Preview Rd 3 NM v Crows - Sunday 3.20PM AEST

[winalotroos]

When was the last time we went in unchanged

This is a good sign

 

[nmfc91]

If you're going to the game this weekend, feel free to join the SA Supporters Group before heading to the ground. Find more details on the fb page. Go Roos! ️

 

[DuckYeah]

Or watch Groundhog Day with his dad Bill..

I was thinking he should have taught his son Andy how to play tennis better

 

[Passmore]

I was thinking he should have taught his son Andy how to play tennis better

campaigner. Beat me to it.

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[DuckYeah]

campaigner. Beat me to it.

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Takes one to know one

 

[Rod Stroker]

"we don't say this often but an in-form North Melbourne comes to town"

just reinforces how fickle the media is. One win in a row is "in form"

 

[Rod Stroker]

Logue ruled out.

not surprising, was never a chance a play this week

 

[Devington]

Anything could happen in this game. The venue is probably a bigger obstacle than the form of the opposition tbqh

Just need to see us start with the same intensity as last week and maintain it the majority of the game. I've got my fingers super duper crossed that we worked out the majority of our gameplan kinks against melbourne, but odds are there will be plenty of pain and frustration with this game. In all fairness there was against melbourne too, until that miraculous 4th quarter start. It will be absolutely fascinating to see if LDU has the same defensive edge and if we can once again create so many centre bounce goals.

 

[DuckYeah]

just reinforces how fickle the media is. One win in a row is "in form"

Media is rooting for a good news story.. north going on a streak will sell articles

 

[DuckYeah]

okay in all seriousness, I have thought about this in depth.

If we are horrendous by foot, we lose.

We win the midfield battle, easy. If we turn that pill over we are done for.

Fairly simple ey? We arent scoring 50 points from centre bounce, thats just not going to happen,

Pressure must be above average the entire game and our forwards need to not be stagnant.

Vs melbourne last week

There was a moment in the third quarter where we had the ball behind the mark in possession at half back. The movement for options everywhere is something I hadn’t seen for a long time.

We manage to not turn over pill, win midfield and have options when we win turnovers, we win. Thats it

Failure to do above and we lose, in simple terms.

If we have structure, formation and talk. That is essentially how its won and lost.

If we are all over the place, pressure is down and fail to talk as a unit behind centre on defence, we get pumped

 

[sacrilecious]

AFL R3 team: Roos lock in line-up for Crows challenge

North Melbourne has named its line-up for its Round 3 clash against Adelaide

www.nmfc.com.au

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Looking at the 18 on the ground for each team I'd say talent for talent we match up quite well. However their bench is full of quality talent where as our 5 you would class as solid role players. That is the difference in the game that means we need an enormous team effort to overcome that deficit. Especially on their home deck with the confidence they come in with.

 

[Colby2Sheez]

Can't allow so many entries defensively or they'll shred us unlike the awful Demons forward line.

We need to step up a level to stay with the Crows.

I don't want to see a blow out even though I don't expect a win.

 

[The Talent Scout]

Last Sunday we turned the corner. This Sunday we find out the road around the corner goes up a very steep hill.

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Its what's waiting at the top of the hill with a confidence & smugness that troubles me, But then when we get there it might not be so bad!

 

[The Talent Scout]

+39.5 pt's seems a little tempting

Our way?

 

[kool kangas]

The one thing that may end up keeping us in the game might be accuracy kicking for goal...

 

[KiwiRoo]

Personal preference is Hardeman for Tucker, until the team is finalised i will cross my fingers

reckon Tuckers been pretty good for a while now Muttley. Hardeman hasn't done enough to push him out.
No need to play the youth at all costs card now. Get some consistency into the team

 

[Samsquanch]

OK... Rev up time.

Who's planning to be up and about at midnight to post the game day thread?

We had a first gamer last week and clearly, that was a strategically solid move - I suspect that in the history of game day thread creators there's only one person with a 100% win record.

Is anybody up for the challenge tonight?

 

[kool kangas]

OK... Rev up time.

Who's planning to be up and about at midnight to post the game day thread?

We had a first gamer last week and clearly, that was a strategically solid move - I suspect that in the history of game day thread creators there's only one person with a 100% win record.

Is anybody up for the challenge tonight?

pass....>>>>

 

[Val Keating]

I’d be nervous no matter who we played tomorrow or where we play, because for the first time in a long time for me personally there’s expectation.

Not expectation to win, but expecting them to run out 4 quarters with effort

 

[chubbspeterson]

Not expecting us to win. But hope we put some serious defensive pressure on them and challenge them.

 

[tales129]

felt up and about early this week about what we could achieve with some pressure and effort.

Monumentally shitting myself that this will be another 10+ goal flogging.

It’s been a while since I’ve been to AO and seen us play against the crows probably 2016 on a Thursday night when it was sheeting down. I took my 12 yo brother at the time and had ****wit crows supporters just in our faces the whole time.

I’ve had horrific experiences at AO featuring North. The Robbie Tarrant straight out of the vfl where he was subbed halfway through the third after looking like a horse that had its Achilles cut, the opening round Phil Walsh first ever game where the half backs were absolute turnstiles and the Luke Jackson 3rd quarter masterclass during COVID where we knew the rebuild hadn’t even tanked by that stage and we had so much dead wood to cut.

I just pray for some effort and pride tomorrow

 

[Boosty]

The crows forward line concerns me. Felt last week, we were a bit lucky that Melb has dreadful forwards (however our backs played the best ive seen in years).
I feel for us to win, our mids are going to need go work over time and work hard pushing back to support our defenders.
Regardless, its so good to be excited about footy again. It’s amazing what a win like last week can do for their confidence.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

I’d be nervous no matter who we played tomorrow or where we play, because for the first time in a long time for me personally there’s expectation.

Not expectation to win, but expecting them to run out 4 quarters with effort

This is how our hearts are broken tomorrow

 

[FlyHigh18]

If you're going to the game this weekend, feel free to join the SA Supporters Group before heading to the ground. Find more details on the fb page. Go Roos! ️

Link please?

 

[FlyHigh18]

Feel a bit worried about this game after watching Melbourne lose to GC