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NAB CUP 1: NORTH MELBOURNE AND RICHMOND

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Sounds like we wasted the ball going forward and that allowed North to control the game from defense. That should be relatively easy to fix i'd have hoped. Is there any news about the blease injury?

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    Hogan will be an absolute star - Jordie must never kick the ball...

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    Stats

    Poss 148 to 108

    Clearances 15 to 8

    Inside 50. 16 to 19

    Contested poss. 48 to 45

    Tackles 29 to 20

    Mfc goal kickers

    Kent 1

    Howe 2

    Watts 1

    Hogan 1

    Mfc poss

    Jones 14

    Mackenzie 8

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    With real rules, we just won after the siren. Our team sure won the most cheers as they left, convincingly. Sitting right next to the ramp and more Richmond fans clapped north as they walked off. Priceless.

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    Should have won I know the stats say a different story but clean up a few things going forward and will be a lot better I know 1 thing is for sure NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE THE BEST FORWARD LINE IN THE COMP

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    Dean Kent could have been the hero if he hadn't sprayed his first shot on goal. But given the fact that only one team has won both their games, a 2 point loss is practically a win. The only thing is that we now have to beat Richmond after only a short break. Lucky Sylvia's playing. He's usually good for a couple of goals against the Tiges!

    True, it was a win IF we had the NORMAL scoring system. We won by a point! A good effort indeed.

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    Showed enough to give some hope for the year. lot of young ones in the team and Dawes etc will only get better.

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    What do the others here think? I reckon we had the ball for a fair time attack, so while norf took the ball out of defense pretty quickly a few times, we did hold it in pretty well. Hogan good Dawes good. Any news* on Blease?

    PS disposal not up to scratch.

    *edit

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    Hogan - wow.

    jones has to carry the midfield

    Byrnes not involved much but positions well

    Viney got thrown a tough match up in swallow and competed

    I think we will have teething pains but also some success long term with Dunn, watts and McDonald down back

    Jordie mckenzie was rusty

    David Rodan made an impressive difference in the clearances

    Michael Evans was lively

    Think Jetta doesn't have the speed to play down back

    I'd really prefer to play grimes down back, he seems robotic as a midfielder and not quite zippy enough in close

    Kent missed a good opportunity and a chance at winning the game but he also found the ball. Natural ball winner at half forward is important

    All in all I think Rodan and others will be vital to support jones to get us a midfield. The skill level might be slightly improved across the board. The defensive press still needs attention to detail but our biggest problem will remain our inability to spread at speed to cover off rebounding attacks.

    Oh and hogan wow again haha

    And I just don't think Dan Nicholson is clever enough to play Afl. Makes the same mistakes too often in terms of lack of accountability and with his disposal.

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    Hogan not afraid to give Byrnes a spray for not honouring his lead. The kids got character, swagger and wants it. Maturity beyond his years.

    A good dose of awareness at 17. Sign him for six.

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    Hogan not afraid to give Byrnes a spray for not honouring his lead. The kids got character, stagger and wants it. Maturity beyond his years.

    A good dose of awareness at 17. Sign him for six.

    I hope you meant swagger?

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    Still hitting up high tackles after all the work done to go in low, and to think a lot on here thought we might give away too many trips. Think we might need to focus on the ankles then we might get the hips.

    It's the easiest skill in the game to get right.

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    Hogan looks great.

    I thought Cam Pederson looked alright - most of the better stuff I saw was from new recruits - Kent got plenty of it and having Rodan in the Midfield was a smart move - he backs up Jones well. Had some concerns about our defense without Rivers. Who kicked that turnover with about 7 minutes to go?

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    Wow we could have won this one if we'd gone for the nine pointer.

    Hopefully the AFL won't think we're tanking.

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