Analysis Random NORTH thoughts not worthy of a thread

[rickety]

in the air would be my guess.

Up down, flying around, looping the loop and defying the ground

 

[gokangas]

Up down, flying around, looping the loop and defying the ground

And they're all frightfully keen
Those magnificent men in their flying machines

 

[Hojuman]

And they're all frightfully keen
Those magnificent men in their flying machines

Same one's they go up-uppity-up, then go down-diddly down ?

 

[gokangas]

Same one's the go up-uppity-up, then go down-diddly down ?

Get it right!

Those magnificent men in their flying machines
They go up, Tiddley up, up
They go down, Tiddley down, down

 

[Mordecai]

Rewatching the highlights of the 96 gf.

How skillful was Brett Allison. He was so clean. Some classy plays when the game was in the balance.

We're currently all in on the draft for our next tilt at a flag (I'm optimistic). How did we assemble that 96 team - simpson, Allison, bell, Stevens, Archer, Carey, McKernan, sholl, crocker, rock. Some great players in that team.

 

[Passmore]

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[DaveyBoy123]

 

[giantroo]

 

[sruss]

Robbed

 

[Mixed Results]

I was randomly thinking today about how wild it was in hindsight that Brad Scott walked back the rebuild.

We made the bold unpopular decision to let go of Harvey, Dal Santo, Firrito, Petrie, and Wells, and then went into 2017 as one of the youngest teams in the AFL. We for the most part played the kids all year and finished 15th with six wins.

Come 2018, all of Wagner, Clarke, Nielson, Preuss, Hibberd, J. Williams, Mountford, and Fordham have been moved on after only two to four years in the system, and we've loaded up with Jared Polec

13

Jared Polec

Age

31

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.6

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

7.7

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

20.5

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

7.4

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

CL

2.9

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, Dom Tyson

21

Dom Tyson

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

3.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

9.0

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

2.4

5star

, Jasper Pittard

17

Jasper Pittard

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

11.7

4star

HB

6.1

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

388.2

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

9.9

4star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

310.9

4star

D

19.6

5star

K

14.6

5star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.2

4star

, Aaron Hall

43

Aaron Hall

Age

33

Ht

185cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.3

5star

MG

268.3

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

268.3

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.6

5star

, and Tom Campbell

38

Tom Campbell

Age

32

Ht

201cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.1

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

17.0

5star

D

5.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.0

1star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

2.0

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

3.0

3star

CL

1.2

4star

HO

13.2

5star

. We went from the 17th oldest side to the 8th in one offseason, and have essentially brought our current situation onto ourselves just so we could finish 9th and 12th while never truly contending for finals.

How hard would it have been to keep developing the above names, not trade a pick that easily turned into Ben King

34

Ben King

Age

23

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.5

4star

T

0.5

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.5

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

6.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

for Jared Polec

13

Jared Polec

Age

31

Ht

187cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.6

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

7.7

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

20.5

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

7.4

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

CL

2.9

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.4

4star

, and continue bringing more young talent onto the list to develop alongside leaders like Higgins, Waite, Tarrant, and Thompson?

Instead, you wait for the end of 2020 to commit to a rebuild, which at that point most of our mature leaders had either retired or been moved on, and to make matters worse, you make the worst possible hire in David Noble to lead the process. I occasionally still see people bring up the 2020 cull as the cause of our current on-field woes, but most of the damage had been done by that point.

The one positive is that I don't think our list would have been as talented had we done the right thing and not mortgaged our future for a couple of twelve-win seasons. If we can lift a premiership cup in the next 10 years, then it would have all been worth it.

 

[sruss]

Can’t believe North fans have travelled all the way to Philadelphia to boo Ja- I mean, Ben Simmons

 

[Hojuman]

Stumbled across an " open mike " session with David Dench & Kelvin Moore on the Kayo

Mike asked Dench about his retirement and Dench said coach Barry Cable told him that he and the match committee had discussed his future after a hamstring injury and told him he would be playing the year in the VFL as they thought his career was done. Dench told him l don't think so, grabbed his kit and left.
Only word he's spoken to Cable in 40 years was " hello " at a club function.

 

[Engimal v3]

I was randomly thinking today about how wild it was in hindsight that Brad Scott walked back the rebuild.

We made the bold unpopular decision to let go of Harvey, Dal Santo, Firrito, Petrie, and Wells, and then went into 2017 as one of the youngest teams in the AFL. We for the most part played the kids all year and finished 15th with six wins.

