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[Nate7]

Nate7 retrospective Rising Star nom multiplier?

Who are we talking about?

 

[zoomba23]

Who are we talking about?

Sorry, posted it in the wrong thread. But I chose Shanahan for the Kerridge and he got a riding star nom

 

[Devington]

Take your time with this one. I'm thinking a few years will do.

 

[Rick18]

Night games are a punish to turn around, but we are live:

A streak-busting win: Round 3, 2026 v Essendon

In my head, a streak-busting win over Essendon arrived in more glorious fashion.

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Ideally I find time during the week to do extra deep dives on O'Sullivan and Parker - particularly the latter after watching him closely at the ground. In the meantime though, today's topics:

 

[Whippet1]

Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

stands head and shoulders above our other mature recruits and should be running around as our captain.
Excellent write up as usual. I had no idea it was such a stoppage free game.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

 

[Rick18]

Today is a day where it's great not having an editor, because I can just get carried away and cover anything and everything:

An unexpected comeback: Round 4, 2026 v Carlton

Winning comebacks of any variety have been in rare supply for North Melbourne, particularly in Melbourne.

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The picture below explains it all but the video covering the 45 game-sealing seconds I think is my favourite for everything that happened. Enjoy!

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

When are back from holidays Rick?

 

[Philosophical Grendel]

When are back from holidays Rick?

He's had a post about the Brisbane match up for a few days now so he's at least partly back already.

 

[Rick18]

When are back from holidays Rick?

Still working away until the start of June, I just completely spaced on posting the Brisbane piece here.

I haven't made that mistake this week though! The Richmond post for everyone:

https://theshinboner.com/2026/04/19...k-trembath-ruck-marvel-stadium-curtis-larkey/

It's only partially about the Richmond game though, this felt like the perfect time to take a half-step back and assess before a large, large five weeks before the bye.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Still working away until the start of June, I just completely spaced on posting the Brisbane piece here.

I haven't made that mistake this week though! The Richmond post for everyone:

https://theshinboner.com/2026/04/19...k-trembath-ruck-marvel-stadium-curtis-larkey/

It's only partially about the Richmond game though, this felt like the perfect time to take a half-step back and assess before a large, large five weeks before the bye.

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I like the Part A take on the first 6 weeks.

It's almost like they were grading games - 5 against teams in our grade and 1 against a Div 1 side.

My expectation was 4-2 and we achieved that with some noticeable improvements in game style and individual performance.

Part B is the 5 games now leading into the bye.

My expectation for Part B is 1 win and - as importantly - for the average of the losses to be no more than 25 points.

We need to snag a win against better opposition but we also need to be far more competitive - like the Brisbane Gather Round game loss.

That would set us up to be 5 and 6 going into the bye with some very winnable games post bye.

 

[Rick18]

We are live with the GWS post:

Forward half pressure, back half transition: Round 7 v GWS

The original title for today’s piece was going to be something along the lines of ‘single issue game’.

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It's all about North's forward half work v GWS' back half transition, the push and pull between that and how North's back half/back layer of defence comes into it.

There's a bunch of clips to explain and some context of it all in the bigger picture but if there's one thing to take away I think North are close to taking a proper step forward. How close that is, probably won't find out next week cause it's in Geelong but still.