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Posted
20 hours ago, A F said:

I reckon Melksham is listed simply as back up for Hunt if he doesn't get up.

I'm surprised about Hannan though. I would have brought in Harmes for Hannan. Bugg did enough last week, so rightly keeps his spot in the 18 this week.

Perhaps, they want to play Hannan more in the midfield this week. He only had it 9 times last week, but I like his pace and his ability to snag a goal or two. Harmes had chances last year to cement his spot and now it's Hannan's time.

What I'm hoping is that Harmes has improved his kicking and decision making so much that when he finally gets his chance again, he is a real weapon as a utility, either off half back, in the midfield or as a pressure half forward. The exciting thing about Harmes is his ability to consistently win the ball and gut run late in games.

So I think it'll be an unchanged line up unless Hunt fails to get up. Real pity about Jesse not being available as he plays well against the Roos. Just glad he sounds like he's recovering well from his op though.

I just get the feeling with Hannan that he could be close to a breakout game. The confidence he would get from that could be career changing for him.

He has some tricks. He can take a grab, kick one in a pack, is not slow and has a bit of height. We haven't seen his best, but the real question will be, is his best good enough.

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Posted
3 hours ago, Chris said:

This pearl of wisdom is from the North page on Bigfooty.

"I think an agressive Preuss in the middle might actually rattle the Melbourne midfield, especially him crashing in against Oliver and Viney when the ball hits the deck."

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, I nearly fell off my chair reading that. Clearly the poster has never actually watched Viney play!

Might be hard to do that when you are not selected.

Posted
1 minute ago, Redleg said:

I just get the feeling with Hannan that he could be close to a breakout game. The confidence he would get from that could be career changing for him.

He has some tricks. He can take a grab, kick one in a pack, is not slow and has a bit of height. We haven't seen his best, but the real question will be, is his best good enough.

Breakout game - ? Acne

Posted
On 5/17/2017 at 6:18 PM, Pates said:

Such a huge game for us. Firstly in the context of our season, a loss would set us back big time in any finals hopes. Secondly because North have had the wood over us fora long time, I don't care what the club says I'm sure it's in the minds of the players. Thirdly after such a fantastic win last week we need to prove it wasn't an aberration, that is now the standard. 

I expect north will come out with a fair amount of intensity, it's what got them the chocolates over Adelaide and I'm sure they'll want to test our metal. 

That said I honestly feel our midfield is one of the best in the comp this year and that's where it's won. Get on top in the midfield, deliver with purpose to our forwards and we'll win. 

God I really want this win!

Agreed about our midfield. It hasnt been rated by media in the past but when Viney plays his best and combines with the young gun Oliver and old guns Jones and lewis....its pretty awesome.....even without our start ruck.

Posted
17 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I just get the feeling with Hannan that he could be close to a breakout game. The confidence he would get from that could be career changing for him.

He has some tricks. He can take a grab, kick one in a pack, is not slow and has a bit of height. We haven't seen his best, but the real question will be, is his best good enough.

I agree, there is something about him that I really like. Considering where he has come from, I think he has a lot of upside too, and would be giving him a solid block of games to prove himself.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

More I think about it it's Harmes for Weed and Melksham for Wagner

Wagner is the future, Melksham is not. Play Wagner every single time. 

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Posted
43 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

More I think about it it's Harmes for Weed and Melksham for Wagner

These changes would make us worse.  No way this happens in my opinion 

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Posted
26 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I just get the feeling with Hannan that he could be close to a breakout game. The confidence he would get from that could be career changing for him.

He has some tricks. He can take a grab, kick one in a pack, is not slow and has a bit of height. We haven't seen his best, but the real question will be, is his best good enough.

Agree. There is definetley something about him, an x factor. 

Posted
41 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I just get the feeling with Hannan that he could be close to a breakout game. The confidence he would get from that could be career changing for him.

He has some tricks. He can take a grab, kick one in a pack, is not slow and has a bit of height. We haven't seen his best, but the real question will be, is his best good enough.

Agreed, mate. 

Posted

Geez north Melbourne on bigfooty is a good read I liked this 1

'we should bring swallow in to play on jones as both are on there last legs'

lol they are a cocky bunch it's why I almost hate them as much as any team

Posted
1 hour ago, hemingway said:

Wagner is the future, Melksham is not. Play Wagner every single time. 

Melksham is 25yo. How is he not the future?

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Posted (edited)

No change!

Players fought hard for Adel win and deserve to have another go together.

Edited by Lucifer's Hero
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Posted
4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Waite, Mullett and Garner (and Swallow if he turns the clock back) are good ins for North.

Going to be very tough to get this win.

not if you believe some of the posts on the "are we a contender thread"

Posted

North would have to be the most vanilla side I've seen do they have any X factor at all? Waite maybe but the rest look like B graders at best

Posted

After every single shitty thing that has happened to this club... whether it be things that happened this week or 40 years ago. Surely last weekend was the moment we've all been waiting for. Surely it was 'The Game' that changed everything. That the players now truly believe that their best is the best, but they have to bust their ass off to get the job done. Every. Single. Week.

Everybody knows that North will have a crack. Let's just hope we 'crack in' even harder and smash these pricks.

 

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Posted (edited)

Breakout games and "the game"? Really?Too many here trying to be a bit profound.

IMO there is no such thing. It's an uneven progression with a trend. We are on  the up. 

If you think otherwise I think you're in for some disappointments. 

Edited by Vogon Poetry
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Posted
44 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Waite, Mullett and Garner (and Swallow if he turns the clock back) are good ins for North.

Going to be very tough to get this win.

Swallow is finished

Posted
1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Waite, Mullett and Garner (and Swallow if he turns the clock back) are good ins for North.

Going to be very tough to get this win.

Waite will straighten them up and is in terrific form, but the other two blokes do little for me.  In and out of the side, they won't add all that much more than the blokes who have been dropped.

Very happy with no changes as the 22 who won last week deserve to have another crack at it.  Hopefully Hunt gets through tomorrow's training without any problems and can take his place on Sunday.

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