Preview Round 4, 2021: North Melbourne vs Adelaide @ Marvel Stadium | Sunday, April 11 @ 1:10pm

[big_e]

And if X's corky is worse than expected or he gets injured etc?

Do we continue with the dysfunctional forward line that's grinding Larky into dust, or do we bite the bullet and play Campbell for everyone else's sake?

Don't play injured players, as a rule. Particularly not this year.

Obviously referring to both being fit.

 

[WesternRoo]

Atu - McKay - McDonald

Atley - Walker - Bonar

Scott - LDU - Thomas

Taylor - Xerri - Zurhaar

Ziebell - Larkey - Lazzaro

Goldstein - Simpkin - Cunnington


Anderson - Powell - Phillips - Hayden


In: McDonald, Taylor, Bonar, Xerri
Out: Hall, Turner, Young, Mahony

 

[hellas_johnny]

Atu - McKay - McDonald

Atley - Walker - Bonar

Scott - LDU - Thomas

Taylor - Xerri - Zurhaar

Ziebell - Larkey - Lazzaro

Goldstein - Simpkin - Cunnington


Anderson - Powell - Phillips - Hayden


In: McDonald, Taylor, Bonar, Xerri
Out: Hall, Turner, Young, Mahony

And just like the we have a balanced line up. Who would have thought it

 

[Dirty_11]

Larkey plays a bit like a tall flanker, right now we are asking him to play 1 out gorilla forward and have stints in the ruck.

At some point during his contract we will have another proper tall forward and maybe even a second Ruck, where Nick isn't needing to take on the whole world while gassed from rucking and people are gonna be like: "Wow where the f*** did this good form come from I wonder why he wasn't playing like this before?"

We have many structural issues. The forward structural issues are working basically directly against Souva's strengths.

He will slot in nicely beside Harry McKay. Make it happen Euge.

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[Dirty_11]

How about Larkey finally learn to get a kick on his own FFS.

Quality players find a way. People say "Carey would make no difference" in our team.

Absolute nonsense. A top quality fwd would actually straighten us up, give other fwds a person to feed off, and still kick goals.

Carey=Thor
Larkey=That little talking racoon

In comparison that is.

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[Gasometer]

Carey=Thor
Larkey=That little talking racoon

In comparison that is.

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The world needs more Raccoons and Goats IMO

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

And just like the we have a balanced line up. Who would have thought it

And that team didn't even have Stevo in it!

We are able to put a far better forward line in place if Noble wants to - he just doesn't want to at this stage.

My forward line would be

JZ Larkey Powell
Jy Xerri Stevo

and I would have the starting on ballers Cunners, Jed and LDU resting up there.

Zurhaar, Turner, Mahoney would not be part of any forward line for us if we were serious about winning games in the short term.

 

[Only Forwards]

Atu - McKay - McDonald

Atley - Walker - Bonar

Scott - LDU - Thomas

Taylor - Xerri - Zurhaar

Ziebell - Larkey - Lazzaro

Goldstein - Simpkin - Cunnington


Anderson - Powell - Phillips - Hayden


In: McDonald, Taylor, Bonar, Xerri
Out: Hall, Turner, Young, Mahony

You have Atu in a back pocket but not on the ins.

 

[7577969923]

Atu - McKay - McDonald

Atley - Walker - Bonar

Scott - LDU - Thomas

Taylor - Xerri - Zurhaar

Ziebell - Larkey - Lazzaro

Goldstein - Simpkin - Cunnington


Anderson - Powell - Phillips - Hayden


In: McDonald, Taylor, Bonar, Xerri
Out: Hall, Turner, Young, Mahony

Stephenson?

Atley over Young or Hall?

 

[Its a Process]

Stephenson?

Atley over Young or Hall?

Don't like Walker and McKay in the same back 6 - especially at the expense of Young.

 

[King Corey]

How about Larkey finally learn to get a kick on his own FFS.

Quality players find a way. People say "Carey would make no difference" in our team.

Absolute nonsense. A top quality fwd would actually straighten us up, give other fwds a person to feed off, and still kick goals.

Drew Petrie went alright. He had such precision kicks as Jack Ziebell, Levi Greenwood and Andrew Swallow feeding it to him half the time.

The whole "Carey defence" has gone a bit far. Larkey is currently making Ben Brown's physical presence in 2020 look like Tom Hawkins.

