POSTGAME: Rd 10 vs North Melbourne

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

3 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Reckon the Roos have shown the rest of the comp how to play us (although dirtily).
 

Inflicting injuries is our Achilles heel, who would’ve thought 😞

They also showed how to cut up our zone.

[deva5610 970]

7 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

We were in much better form last season and it looked it

Except for all the times during that same season when everyone said the same thing about our inaccurate kicking. We never really looked like losing in any aspects of todays game, poor kicking aside.

I do think that inaccurate kicking more often than not is one of the worst parts of our game, but I'm sure we'll cope. Just as we did in 2021.

Edited May 21, 2022 by deva5610

[Nasher 33,617]

3 minutes ago, Ham said:

Dunstan is a terrible player and shouldn't be in the team, ever again. 

That’s a rough assessment. He’s untidy with the ball, which is why he isn’t best 22, but he’ll play whenever Viney can’t.

Edited May 21, 2022 by Nasher
Grammar

[homsar 431]

3 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

We were in much better form last season and it looked it

Disagree 

[Demonstone 22,815]

[Gandalf46 133]

Sorry - didn't follow the game day chat - does anyone know what actually happened to Langdon?  The Foxtel commentary (aka Kangaroos support club) hardly said boo about the injury.

[praha 11,240]

6 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

2%

We should have spanked them.

Thats a win for North.

inaccurate as always, we are primed for a finals upset.

Along with the Eagles, North concede the most amount of points and inside 50s against yet we looked to be going uphill for 75% of the game

Both North and Eagles arguably put up their biggest fights of the year against us outside of their wins. If North go into that with their normal plan we win by 180 points. They threw everything at us and it was still almost a 10 goal win. What do you people want?

[Tarax Club 3,958]

Smokin’ Max Gawn! 

Edited May 21, 2022 by Tarax Club
Just add horns, tail and trident

[Demon Disciple 12,273]

Now to cheer hard for Dorks and Filth tomorrow. Gonna need to take a shower after saying that.

Edited May 21, 2022 by Demon Disciple

[Chook 15,022]

5 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

We were in much better form last season and it looked it

We lost to Adelaide this round last season bro.

[Hopeful Demon 1,517]

One of those games where you just bank the four points and move on to next week. The game certainly wasn't without its frustrations but I was expecting North to challenge us given that teams are clearly trying to find ways to shut us down. 

Oliver can take a bow. Best on ground by a country mile.

Can't complain with being 10-0. We're off to an even better start than last year.

[Sir Why You Little 37,125]

6 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

2%

We should have spanked them.

Thats a win for North.

inaccurate as always, we are primed for a finals upset.

Along with the Eagles, North concede the most amount of points and inside 50s against yet we looked to be going uphill for 75% of the game

It’s not as easy as that. We are being hunted each week 

Yes our goal kicking must improve, but i have no problem with our endeavour 

We are playing tough footy. 
Without Langdon and Viney. 
 

This was Noughts biggest game of the year. Next week they will be crap again. 
 

Meanwhile we are 10-0

I hope Mr Ed is ok

[sisso 2,580]

Was never stressed that we were in any danger of losing that one 

[Foopy on the telly 529]

Melbourne supporters who say that was the most “pathetic” football we have played in a long time and that we’re “not a proper team” don’t have a basic understanding of football.

Melbourne are a system-based team. This means that our team is designed to play the same way week in, week out. We could be like Geelong and change tactics every week to smash bottom sides by 80+, but that’s what let’s you down in finals. That’s why teams like Geelong have done nothing in September.

Some of our fans have no idea just how good we have it. We had the same type of  performances against bottom teams last year and what happened? We won the [censored] premiership. So those people suggesting that we’re not gonna perform against the better teams as a result of how we played today are absolutely clueless about the game.

[Chook 15,022]

Just amazing how people's goalposts have shifted since we've become a good side. I get that we're better now and should expect better, but my word the entitlement creeping in here is worrisome.

[Demonstone 22,815]

13 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Thats a win for North.

North Melbourne 8.5.53 DEFEATED Narrm 14.16.100.  

[DubDee 26,117]

Any idea on the attendance?

[sisso 2,580]

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Any idea on the attendance?

13600 was very small

[buck_nekkid 6,046]

2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Any idea on the attendance?

A bucketload of booing Roos supporters…

[Grapeviney 9,799]

Great win, but the way the boys celebrated in the rooms afterwards was a bit of over the top.

 

[The heart beats true 18,145]

I was one of the 13,000 at the ground. It was genuinely such a weird vibe for the first quarter. It had all the feeling of a preseason game.

I also think that stadium plays very differently to any other ground. North tried to work through our zone with precision short kicking that in all seriousness they couldn’t execute on at any other ground. The surface is like carpet. It’s like the difference between indoor soccer and soccer. The basic skills are the same, but the games play entirely differently.

I thought we just had a better quality of player, and that was the difference. Both teams tried hard.

[chook fowler 19,533]

11 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

Smokin’ Max Gawn! 

Didn’t see it. Please explain 

[Beetle 4,673]

11 minutes ago, Gandalf46 said:

Sorry - didn't follow the game day chat - does anyone know what actually happened to Langdon?  The Foxtel commentary (aka Kangaroos support club) hardly said boo about the injury.

[ucanchoose 1,816]

1 minute ago, chook fowler said:

Didn’t see it. Please explain 

His head was steaming during the post match interview 

[Chook 15,022]

1 minute ago, Beetle said:

Yep - that about covers it. Something rib related is the result.