Review R3: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. North Melbourne

[Mutineer]

Peatling - Best game for the club and showed moments of why he was hotly chased by 6 clubs
Curtin - A Dawson lite game today, kicking goals, marks in defence/wing and applying great pressure
Soligo - Started the year strongly, going at 28 disposals and a goal a game, some elite kicks
Rankine - 30 disposals, 8 clearances and some of the cleanest passes you'll see in the comp
TT - Just a beast, just as dangerous as a mid as he is a forward
Tex - Shaky start but great from the second qtr onwards
Worrell - Might be a sneaky AA chance so good to see him starting to truly shine
Hinge - Such a pivotal part of our defensive structures and rebounding

Quieter games from Dawson and especially Crouch but well accounted for by Soligo, Rankine and Peatling, big step forward for our future.

Matty only had 62% time on ground today not sure why, probably giving Rankine 83% and Soligo 81% more time in there.
Jordan Dawson the most with 86%

 

[BunjiMac]

Sholl struggled because our inside midfield struggled to get the ball effectively to the outside. Also affected Cumming and Neal-Bullen

Rankine, Soligo and Peatling the pick of the mids. Dawson was down and Crouch very poor.

Sure, if the ball isn't coming to you there's only so much you can do from an offensive perspective, but that should be even more of a reason to focus on your defense. You're defending has nothing to do with not being fed the ball.

This will hurt us in finals where there's no easy ball and hotly contested.

 

[Redleg Crow]

We should all have zero worries about whether Curtin was a good pick. He is going a to be one of the best players in the league. So fast and clean for his height

 

[Hojuman]

Must be just the time of day as it’s no different at the MCG, horrible to watch
During the afternoon

Off the top of my head there aren't too many 3.20 games at the 'G ( could be wrong ) for that reason.

 

[Golumless]

The kind of performance I was looking for. We weren't playing too crash hot but never lost control of that game.

 

[FR0GGY]

If you want to roll with selection integrity it’s Keane that comes out not Borlase.

 

[rubbers0ul]

He’s honestly been pretty good so far this year. Broke even with probably the form ruck of the comp. You’d take that every day of the week

ROB was very good today. Xman bullied the ruckman of the decade last week and ROB at worst broke even with X today, if not ROB slightly ahead.

 

[FR0GGY]

Off the top of my head there aren't too many 3.20 games at the 'G ( could be wrong )

Well whenever it’s played in the afternoon it’s been hard to watch with the shadows/sun

 

[Redleg Crow]

Good - having Foxtel means never ever hearing BT again

 

[WeeBlake]

Good
Hinge
TT
Laird
Tex
Curtin

Bad
Pretty much everyone else had good moments, but overall it was an underwhelming win, despite the margin

Ugly
That goal umpire, it went at right angles

 

[Jeffcrowe]

We should all have zero worries about whether Curtin was a good pick. He is going a to be one of the best players in the league. So fast and clean for his height

He’s close to 2nd most talented player on list after Rankine

Will be a star of comp in 2 years time

 

[DJ75]

Ugly: Milera - if you don't want to do the hard stuff, Nank has to play. He was like a spectator today.

He's like a spectator every week.
I've been saying this for a while. He doesn't defend, he doesn't put his body on the line, he doesn't use his pace and he rarely uses his kicking skills to their maximum.

He's being picked purely on reputation. A reputation that is about 4 years old.

 

[WeeBlake]

We should all have zero worries about whether Curtin was a good pick. He is going a to be one of the best players in the league. So fast and clean for his height

I think I was wrong to worry about his pace, he’s looked fine the last couple of weeks

 

[Jeffcrowe]

How’s laird going ?

Absolute elite player in comp per role this year

And I thought he was horrid last year

 

[BunjiMac]

I think the biggest positive is I don't even think the side is playing that well yet. I think we've improved on our average talent across the ground, which has made a big difference to our side, but as a team we can play so much better.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I think I was wrong to worry about his pace, he’s looked fine the last couple of weeks

At one point he chased someone and motored them down , crazy talent

 

[steve9798]

We should all have zero worries about whether Curtin was a good pick. He is going a to be one of the best players in the league. So fast and clean for his height

What position do you see him playing long term? Wing? HF/Midfield?

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Murray was a pretty big out I think. Definitely vulnerable in defence and there are other teams who might expose that more. Borlase just doesn't look like an AFL player even if we was okay on Darling, and Keane was pretty average.

Good win though, thought Hinge, Laird and Peatling were particularly impressive. Forward line continues to be incredibly dangerous even short Rachele, and Curtin had easily his best game and had a notable hand in the win.

Thilthorpe was outrageously good aside from one moment where he should have definitely taken a set shot and tried to pass to Keays instead.

The class we have through the middle of the ground is really impressive too, there were multiple moments today where guys like Rankine and Soligo took a non-obvious option and nailed it to set up a scoring opportunity, where a safer option would have just resulted in a stoppage. Probably the biggest difference from previous years.

Borlase played on Zhuurhar and kept him very quiet. Darling was playing a more loose role as he rucked around the ground a bit.

 

[rubbers0ul]

The goal Tex kicked from Ruck, Southern End was clever.


Norf Ruck did not want to engage physically. Instead looked to want to come in late and tap without contact


Tex engages as the ball is in the hit box. Taking that advantage away. Outbodies and wins posession.



It was smart Footy.

Highest footy IQ in the comp:
Tex
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Cam Frenchie Mackenzie

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I thought North were very good today and will win 8-10 games this year

Midfield is dangerous

Peatling and Soligo were superb given Dawson ans Crouch battled

Peatling a ripper pick up

 

[PeterSalt]

What is the record?

Were they referring to just our club? AFL wide? How many years?

Didn't hear what they said after the game, was mentioned earlier that in VFL/AFL history only 18 clubs had won their first 8 quarters

I imagine that list is a lot smaller after 12 quarters

 

[WeeBlake]

How’s laird going ?

Absolute elite player in comp per role this year

And I thought he was horrid last year

Very good today, holding his spot well

 

[Jeffcrowe]

What position do you see him playing long term? Wing? HF/Midfield?

He will play all of forward wing and inside mid

Bit of James Hird about him , play him anywhere

 

[FR0GGY]

How’s laird going ?

Absolute elite player in comp per role this year

And I thought he was horrid last year

Was excellent today

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Was excellent today

Every game so far

But especially today