Autopsy North v Hawks

[Only Forwards]

We played very poorly that night. What happened after was great but I doubt you can attribute it to that performance, rather if anything it was a wake up call and time to switch on - which thankfully we did.

Go and wacth the song after that game and tell me it meant nothing to the players.

Might of played like shit, but came away with win that we needed and the team gelled much better after that.

 

[Viper2Jester]

Go and wacth the song after that game and tell me it meant nothing to the players.

Might of played like shit, but came away with win that we needed and the team gelled much better after that.

Who said it meant nothing to the players? I said we played poorly.

Play like that against WCE and we will lose. We need to come out of the break switched on to take the points, especially if we drop Thursday (which will be tough, but we can win).

 

[Orange Peanut]

Go and wacth the song after that game and tell me it meant nothing to the players.

Might of played like shit, but came away with win that we needed and the team gelled much better after that.

IIRC it was when the team decided that winning was a lot more important than achieving kpis, disecting every mistake, etc. So they made a commitment to celebrate success instead of looking for negatives. We've had hiccups since then, but that GC game is when the core of this team really started to gel.

 

[Ischenko]

Go and wacth the song after that game and tell me it meant nothing to the players.

Might of played like shit, but came away with win that we needed and the team gelled much better after that.

And no-one gave us a chance to beat the Crows the week afterwards...

 

[Only Forwards]

Who said it meant nothing to the players? I said we played poorly.

Play like that against WCE and we will lose. We need to come out of the break switched on to take the points, especially if we drop Thursday (which will be tough, but we can win).

We can play poorly and win all our way to a flag for all I care.

 

[Psicosis]

The two biggest factors to us losing on Friday night...

1 - Innaccuracy in front of goal

2 - Thompson got towelled by Sicily, 3 free kicks against leading to goals

Fix at least one of these issues and we win convincingly.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The two biggest factors to us losing on Friday night...

1 - Innaccuracy in front of goal

2 - Thompson got towelled by Sicily, 3 free kicks against leading to goals

Fix at least one of these issues and we win convincingly.

I'm still livid at Scooter.

He's just so dumb at times. Giving away free kicks like that and getting beaten by a guy who he has 10+ kg's on is just unforgivable.

Has gone backwards as a player and thank **** Tarrant is playing the way he is otherwise we'd be zero chance to make the GF.

 

[Wombat77]

Majak really tightened things up and played some very good footy towards the end of the game but his first half was shit beyond all comprehension. I don't remember the last time a North player had donuts for an entire half of football.

Cam Mooney 1999 Grand Final????

 

[King Corey]

I'm still livid at Scooter.

He's just so dumb at times. Giving away free kicks like that and getting beaten by a guy who he has 10+ kg's on is just unforgivable.

Has gone backwards as a player and thank **** Tarrant is playing the way he is otherwise we'd be zero chance to make the GF.

In keeping with the trend he's probably playing with injury.

 

[Event Horizon]

In keeping with the trend he's probably playing with injury.

He turned back the clock against the Dogs, but Friday night was certainly a real shocker. In the mean time, Nielsen is still playing in VFL dev team despite Werribee being down on the numbers. Or was he rested/injured?

 

[spurs]

Cam Mooney 1999 Grand Final????

Little win?

 

[archereleven]

In keeping with the trend he's probably playing with injury.

In keeping with the trend, we still keep playing injured players...

 

[Gasometer]

Lewis on 360 atm.

Good segment. ...gives us a bit of credit. ..a bit...

Worth trawling out giantroo ?

 

[Arden]

Lewis on 360 atm.

Good segment. ...gives us a bit of credit. ..a bit...

Worth trawling out giantroo ?

Not a lot of credit.

"That is credit to us because they think that they need to go above and beyond what they normally do to ruffle our feathers and get the win."

So was it credit to us when you went out and head hunted our best players last year?

Keep sweeping that hair over Jordy.

 

[Gasometer]

Not a lot of credit.

"That is credit to us because they think that they need to go above and beyond what they normally do to ruffle our feathers and get the win."

So was it credit to us when you went out and head hunted our best players last year?

Keep sweeping that hair over Jordy.

A bit I said.

 

[realhawk]

North 155 contested possessions, Hawks 128 contested possessions
North 189 uncontested possessions, Hawks 149 uncontested possessions
North 13 contested marks, Hawks 11 contested marks
North 55 i50s, Hawks 48 i50s
North 53 turnovers, Hawks 69 turnovers
North 45 clearances, Hawks 41 clearances
North 29 scoring shots, Hawks 23 scoring shots

You guys got out of jail.

not disputing the fact that the Hawks got out of jail because the Roos couldn't finish, what I am saying is the Roos didn't lose because of the umps. We lost to the Swans in a close game this year when we dominated the stats and shots on goal but just couldn't finish either. At some stage you will lose a game like this hopefully it's not a final or a grand final like us in 2012, the Hawks would be going for 5 in a row if not for shit kicking in that game.

