The Elephant in the Room.

[SMaturin]

Ten points for the correct answer.

 

[Carlos Herrrnandez]

Ziebell off injured against Saints when down by 5 goals early in 3rd, we win

Ziebell off injured against Hawks when down by 5 goals with 8mins left in game, nearly win

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Ten points for the correct answer.

Give me 5 for Ben and 5 for Brown.

For a bonus 10 I'll take performances in a contract year.

 

[SMaturin]

Ziebell off injured against Saints when down by 5 goals early in 3rd, we win

Ziebell off injured against Hawks when down by 5 goals with 8mins left in game, nearly win

Congratulations.

10 points for Hufflecock.

 

[giantroo]

Blind Freddy even sees it.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Brown and Ziebell

 

[SMaturin]

I hate it.

I don’t want it to be true.

I’m fighting against it.

But...

 

[Snake_Baker]

The elephant in the room is that our club is "nice" and several opposition clubs are campaigners.

Clarkson won tonight because he does not care about being a model citizen, he does not care about the rules, all he cares about winning, and if that means he has to be a campaigner then so be it.

We're not going to take the next step until winning by any means is all that matters.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Ten points for the correct answer.

Is it the correlation between our performance when Ziebell is on/off the ground?

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Congratulations.

10 points for Hufflecock.

Damn.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

This definitely has the same feeling as Swallow when you had to find reasons to keep the captain in the side.

 

[Cool Kangas]

Yeah as if the capt would ever be dropped and neither would Browny. He takes up a good defender.

 

[NMFCMUFC]

No one should be bigger than the club. If someones playing as badly as he is he should be dropped.

Pulled hammy makes the decision easy for this week at least

 

[Digby Morrell]

He had a shocker today but always goes in hard and sets an example..
Simpkin has next captain written all over him

 

[SMaturin]

He had a shocker today but always goes in hard and sets an example..
Simpkin has next captain written all over him

I would never, ever, ever pot his integrity, effort or ability to impact a game.

 

[koshari]

Yeah as if the capt would ever be dropped and neither would Browny. He takes up a good defender.

not tonight he didnt, played on a washed up ruckman and got pantsed.

 

[Digby Morrell]

I would never, ever, ever pot his integrity, effort or ability to impact a game.

It’s such a tough call for a coach with any player that plays with heart and effort but when their skills let’s them down...
I love Ziebell but the ‘old school’ footballer just doesn’t fit in today’s game sadly. Even Arch would be in the same situation

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Rhyce can see it and he will make the call that is required here in a dignified manner befitting the captain of the NMFC.

JZ is like Matty Larkin in his last few years at North - great careers come to an end quickly when you cant keep up with the pace of the game. Not the first this has happened to a great player - wont be the last.

Just like we kept Bard on for too long as coach we have done the same with JZ as captain.

As a few of us said in the last off season - JZ should have been relieved of the captaincy and any decision to play him based on his playing merits.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

It’s such a tough call for a coach with any player that plays with heart and effort but when their skills let’s them down...
I love Ziebell but the ‘old school’ footballer just doesn’t fit in today’s game sadly. Even Arch would be in the same situation

Archer was skillful by foot. Even in 05-07 when he couldn't play on the bigs, he stayed in because he could hit targets.

 

[Gasometer]

The state of the game?

Is that what we are talking about?

Because it’s garbage

Maybe I watched too many 90’s games in ISO but telling me that this game is worth watching is a joke.

 

[goalieboy82]

Ten points for the correct answer.

the Mayflower

 

[goalieboy82]

Ten points for the correct answer.

its it 42?

 

[goalieboy82]

Ten points for the correct answer.

is it that clip from Flying High that Coach Scamper meows each week.

 

[GarnerSmash]

How's this for an elephant.

Maybe Bradley was right when he said we needed a rebuild.

 

[Mav]

How's this for an elephant.

Maybe Bradley was right when he said we needed a rebuild.

its bullshit, thats how it is.

We're a game away from top 4, lost two close games with out our best player and have shown our best can beat anyone.