Preview Round 6, 2024: North v Hawks, 4pm 21st April, Marvel Stadium

[Mrzohs]

Josh Weddle is about to bang! Will also give us some aerial presence on the wings if he plays where his selected

I love the addition of Serong we just need to find the right spread of 193+ players inside our defensive and forward 50.

The game will be won in the midfield and it is time for all the players and coaches to step up in the middle. Ward dropped and Nash to the bench is a shuffling of the deck chairs.

 

[Hawked Wings]

People coming for Chol are incredibly harsh. He’s not a number one key forward and wasn’t recruited to be. He’s a second tall/ruck (which he was doing very well with Lewis up forward)
He’s going to be a great pick up when Lewis comes back (look at his games when Lewis was playing)

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Fully expect one of Weddle, Serong or Sicily to play frwd but I'm hope I'm wrong but hopefully serong isn't the sub! Now, that would make zero sense.

Wouldn’t be a surprise if Serong is the sub, going by our strange selection of the subs this season

 

[Dazza the Viking]

People coming for Chol are incredibly harsh. He’s not a number one key forward and wasn’t recruited to be. He’s a second tall/ruck (which he was doing very well with Lewis up forward)
He’s going to be a great pick up when Lewis comes back (look at his games when Lewis was playing)

Chol has been good this season and has one below par game and people want him dropped yet there’s players that have been well below par this season still getting a game

 

[Yardie]

Ramsden not playing Box Hill. Late change?

 

[Newmo89]

Ramsden not playing Box Hill. Late change?

Carryover emergency for tomorrow.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Chol has been good this season and has one below par game and people want him dropped yet there’s players that have been well below par this season still getting a game

Has everyone forgotten Kossy already?

Obviously Chol has his weaknesses but he is a big upgrade on what we were rolling with last year in regards to second forward / relief ruck options.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

He's not the lone ranger. I know last weak ... I mean week... was as low as it gets, but Chol has scarred me. Not only because of his dropped marks, but because of his lethargy & total lack of footy nous. In the last, the ball was in dispute in the fwd pocket. Rather than try & impact the play or present for a handball, he turned his back & nonchalantly walked away. It was like Bizarro world from Seinfeld. Just dumb footy.

Chol is a massive upgrade on Kozi but the reality is we are his third club for a good reason

We used to be a destination club not long ago but now we are seemingly the go to club when clubs want to dump their problem children or get paid way overs in draft picks Wingard, Scully, Paton, Chol and Ginnivan

Sad thing is we are so short on talent that we pretty much have to roll the dice to see if we can make it work. So far only Ginnivan looks to be a decent investment

To add insult to injury, we are also the number one club to go to when player agents want to maximize contracts for their players - McKay, Taylor, Bowes,

when were we a destination club?
We got an out of favour Lake by trade, and frawley....

 

[burton5]

CJ also pulled out of the Box Hill game

 

[Billyc]

Has everyone forgotten Kossy already?

Obviously Chol has his weaknesses but he is a big upgrade on what we were rolling with last year in regards to second forward / relief ruck options.

Chol has been the least of our worries this year. He’s been fine.

 

[Flamin Joe]

when were we a destination club?
We got an out of favour Lake by trade, and frawley....

What's your definition of a destination club?

Probably not a complete list and the year is when they were traded in:

Josh Gibson, Shaun Burgoyne (2009)
David Hale (2010)
Jack Gunston (2011)
Brian Lake (2012)
Ben McEvoy, James Frawley (2014)

That's quite a list of players we managed to bring into the club within a short period of time all of which played a big part in the three-peat. I don't care if they were out of favour or what the situation is for them joining the club, the fact remains they chose to come to us as we were a destination club.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

What's your definition of a destination club?

Probably not a complete list and the year is when they were traded in:

Josh Gibson, Shaun Burgoyne (2009)
David Hale (2010)
Jack Gunston (2011)
Brian Lake (2012)
Ben McEvoy, James Frawley (2014)

That's quite a list of players we managed to bring into the club within a short period of time all of which played a big part in the three-peat. I don't care if they were out of favour or what the situation is for them joining the club, the fact remains they chose to come to us as we were a destination club.

