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Going to be hilarious seeing them back in the bottom 4 next year without the easy draw.

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    Unless Polec wants to move to Tassie, he'll stay with Port

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    14 minutes ago, MSFebey said:

    Doesn't he go for North? Probably tell everyone how great the idea is. Was it DB who said we had a scattergun approach? or was it another club? If us, he was right lol

    Yes it was Purple and yes he's a Norf man. He was right, but now it looks a little bit Pot....Kettle...

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    I don't actually mind the idea of just going hard after everyone available and seeing who you can get. North have to get out of their first round pick somehow so they're chasing hard.

    The thing I wouldn't want to do is have it go public every time. What does that say to prospective recruits or to their own players?

    But that's where North are different to most teams. They don't really care about looking desperate. They are the shinboners and their club is founded on just giving it a red hot go. It's very admirable.

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    2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    I don't actually mind the idea of just going hard after everyone available and seeing who you can get. North have to get out of their first round pick somehow so they're chasing hard.

    The thing I wouldn't want to do is have it go public every time. What does that say to prospective recruits or to their own players?

    But that's where North are different to most teams. They don't really care about looking desperate. They are the shinboners and their club is founded on just giving it a red hot go. It's very admirable.

    Speaking of shinboners, I had a night on the beers with Glenn Archer a couple of years ago. Was a funny night apart from him telling me the Dees were rubbish and had no hope. 

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    4 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    But that's where North are different to most teams. They don't really care about looking desperate. They are the shinboners and their club is founded on just giving it a red hot go. It's very admirable.

    Pffft! Won two flags on the back of pilfering teams in the 70's under new rules, and two on the back of Sydney giving away a young Carey. Other than that they've been a bigger joke than St Kilda. I hope that while they case every skirt in town Brown takes an offer from someone else.

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    I'd rather North land them for overs than the Hawks, Tigers or Pies etc get them for unders.

    Hopefully Would be like Carlscum landing Judd all those years back - blow all their dough on a big star without delivering any real sucess.

    Alot of people have sympathy for North as a small club.  Until we have won another flag, I have none.

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    1 hour ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    I'd rather North land them for overs than the Hawks, Tigers or Pies etc get them for unders.

    Hopefully Would be like Carlscum landing Judd all those years back - blow all their dough on a big star without delivering any real sucess.

    Alot of people have sympathy for North as a small club.  Until we have won another flag, I have none.

    I have about as much sympathy for North as I do for an axe murderer dying in jail after spending 60 years behind bars.

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    15 minutes ago, timbo said:

    I have about as much sympathy for North as I do for an axe murderer dying in jail after spending 60 years behind bars.

    Agreed. I hate them. 

    If they relocated to The Gold Coast they would still be North of Melbourne

     

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    6 hours ago, Jaded said:

    The problem for North is that they’re North. They’re average and they’re irrelevant. Just throwing money at players won’t do a thing for them. 

     

    I think this is right, they're out of fashion, these days.   No excitement about them.   To stir footy vibes across the AFL.

    It's not they're players... its the club.

     

    They're struggling for relevance within the AFL competition.

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    5 hours ago, Uncle Fester said:

    Pffft! Won two flags on the back of pilfering teams in the 70's under new rules, and two on the back of Sydney giving away a young Carey. Other than that they've been a bigger joke than St Kilda. I hope that while they case every skirt in town Brown takes an offer from someone else.

    Hmmmm..... 4 flags in 40 years. I'd take that rather than none in my lifetime.

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    12 hours ago, MSFebey said:

    Polec for $700,000

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/07/18/north-melbournes-massive-offer-to-a-port-adelaide-midfielder/

    Dusty, Kelly, Lynch, Fyfe, Sloane, Gaff and probably many more I can't remember.....

    There doesn't seem to be any consistency in what they're doing, just throw cash in a desperate bid to lure any big name.

    Good on them for trying, but it's starting to look desperate

    with respect, who knows if any of the rumours are true with regards to who north are chasing.. i guess its better to ask than not ask. but 700k for polec? if that bit is true, HOT DAMN!

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    Just now, Rocky said:

    with respect, who knows if any of the rumours are true with regards to who north are chasing.. i guess its better to ask than not ask. but 700k for polec? if that bit is true, HOT DAMN!

    As with any rumour, including the Gaff one, only those doing the deal know. Media gets a sniff, clubs will always deny. It’s just a discussion topic really. $700k for  Polec is desperate, no other words, he’s not even a star.

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    8 hours ago, Jaded said:

    The problem for North is that they’re North. They’re average and they’re irrelevant. Just throwing money at players won’t do a thing for them. 

     

    A club who have totally out performed our club over the last 30 years. 

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    3 hours ago, Cards13 said:

    A club who have totally out performed our club over the last 30 years. 

     I don’t disagree. But no 23 year old footballer gives two [censored] about their premierships in the 90s (when they weren’t even born). Players want two things: money and success. 

    North can offer them money, but so can other clubs who are seen as successful currently or with the potential to be successful in the near future. It’s instant gratification type of deal. 

    North doesn’t entice players on that level. They have no big games, no real home ground and small supporter base. Plus a rapidly aging and uninspiring list. 

    The best thing they can do is bottom out and draft some young stars. 

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    7 hours ago, Jaded said:

     I don’t disagree. But no 23 year old footballer gives two [censored] about their premierships in the 90s (when they weren’t even born). Players want two things: money and success. 

    North can offer them money, but so can other clubs who are seen as successful currently or with the potential to be successful in the near future. It’s instant gratification type of deal. 

    North doesn’t entice players on that level. They have no big games, no real home ground and small supporter base. Plus a rapidly aging and uninspiring list. 

    The best thing they can do is bottom out and draft some young stars. 

    This post annoys me. I can't work out what the censored word is.

    (The rest of the post is fine and makes perfect sense).

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    13 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    This post annoys me. I can't work out what the censored word is.

    (The rest of the post is fine and makes perfect sense).

    Sh$t$

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    8 hours ago, Jaded said:

     I don’t disagree. But no 23 year old footballer gives two [censored] about their premierships in the 90s (when they weren’t even born). Players want two things: money and success. 

    North can offer them money, but so can other clubs who are seen as successful currently or with the potential to be successful in the near future. It’s instant gratification type of deal. 

    North doesn’t entice players on that level. They have no big games, no real home ground and small supporter base. Plus a rapidly aging and uninspiring list. 

    The best thing they can do is bottom out and draft some young stars. 

    North can't afford to bottom out and it's why they never have. Melbourne was on the brink but with influential supporters and an AFL that sees an MFC as the most hopeful and financially appealing of the "smaller" clubs, we survived. NO chance North get the same support we did. The AFL sold them out to GC and has been trying to get them to merge or relocate for decades. They are doing everything they can to avoid bottoming out. Imagine North being in Carlton's situation. They would get 10k (if that) to their games. That won't hold up.

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