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For much of last year we were a team that could start but not finish.
Now we appear to be a team that can finish but not start.
People can talk about individual players efforts. People can talk about coaching deficiencies. Its on all of them, bickering about where to point blame is pointless. They can all wear it because its just not good enough from any of them.
The time to drive a stake in the ground and say enough is enough is right now. Is this team, this coaching group serious about playing finals football? They sure as shit are not showing the week in week out desire to do it at the moment.
Saying we do not have the cattle is a cop out. In 2007 we played our way to finals with substandard facilities and a rag tag team, we did so running on the desire to not die as a football club. I refuse to believe that that desire that underpinned the club has complete gone from its halls.
Come Sunday we will see a North Melbourne side that is committed to every contest? That is going to do the hard work that is required to win the game from the outset?
I love them, I have loved them from as far back as I can remember. I really want to be able to say yeah my team will show up to play. My team is going to give it a crack from the get go. I cannot say this with any conviction and the moment and it makes me feel sick.
Show me, show me the North Melbourne that comes to play with more desire than the opposition. Its gotta be in there somewhere right?
Now we appear to be a team that can finish but not start.
People can talk about individual players efforts. People can talk about coaching deficiencies. Its on all of them, bickering about where to point blame is pointless. They can all wear it because its just not good enough from any of them.
The time to drive a stake in the ground and say enough is enough is right now. Is this team, this coaching group serious about playing finals football? They sure as shit are not showing the week in week out desire to do it at the moment.
Saying we do not have the cattle is a cop out. In 2007 we played our way to finals with substandard facilities and a rag tag team, we did so running on the desire to not die as a football club. I refuse to believe that that desire that underpinned the club has complete gone from its halls.
Come Sunday we will see a North Melbourne side that is committed to every contest? That is going to do the hard work that is required to win the game from the outset?
I love them, I have loved them from as far back as I can remember. I really want to be able to say yeah my team will show up to play. My team is going to give it a crack from the get go. I cannot say this with any conviction and the moment and it makes me feel sick.
Show me, show me the North Melbourne that comes to play with more desire than the opposition. Its gotta be in there somewhere right?

