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Promising signs. Do the comp a favour North.
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You guys just got murdered by bad luck. My mob had the second worst numbers of games lost to injury in 2023, behind you blokes, and we found it hard.You gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em.
They’ll be fine, they cut a bit too deep potentially, but the talent they have will shine through soon enough. I’d be more concerned by Richmond, Saints and the bulldogs
They have help. Their list is choccas full if quality kidsIf North don't get help in the next two years they will endure pain beyond 2030
They're in trouble
Maybe, I think their current culture is fine. They’ll potentially lose 1 or two of tge next few years, but their base of talent will remain.Wasn’t the exact same thing said 5 years ago?
Their culture is rotten, worse than Melbourne, Carlton, Richmond ever was. Their young talent is good and will improve but that will be offset by the senior players who are going to walk out as they’ve had enough.
Wasn’t the exact same thing said 5 years ago?
Their culture is rotten, worse than Melbourne, Carlton, Richmond ever was. Their young talent is good and will improve but that will be offset by the senior players who are going to walk out as they’ve had enough.
Our fan is much more depressed
Their fixture feels absurdly tough for a team we all knew would be bottom dwellers.
So far have had Hawthorn at Marvel and maybe Adelaide in Hobart as games they could win
From here, they have a brutal stretch than play West Coast in Melboure, Richmond at the MCG amd Hawthorn in Tassie again in the last 4 rounds (with Bulldogs in the middle - that could be a team in finals or just eliminated, so could go either way.
So they finish with 3, maybe 4 winnable games. But have a long stretch with very few mid season. Just seems a bit rough to me...
For a winless team the atmosphere/dressing room is a pretty positive and upbeat place from all reports.Wasn’t the exact same thing said 5 years ago?
Their culture is rotten, worse than Melbourne, Carlton, Richmond ever was. Their young talent is good and will improve but that will be offset by the senior players who are going to walk out as they’ve had enough.
For a winless team the atmosphere/dressing room is a pretty positive and upbeat place from all reports.
No to wines, his potential heart issue is a worry.They always are.
More talking about leadership off field and amongst the coaches/playing group. Development is s**t because the senior players outside of Larkey and LDU are s**t and you struggle to recruit these players to artificially create that environment. The names in the leadership group say it all.
Wines/Parker types have to be the target this off season or it’ll be more of the same in 2025.
I agree, and North have copped a rough draw, as have Hawthorn. It seems absurd that 2 bottom clubs from last year would get the rough end of the pineappleTheir fixture feels absurdly tough for a team we all knew would be bottom dwellers.
So far have had Hawthorn at Marvel and maybe Adelaide in Hobart as games they could win
From here, they have a brutal stretch than play West Coast in Melboure, Richmond at the MCG amd Hawthorn in Tassie again in the last 4 rounds (with Bulldogs in the middle - that could be a team in finals or just eliminated, so could go either way.
So they finish with 3, maybe 4 winnable games. But have a long stretch with very few mid season. Just seems a bit rough to me...
That shouldn't impact how hard the fixture is though. It might impact on weird travel times and sucky game slots but not the same thing.The afl has set fixtures every year, eg Anzac Day, showdowns etc. outside that I firmly believe the AFL preferences some teams they believe are on the up and good for the game commercially. The byproduct of that is some teams down the ladder will get unreasonably tough draws.
The lions used to be on the receiving end when we were bad.
Tbh I think it makes sense. You want to juice certain teams for $$$ and the bad teams will be bad regardless. And a softer draw and a few more wins won’t mean much.
That shouldn't impact how hard the fixture is though. It might impact on weird travel times and sucky game slots but not the same thing.
As a supporter of a perennially shite team, i know that the AFL has typically stacked the front half of the season for teams it knows will suck. That means playing other garbage teams, flaky mid table teams at home, etc, all early on. It gives you early chance for a win or two, keeps the ladder even for longer, which is good
But the flipsidr means a long and miserable back half.of the year and in particular, a shitty last 4 weeks when you inevitably.end up playing the team in 5th who need percentage and get pumped by 100+
So i can see why this year they have saved something for North in the last few rounds this year. It means less chance of them distorting the finals too
The big issue is that this year North are going to have the mother of all.overreactions to their winning last year costing them Harley Reid. If Richmond win a couple more they may try to win late, but if Richmond are still on 2 wins or something they could go 0-23 despite being better than quite a few 3 and 4 win teams i have watched
north will be 2025 premiersI believe we will win the premiership in 2025.
Yeah that makes absolute sense. Wouldn't mind seeing you foldedSurely if they don't win a game they are folded? Even GWS and GC in their first years won a game