- Jun 23, 2016
- 15,498
- 14,241
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Injuries have hit them hard.Getting close to writing off the Giants. Their wins haven't really been that impressive and they've been shown up when playing against decent sides.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Weekly Prize - Join Any Time - Tip Round 11
The Golden Ticket - MCG and Marvel Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
Injuries have hit them hard.Getting close to writing off the Giants. Their wins haven't really been that impressive and they've been shown up when playing against decent sides.
I still don't trust them. They fold when any pressure is applied, and they played a basket case tonight.Surely Suns are a decent chance against Geelong in Darwin next week? No Cameron and Suns have won 5 straight in Darwin
When does the North Melbourne priority pick talk start?
If they’re ever going to get a bit scalp this year, this is the game. Conditions that suit them against a team not in their best form and without best player.I still don't trust them. They fold when any pressure is applied, and they played a basket case tonight.
If they’re ever going to get a bit scalp this year, this is the game. Conditions that suit them against a team not in their best form and without best player.
Hope the AFL doesn't forget that they actually already gave North their priority picks for this year, last year. They traded them just in case they got better and had them taken away.It's a matter of what, not if.
Lots of reasons why rebuilding is incredibly difficult.It's too hard for teams to rebuild now. The talent is stretched further with 18 (soon to be 19+) teams, and the draft has been compromised with the northern clubs now getting much of the best young talent. Free agency only exacerbates things.
Hope the AFL doesn't forget that they actually already gave North their priority picks for this year, last year. They traded them just in case they got better and had them taken away.
Looks like they basically ended up with Dylan Stephens plus a pinch of other pick exchange, and a 2023 pick which they used on Riley Hardemann.
View attachment 1986684
Lots of reasons why rebuilding is incredibly difficult.
Rebuilding through the draft is borderline impossible. You have a squad of 42 you're trying to improve, and the difference between the draft hand of the worst team and the premier is one good pick.
Then the draft itself is completely screwed by NGAs, Northern Academies and Father Sons. It's nuts.
Would be a worthwhile PHD trying to determine what was the difference for teams like Carlton and Melbourne who went through a few rebuild cycles before climbing back up and why the Kangas, Suns currently seem unable to break it.Lots of reasons why rebuilding is incredibly difficult.
Rebuilding through the draft is borderline impossible. You have a squad of 42 you're trying to improve, and the difference between the draft hand of the worst team and the premier is one good pick.
Then the draft itself is completely screwed by NGAs, Northern Academies and Father Sons. It's nuts.
I guess Carlton and Melbourne had to do it for more than a decade - so maybe North Melbourne are going exactly as we should expect?Would be a worthwhile PHD trying to determine what was the difference for teams like Carlton and Melbourne who went through a few rebuild cycles before climbing back up and why the Kangas, Suns currently seem unable to break it.
Yeah, when the difference is -I never thought of it like that! Puts even more pressure on the no.1 pick when you think about it.
But I don’t think it’s true that over the course of a decade it sorts itself out. Or maybe it is?I guess Carlton and Melbourne had to do it for more than a decade - so maybe North Melbourne are going exactly as we should expect?
Would be a worthwhile PHD trying to determine what was the difference for teams like Carlton and Melbourne who went through a few rebuild cycles before climbing back up and why the Kangas, Suns currently seem unable to break it.
And if you give the wooden spooners a bunch of priority picks, then you hurt the other sides who are also trying to rebuild.Yeah, when the difference is -
WOODEN SPOONER - 1, 19, 37, 55
PREMIER - 18, 36, 54
I'm not sure how you get much better?
Nailing that pick 1 can make a big difference thoughYeah, when the difference is -
WOODEN SPOONER - 1, 19, 37, 55
PREMIER - 18, 36, 54
I'm not sure how you get much better?
The NFL has 32 teams and 53 man rosters and yet teams can rebuild.Lots of reasons why rebuilding is incredibly difficult.
Rebuilding through the draft is borderline impossible. You have a squad of 42 you're trying to improve, and the difference between the draft hand of the worst team and the premier is one good pick.
Then the draft itself is completely screwed by NGAs, Northern Academies and Father Sons. It's nuts.
Again - Sam Darcy, JUH. Also - Ashcroft x2.Lots of reasons why rebuilding is incredibly difficult.
Rebuilding through the draft is borderline impossible. You have a squad of 42 you're trying to improve, and the difference between the draft hand of the worst team and the premier is one good pick.
Then the draft itself is completely screwed by NGAs, Northern Academies and Father Sons. It's nuts.
Free agency at the moment is an anti-equalisation measure. The way our league is set up, with premierships waaaay above all other achievements, it will always be that way. Giving persistently poor teams a lot of extra cap space might help offset that a bit I guess.The NFL has 32 teams and 53 man rosters and yet teams can rebuild.
Our problem is that the distance between minimum and maximum cap spend is too small, and there are too many restrictions on free agency.
Bad teams simply do not have enough extra money to lure big name players, and there is almost no player movement. Infact, with basically no real financial difference between offers, the movement is towards already good teams
Raise the roof higher than the floor and create a real pull factor.