THE LAST TIME THEY MET

north melbourne v melbourne

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July 30, 20232 yr

MELBOURNE 8.2.50 13.3.81 16.4.100 22.7.139

NORTH MELBOURNE 1.0.6 2.3.15 4.6.30 7.7.49

Earlier this year, the Demons smashed the lacklustre Kangaroos who were struggling after a bright start under Al Clarkson’s coaching. They had five goals on the board before you could blink and injuries to some of the North players didn’t help their cause. A few late goals prevented them from suffering a 100 point plus humiliation.

THE TEAMS    

MELBOURNE

B J. Bowey S. May J. Lever
HB A. Brayshaw B. Fritsch T. Rivers
C E. Langdon C. Oliver T. Sparrow
HF J. Viney J. Schache M. Hibberd
F J. Jordon J van Rooyen J. McVee
FOLL M. Gawn C. Petracca K. Chandler
I/C B. Grundy L. Hunter A. Neal-Bullen K. Pickett SUB J. Harmes EMG B. Laurie T. McDonald D. Turner

IN J. Harmes J. Schache

OUT B. Laurie (omitted) H. Petty (concussion)

NORTH MELBOURNE

B G. Logue B. McKay J. Ziebell
HB L. McDonald A. Hall H. Sheezel
C C. Taylor T. Powell L. Shiels
HF P. Curtis C. Comben J. Stephenson
F J. Simpkin N. Larkey C. Coleman-Jones
FOLL T. Goldstein D. Tucker C. Zurhaar
I/C A. Corr B. Cunnington B. Scott K. Turner SUB D. Howe EMG B. Drury H. Greenwood D. Howe W. Phillips

IN C. Coleman-Jones D. Howe J. Simpkin

OUT L. Davies-Uniacke (heel) D. Howe (omitted) W. Phillips (omitted)

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July 30, 20232 yr

How convenient it is for Al Clarkson to return to the coaching fold this week against his old club Melbourne.

Will this provide the Demons with the danger game that greets opposition clubs when there’s a change of coaches? 😀

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July 30, 20232 yr

The Kangas have improved under Ratten even if they didn’t win games. They should have kept him in as coach for the remainder of the season and re-set next year under Clarko.

Despite their improved form and the fact that they lost 3 or 4 close ones, the AFL is going to gift them plenty of draft concessions at the end of the year.

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July 31, 20232 yr

Clarkson sure to go with youth.

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July 31, 20232 yr

A danger game this is not.

North were beyond putrid in the first half against us. Really pathetic. We would have won by 130+ points if we hadn’t taken our foot off the gas.

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July 31, 20232 yr

They are much better now than when we played them the first time this year.

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July 31, 20232 yr

1 hour ago, Demon Head said:

They are much better now than when we played them the first time this year.

They just lost to the WAFL Eagles .

End of arguement

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July 31, 20232 yr

1 hour ago, Demon Head said:

They are much better now than when we played them the first time this year.

No they're not. They're on a 17-game losing streak and just got beaten by the eagles.

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July 31, 20232 yr

I had forgotten that our first quarter score defeated their full time score.

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July 31, 20232 yr

Surely we cover the 43 point line if it's dry

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July 31, 20232 yr

Just hope it's not a windy game like we saw at Casey on the weekend.

Apart from the ugly spectacle it will likely help to keep them in the game for longer.

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