Autopsy Roast & Toast for North & Changes for Dreamtime v Essendon

[voorhees]

in the past would have been devastated with that loss..
not today..
we played well and as a team.
yes we made some dumb mistakes, but that's footy - plenty to work on.
Positives are we seriously have a crop of kids that are very good and they are getting better by the week.

 

[Groupie_]

Rest him for the bombers next week
Will still beat them by 85

bummers by 30+

 

[Punt Road Feral]

I don’t know why but Zuuhaar always has a day out against us which was frustrating.

Was it Trainor mainly on him or Broad?

Frustrating when we repeat same mistakes over multiple years in that sense

 

[Neen]

What game were you watching?

Lost clearance by -21

14-4 out of the centre.

Xerri is the comp's best ruckman at the peak of his powers. Nank is at the tail end of his career, and both were their sides best players. Xerri dominates games, and he beat Nank 55 to 52 hit outs.

We were always going to be beaten in the clearances by a side with 4-5 first round midfielders - hence "fought valiantly" - we were beaten, but the mids adapted after 1/4 time.

 

[baazzaa]

Was okay. Lalor played well, Kmac2 played better but lacked composure, seemed like he was rotating with Ross in the centre which brought Ross into the game so that was a win. Banks making a strong claim to permanently replace Short in that position.

Hopefully this finally forces Yze to make a bigger change to our midfield comp. You can't put Nank, Hopper, TT and Dow into the centre and get trounced in clearances like that. We need someone like Campbell rotating in there imo so at least we win can win on the outside. TT can play half-forward.

Don't think Green is going to make it. Plz retire Dion and let us get Raso in the MSD.

 

[voorhees]

We really need MRJ over green in this team

final quarter in the vfl
junior has had 8 poss and kick 1 point.
no way in hell
he gets a call up

 

[aislegi]

these are actually the games to be most disappointed by, evenly matched opposition and we had the better of the play.

I'm disappointed we lost but why do I feel like it wasn't that bad? Maybe because I thought we'd be smashed.

We were never going to be smashed because North Melbourne are hopeless; where we lost (aside from a handful of pathetic efforts from senior players in the last quarter) was that we dominated the play for a quarter-and-a-half and only put five goals on the board

 

[cairo tiger]

we dominated 3 3 qtrs. but couldn’t move it past chf. thought nank was beate and got beaten in clearance’s. we need a bobby hill and a clean moving mid. we made lots of mistakes with ball in hand but intensity was strong. yze should have changed things up. question marks still on greene dow and hugo.

 

[The_Kraken]

hes exactly the missing piece we lack in the forward line, the natural crumbing opportunist small forward. our smalls all play like medium forwards. seth the closest we have.

Elite small forwards are worth their weight in gold, as they are match-winners in today's game.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

Congrats Kamdyn on 200 games... Definitely a good example of where hard work can pay off

 

[cairo tiger]

we dominated 3 3 qtrs. but couldn’t move it past chf. thought nank was beate and got beaten in clearance’s. we need a bobby hill and a clean moving mid. we made lots of mistakes with ball in hand but intensity was strong. yze should have changed things up. question marks still on greene dow and hugo. balta has low footy iq

 

[aislegi]

To be sure, our experienced players had some poor moments. But I also saw a lack of composure and poor decision-making from our younger players in the last quarter. They’ll get better with more games.

That’s fair - I often see that our players have a tendency to be stationary, rather than getting on their and making space and getting more dangerous. This is one of many things that we don’t do well.

 

[Tackle Bag]

Need small forwards who can slot goals….need to seriously look at Raso in MSD

We need Prestia to retire and make a spot available.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

we dominated 3 3 qtrs. but couldn’t move it past chf. thought nank was beate and got beaten in clearance’s. we need a bobby hill and a clean moving mid. we made lots of mistakes with ball in hand but intensity was strong. yze should have changed things up. question marks still on greene dow and hugo.

I thought Hugo was pretty handy today,

 

[TheOptimum18]

our midfielders are clueless at centre bounces. it's been the same for like 4 years

was two instances of Nank tapping it directly to them on the full and we still managed to loose those clearances

then the next one Nank just grabbed the ball and got the clearance himself because he knows anyone else is just gonna drop it or handball it to the opposition

Caracella is our midfield coach apparently.. idk why we suck at clearances so bad

This is what I call the Nankervis conundrum. In the same game, showed why he's so valuable as our ruck and captain, but also the biggest issue with him as our ruck. Will tackle and take intercept marks the way you want you ruck to do, but when up against a ruck that has a size and reach advantage that can also match him in the contest, our midfield will always be on the back foot and chasing tails.

The difference was the missed shots at goals (Lynch, Campbell and Taranto) - All three shots were U12 standard. Then there is Mansell who really cost us the game with the undisciplined act off the ball. If I were Yze, I'd be dropping him for that act alone. Green should have been subbed halfway through the third, but Smith turned out to be useless as him anyway.

Thought the first one he gave away was quite egregious, the second one is just the rule being stupid in the way it's adjudicated (imo). Think Jason Dunstall made this point yesterday, but once a player begins the motion of tackling (like Mansell did in that second fk), there's not much he can do if he gets there after the ball is disposed of. Ideally, you don't pay those down the ground fk if the tackler is already in his tackling motion.

What game were you watching?

Lost clearance by -21

14-4 out of the centre.

The numbers look bad, but end of that first quarter, it looked like we were going to lose by 100 points because of how dominant the North midfield was. We at least equalised and nullified that for most of the game since then, so I think it was valiantly fought in the middle.

 

[Groupie_]

dream time will be lucky to get 70k next week

will be the lowest one in like 15 years yet they made it fully ticketed

 

[baazzaa]

We were always going to be beaten in the clearances by a side with 4-5 first round midfielders - hence "fought valiantly" - we were beaten, but the mids adapted after 1/4 time.

TT and Hopper are picks 6, 12, 19 and 31 between them. Dow is first round. We've just made big mistakes and refuse to correct them.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Couple of blokes on the train talking about SEN mentioning Kamdyn has informed the playing group he’s retiring

Didn’t know they sold drugs at the G

 

[biaseddustyfan]

dream time will be lucky to get 70k next week

will be the lowest one in like 15 years yet they made it fully ticketed

druggies on the comeback will go and kick 18 goals against us

 

[DickieKnee]

druggies on the comeback will go and kick 18 goals against us

Then media will be jizzin all over them again.

 

[Groupie_]

poor richo commentating another game and having to hear news of our 3 point loss

 

[UpTheGutz]

Lalor was a pretty good pick at 1, IMO.

 

[Tackle Bag]

Sonsie 36 touches and 7 tackles in the VFL. Has to come in next week you’d think

 

[aislegi]

I thought Hugo was pretty handy today,

Thought he was okay but he and a few others need to crack in a bit harder when they’re in a position to be first to the football because at least if they can’t take it cleanly, they’ll have every chance to win a free kick

 

[sante]

dream time will be lucky to get 70k next week

will be the lowest one in like 15 years yet they made it fully ticketed

You won’t be going anyway, what’s it matter to you