powell get his metres gained up on the weekend.

 

[chubbspeterson]

What about if we lost the games we won like we probably should have?
Richmond should’ve beaten us.
WC should’ve beaten us.
Another 3 minutes we lose to Carlton and they had more scoring shots but let’s keep that one.

So that gives us 2.5 wins. Where would that have us on the ladder?

What about if we won the games we probably should have like the Lions and Freo games? Same position imo.

 

[Passmore]

What about if we won the games we probably should have like the Lions and Freo games? Same position imo.

If the WC game goes for another 3 minutes we win by 5 goals....some supporters actually seem to be a little afraid that we may be starting to get it together so their earlier hot takes might look a little silly.

 

[Kanga Glory]

If the WC game goes for another 3 minutes we win by 5 goals....some supporters actually seem to be a little afraid that we may be starting to get it together so their earlier hot takes might look a little silly.

glass half empty instead of half full

 

[leighlee13]

Had the pleasure of watching many games Rosco played for us and he was a star. Never forget the booming goal he kicked running off the back line against Carlton at Arden Street in the early 80s when we thumped them by over 100 points. As a young kid I sent a letter to him and he responded with a detailed written letter back to me. How I wish I still had that letter. Malcolm Blight also sent a letter back to me as well. We really should have won another premiership or 2 around that time. We had so many star players at the time

How lucky were we to write to him and actually receive a response. He didn't have to do that. Imagine how many letters he got. I bet he replied to every one. My brother barracks for * and wrote to his favorite player and got absolutely nothing back. He was so jealous that every time I wrote to Ross, he replied. I moved 12 months ago and found all the letters he wrote to me as well as a photo I got with with him at the Shinboner of the Century function in 2005. He is all class and an absolute legend on and off the field.

 

[Rod Stroker]

glass half empty instead of half full

sounds like the glass is twice as big as what it needs to be

 

[Caracas]

sounds like the glass is twice as big as what it needs to be

Luckily, the size of the BF glass matters less than zilch.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

 

[berniemccarthy]

The bloke rated by Derm as the best player he ever saw

Beautiful mover. Pleasure to watch.

 

[chubbspeterson]

If the WC game goes for another 3 minutes we win by 5 goals....some supporters actually seem to be a little afraid that we may be starting to get it together so their earlier hot takes might look a little silly.

Yep. Teams lose and win games they probably shouldn't. It's not just isolated to us.
Only have to look at GWS over GC or Tigers when they probably shouldn't have won those games, but they did.

 

[berniemccarthy]

Yep. Teams lose and win games they probably shouldn't. It's not just isolated to us.
Only have to look at GWS over GC or Tigers when they probably shouldn't have won those games, but they did.

Pies have won a dozen games in the last 2 years they had no right to.

 

[RHLK]

Beautiful mover. Pleasure to watch.

Summer mid-70's, Scarborough beach: East Perth's Ross Glendinning walks past in shorts with a towel wrapped around his neck as older bro and I are trudging up the sand for the bus stop. He looked like a Greek sculptor's version of Roger Ramjet, tight curls, chest like a battering ram.

 

[Topparoo]

Summer mid-70's, Scarborough beach: East Perth's Ross Glendinning walks past in shorts with a towel wrapped around his neck as older bro and I are trudging up the sand for the bus stop. He looked like a Greek sculptor's version of Roger Ramjet, tight curls, chest like a battering ram.

Roscoe could easily have donned the Superman suit and taken on the Christopher Reeve role. Had the chiselled physique and bottom jaw to match

 

[Caracas]

I agree with most of what you’re saying here, DY. However, Carlton have been and still are a competitive unit. They’re in the doghouse again right now but nowhere close to the depths we have dwelt in continuously for the past five years. I see us as having finally emerged from that hell and arrived at mediocrity. The last eight weeks back that up. At least, we can enter each match with a modicum of hope and the confidence that we’ll, at the very least, give a yelp. I thought that wasn’t certain to happen again, to be honest. Of course, that’s just step one.

Carlton, maybe, not so competitive after all. Did we kill them?

 

[Augustine]

If the WC game goes for another 3 minutes we win by 5 goals....some supporters actually seem to be a little afraid that we may be starting to get it together so their earlier hot takes might look a little silly.

This has a bunch of likes but I disagree.

I think we need to learn that there’s hyper-optimists and hyper-pessimists and everything in between. In life as in football.

We don’t need to prosecute how one another feels about the team, or question people’s motives, after every result. It gets tiresome.

Similarly, we all have our favourites player-wise and we all have players we don’t rate. So long as we’re not actually abusing players, all’s fair. The differences of opinion on players makes supporting footy interesting and gives us something to debate. If some people want to rest Wardlaw and start Phillips, and others think that’s borderline heresy - great. We might as well not have a fan forum if there was no debate.

It’s silly to be questioning each others’ motives.

 

[Passmore]

This has a bunch of likes but I disagree.

I think we need to learn that there’s hyper-optimists and hyper-pessimists and everything in between. In life as in football.

We don’t need to prosecute how one another feels about the team, or question people’s motives, after every result. It gets tiresome.

Similarly, we all have our favourites player-wise and we all have players we don’t rate. So long as we’re not actually abusing players, all’s fair. The differences of opinion on players makes supporting footy interesting and gives us something to debate. If some people want to rest Wardlaw and start Phillips, and others think that’s borderline heresy - great. We might as well not have a fan forum if there was no debate.

It’s silly to be questioning each others’ motives.

Good for you.

 

[gerry101101]

Lots of positivity about North on this thread and in the media this week…

 

[Frank Thring]

Lots of positivity about North on this thread and in the media this week…

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There sure is. Ominous for this week's game.

 

[giantroo]

 

[DuckYeah]

That would include Brayshaws drive show. Rush hour or whatever its called.