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Who do we think will be lined up against Petrie this weekend?

I know he isn't the main threat from the Kangaroos* but you would assume that the Kangaroos' midfield dominance (wish it wasn't true) will be spoon feeding him so who is the best match up?

* - When Petrie has played well the Kangaroos have looked really good, although I'm not sure which is the by-product of the other.

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Who do we think will be lined up against Petrie this weekend?

I know he isn't the main threat from the Kangaroos* but you would assume that the Kangaroos' midfield dominance (wish it wasn't true) will be spoon feeding him so who is the best match up?

* - When Petrie has played well the Kangaroos have looked really good, although I'm not sure which is the by-product of the other.

Frawley for me, can run off and has the body to match up with Petrie. Possibly Sellar if he comes back in and Frawley is thrown on Edwards or Thomas.

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Petrie gave praise to Alex Rance after kicking 7 on him so for me it really doesn't matter. If Drew kicks 10 and applaudes one of our players for a grand effort then we should all be happy.

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Its the midfield...

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Oh and by the way we haven;t beaten them in something like 10 outings. Good weekend for mowing the lawn..

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Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Its the midfield...

Oh and by the way we haven;t beaten them in something like 10 outings. Good weekend for mowing the lawn..

SO what would you say is the reason we dont win many games?
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If we stop Petrie, you can bet some nobody hack would bob up and kick 5. Who even heard of this Port kid who ripped us apart before Saturday night?

We are North's [censored], and it kills me to say it, because I hate North and their [censored] shineboner spirit garbage.

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We could put Steven Silvagni on him, it's not going to stop him, because their midfield is going to annihilate ours and deliver the ball on a platter to him.

Frawley will start on him. Best defender on best forward. Can't see why he wouldn't take him. But it's going to take a team effort to stop him.

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Drew is playing in a way that reminds me of our past great 'Neita'

If Chip keeps him to four it will be a phyric victory for our best player

CHIP is that player

The amount of times the ball comes in perfectly for his opponents it's amazing how well he does

I know he has the odd brain fade but nothing as visually depressing as Garlo's off the ground effort last week

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Frawley, with Tom Mac dropping off to help out when possible.

Chips still our best defender and his AA abilities are still in there, I've said it many times but being a defender for Melbourne is the toughest job in the AFL because our midfield has very little defensive pressure and they don't give the guys anything to kick to outside the 50.

Also Rivers must go back to defense and STAY there, I've liked a fair bit about Neeld (including Col Garland as a forward) but for me the experiment for Rivers is over. He is a defender, a good one, he is not a forward.

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Good player is Petrie when injury free. If you go through the sides with tall key forward(s) it emphasises how important they are for structures. Two key forwards are even more imposing: -

Hawthorn - Roughead, Franklin (partly Hale)

Sydney - Reid, Goodes

Adelaide - Tippet, Walker

Collingwood - Cloke , Dawes (eventhough currently out of form) - occassionally Jolly

Geelong - Hawkins, Podsiadly

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And with very, very good (did I say very) midfields they are even more imposing. Petrie is standing up for North Melbourne, if they had McIntosh fit they would be a handful for the top teams.

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Good player is Petrie when injury free. If you go through the sides with tall key forward(s) it emphasises how important they are for structures. Two key forwards are even more imposing: -

Hawthorn - Roughead, Franklin (partly Hale)

Sydney - Reid, Goodes

Adelaide - Tippet, Walker

Collingwood - Cloke , Dawes (eventhough currently out of form) - occassionally Jolly

Geelong - Hawkins, Podsiadly

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And with very, very good (did I say very) midfields they are even more imposing. Petrie is standing up for North Melbourne, if they had McIntosh fit they would be a handful for the top teams.

North's forward line since being flogged by Hawthorn in Tassie has actually started to fuinction well and is pretty imposing.

Petrie, Tarrant, Hansen as talls, with Harper, Adams and Thomas as smalls... then you have players like Harvey who seems to play well against us as well...

Hansen I didn't rate all that much, but he and Tarrant are keeping Edwards out of the side at the moment.

Frawley and Tom McDonald to rotate between Petrie and Hansen, with Rivers on Tarrant.

Not confident this week, North are playing well, and pushing for spot in the bottom half of the eight, our injuries, and playing after Darwin (even though the conditions don't sound as bad as normal) will make it tough to back up...

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