The Warlord
RuSsIa iS BaD
- Aug 21, 2018
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I fully expect Cunners to be playing in 2023.
Depends on Cunners really.
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I fully expect Cunners to be playing in 2023.
Of course. He clearly loves the club and the club regard him about as highly as he could be regarded.Depends on Cunners really.
Of course. He clearly loves the club and the club regard him about as highly as he could be regarded.
I would like to find a mutually beneficial pathway where we create a plan around playing and resting him to get the absolute longest tenure we can out of him while managing his health appropriately for him to not be ground to a pulp through the twilight of his career.
I reckon Cunners only plays one way - grinding himself and others to pulp.
I don’t know why this has become a thing. It was never an outright insult and only occasionally used in that way by some smart arse. It’s like knackers, which was a bit of a laugh especially if someone’s name slipped your mind.Mate, just an observation on the established and very, very real fact that's not a joke at all that anyone who gets champed by someone else is receiving the most grievous insult.
Yeah i agree about the ladder. Its unpredictable from year to year. We finished 9th in 2018 with results that would have seen us 7th in the year before and the year after.The ladder isn't created equal every year.
in 2019 Sydney finished 15th with 8 wins and a % of 97.7
in 2018 they'd have finished above the 13th placed side on the same wins and %
FWIW in 2018 Brisbane finished 15th on 5 wins, Our win/loss from this year would have put us above 17th in 2018.
So yeah there is wild variation year to year and what good and bad look like.
My point is more around the setting of expectations. In my head where we are at breaks down a bit like this:
UP
2014-2016 We were going all out with what we had to see if we could get the cards to fall our way and manufacturing a flag we had little right to. Sometimes it happens, the team that just happens to be the right place right time wins one.
Down
End 2016 - end of 2020/start of 2021 this would be the downward trend. It does include not 1 but 2 dead cat bounces. the first in 2018 when we bounced knowing we had Thomas in the draft. The second was the end of 2019 where cut Scott loose and the resulting release of pressure saw Shaw appointed. The Dogs on Good Friday was the lowest ebb, not specifically the turning point but in terms of downs, that one is massive, it was a test to Noble's mettle and I think from that point we began
Recovery
Following that lowest ebb beyond the bye we clearly refocused and it really looks from the outside that we had a look in the mirror and needed to decide what we stood for. Most games (clearly not all) there were elements of improvement. It is actually funny how the narrative changed, we went rom being heralded as the worst team since Fitzroy to being the "Best Spoon side".
So here we are having been up and not good enough to down and pathetic to looking forwards with about as much hope or a core group as I have had.
How we go in 2022, I have little expectation on, bottom 4 is what it is, above it is better, I would prefer no 100 point losses I have had enough of that sh*t.
I am excited for what next year brings, because at the minimum it should be growth. I am impressed by the current drive to get fitter being displayed by so many. I want to believe that they, as a collective are pushing each other to go as far as they possibly can. Because if we have a culture of that the wins are in the post its just a bit fuzzy as to when they'll arrive.
I'd like to see him move forward a bit more over the next few seasons actually.I fully expect Cunners to be playing in 2023.
He rotated forward in 2020 and 2021.I'd like to see him move forward a bit more over the next few seasons actually.
He won us that game against St Kilda playing forward.He rotated forward in 2020 and 2021.
You'd assume the trend continues with more kids getting mid/forward time and less rotations.
yeah thats why I mentioned it.He won us that game against St Kilda playing forward.
I agree.
I am not suggesting that he alters how he plays, more that we alter how we play him. provide more breaks more often to see him on field for longer.
* yeah.Yeah, more forward Cunners.
No small/ medium defender would be able to tackle him.fu** yeah.
Not only can he mark and kick goals he can win contested footy as well. Imagine having Cunners playing as a forward target and working stoppages in the forward line.
Yeah year on year analysis of ladder position is difficult due to about a milliomn variables.Yeah i agree about the ladder. Its unpredictable from year to year. We finished 9th in 2018 with results that would have seen us 7th in the year before and the year after.
Alright so you made me go and do some looking, to see what a trend line for wins would look like.I don't think we can make the claims about 2018/19 being a dead cat bounce as such. The reason we improved in 2018 was that Jed Anderson had a break out season and so did Maj while Jack played a great season up forward. In fact his kicking in a couple of games actually cost us a spot in the finals. Maybe that seems harsh but he missed shots on goal that cost us games (and he was the captain.) I reckon 2019 would have been very different without Maj being unable to play as well. I think we would have been closer to the form we saw with Shaw that season under Scott but for the whole year. But its hard to tell cos younger guys like BMac, Larkey and Zurhaar also came good in that period and may not have got a shot at it under Scott.
But...
I don't think we'd be in as a good a position as we are now tho if all that had happened, paradoxical as that sounds given we just got the spoon. We would probably have played finals over the last few years at least once but not really broke into the top four. We would have still been drifting along I reckon. Where we are now we seem to have plans that are very clear and we aren't deviating from them. We have real direction to our system.
So given all that our actual ladder position isn't something I'm concerned with this year. I think we have very similar attitudes to that actually.
I hope not because the forward line is made for him, especially with the midfield we are assembling. I think it will be hard for Cunners to hang them up with the young talent we have and he deserves to cash in and extend he's career in a forward pocket.Cunners seems like the kind of guy who'll retire when he's stops enjoying footy before his body starts to give out.
The draw of the farm life is strong with him and he wants to do a lot more with his life outside of football.
Could end up coming a bit earlier than we all think.
First I’d heard it was an insult was on Mr Inbetween, in jail.I don’t know why this has become a thing. It was never an outright insult and only occasionally used in that way by some smart arse. It’s like knackers, which was a bit of a laugh especially if someone’s name slipped your mind.
I heard a radio guy (Sam Edmond I think) get his nose out of joint when, what I assume was an older caller, rang in and said “I love your show Champ”. It was a genuine compliment and he misread it and reacted poorly. Young folks these days!
Yeah, I think that’s a good example. It was used in a completely innocent way. I assumed the writer’s of the show invented that as an example of ‘prison’ lingo.First I’d heard it was an insult was on Mr Inbetween, in jail.
Bailey Scott>CunnersI would also like to see Cunners play more forward as he along with Larkey are the best shots for goal.
DAVID NOBLE on SEN SA Breakfast (26.11.21)
North Melbourne Senior Coach, David Noble joined the boys to wrap the AFL draftplayer.whooshkaa.com
barring an absolute disaster with injuries, more wins and competitive for longer periods are a mustRound 1 bitter aftertaste in mouth but nonetheless - what's the markers for Noble this year after getting the first taste of real demonstrated form?
Someone made a wisecrack about Clarkson but the club would (I hope) maintain an objective view around all options available to them.
If we serve up 2 months straight of similarly disorganised football will there be a little more heat internally regardless of being tagged as a 'development' year?