Preview North v crows Saturday 27 @1.45pm in Hobart

[bennymate]

Genuinely think you are a chance to beat us here and it would be a massive step in Nicks ******* off for good.

You'll win by 100

 

[MrBarry]

That’s your justification? Your side is miles better and coming on here and talking rubbish is just annoying. You are literally playing the worst side in the AFL era (over a five year period) and you’re trying to talk down your chances

Fair enough mate, just saying your in for a surprise. It's the worst football I've seen us play since 2020.

 

[apollo_creed]

The bloke has played 2 games FFS. Please nominate who would replace him. Pink? You would have been one of the keyboard nutters calling for his head after only 2 games as well. Put up, or shut up!

Biggie was barely even trying last week. His efforts were embarassing.

 

[apollo_creed]

Fair enough mate, just saying your in for a surprise. It's the worst football I've seen us play since 2020.

Try being a North fan.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Comben - tex
Corr - Fogarty
Biggie - himmelberg

 

[BRider]

And replace with who?

Reality our current predicament is almost exclusively down to our lack of player depth between 24 and over.

Anyone, it's called standards, if you don't perform go back to the VFL. We seem to be the only team that never drops players who are out of form. McDonald should have been out for Riley and seller's stay in for a start.

I'd even have pink in for Corr because Corr gives us nothing except finger pointing and blaming everyone else. He's a known quantity and he's done.

Stephens out for anyone as we should be playing mckercher and Scott on the wings.

 

[Wild Bill]

Stephens. Corr. McDonald.

Scott to the wing.

With who in?

 

[Poopybum22]

Please don’t move Comben forward.

Settle him down back. Don’t risk his body just to still lose by 40 points

 

[Wild Bill]

Please don’t move Comben forward.

Settle him down back. Don’t risk his body just to still lose by 40 points

100%. He looked great back. Let him become a CHB.

 

[Marstermind]

Can the statisticians among us - notably the immortal Marstermind - cast any light on when North Melbourne (or indeed any other AFL side, barring the expansion teams) last played 5 teenagers in the best 22?

Might help to make expectations a bit more realistic

In the last round of 1988, North Melbourne fielded 5 teenagers in a game against the mighty Hawthorn team at Princes Park. We lost by 95 points.

Martyn, McRae and Schwass were 19. Longmire and Romero were 17. Only 5 members of the team that day became premiership players at NMFC - Martyn, Schwass, Longmire, Fairley and Allison.

Brenton Harris, Shaun Smith, Paul Bryce, Mark Hepburn, Anthony Rock and Alastair Clarkson also played as teenagers in 1988. Only Rock would become a premiership player.

In Round 14 in 1988 we had 7 teenagers play - Bryce, Hepburn, Martyn, McRae, Smith, Longmire and Rock. We beat Fitzroy by 39 points.

 

[RossHenshaw]

The bloke has played 2 games FFS. Please nominate who would replace him. Pink? You would have been one of the keyboard nutters calling for his head after only 2 games as well. Put up, or shut up!

Look at my history. Never have I knocked Pink . In fact I thought he was hard done by getting dropped ?!

 

[shinboner magic]

Genuinely think you are a chance to beat us here and it would be a massive step in Nicks ******* off for good.

Isn’t thrrr talk your going to re-sign him

 

[shinboner magic]

Corr n biggie to get dropped when the Dawson brothers are fit.
Stephens to be replaced by a witches hat
Tucker to be replaced by the Gasometer or QE2

 

[Topparoo]

1990 two seasons later we finished sixth just outside the final five. Our investment in youth will pay off again, we must be patient and have the courage to stay the course.

 

[Hojuman]

Logue, Goater, K.Dawson, Bergman available - our backline looks completely different.
Square pegs in round holes at the moment.

 

[justroyal]

Stephens, Scott, Fisher and McDonald and co better start to acknowledge how ******* lucky they are that Clarkson keeps backing them and giving them a shot.m

 

[Masked Avenger]

Can someone, anyone, mount one sensible argument as to why Luke McDonald deserves a game?

Any takers?

 

[Mcarcherey]

This is the sort of game we will win. Get on us now!

well it is identical to 2017 when paul roos said it would be a cricket score against us... same team, same venue and almost the same round!....we came out and kick 10 goals straight in the first quarter.

...ah the memories and hope thinking mcdonald had broken out into a super star midfield.

 

[Twangler]

Can someone, anyone, mount one sensible argument as to why Luke McDonald deserves a game?

Any takers?

Whivh fit players are the candidates to replace him as a medium defender?

Bergman?
George?

That’s about it right? I’d prefer either Bergman or George in the team over him personally but you could mount an argument that McDonald is the better defender currently if the three

 

[franjon]

You’re playing a side who has won 2/24 quarters and has a percentage of 57 for *s sake. Think you need to turn down the drama.

And trying to convince themselves that they're in some way some form of underdogs.

 

[Waynesworld]

Please don’t move Comben forward.

Settle him down back. Don’t risk his body just to still lose by 40 points

Yep agreed. Watching Harris Andrews and Darcy Moore today just reinforces the point.

 

[Marstermind]

1990 two seasons later we finished sixth just outside the final five. Our investment in youth will pay off again, we must be patient and have the courage to stay the course.

Hopefully next year we can debut a couple of new teenagers like Anthony Stevens and Wayne Carey.

 

[hellas_johnny]

Good to see them reward lazzaro with a starting gig. Think his last 2 sub appearances have been good. Well be interesting to see who ends up sub from that bench. Powell and Fisher seem safe but Drury Phillips Stephens all could easily take that spot. Hope Stephens

 

[TheKanga]

Damn I'm going to watch this after I said I wouldn't

Let's see how long I last this time before rage quitting

 

[Hazey1977]

well it is identical to 2017 when paul roos said it would be a cricket score against us... same team, same venue and almost the same round!....we came out and kick 10 goals straight in the first quarter.

...ah the memories and hope thinking mcdonald had broken out into a super star midfield.

Why did we ever move Silver out of the mids when he came into the seniors? Wasn't he smashing it in there in the VFL?

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