Apparently CCJ is sooking it up big time. Came to us and was promised gametime and now not getting it. Another one on our books with a bit of an ego apparently.
Show some agility and awareness and im sure he'll get games.
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Apparently CCJ is sooking it up big time. Came to us and was promised gametime and now not getting it. Another one on our books with a bit of an ego apparently.
I reckon Blakey would be our only realistic option for a caretaker coach but would he want it? Understand that he has applied for other senior jobs in years gone by and missed out.Not necessarily, but doing so puts us at a disadvantage in negotiations with experienced candidates.
The real question is are we doing further damage by not acting now?
Is JHF still boarding with him? if so, then that might not be ideal.Apparently CCJ is sooking it up big time. Came to us and was promised gametime and now not getting it. Another one on our books with a bit of an ego apparently.
The annoying thing with the ignore button is that you end up getting banned & keep coming back with a new account.How about you ignore me then?
You literally have said nothing useful for years. (if ever)
Torn phone books bring back so many memories. Standing with a mate at Princes Park mid 70s when Carlton kicked a goal. Phone book pieces flew everywhere. Mate coughed - a piece stuck on his tongue. He peeled it off. Look at this, he says. It was his name, address and phone number. (His parents of course).
Thomas has been a shadow of himself since doing his ribs.
Surely has to be a confidence thing.
Jason and Paul Curtis are moving in together very soon, apparently.Is JHF still boarding with him? if so, then that might not be ideal.
Look I get what you're saying, but I disagree. We pulled the trigger on this rebuild precisely because we thought we had the nucleus of a strong list. Now all those blokes are C graders and not good enough. If that's the case, then they've gone backward, and even if it's a lost problem now, that regression is on the coaching group.I thought the Noble presser was sad. It is plain that it could very well be his last and the smell of death was in the air.
I think it is primarily a list problem For example our two senior on ballers, Jed and Jy, are C graders at best who cannot hit simple targets. Larkey is a handy second target, Cam Z would be a good player in a good team. I could go on but it's depressing.
I went to the Cats and Tiges and it was a great game, worth every cent. I really enjoyed the whole experience, Only a died in the wool supporter would pay to us play at the moment.
Unfortunately we are three years off being competitive. Forget about finals.
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We gave Jy a lot of wing time last year and he won the Syd...IMO, his best position is run with midfield and wing. He should be assigned a role of the oppositions best runner each week. Not a hard tag, but use his running capacity to limit their transition ball and win his own footy. His game against Sam Walsh last year was exactly how he should be used.
His ball use in tight is just shocking. Playing a more outside role will help.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you just haven't seen the things she's done.What leadership has she shown? We are experiencing our worst ever season since the 70s which was 40 years ago, and she's done nothing of note since she became President to right the ship. She might be a nice person, passionate about North, etc, (as many of us on here are), but to date she's demonstrated nothing to justify her role as President.
The tigers and cats game was a ripper, but even yesterdays games watching the Pies beat the Giants and then the Port/Suns game shows just how poor we are.I thought the Noble presser was sad. It is plain that it could very well be his last and the smell of death was in the air.
I think it is primarily a list problem For example our two senior on ballers, Jed and Jy, are C graders at best who cannot hit simple targets. Larkey is a handy second target, Cam Z would be a good player in a good team. I could go on but it's depressing.
I went to the Cats and Tiges and it was a great game, worth every cent. I really enjoyed the whole experience, Only a died in the wool supporter would pay to us play at the moment.
Unfortunately we are three years off being competitive. Forget about finals.
I'd actually wonder if in the process of stemming the size of losses that the coaches have gone away from what they were building last year.We gave Jy a lot of wing time last year and he won the Syd...
Both the gameplan and individual positions have some incredibly baffling aspects that can't simply be ascribed to experimenting.
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Yeh finding the pill is pointless if you grub kick it, or miss a handball completely, or burn the lead by blasting it over their heads and blindly dump kicking it over the shoulder. His skills were deplorable yesterday.At least Jy can find the ball. Every week we seem to have a handful of mid-sized players who can't crack 10 touches.
Never in all my years of following footy have I experienced anything like this.
I used to watch my WAFL side get pumped virtually every week in WAFL, often conceding more than 30 goals. They had far less talent, but they always gave their all and each game brought real hope.
Despite the thrashings, it was still fun and I couldn't wait to get there each week. Every few weeks they'd threaten to cause an upset and when they did it was the absolute best feeling after an unexpected win.
They are the payoff during down times - that feeling of elation at the final siren of watching something memorable. Gee I miss that.
We haven't had that feeling once this year, the win over the Eagles felt like a loss due to their WAFL team playing. That's in 16 games, including preseason.
Bar the Sydney game, we haven't one other time been anywhere even near daring to dream of an upset. And you wouldn't expect us to win another game this year.
We've barely even played any good quarters. There was a glimpse of excitement in the second quarter against the Bulldogs but precious little since.
There's almost no anticipation around watching us play each weekend, as the result is a given and it's just a matter of what the margin will be. As a North tragic I still watch but it's generally just a relief when it's over. The anticipation of the weekend is not there. A mate of mine who is a North fan compared it to supporting a family member through a terminal illness! I watched yesterday's game with another North mate, he looked like he'd just sat through a funeral by the end of it.
My kids don't watch a minute and son is over being teased about North at school. I just keep telling him one day it will all prove worth it, but a few years seems like an eternity to kids.
Bad decisions made over a number of years by several people have led us to this point and it's bleak.
Players who should be stepping up have either stalled, or worse gone backwards. Injuries and illness haven't helped, but even so we should be able to muster up some level of competitiveness at some point.
