GAMEDAY: Practice Match vs North Melbourne

[FlashInThePan 1,893]

8 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Harmesy looks a lot like Spud in Trainspotting. 

That is SO TRUE!

[Guest]

Go home, Kayo, you’re drunk. They’re showing replays of replays of passages of play, like it’s on loop. 

[Old Man Rivers 326]

Clarrie, Salem, ANB & BBB all looking sensational. A few blokes look a bit dusty but thats what these games are all about. No Jake Lever or Bailey Fritsch so our structures are slightly out. Chandler showing a bit. Looking forward to seeing what The Weed can do in the 2nd half. 

[FlashInThePan 1,893]

These boys are looking really sharp considering how shortened our preseason has been. We look like we are just picking up where we left off in November.

[Guest]

Everyone looks super fit and in awesome condition. It’s a full-on muscle-fest out there. 

[djr 1,498]

Is there a VFL game for the other players on the list after this?

[sisso 2,580]

Nice training drill for the boys out there….North are several classes below 

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,703]

22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Eek..

I know it's a practice game but we look [censored] unreal..

Sexy Football.

[FireInTheBennelly 4,072]

Norf have more free kicks than their total score I reckon 

[Sir Why You Little 37,040]

Where is Chandler Playing?

[dazzledavey36 54,946]

Just now, Sir Why You Little said:

Where is Chandler Playing?

High half forward 

[Vagg 2,439]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Where is Chandler Playing?

Casey Fields.  (Sorry, couldn't help myself!)

[Sir Why You Little 37,040]

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

High half forward 

Thanks Daz. He is giving it a nudge

[Jaded No More 68,920]

Surely they’ll put Weid and Hunt on?

[Clintosaurus 7,849]

BBB dominating.

[Jaded No More 68,920]

Ben Brown taking the urine out of Norf is fun

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

Don't have Kayo so am enjoying myself following this on the North bigfooty game day thread. It's very satisfying having our team talked about like this.

A couple of times we’ve been caught out going forward with turnovers because have they been pushing back hard defensively and we are getting outnumbered .

Melbourne's defence is hard to beat.

they've split us open now

Good reality check. Stops the uncalibrated preseason chugging off.

Not a bad quarter of football but we saw about 5 minutes of play from the Dees that shows the difference between the Premiers and Wooden Spooners. They are a class above and we saw it late in that quarter.

They move the ball quickly we were not able too

Melbourne too strong and too good for us to play silly.

Melbourne read the ball ahead of what we are doing as much as its about poor execution.

We stagnate we should be playing on quickly but Melbourne don’t allow it

Melb numbers behind the ball and numbers in front of the ball....

We are winning out fair share of contests but the Melbourne backline is picking off everything.

Melbourne with ascendency across the ground. Running with numbers, more numbers around the contest, cleaner with the footy.

Melbourne are very good at smothering kicks in close

How long till Round 1, 2023?

They are just out working us on the spread offensively and working back a lot harder defensively. There are a lot of lessons today let’s hope we learn from them .

We're getting crushed by melbs stronger mids.

There are a lot of skill errors, but most of those would be because of the pressure being applied by the defending premiers.

We just hemorrhaged 8 goals in a row and as soon as the pressure came we played like under 10s

Their last two games were an absolute dismantling of Geelong, and then kicking 46 goals in a row to smash the Dogs and win a flag.

Melbourne are really good

At the ground, effort is ok skills & structure the glaring difference. 
Seems an odd set up with the personnel we have on the field, allowing them huge outnumber behind the ball playing into their hands. likewise around the contest their positioning is much effective, better spacing allowing clearer outlets despite what looks like an extra there for us.

[Demonland 72,210]

[dazzledavey36 54,946]

Jeepers Ben Brown is killing it.

Playing completely different to last year.

[Guest]

I wanna see my boy Jayden running around!

[Diamond_Jim 12,589]

Great first half

Particularly impressed by Hibberd and Sparrow is showing he is best 22.

Pickett just cannot get near it other than on a few link up plays.

Would have liked to see some more scoring from forward stoppage.

Looking forward to seeing the Weid and Hunt in the second half.

[FlashInThePan 1,893]

This is getting a little silly. We need to give the B team a chance

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,775]

This is unnecessary now, cobwebs blown out, no injuries yet... blow the siren... let's get out of Dodge 

[Demonland 72,210]

[Guest]

Harmes looks as though he means business. Nice goal just now.