 

[Twinkletoes]

not disputing the fact that the Hawks got out of jail because the Roos couldn't finish, what I am saying is the Roos didn't lose because of the umps. We lost to the Swans in a close game this year when we dominated the stats and shots on goal but just couldn't finish either. At some stage you will lose a game like this hopefully it's not a final or a grand final like us in 2012, the Hawks would be going for 5 in a row if not for shit kicking in that game.

While individual decisions have copped the blow dryer treatment here since Friday we know it was our own fault we lost, kicking so poorly at goal while on top for most of the night.

 

[TwentyNine]

While individual decisions have copped the blow dryer treatment here since Friday we know it was our own fault we lost, kicking so poorly at goal while on top for most of the night.

Bingo. You can't kick 11.18 in a game and then think it was the fault of the umpires.

 

[MoustachioNuts]

I expect North to play like this from now on. That is what the North Melbourne footy club is all about tough at the opponent and tough at the contest.

I hope North play like this every time we meet.

 

[ferball]

I hope North play like this every time we meet.

Apart from the kicking for goal so do I.

 

[ferball]

not disputing the fact that the Hawks got out of jail because the Roos couldn't finish, what I am saying is the Roos didn't lose because of the umps. We lost to the Swans in a close game this year when we dominated the stats and shots on goal but just couldn't finish either. At some stage you will lose a game like this hopefully it's not a final or a grand final like us in 2012, the Hawks would be going for 5 in a row if not for shit kicking in that game.

We all know we didn't lose because of the umps.

Anyone who claims we think we did is lying.

 

[astrovic]

not disputing the fact that the Hawks got out of jail because the Roos couldn't finish, what I am saying is the Roos didn't lose because of the umps. We lost to the Swans in a close game this year when we dominated the stats and shots on goal but just couldn't finish either. At some stage you will lose a game like this hopefully it's not a final or a grand final like us in 2012, the Hawks would be going for 5 in a row if not for shit kicking in that game.

Here's a list of all the people who have said that North lost cos of the umps:














...and here's a list of people who have said that North lost cos of poor goal kicking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

 

[andana]

Dermott Brereton has strongly denied that he can be accused of being hypocritical when it comes to criticising players who purposely stage for head high contact or free kicks.

After watching the game between North Melbourne and Hawthorn on Friday night he acknowledged that Hawks forward James Sicily was guilty of inducing head high contact.

"No I'm not, I didn't like what Sicily did," said Brereton on SEN radio.

"Well they can text all they want but I didn't like what Sicily did, he just got the free kick.

"Now I dislike what Sicily did enormously, it's what Selwood does, it's what Cotchin does, it's what Puopolo does and I can't stand it.


Read more at http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/derm-im-no-hypocrite-sicily-was-out-of-line#cuAhhVqyU5HXP2dX.99

 

[astrovic]

Dermott Brereton has strongly denied that he can be accused of being hypocritical when it comes to criticising players who purposely stage for head high contact or free kicks.

After watching the game between North Melbourne and Hawthorn on Friday night he acknowledged that Hawks forward James Sicily was guilty of inducing head high contact.

"No I'm not, I didn't like what Sicily did," said Brereton on SEN radio.

"Well they can text all they want but I didn't like what Sicily did, he just got the free kick.

"Now I dislike what Sicily did enormously, it's what Selwood does, it's what Cotchin does, it's what Puopolo does and I can't stand it.


Read more at http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/derm-im-no-hypocrite-sicily-was-out-of-line#cuAhhVqyU5HXP2dX.99

Thomas v Sydney - massive down the barrel of the camera 2 minute rant calling LT "disgraceful"

Sicily v North - sober and balanced discussion post-game (after every had turned their TV's off) mildly agreeing that Thomas should have got the same free as Sicily, but without one skerrick of denouncement of Sicily playing for free kicks.

Hypocritical flog.

 

[shintemaster]

Dermott Brereton has strongly denied that he can be accused of being hypocritical when it comes to criticising players who purposely stage for head high contact or free kicks.

After watching the game between North Melbourne and Hawthorn on Friday night he acknowledged that Hawks forward James Sicily was guilty of inducing head high contact.

"No I'm not, I didn't like what Sicily did," said Brereton on SEN radio.

"Well they can text all they want but I didn't like what Sicily did, he just got the free kick.

"Now I dislike what Sicily did enormously, it's what Selwood does, it's what Cotchin does, it's what Puopolo does and I can't stand it.


Read more at http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/derm-im-no-hypocrite-sicily-was-out-of-line#cuAhhVqyU5HXP2dX.99

Lol. Derm not a hypocrite... now that it has been pointed out just how hypocritical he has been up to now.