 

[PSiddy68]

You would have to bring Atu in as he is showing something at VFL level. For god sake just put Zeibell back into the forward line. Playing guys out of position doesn't work, and Jack has always played mid / forward since he was 15 playing against men. Forced omissions with Polec and Anderson, no point in risking them as we are winning the spoon. Hayden comes in. Maybe Xerri but he is not setting the world on fire at VFL level. Its hard because our list is that poor. Luke Mac comes back if fit.
B: Hayden Mackay Atley
HB: L Mac Walker Atu
C: Scott LDU Stephenson
HF: Zeibell; Xerri: Thomas
f: Turner; Larkey; Zurhaar
Foll: Goldstein; Cunnington; Simpkin
INT: Powell; Lazzaro; Taylor; Phillips

Forget Tom Campbell

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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

and 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

, not the way forward. Nothing against them personally but they are not up to AFL standard.
I would really like to see Phoenix Spicer light up at VFL level. He hasn't so far but he could add something if he could become half like K Pickett

 

[Merlin007]

You would have to bring Atu in as he is showing something at VFL level. For god sake just put Zeibell back into the forward line. Playing guys out of position doesn't work, and Jack has always played mid / forward since he was 15 playing against men. Forced omissions with Polec and Anderson, no point in risking them as we are winning the spoon. Hayden comes in. Maybe Xerri but he is not setting the world on fire at VFL level. Its hard because our list is that poor. Luke Mac comes back if fit.
B: Hayden Mackay Atley
HB: L Mac Walker Atu
C: Scott LDU Stephenson
HF: Zeibell; Xerri: Thomas
f: Turner; Larkey; Zurhaar
Foll: Goldstein; Cunnington; Simpkin
INT: Powell; Lazzaro; Taylor; Phillips

Forget Tom Campbell and Dom Tyson, not the way forward. Nothing against them personally but they are not up to AFL standard.
I would really like to see Phoenix Spicer light up at VFL level. He hasn't so far but he could add something if he could become half like K Pickett

Not sure I understand the criticism of Ziebell in defence; admittedly, I was at the ground for the Hawks praccy match, and Jack had me worried at that point, but he's proven his worth in the real games, as the stats bear out.

 

[Event Horizon]

Not sure I understand the criticism of Ziebell in defence; admittedly, I was at the ground for the Hawks praccy match, and Jack had me worried at that point, but he's proven his worth in the real games, as the stats bear out.

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It's not so much about criticism, but I reckon Jack can go a long way to fixing some of the forward line problems.

 

[Moti]

Not sure I understand the criticism of Ziebell in defence; admittedly, I was at the ground for the Hawks praccy match, and Jack had me worried at that point, but he's proven his worth in the real games, as the stats bear out.

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Let's see what his stats are like when he doesn't kick in. He is losing his defensive contests and that is why he is not playing the position well. Being there also means we have one less rebound option. He is being pointed out for a reason.

 

[Moti]

It's not so much about criticism, but I reckon Jack can go a long way to fixing some of the forward line problems.

I agree, we lose nothing losing him from defence, but might gain something forward.

 

[Merlin007]

It's not so much about criticism, but I reckon Jack can go a long way to fixing some of the forward line problems.

And I don't disagree with that either, but obviously he can't play at both ends, and I'm happy for him to stay where he is, with Xerri a structural fix up front (at least until we get to another recruiting round)

 

[Horizons_00]

Not sure I understand the criticism of Ziebell in defence; admittedly, I was at the ground for the Hawks praccy match, and Jack had me worried at that point, but he's proven his worth in the real games, as the stats bear out.

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He definitely needs to address or stop losing his feet at every contest. That really *s up the rest of the backline.

In saying that, he’s doing great in the backline, especially only 3 games in. Hope he gets even better and gains more confidence to kick those long ones out of defence

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

I don’t think either of them offer anything as leading forwards

Our forwards never lead. I'm having a drink every time one leads and marks.

Temperance is not good for me

 

[King Corey]

Our forwards never lead. I'm having a drink every time one leads and marks.

Temperance is not good for me

Have 2 shots if any player over 21 runs front and centre towards a contest.

 

[Harris 10]

I agree, we lose nothing losing him from defence, but might gain something forward.

This is accurate for me.

He’s a more natural forward, he might take a mark, crash a pack or at least make something happen.

 

[Its a Process]

This is accurate for me.

He’s a more natural forward, he might take a mark, crash a pack or at least make something happen.

Half decent on a lead as well which is something we are clearly lacking at the moment.

 

[Harris 10]

Half decent on a lead as well which is something we are clearly lacking at the moment.

The year he played forward he was the leading player in the comp for scores from pressure acts inside 50m.

 

[DesertRoo]

North Melbourne fans have amnesia, he was moved back because he lost one of the fundamental skills to being a forward. That is kicking in-between the big sticks.
I’m also not sure his body will be able to hold up with players bashing and crashing into him.
His field kicking is very good and let him dish out the punishment in the back half. It’ll pre long his career for a couple of years.

So why rob Peter to pay Paul in a rebuild? Especially when Peter isn’t the answer to your problems.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

People may have noticed a relative of our McKay kicking a few last week. I know I bang on about this but there is one very obvious positional change that could be made. Larkey and McKay straight swap.