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Round 12, 2020. We were still pursuing our spray-and-pray strategy in front of goal, kicking 1.5 in the first - plus a few shots missing entirely, and struggled to establish any sort of margin. A free on the final siren allowed North to narrow the margin from 7 to 1. It kicked off a streak of rather ugly wins.
Player watch
Aaron Hall
Hall's career has been revitalised by a move back, now playing as a quick, rebounding defender. He even attracted the attention of de Boer in his last game, which did not particularly deter him from racking up the possessions or the meters gained. He has his flaws as a defender, but his ability to start an attack is genuine.
Robbie Tarrant
The experienced defender has returned from kidney surgery and played a pretty decent game too. North's backline seemed a little unsettled by the addition but they'll be better for the live-fire exercise.
Ben Cunnington
While Cunnington is getting long in the tooth he's still a contested beast and was on fire - especially in the first half - against the Giants. This is something to watch - especially with Zorko out and Neale still building match fitness.
Harris Andrews
Nick Haynes was superb against North, racking up 14 marks, including 9 intercept marks. This incident early in the match was illustrative - the Giants gave the appearance of space for North to kick into and then Haynes is able to peel off his opponent and cut off the entry.
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To make these graphs, I have assumed that the only change will be Mathieson in for the suspended Zorko.
Form watch
North Melbourne: LWLLD, 18th, 61%
Brisbane Lions: WWWWL, 4th, 127.3%
It's obviously very much a rebuilding year for North. They have been improved of late, but off a very low base. They won narrowly against fellow rebuilders Hawthorn, got belted by the Bombers, stayed within cooee without ever really challenging the struggling Saints and gave up a solid lead to draw against the Giants.
We're fresh off our bye, having won seven on the trot before running out of steam completely against a rampaging Demons side in the second half.
IP watch
This is our first match against former football manager David Noble. North profoundly struggled to execute his gameplan in the first few rounds. While they have improved since it might be a bit too early for implementing much specificity.
Score watch
North have coughed up an average of an incredible 105.6 points per round so far this year. This should make the first week of the new goalkicking competition (thread coming soon) pretty easy!
Summary watch
Oh, wait, that's not what this thread is about. It's about the game, which we should be winning comfortably.
Round 12, 2020. We were still pursuing our spray-and-pray strategy in front of goal, kicking 1.5 in the first - plus a few shots missing entirely, and struggled to establish any sort of margin. A free on the final siren allowed North to narrow the margin from 7 to 1. It kicked off a streak of rather ugly wins.
Player watch
Aaron Hall
Hall's career has been revitalised by a move back, now playing as a quick, rebounding defender. He even attracted the attention of de Boer in his last game, which did not particularly deter him from racking up the possessions or the meters gained. He has his flaws as a defender, but his ability to start an attack is genuine.
Robbie Tarrant
The experienced defender has returned from kidney surgery and played a pretty decent game too. North's backline seemed a little unsettled by the addition but they'll be better for the live-fire exercise.
Ben Cunnington
While Cunnington is getting long in the tooth he's still a contested beast and was on fire - especially in the first half - against the Giants. This is something to watch - especially with Zorko out and Neale still building match fitness.
Harris Andrews
Nick Haynes was superb against North, racking up 14 marks, including 9 intercept marks. This incident early in the match was illustrative - the Giants gave the appearance of space for North to kick into and then Haynes is able to peel off his opponent and cut off the entry.
View media item 1038
To make these graphs, I have assumed that the only change will be Mathieson in for the suspended Zorko.
Form watch
North Melbourne: LWLLD, 18th, 61%
Brisbane Lions: WWWWL, 4th, 127.3%
It's obviously very much a rebuilding year for North. They have been improved of late, but off a very low base. They won narrowly against fellow rebuilders Hawthorn, got belted by the Bombers, stayed within cooee without ever really challenging the struggling Saints and gave up a solid lead to draw against the Giants.
We're fresh off our bye, having won seven on the trot before running out of steam completely against a rampaging Demons side in the second half.
IP watch
This is our first match against former football manager David Noble. North profoundly struggled to execute his gameplan in the first few rounds. While they have improved since it might be a bit too early for implementing much specificity.
Score watch
North have coughed up an average of an incredible 105.6 points per round so far this year. This should make the first week of the new goalkicking competition (thread coming soon) pretty easy!
Summary watch
Oh, wait, that's not what this thread is about. It's about the game, which we should be winning comfortably.