Gibson was a reserve player and not being seemed by anyone but us - he didn't choose us, he had no other choice

Burgoyne had us and essendon, but the consensus was his knee was shot and he'd never make it. Hardly a marquee signing, and not a line of suitors lining up

Hale - again, noone was chasing him
Was also seen as a part-timer as best

Gunston - ok, maybe a few, I'll pay that one. At the same time though, he was 20 years old, not a superstar

Lake - was on the outer, we traded and took his contract for a nominal trade. He didn't have anyone asking questions so didn't have much choice

McEvoy was collateral in a bunch of stkilda trades. We weren't fighting anyone for him

Frawley- as I said was one

You're a destination club when someone chooses you over multiple other offers - something that has rarely happened

 

[Platten44]

Gibson was a reserve player and not being seemed by anyone but us - he didn't choose us, he had no other choice

Burgoyne had us and essendon, but the consensus was his knee was shot and he'd never make it. Hardly a marquee signing, and not a line of suitors lining up

Hale - again, noone was chasing him
Was also seen as a part-timer as best

Gunston - ok, maybe a few, I'll pay that one. At the same time though, he was 20 years old, not a superstar

Lake - was on the outer, we traded and took his contract for a nominal trade. He didn't have anyone asking questions so didn't have much choice

McEvoy was collateral in a bunch of stkilda trades. We weren't fighting anyone for him

Frawley- as I said was one

You're a destination club when someone chooses you over multiple other offers - something that has rarely happened

Is that the same Josh Gibson that played 22 AFL games in his last year at North?

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Is that the same Josh Gibson that played 22 AFL games in his last year at North?

Just going off memory. He played 22 games because of a series of injuries, was last picked. He was the equivalent of Harry morrison for north supporters back then

 

[Platten44]

Just going off memory. He played 22 games because of a series of injuries, was last picked. He was the equivalent of Harry morrison for north supporters back then

lol


https://www.afl.com.au/news/530788

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Just going off memory. He played 22 games because of a series of injuries, was last picked. He was the equivalent of Harry morrison for north supporters back then

It wasn't so much that he was not getting games, it was that he was being played as a tagger and in other roles that he did not want to play. He wanted to play as a defender, and North didn't really see a future for him there as one.

 

[Noel Gallagher]

when were we a destination club?
We got an out of favour Lake by trade, and frawley....

When Gunston chose to come to us from Adelaide, when Frawley then JOM chose Hawks. Shortly after JOM arrived we were lost that number one destination club title

 

[Billyc]

When Gunston chose to come to us from Adelaide, when Frawley then JOM chose Hawks. Shortly after JOM arrived we were lost that number one destination club title

So pretty much when we ceased being a good side that won finals. No real science to it.

 

[Spacedog]

Sicily, Serong and Frost all trained in the backline together today. Dimma trained forward.

Do you know if Weddle, Mitchell or Amon trained somewhere other than the backline? Looking at your team you have 8 defenders (Frost, Serong, Sicily, Scrimshaw, Weddle, Impey, Mitchell and Amon) who do you think will be moved out of there? Or could someone like Mitchell be sub

 

[TylerDurden]

Do you know if Weddle, Mitchell or Amon trained somewhere other than the backline? Looking at your team you have 8 defenders (Frost, Serong, Sicily, Scrimshaw, Weddle, Impey, Mitchell and Amon) who do you think will be moved out of there? Or could someone like Mitchell be sub

Weddle and Amon could easily be moved to the wings.

 

[peetoo]

Wondering if Serong might be sub then reconfiguration as discussed tried later in the game

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Weddle and Amon could easily be moved to the wings.

Weddle and Amon should be moved to the wings

 

[Leather Poisoning]

He's not the lone ranger. I know last weak ... I mean week... was as low as it gets, but Chol has scarred me. Not only because of his dropped marks, but because of his lethargy & total lack of footy nous. In the last, the ball was in dispute in the fwd pocket. Rather than try & impact the play or present for a handball, he turned his back & nonchalantly walked away. It was like Bizarro world from Seinfeld. Just dumb footy.

Chol is a massive upgrade on Kozi but the reality is we are his third club for a good reason

We used to be a destination club not long ago but now we are seemingly the go to club when clubs want to dump their problem children or get paid way overs in draft picks Wingard, Scully, Paton, Chol and Ginnivan

Sad thing is we are so short on talent that we pretty much have to roll the dice to see if we can make it work. So far only Ginnivan looks to be a decent investment

To add insult to injury, we are also the number one club to go to when player agents want to maximize contracts for their players - McKay, Taylor, Bowes,

Chol had one shocker of a game and has been really good aside from that.

I didn't expect much from him as the only Key Forward without Lewis in the team. He's been really good as a second forwrd and relieving ruck.

 

[Platten44]

Chol had one shocker of a game and has been really good aside from that.

I didn't expect much from him as the only Key Forward without Lewis in the team. He's been really good as a second forwrd and relieving ruck.

Is it the forwards fault when the mids get record low stats?

 

[hawkmang]

What happened to Ethan Phillips? Just some time off? Didn’t play last week in the VFL but not injured?

Took 17 marks for box hill today