The young guys that you hope will catch the eye during the rebuild aren't really doing so with any regularity. You can't tell me we don't have enough young talent to be showing more, at least for periods in game. There are a lot of early picks on our list. The signs were there late last year that we could do it, but have vanished. Do we really miss an aging Cunners that much?
It is clear we desperately need more elite young talent, but we have almost no draft capital it seems.
And we need to retain the best of what we have, which may or may not be problematic given our woes. We will find out on that at the end of the season.
Funnily enough, as a WA-based fan I always said if we only win one game a year let it be the Eagles. I never thought it might actually happen!
Like everyone here I love the club, and it has been the reason for some of the most joyous moments of my life, so I will just keep watching and hoping that the wheel turns. Looking for just the smallest signs we've turned the corner and that perhaps next week will be the one.
We need the right people making the right decisions, but it looks like a very long road ahead.
Every now and then someone survives a terminal illness don't they? (Am watching Breaking Bad S3, so no spoilers please!)
Cmon North!
I want to say that Jy puts in every week. I think my postings about him are far too negative. He's not a talented player but if everyone on the list had his attitude we would be in a better space.At least Jy can find the ball. Every week we seem to have a handful of mid-sized players who can't crack 10 touches.
60 year plus member here. I agree Scotty. We are losing a generation of supporters that we will never recover. We are at our lowest ebb for many years. And I see nothing from the club that makes me confident we are on the road to recovery. I see very few players that have improved from last year, a game plan that is unfathomable and continuous thrashings. We don’t even give a yelp. Now our one true hope for glory (JHF) seems disengaged along with a group of team mates. As an old supporter I have seen this before, but not as bad as this imho. But to the newbies, especially kids, it is soul destroying. We need something to give us hope. The club will continue to hide behind the review. Noble keeps telling us about a quarter in the game where we did well like it is the future hope. Make a change now. Noble can pi55 off now. We have a huge job trying to re-engage the players he has lost - we have a huge job trying to instill accountability again because there sems little of that. We have to worry about the recruiting ability with an off field team that is decimated. Big question marks over Rawlings ability to lead that area. Whilst we accept this developing losing culture it gets harder and harder to turn it around. We need a major change right now. I’m with you Scotty. We are desperate right now.Never in all my years of following footy have I experienced anything like this.
I used to watch my WAFL side get pumped virtually every week in WAFL, often conceding more than 30 goals. They had far less talent, but they always gave their all and each game brought real hope.
Despite the thrashings, it was still fun and I couldn't wait to get there each week. Every few weeks they'd threaten to cause an upset and when they did it was the absolute best feeling after an unexpected win.
They are the payoff during down times - that feeling of elation at the final siren of watching something memorable. Gee I miss that.
We haven't had that feeling once this year, the win over the Eagles felt like a loss due to their WAFL team playing. That's in 16 games, including preseason.
Bar the Sydney game, we haven't one other time been anywhere even near daring to dream of an upset. And you wouldn't expect us to win another game this year.
We've barely even played any good quarters. There was a glimpse of excitement in the second quarter against the Bulldogs but precious little since.
There's almost no anticipation around watching us play each weekend, as the result is a given and it's just a matter of what the margin will be. As a North tragic I still watch but it's generally just a relief when it's over. The anticipation of the weekend is not there. A mate of mine who is a North fan compared it to supporting a family member through a terminal illness! I watched yesterday's game with another North mate, he looked like he'd just sat through a funeral by the end of it.
My kids don't watch a minute and son is over being teased about North at school. I just keep telling him one day it will all prove worth it, but a few years seems like an eternity to kids.
Bad decisions made over a number of years by several people have led us to this point and it's bleak.
Players who should be stepping up have either stalled, or worse gone backwards. Injuries and illness haven't helped, but even so we should be able to muster up some level of competitiveness at some point.
The young guys that you hope will catch the eye during the rebuild aren't really doing so with any regularity. You can't tell me we don't have enough young talent to be showing more, at least for periods in game. There are a lot of early picks on our list. The signs were there late last year that we could do it, but have vanished. Do we really miss an aging Cunners that much?
It is clear we desperately need more elite young talent, but we have almost no draft capital it seems.
And we need to retain the best of what we have, which may or may not be problematic given our woes. We will find out on that at the end of the season.
Funnily enough, as a WA-based fan I always said if we only win one game a year let it be the Eagles. I never thought it might actually happen!
Like everyone here I love the club, and it has been the reason for some of the most joyous moments of my life, so I will just keep watching and hoping that the wheel turns. Looking for just the smallest signs we've turned the corner and that perhaps next week will be the one.
We need the right people making the right decisions, but it looks like a very long road ahead.
Every now and then someone survives a terminal illness don't they? (Am watching Breaking Bad S3, so no spoilers please!)
Cmon North!
You can add a minimum of 30 to that. Eight more this year, and 22 next, are locked in.What's really funny (or depressing depending on how you look at it) is this 12 game losing streak we are currently enduring just sneaks into our top 10 all-time losing streaks.
35 - R17 1933 - R15 1935
33 - R6 1930 - R2 1932
17 - R22 1971 - R16 1972
16 - R16 1928 - R13 1929
16 - R10 2020 - R8 2021
15 - R5 1927 - R1 1928
14 - R4 1968 - R17 1968
12 - R17 1925 - R12 1926
12 - R10 1970 - R21 1970
12+ - R3 2022 - R15 2022
And with Geelong, Collingwood and Richmond to come in the next three weeks it will undoubtably climb to at least 15 before we have a chance at another victory against either Hawthorn or Essendon.
And to finish with a little piece of trivia, the 1971/72 losing streak began on August 28 1971, one week before I was born and finished with victory on July 29 1972. I was 329 days old before North had a win.