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1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Larkey should have assessed his options before re-signing with the Kangaroos. 

I admire his loyalty. To many of our players left us & it was frustrating. 

But yeah maybe he thought this season they'd be travelling better

 

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    Seven unforced changes for Gold Coast Suns.  I don't think Dimma was too happy with their most recent effort.

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    I thought +39.5 was a good line for North. 

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    25 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    I admire his loyalty. To many of our players left us & it was frustrating. 

    But yeah maybe he thought this season they'd be travelling better

     

    Maybe he needs to stop flopping in marking contest first it embarrassing for a senior play with a side full of young kids.

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    11 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    West coast: ‘We’re so bad we need priority picks’

    North Melbourne: ‘Hold my beer’

    I've been running the line for the last few years that Nth didn't deserve high-end priority picks but if they don't show any improvement this year, they'll need some serious help. This is a worse hole than we were in.

    Priority picks that that they have to trade for players (similar to the mini-draft of GWS), increased salary cap, increased player list. They're at risk of having their young high pick midfielders not developing properly and/or leaving if they're not competitive soon.

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    1 minute ago, Engorged Onion said:

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    2 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    I've been running the line for the last few years that Nth didn't deserve high-end priority picks but if they don't show any improvement this year, they'll need some serious help. This is a worse hole than we were in.

    Priority picks that that they have to trade for players (similar to the mini-draft of GWS), increased salary cap, increased player list. They're at risk of having their young high pick midfielders not developing properly and/or leaving if they're not competitive soon.

    Are you kidding?

    We were so bad for so long ... lost quite a few matches by margins over 100 points. 

     

     

     

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    23 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

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    14 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Are you kidding?

    We were so bad for so long ... lost quite a few matches by margins over 100 points. 

     

     

     

    Nth have had plenty of drubbings too. Their percentage has been woeful for years.

    If you look at the past 4 years, it's worse than any 4 year period we had during Bailey or Neild years.

    Nth:
    2023 - 3 wins
    2022 - 2 wins
    2021 -4 wins
    2020 - 3 wins*(out of 17 games)

    Melbourne's three year bad patch of 2012,2013 and 2014 (where signs of recovery were obvious)  yielded 4, 2 and 4 wins.  2011 had 8 wins. 2015 had 7 wins. We won 5 games in 2008 and 2009.

    They've had 4 very bad years in a row. If they have another bad year (as I stated in my post) without showing obvious signs of improvement they need help. I stand by that.

     

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    33 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    I've been running the line for the last few years that Nth didn't deserve high-end priority picks but if they don't show any improvement this year, they'll need some serious help. This is a worse hole than we were in.

    Priority picks that that they have to trade for players (similar to the mini-draft of GWS), increased salary cap, increased player list. They're at risk of having their young high pick midfielders not developing properly and/or leaving if they're not competitive soon.

    They look to me a little like GWS early days. They’ve picked the best kids available over 3-4 drafts - but now have lots of mids and no structure to support it. It’s a risk, especially watching McKercher running around knowing he’ll be the first target for Tassie.

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