Come 2018, all of Wagner, Clarke, Nielson, Preuss, Hibberd, J. Williams, Mountford, and Fordham have been moved on after only two to four years in the system, and we've loaded up with Jared Polec, Dom Tyson, Jasper Pittard, Aaron Hall, and Tom Campbell. We went from the 17th oldest side to the 8th in one offseason, and have essentially brought our current situation onto ourselves just so we could finish 9th and 12th while never truly contending for finals.

How hard would it have been to keep developing the above names, not trade a pick that easily turned into Ben King for Jared Polec, and continue bringing more young talent onto the list to develop alongside leaders like Higgins, Waite, Tarrant, and Thompson?

Instead, you wait for the end of 2020 to commit to a rebuild, which at that point most of our mature leaders had either retired or been moved on, and to make matters worse, you make the worst possible hire in David Noble to lead the process. I occasionally still see people bring up the 2020 cull as the cause of our current on-field woes, but most of the damage had been done by that point.

The one positive is that I don't think our list would have been as talented had we done the right thing and not mortgaged our future for a couple of twelve-win seasons. If we can lift a premiership cup in the next 10 years, then it would have all been worth it.

I thought we made a big mistake letting Preuss go at the time, but he hasn't fired a shot since leaving.

 

[Only Forwards]

Colby McKercher

Last 10 players to wear No.10
Ben Cunnington (2010-23) 238 games
Jesse Smith (2005-08) 27 games
Anthony Stevens (1991-2004) 275 games
David Ackerly (1986-89) 53 games
Dean Dugdale (1983-85) 12 games
Maurice Boyse (1981) 12 games
Ray Huppatz (1978-80) 19 games
Adrian Gallagher (1976) 1 game
Barry Goodingham (1967-75) 158 games
Alan Carr (1962-66) 45 games

Colby McKercher is North player No.1058
Player 58 – Bill Stevens (1927) 6 games
Player 158 – Frank Pearce (1932-33) 20 games
Player 258 – Reg Ryan (1939-50) 66 games
Player 358 – Ted Larsen (1946-54) 72 games
Player 458 – Peter Marchesi (1955) 3 games
Player 558 – Bob Wright (1963) 1 game
Player 658 – Darryl Sutton (1973-80) 91 games
Player 758 – Mark Arceri (1984-90) 70 games
Player 858 – Paul Wynd (1997) 3 games
Player 958 – Robbie Tarrant (2010-21) 174 games

Alphabetically he comes between
Keith McKenzie (1944-51) 130 games
Corey McKernan (1993-01, 2004) 196 games

All Colbys to play for North
Nil

All C.M. initials to play for North
Clem McCann (1935) 2 games
Col Mitchell (1937-39) 12 games
Charlie Marendaz (1956) 6 games
Corey McKernan (1993-01, 2004) 196 games
Cameron Mooney (1999) 11 games
Connor Menadue (2021) 7 games

Zane Duursma

Last 10 players to wear No.7
Jack Ziebell (2010-23) 270 games
Adam Simpson (1999-2009) 241 games
Dean Laidley (1993-97) 99 games
Darren Steele (1985-92) 107 games
Kerry Good (1980-83) 53 games
Russell Ebert (1979) 25 games
Mark Dawson (1976-78) 35 games
Vin Doolan (1972-74) 30 games
Garry Farrant (1968-71) 68 games
Adrian Perry (1963-65) 28 games

Zane Duursma is North player No.1056
Player 56 – John Dowling (1927-31) 49 games
Player 156 – Tom Fitzmaurice (1932-35) 54 games
Player 256 – Tom Roulent (1939-45) 77 games
Player 356 – Ted Atkinson (1946) 3 games
Player 456 – Bobby Burt (1955-57) 11 games
Player 556 – Graeme O’Donnell (1963-64) 16 games
Player 656 – Wayne Schimmelbusch (1973-87) 306 games
Player 756 – Tim Harrington (1984-86) 20 games
Player 856 – Anthony Mellington (1997-99) 20 games
Player 956 – Ben Cunnington (2010-23) 238 games

Alphabetically he comes between
John Duthie (1969-72) 11 games
Anthony Dwyer (1990-96) 30 games

All Zanes to play for North
Nil

All Z.D. initials to play for North
Nil

* Zane and Zac are the Z first names to play for North. All letters are now represented except Q, U and Y.

Marstermind it is a pity that you don't work for the club because we absolutely missed a beat not having Colby as North player 1056 and having 100 players between him and Cunners.

 

[Marstermind]

Marstermind it is a pity that you don't work for the club because we absolutely missed a beat not having Colby as North player 1056 and having 100 players between him and Cunners.

Yeah. Should have told Zane Duursma and Zac Fisher to cool their jets in the 2s last week so we could have had that symmetry.

