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Just now, binman said:

Weather update:

12pm
 
Mostly cloudy 12°C 26% 85% icon N 28km/h 4°C 56%
3pm
 
Cloudy 14°C 21% 91% icon N 28km/h 4°C 50%

Above was from weatherzone, this from BoM

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 1 [Low]

Saturday 29 July

Summary
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Min 3
Max 15
Rain at times.
Possible rainfall: 2 to 4 mm
Chance of any rain: 70% rain_70.gif

Hobart area

Cloudy. High (70%) chance of rain, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Posted
7 hours ago, brendan said:

Just need to start in similar fashion to the port game 

Usually fairly difficult (though not impossible) to lose by getting out to a 48pt margin in the second quarter. 

For me it's definitely about the start, particularly with lower ranked clubs if you get out to an early margin it breaks them (speaking from experience). Scoreboard pressure from the start, don't allow them easy access to Brown, lower the eyes for targets going inside 50. If we play the way we've been playing for most of the year it should be a very comfortable win. Let's see if we can play better. 

Posted
4 hours ago, double dee said:

Wouldnt a bit of rain help us? They would gain strength through the midfield but we are also tough in here and could easily match them. It's Preuss, Brown and Waite who i think we struggle with the most and rumours of gawn potentially being a late out are still circling. The rain makes its that much harder for the big guys but Hogan seams to do pretty well rain, hail or shine.

If the Adelaide match in Darwin is anything to go by then some light rain and a slippery ball is not a help. It exposed our lack of ball-handling class and makes our high-risk quick-movement playing style all the more difficult to execute.

Maybe heavy rain and a hard slog would be more to our suiting, but it would also benefit North's slower big-bodied mids and turn it into a crap-shoot. It also hampers our recovery for GWS. We may be a hard, contested team, but we play dry-weather football.

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Posted
7 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

14 degrees, rain and winds up to 40 km/h in Hobart tomorrow.

This will unfortunately even up the game and its gonna be a slog.

Winning the toss would be a good start then. Think theyve won the last 2 down there so were due..

Posted
2 hours ago, binman said:

Weather update:

12pm
 
Mostly cloudy 12°C 26% 85% icon N 28km/h 4°C 56%
3pm
 
Cloudy 14°C 21% 91% icon N 28km/h 4°C 50%

FMD - equivalent of 4deg windchill factor... erm long sleeves for all the lads, and a revert back to woollen knitwear please (don't we have a sponsorship with woolmark??

Posted
1 hour ago, Pates said:

Usually fairly difficult (though not impossible) to lose by getting out to a 48pt margin in the second quarter. 

For me it's definitely about the start, particularly with lower ranked clubs if you get out to an early margin it breaks them (speaking from experience). Scoreboard pressure from the start, don't allow them easy access to Brown, lower the eyes for targets going inside 50. If we play the way we've been playing for most of the year it should be a very comfortable win. Let's see if we can play better. 

Like your thinking Pates.

Our earlier loss this season to North was a real let down and it is really time to put this losing streak to the sword.

Hopefully Garlett continues his good form and even better goals with some of those kicks he just missed last week. Watching the replay he could have had a 6-7 goal game easily.

Posted (edited)

When we played North last time we still had not synced our new game plan/style. So I feel we are superior now.

I also feel the reason why North rested players last week and brought some back this week is because they know their future is as the Tassie Kangaroos and they need to play their best for their Tassie Brand.

Port & North I previously believed had the big bodied players to potentially monster our young team. After we took care of Port last week we only have to emulate last weeks performance to gets the chocolates tomorrow. Go Dees! 

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Posted
37 minutes ago, Lord Ivanhoe said:

When we played North last time we still had not synced our new game plan/style. So I feel we are superior now.

I also feel the reason why North rested players last week and brought some back this week is because they know their future is as the Tassie Kangaroos and they need to play their best for their Tassie Brand.

Port & North I previously believed had the big bodied players to potentially monster our young team. After we took care of Port last week we only have to emulate last weeks performance to gets the chocolates tomorrow. Go Dees! 

i agree its just a matter of consistency. We bring the same application as last week we win this easily.

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Posted

There's no way North beat Crows in Adelaide, Eagles in Perth, or Port we are better and must win this week or it's a backward step.

Posted (edited)

Big chance to leapfrog the swans after their loss and cement our spot in the 8, but feeling really nervous about playing North.

We could be playing the wooden spoon team here so we better kill them!

Don't we have another record of losing to the wooden spoon teams every year? Oh wait, we've lost to them already :(

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Posted
3 hours ago, Lord Ivanhoe said:

When we played North last time we still had not synced our new game plan/style. So I feel we are superior now.

