I want it to be our turn soon....I really, really do!!!

[DarwinRoo]

Since when is not recruiting shitcampaigner Caddy a bad thing?

Didn’t we get Dal Santo, Waite, Higgins and Polec?

 

[north_lad]

Since when is not recruiting s**tcampaigner Caddy a bad thing?

Didn’t we get Dal Santo, Waite, Higgins and Polec?

People are quick to dismiss those recruits for whatever reason. They were made when we were playing good footy, we were on a downward trend for a couple of years throwing huge coin at players and they didn't come. It doesn't mean a whole lot in the scheme of things because most if not all of them stayed at their clubs who have been playing finals, we aren't.

 

[north_lad]

When (or if) we move up the ladder we will attract these recruits.

 

[thylacine60]

We need to not play down hill skiers

gotta play us sometime!

 

[ferball]

gotta play us sometime!

We will smear you all over the ground.

 

[HongKongRoo]

I think the focus on who the players are is misguided. Richmond showed that you don't need to have a team of superstars, just need to have a good system in place. Hardwick comes from the Clarkson school of teamwork over individuals. It's an old adage but a champion team will always beat a team of champions. When the team plays well, individuals look better. No Rance, no problem. Clarko got rid of Buddy, no problem. An AFL superstar is more about personal marketing than value to the team or team success. I'm less interested in doing trades for the sake of it and more interested in making sure our system is well drilled. I always felt that Scott never got things quite right with our preseason. We mostly seemed to be off the pace, it wasn't until the season started that we were able to get coherency, especially in the last few years. We need to be better than that.


Let's see what Shaw can do with our mob.

 

[Hojuman]

I think the focus on who the players are is misguided. Richmond showed that you don't need to have a team of superstars, just need to have a good system in place. Hardwick comes from the Clarkson school of teamwork over individuals. It's an old adage but a champion team will always beat a team of champions. When the team plays well, individuals look better. No Rance, no problem. Clarko got rid of Buddy, no problem. An AFL superstar is more about personal marketing than value to the team or team success. I'm less interested in doing trades for the sake of it and more interested in making sure our system is well drilled. I always felt that Scott never got things quite right with our preseason. We mostly seemed to be off the pace, it wasn't until the season started that we were able to get coherency, especially in the last few years. We need to be better than that.


Let's see what Shaw can do with our mob.

Traipsing round in Utah pre-season enjoying snow and NBA games at high altitude instead of doing the hard yards at Arden st. with a sherrin in your hands.

Hope Rhyce still has a bit of old school in him.

 

[SunnyBoner]

I think the focus on who the players are is misguided. Richmond showed that you don't need to have a team of superstars, just need to have a good system in place. Hardwick comes from the Clarkson school of teamwork over individuals. It's an old adage but a champion team will always beat a team of champions. When the team plays well, individuals look better. No Rance, no problem. Clarko got rid of Buddy, no problem. An AFL superstar is more about personal marketing than value to the team or team success. I'm less interested in doing trades for the sake of it and more interested in making sure our system is well drilled. I always felt that Scott never got things quite right with our preseason. We mostly seemed to be off the pace, it wasn't until the season started that we were able to get coherency, especially in the last few years. We need to be better than that.


Let's see what Shaw can do with our mob.

Well said HKR. I've been trying to say something like this all week. We've seen what happens to clubs (Melb, St Kilda and Carlton) who get obsessed with high draft picks. Donuts. We don't have a superstar list but it's still solid and i reckon there are some real gems in last years crop. With a small forward, hard running midfielder and a key defender we are back in the game. Richmond's success is based on playing for each other, a brother culture whereby every player knows their role. Footy is played between the ears - and the heart - and this is what we need to tap into (along with an unrelenting desire to play for each other).

 

[FiftyFive50]

Let’s not forget how many home games Richmond had post bye, what a joke.

 

[HongKongRoo]

Well said HKR. I've been trying to say something like this all week. We've seen what happens to clubs (Melb, St Kilda and Carlton) who get obsessed with high draft picks. Donuts. We don't have a superstar list but it's still solid and i reckon there are some real gems in last years crop. With a small forward, hard running midfielder and a key defender we are back in the game. Richmond's success is based on playing for each other, a brother culture whereby every player knows their role. Footy is played between the ears - and the heart - and this is what we need to tap into (along with an unrelenting desire to play for each other).

