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NAB CUP 1: NORTH MELBOURNE AND RICHMOND

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At the ground. 3 things stick out:

1. Umpires have forgotten that its not about them.

2. Why is Jesse Hogan not allowed to play this year? It's not helping his, or our, development.

3. We have ZERO midfield. The team plan is get the ball to Jones. Opposition sides have already figured out that's what we have to do.

Hoping the boys can make a more solid show, but this surface makes us look painfully slow.

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    Doesn't look good but all sides playing 2nd straight up have struggled plus it's a hot night so I won't write too much into it.

    It being consistant with 2012 is worth reading into.

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    God lost first game, losing 2nd, players hurting ankles and supporters whinging about umpires already.

    Gonna be a long season.

    I'm remembering the NAB cup last year. Great win over the press then the same sinking feeling. I just haven't seen anything except Hogan to excite me. We don't look like we're a chance here.

    Geez I hope I'm wrong. And Tom Mac is going to go OK

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    In both these games the opposition has killed us in the possession count...so no difference to last year...

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    We are fielding different players in this game to the first arent we? In the first game I liked Cam Pederson's marking, Rodan's strength in the midfield and ofcourse Jesse Hogan who has done more than any other forward so far. This game Watts looks ok but Im seeing too many turnovers and our defense looks crap underpressure. Same old same old from two or three players I wont mention yet. Most of the players that look impressive have started playing for the demons tonight!

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    On a side note off my criticism of umpiring - like the look of Byrnes in the first game and N Jones looks good coming in to 2013

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    In both these games the opposition has killed us in the possession count...so no difference to last year...

    Yep, I would like us to dominate the possession count for a change.

    Can anyone watching the game tell us if we are doing the team things like shepherding and such?

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    We look awful but not worried as its not the real stuff

    Edited by Srjennings

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    It would be nice to win posession count for once

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    Dunny kicks the ball 70 m after a behind. Sylvia runs forward for us. 4 of then run back. Predictable outcome - ball* streams out of defense.

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    Edited by frankie_d

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    Watts back

    Cheers other fd. Kicking more goals as a back than he did up forward.

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    In other news Clark just scored 50 henriques 43

    5/236

    Rich 24 mfc 6

    By god I hope you mean Clarke...

    (see my sig)

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    Scott Lucas "The Melbourne midfield do not work nearly hard enough"

    I agree.

    Edited by why you little

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    Scott Lucas "The Melbourne midfield do not work nearly hard enough"

    I agree.

    Familiar story

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    Scott Lucas "The Melbourne midfield do not work nearly hard enough"

    I agree.

    Exactly ,dont run back our forward hard enough. Really obvious and a big problem.
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    One thing that is better is even in the second game we seem to be running it out better.

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    Only got three words to describe tonight TOUMPASS VINEY HOGAN HOGAN AND HOGAN

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