 

[gerry101101]

Random thought/question - is Kangalotto still a thing? Haven’t noticed too many shaved heads of late.

God I hope it’s been consigned to the scrap heap. Seems to have been a thing for the duration of our sh1ttest years, and maybe letting it go will be the thing that finally breaks the curse….

 

[Possession]

Random thought/question - is Kangalotto still a thing? Haven’t noticed too many shaved heads of late.

God I hope it’s been consigned to the scrap heap. Seems to have been a thing for the duration of our sh1ttest years, and maybe letting it go will be the thing that finally breaks the curse….

I hope it's gone. Hate it.

 

[Lomas]

Random thought/question - is Kangalotto still a thing? Haven’t noticed too many shaved heads of late.

God I hope it’s been consigned to the scrap heap. Seems to have been a thing for the duration of our sh1ttest years, and maybe letting it go will be the thing that finally breaks the curse….

Are you kidding? I could only separate the shorn players identities from their gaits on Saturday.

 

[gerry101101]

Are you kidding? I could only separate the shorn players identities from their gaits on Saturday.

Yeah but who had a buzz cut that normally doesn’t?

 

[Lomas]

Yeah but who had a buzz cut that normally doesn’t?

I think Sleevo has lost three weeks in a row.

 

[Themanbun]

There's a pretty damning stat appearing. Inside 50 to scoring shots disparity.

Round 1:

GWS had 36 scoring shots from 60 inside 50s. That's a whopping 60% conversion.

We had 17 from 46. 37%.

Round 2
Freo had 27 from 45. 60% again.

We had 21 from 57...37% again.

Round 3
Carlton had 32 from 62. 52%

We had 21 from 51. That's 41%.

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We're struggling to take advantage of when we are on top and are also leaking like a sieve when it goes the other end.

 

[Mixed Results]

North Melbourne 2017 - 6 wins - 15th
Brisbane 2011 - 4 wins - 15th

North Melbourne 2018 - 12 wins - 9th
Brisbane 2012 - 10 wins - 13th

North Melbourne 2019 - 10 wins - 12th
Brisbane 2013 - 10 wins - 12th

Michael Voss and Brad Scott sacked.

North Melbourne 2020 - 3 wins - 17th
Brisbane 2014 - 7 wins - 15th

North Melbourne 2021 - 4 wins - 18th
Brisbane 2015 - 4 wins - 17th

North Melbourne 2022 - 2 wins - 18th
Brisbane 2016 - 3 wins - 17th

Justin Leppitsch and David Noble sacked.

Chris Fagan and Alastair Clarkson hired.

North Melbourne 2023 - 3 wins - 17th
Brisbane 2017 - 5 wins - 18th

North Melbourne 2024 - ???
Brisbane 2018 - 5 wins - 15th

North Melbourne 2025 - ???
Brisbane 2019 - 16 wins - 2nd

Outside of the 2020 pandemic, and the Rhyce Shaw

Rhyce Shaw

Age

42

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

12.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

313.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

situation, both rebuilds are practically identical. Keep your September free for next year.

 

[bwinnmforevr]

What do you think of the 5.10 start? Is this a time slot we could make our own, maybe a half dozen games a year, and it opens up double headers on Friday's.

I'm looking forward to knocking off work tomorrrow, watching the game over dinner wuth the fam with some take out - the simple things! Inthink the time is also primetime between 5.10 and 7.50 being televised free to air and when the pubs are full.

I think Friday night football starts too late. When my kids were playing juniors they needed to go to bed at half time so the time might be good for younger families as well.

What do you think, worth a try, or would it be too hard to get to after work/school?

On SM-A156E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Themanbun]

What do you think of the 5.10 start? Is this a time slot we could make our own, maybe a half dozen games a year, and it opens up double headers on Friday's.

I'm looking forward to knocking off work tomorrrow, watching the game over dinner wuth the fam with some take out - the simple things! Inthink the time is also primetime between 5.10 and 7.50 being televised free to air and when the pubs are full.

I think Friday night football starts too late. When my kids were playing juniors they needed to go to bed at half time so the time might be good for younger families as well.

What do you think, worth a try, or would it be too hard to get to after work/school?

On SM-A156E using BigFooty.com mobile app

For TV? Yep. For game attendance? Nope.

 

[Makeshift Park]

What do you think of the 5.10 start? Is this a time slot we could make our own, maybe a half dozen games a year, and it opens up double headers on Friday's.

I reckon its crap. I'm going to "have a cold so I better WFH" day tomorrow so I won't miss the start. But I don't want to play that card all the time.

A 6pm start would be okay, but then it would need to be a WA game at 9pm if they wanted to make it a double header.