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11 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Because North made finals for at least the past two years and Collingwood haven't for five is one of the reasons why North and Scott arn't copping the same attention as Bucks and the Pies.  It's also I think acknowledged that North are now in somewhat of a rebuild stage, so I think there is some grace being given for that too.

The fact that North needed this rebuild is the thing which should be more heavily scrutinized.  For the preceeding four or so years, they were touted as a side that had talent, was on the rise and about to crack open the field and be a serious premiership contender.  In reality, I think they hardly even got close and were a fairly mediocre side that never made it.  That to me would be almost as disappointing as the 10 years we have had at the MFC and I really do hope that the mantra of Roos and Goodwin that we are building a team that is capable of seriously challenging and a game style that stands up in finals eventuates.

I can't really argue that, and I did say my theory was rather simplistic, but I still think it's relevant.  North is North and they don't sell papers.  Even with a rebuild they have lost 20 of their last 24 games and that's pretty poor by anybodies standards.

But, as you say, because they have gone with the rebuild they tend to be given a little more leeway with how they are going.  But if you were a North fan you would be questioning whether Brad Scott is the right man for the job.

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30 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I can't really argue that, and I did say my theory was rather simplistic, but I still think it's relevant.  North is North and they don't sell papers.  Even with a rebuild they have lost 20 of their last 24 games and that's pretty poor by anybodies standards.

But, as you say, because they have gone with the rebuild they tend to be given a little more leeway with how they are going.  But if you were a North fan you would be questioning whether Brad Scott is the right man for the job.

I agree and their list manager/recruiting.  Their previous tilt at opening a preimership window was a flop, similar to Carlscums and Essendrugs.

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They will be in Tasmania soon

2 different AFL People told me that in the last 24 Hours

HQ want them down there

interesting to see when this happens...

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

They will be in Tasmania soon

2 different AFL People told me that in the last 24 Hours

HQ want them down there

interesting to see when this happens...

Would prefer GWS to be relocated down there and completly rebranded.  They could loose some of their excessive player bounty too and it would be a good result for the competition and football all around ...Won't happen tough - $$$$$$ wins the day.

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

They will be in Tasmania soon

2 different AFL People told me that in the last 24 Hours

HQ want them down there

interesting to see when this happens...

I'll go out on a limb and predict July 29 2017 !

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47 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Would prefer GWS to be relocated down there and completly rebranded.  They could loose some of their excessive player bounty too and it would be a good result for the competition and football all around ...Won't happen tough - $$$$$$ wins the day.

Agree they will never have a large following in Western Sydney

And Scully will freeze his tiny balls

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North Won't be relocated to tassie until Hawthorn finish up their stint in Tassie. The deal expires with the Tasmanian Gov at the end of 2020.


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