Kangas take the heat off us? (and Buddy gets a bag)

[hardtack 10,612]

A 115 point loss to Hawthorn will be placing Scott squarely in the spotlight and hopefully taking some heat off us. And Buddy put on a stunning show with 13 goals 4 points... the last two of which were amazing shots.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Yup...Tanx North.....your turn for the blow torch this week!

[P-man 13,366]

Officially eyeing off the Roos as another winnable game. They were Melbourne-esque today.

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Yup...Tanx North.....your turn for the blow torch this week!

I'd wait a few hours before making that statement.

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Time will tell. The MFC must kick some goals otherwise the sh!t will keep flying.

[Striker475 696]

North are beginning to resemble Melbourne circa 2011.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Geez Buddy...how many Supercoach points is that??

[Striker475 696]

Geez Buddy...how many Supercoach points is that??

220

[Hells Gates 505]

Geez Buddy...how many Supercoach points is that??

A whopping 220!!!

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Geez Buddy...how many Supercoach points is that??

And the highest ever Dreamteam (204)

[Bitter but optimistic 22,246]

North are beginning to resemble Melbourne circa 2011.

Are they as bad as Melbourne circa 2012?

[Guest Jackie]

I wonder what sort of effort we would have put up if it was us in Tassie? Tonight may be a similar experience.

[Macca 17,032]

And the highest ever Dreamteam (204)

It's a pity we didn't have 'Dreamteam' or 'Supercoach' back in the last round of 1947 !

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

It's a pity we didn't have 'Dreamteam' or 'Supercoach' back in the last round of 1947 !

That's for sure. 18 goals would net quite a healthy return in both of those competitions.

[Whispering_Jack 30,580]

Whatever the case it must be Brad Scott's turn to face the blowtorch this week.

After all, it's only a few weeks ago that an insipid Melbourne with about 10 players on its injured list lost to Hawthorn by a mere 66 points. For the Kangaroos, who have almost a full list to choose from, to fall over to the same team by 115 points is a tsunami-like disaster that will no doubt mobilise the media across the nation into dissecting every aspect of the club from top to bottom.

I fully expect Caroline Wilson to write a scathing column blaming infighting within the board for the mess they're in. Perched on his couch, Paul Roos will take apart Scott's coaching tactics and strategies by putting together a film montage of three or four instances where his players stuffed up as proof that he can't coach. David King will join the chorus and announce that the game plan's shit and the North Melbourne board blundered by not replacing Scott in the off season with someone like Rodney Eade or even Matthew Knights (after all, both were available) and for the abysmal oversight of failing to make contact with Ross Lyon or elder statesmen like Mick Malthouse or Tom Hafey.

Of course, Tony Shaw will pipe in that Scott must give Andrew Swallow the flick as skipper and either reinstate Boomer Harvey or give the gig to Lindsay Thomas to make him happy and help him straighten his kicking for goal. Grant Thomas will blame it on the AFL and Robert Walls will suggest a possible merger with the Gold Coast.

This stuff should fill the papers all week as long as Age journos don't continue with their strike action.

[Macca 17,032]

That's for sure. 18 goals would net quite a healthy return in both of those competitions.

It was Fred Fanning's last game as well - remarkable way to finish . 'VOD' might have been there to witness it !

[deeflog 679]

enjoy the upcoming week norf!!

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

220

The final SC scores have been updated...it was even higher than 220. Buddy finished with 236 points! I wish I'd picked him as my captain this week.

Edited June 2, 2012 by Good Times Grimes

[Hardnut 327]

Whatever the case it must be Brad Scott's turn to face the blowtorch this week.

After all, it's only a few weeks ago that an insipid Melbourne with about 10 players on its injured list lost to Hawthorn by a mere 66 points. For the Kangaroos, who have almost a full list to choose from, to fall over to the same team by 115 points is a tsunami-like disaster that will no doubt mobilise the media across the nation into dissecting every aspect of the club from top to bottom.

I fully expect Caroline Wilson to write a scathing column blaming infighting within the board for the mess they're in. Perched on his couch, Paul Roos will take apart Scott's coaching tactics and strategies by putting together a film montage of three or four instances where his players stuffed up as proof that he can't coach. David King will join the chorus and announce that the game plan's [censored] and the North Melbourne board blundered by not replacing Scott in the off season with someone like Rodney Eade or even Matthew Knights (after all, both were available) and for the abysmal oversight of failing to make contact with Ross Lyon or elder statesmen like Mick Malthouse or Tom Hafey.

Of course, Tony Shaw will pipe in that Scott must give Andrew Swallow the flick as skipper and either reinstate Boomer Harvey or give the gig to Lindsay Thomas to make him happy and help him straighten his kicking for goal. Grant Thomas will blame it on the AFL and Robert Walls will suggest a possible merger with the Gold Coast.

This stuff should fill the papers all week as long as Age journos don't continue with their strike action.

Good journalistic style reading 'Whisper', but no logic - Scott knows what he is doing with what he has got - that's why he's there for a while. 'Some days are diamonds, some days are stones' ring a bell?

Watching Adelaide, thankfully we didn't get Ross Lyon, sadly we got Neeld, and how I wish we'd got Sanderson - but we didn't look did we!

[The Lobster Effect 893]

The final SC scores have been updated...it was even higher than 220. Buddy finished with 236 points! I wish I'd picked him as my captain this week.

My friend calculated jason dunstall's hypothetical supercoach (or may have been dreamteam) stats on the day he kicked 17 goals and i think it was 270 points!

[Cards13 9,117]

Scott has been in charge for how long and continually puts to acid of his players performances maybe it's his turn to feel the acid.

[timD 994]

Good journalistic style reading 'Whisper', but no logic - Scott knows what he is doing with what he has got - that's why he's there for a while. 'Some days are diamonds, some days are stones' ring a bell?

Watching Adelaide, thankfully we didn't get Ross Lyon, sadly we got Neeld, and how I wish we'd got Sanderson - but we didn't look did we!

you are kidding yourself

[rpfc 28,734]

If I hear any fairy bullsh!t about the Great Shinboner Spirit in the next 2 months after that performance today I will get projectile-ly ill...

[old dee 23,870]

If I hear any fairy bullsh!t about the Great Shinboner Spirit in the next 2 months after that performance today I will get projectile-ly ill...

Bad Chicko roll for lunch rpfc?

I am starting to get a warm glow about 28th July!

[Whispering_Jack 30,580]

Good journalistic style reading 'Whisper', but no logic - Scott knows what he is doing with what he has got - that's why he's there for a while. 'Some days are diamonds, some days are stones' ring a bell?

Watching Adelaide, thankfully we didn't get Ross Lyon, sadly we got Neeld, and how I wish we'd got Sanderson - but we didn't look did we!

It might have escaped you but I wasn't trying to be logical just pre-empting the pundits

However, I really do think that Scott is now under the pump. His team beat GWS and GCS earlier in the season and had one other winning performance - a big one against Geelong. That's with a close to full side available.

He's definitely in trouble.