This pic deserved a Brad Leaning jpg but I am very tired and CBF.
We need one with the Iraqi Minister's head and arms and Brad's forward leaning torso
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This pic deserved a Brad Leaning jpg but I am very tired and CBF.
Plus one of Rankine or Lukosius
That'd be an absolutely phenomenal haul.
We watch our team every week, they don't, simple as that.
Cornes: “It’s going to be a world of pain for North Melbourne”
The Kangaroos saw the likes of Brent Harvey, Michael Firrito, Nick Dal Santo, Daniel Wells and Drew Petrie leave last year and have already parted ways with Sam Gibson and Aaron Mullett this off-season.
Additionally, the futures of Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow and Lindsay Thomas are in question which suggests to Cornes that there are some tough times ahead at Arden Street.
“We’re presuming they (Goldstein, Swallow & Thomas) are going to struggle to make the best 22 and be overlooked for younger players at North Melbourne,” he said on NAB AFL Trade Radio this morning.
“That’s what it sounds like.
“All three already in their careers (have been dropped). It could be a long year for them.
“The only reason they are at the footy club is because they’re contracted.
“It’s going to be a world of pain for North Melbourne next year, unfortunately.
“They’ll be worse than this year.
“The issue for me, it’s not as if they are the Brisbane Lions who have got these draft picks. Brisbane have pick 1 and all these picks inside the first round – North Melbourne don’t.
“They’ve got one pick – pick 4 – you’d want to hope that’s a good player and they’ve got some salary cap room to attract a free agent next year.
“North Melbourne fans, I’m concerned. I think it’s going to an ugly couple of years.”
Exactly. Unfortunately, for all 3, their form has really tailed off late in their career. Swallow due to injury, Goldie due to infidelity and Lindsay who knows. So they have zero trade currency. Swallow was terrible for half a year and decent for half a year. The other two were poor all year. All three got dropped. They won't be big losses going into next season. The fact that we were competitive this year wasn't down to them. As for the draft picks comparison with Brisbane not sure what his point is there. They are perennial cellar dwellers and consequently have had a lot of high draft picks. They got a compo pick because Rockliff left as a free agent and Pearce Hanley got traded last year. They've got lots of picks because 2 of their best players left. I don't see that as blueprint for success.That it is going to be an ugly few years. Organic growth and improvement from a list happens quite a lot. What could we have done, even two years ago, besides selling Goldy, as we wouldn't have got any decent picks anyway for the older veterans. It's a simple case of rebuilding.
what exactly has he said that is incorrect?
Exactly. All fringe players except Gibbo. Mullett played most of the year really only due to the injuries to Hibber, EVW, Williams and WrightAlso he's acting like saying goodbye to swallow, Thomas, Goldy, and by extension Gibson and Hansen is going to see us go backwards when none other than Gibson (though it's debateable) and Goldy (also debateable given form) are even in our best 22.
We probably would have won some of those early games last year without swallow and Thomas stinking it up.
North will improve next year barring injuries, guaranteed.
It's just some of those teams around us will improve more given they are further into their rebuild.
Which one is this?We need one with the Iraqi Minister's head and arms and Brad's forward leaning torso
what exactly has he said that is incorrect?
"North Melbourne fans, I’m concerned. I think it’s going to an ugly couple of years."
As a North Melbourne fan, I am not concerned at all, it is going to be an ugly couple of years, but we had a shot missed and now we have to reload.
I actually don’t think that it’s as bad as everyone is making it out to be.
You look at our best side and we’ll be competitive against most.
Our main issue is injuries and not having our best players on the park.
We need to fix this issue and improve our assistant coaches as this is just as important.
All I know is that we don’t stay down for long and wouldn’t be surprised at all if we were to make finals in 2018 at the expense of a good draft pick next year.
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