You know what I liked when Rhyce took over? Those teeny tiny team things that we were missing under Laidley and Scott but which were drilled into the Clarkson teams. Sheparding, effective blocks, aggressive mark standing to stop play ons and generally willing ourselves more effectively to the next contest. Anderson, Zhurrhar, Turner, Thommo do it all instinctively but we had too many players who would give the ball then just sag off the contest under Brad. Great to see TT and Simpkin learning these habits early.

 

[SunnyBoner]

You know what I liked when Rhyce took over? Those teeny tiny team things that we were missing under Laidley and Scott but which were drilled into the Clarkson teams. Sheparding, effective blocks, aggressive mark standing to stop play ons and generally willing ourselves more effectively to the next contest. Anderson, Zhurrhar, Turner, Thommo do it all instinctively but we had too many players who would give the ball then just sag off the contest under Brad. Great to see TT and Simpkin learning these habits early.

There was an immediate change under the Scamper! Players seemed free to play their natural game and he wasn't afraid to give Simpkin, and TT an extended run in the middle to give us that spark we need.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

I have said this before but I have infinite patience about North winning another flag. I started following football in 1993, picked a club fairly randomly, and saw them play seven preliminary finals in a row for two flags. I’m ahead of most football supporters already, and I’m satisfied if I spend the rest of my life supporting non-premiership North melbourne teams to pay it back.

 

[Liam Boy]

I have said this before but I have infinite patience about North winning another flag. I started following football in 1993, picked a club fairly randomly, and saw them play seven preliminary finals in a row for two flags. I’m ahead of most football supporters already, and I’m satisfied if I spend the rest of my life supporting non-premiership North melbourne teams to pay it back.

* that, more flags

 

[Hearts to hearts]

fu** that, more flags

Young people today... I understand it, just don’t share it!

 

[Passmore]

I have said this before but I have infinite patience about North winning another flag. I started following football in 1993, picked a club fairly randomly, and saw them play seven preliminary finals in a row for two flags. I’m ahead of most football supporters already, and I’m satisfied if I spend the rest of my life supporting non-premiership North melbourne teams to pay it back.

Out of interest, what was the reason you randomly chose North?


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[Hearts to hearts]

Out of interest, what was the reason you randomly chose North?


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BHP put me up in North Melbourne when I landed, the tram wore blue and white (same colours as the local rugby team I watched every week growing up in Sydney), and I always liked vertical stripes. I had lived in Elwood and Fitzroy by then but the colours and stripes gave North the edge over Saints and Lions, thank *.

 

[King Corey]

BHP put me up in North Melbourne when I landed, the tram wore blue and white (same colours as the local rugby team I watched every week growing up in Sydney), and I always liked vertical stripes. I had lived in Elwood and Fitzroy by then but the colours and stripes gave North the edge over Saints and Lions, thank fu**.

The colours pulled you in but it was the Kanga Kasino weekly meat tray win that kept you here.

 

[gokangas]

The colours pulled you in but it was the Kanga Kasino weekly meat tray win that kept you here.

I think I still have the one I won in the freezer - it would still be ok, wouldn't it?

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Looking back 2015 was our chance to make one. We were robbed in that final against the Eagles.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

Watch the last two minutes of this video:

 

[SunnyBoner]

I have said this before but I have infinite patience about North winning another flag. I started following football in 1993, picked a club fairly randomly, and saw them play seven preliminary finals in a row for two flags. I’m ahead of most football supporters already, and I’m satisfied if I spend the rest of my life supporting non-premiership North melbourne teams to pay it back.

This is curious. I am in my 50s, i've seen 4 flags (on TV), I don't live in Victoria but i pine for another flag. I really hope we are heading towards another one now...

 

[Liam Boy]

Young people today... I understand it, just don’t share it!

you want some other club to win a flag? * no! every time a team that isn't north melbourne wins a premiership it's a disaster

 

[Event Horizon]

I have said this before but I have infinite patience about North winning another flag. I started following football in 1993, picked a club fairly randomly, and saw them play seven preliminary finals in a row for two flags. I’m ahead of most football supporters already, and I’m satisfied if I spend the rest of my life supporting non-premiership North melbourne teams to pay it back.

I started in 1991, and can see what you mean. But I used all my credits about 10 years ago. Now I want success and I have had enough of the same crap.

 

[wolvesRoos]

Out of interest, what was the reason you randomly chose North?

My random reason is better, needed a placemat for my dinner. Picked up one with a cool demon on it, put it down when I saw a Kangaroo tail sticking out the bottom of the pack. Took it home, ate dinner, Roo for life.