This. 

It was easily our worst display with the zone defence. One of the most frustrating things I've watched this year and I doubt North have ever enjoyed scoring so many easy goals. 

And it was still close. 

This time they'll be relying a lot more on contested grabs. In those conditions, good luck. I'm still not confident, but my uncle and I have joked for so long that we'll never beat North again while we're alive, it's not really a joke anymore. 

Please just [censored] win. 

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Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, Redleg said:

Roos have picked a far better side than last week's, which nearly won.

 

Norf are supposed to have cleared out their older players and are playing youf.  Still a year older and more experienced than us this week.

       
Average Attributes
  North Melbourne Attribute Melbourne  
189.0cm Height 187.4cm
89.0kg Weight 88.3kg
25yr 2mth Age 24yr 3mth
88.5 Games 81.0
 
 
Total Players By Games
  North Melbourne Games Melbourne  
10 Less than 50 10
3 50 to 99 6
2 100 to 149 3
7 150 or more 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted
5 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

Norf are supposed to have cleared out their older players and are plying youf.  Still a year older and more experienced than us this week.

       
Average Attributes
  North Melbourne Attribute Melbourne  
189.0cm Height 187.4cm
89.0kg Weight 88.3kg
25yr 2mth Age 24yr 3mth
88.5 Games 81.0
 
 
Total Players By Games
  North Melbourne Games Melbourne  
10 Less than 50 10
3 50 to 99 6
2 100 to 149 3
7 150 or more 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

That's interesting. Where did you find this table?

Posted
4 minutes ago, The team we love said:

Thanks Fifty. I click on teams or preview and can't find this table? Maybe because I'm viewing on my phone?

Yes I don't get it on the phone either.  I got it on tablet (and desktop). Tablet explains my rubbish paste job.

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I said three days ago the rain wouldn't be a factor.  I spent my youth watching footy in Hobart and I reckon I could count on one hand the number of times we watched games that became complete slogs.  Winter in Tassie mostly comprises of Westerly patterns coming from the Roaring 40s, so the western half of the state gets slammed by rain, but it rarely makes it as far in as the south east.  Hobart is definitely a cold place in winter, but isn't usually a wet one.

Launceston is a different story.  It rains there a lot more than it does in Hobart.

If it rains at all, it will be just enough to annoy those of us sitting out in the open (i.e. just about everyone at the ground).  The wind, on the other hand, probably will have an effect.

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Vogon Poetry said:

Warning:

Qantas flight 1503 has been delayed until 12.10pm so if you are on that flight you will miss a chunk of the game. 

You might still make the opening bounce.  Would be 20 minutes from Hobart Airport to Blundstone Arena absolute tops.  Disembark and run for the taxi rank and you should get there by 1:30 still.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Nasher said:

You might still make the opening bounce.  Would be 20 minutes from Hobart Airport to Blundstone Arena absolute tops.  Disembark and run for the taxi rank and you should get there by 1:30 still.

Thanks Nasher but I don't trust Qantas to get me their on time. 

Posted
1 minute ago, Vogon Poetry said:

Thanks Nasher but I don't trust Qantas to get me their on time. 

Just giving the most optimistic but still plausible outcome.  Good luck :-)

Posted (edited)
12 minutes ago, Nasher said:

You might still make the opening bounce.  Would be 20 minutes from Hobart Airport to Blundstone Arena absolute tops.  Disembark and run for the taxi rank and you should get there by 1:30 still.

"Run for the taxi rank" piggy-backing givemethenews.  Please send pictures!

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Posted
10 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

This. 

It was easily our worst display with the zone defence. One of the most frustrating things I've watched this year and I doubt North have ever enjoyed scoring so many easy goals. 

And it was still close. 

This time they'll be relying a lot more on contested grabs. In those conditions, good luck. I'm still not confident, but my uncle and I have joked for so long that we'll never beat North again while we're alive, it's not really a joke anymore. 

Please just [censored] win. 

Good point about the zone re leaking eady goals out thw back. Goodwin has really sorted rhat out since then - sign of a good coach.

The othwr rhing in that game is it was the one gamw we reallt got huet nor having gawn. Goldstein killed us. Uf gawn is fut he will destroy pruess and daw.

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Posted
1 minute ago, binman said:

Good point about the zone re leaking eady goals out thw back. Goodwin has really sorted rhat out since then - sign of a good coach.

The othwr rhing in that game is it was the one gamw we reallt got huet nor having gawn. Goldstein killed us. Uf gawn is fut he will destroy pruess and daw.

Started early on the booze binman?

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