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7 minutes ago, Big Col said:

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.

 

It’s too late now 

Tassie will have first crack at all the Young Talent 

North should have gone to The Gold Coast, but James Brayshaw said “no, i will save them..”

I have zero sympathy for this club 

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    West Coast % is 42%
     

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    these really are golden years

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    Port over 40 is the go tonight. Dons Missing their book ends in Ridley and Wright. 

    Port will be angry from the Demons loss and have 4 tall fwds that will destroy the bombers

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    19 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    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.

    I've been thinking the same. FWIW I think they will improve this season. Their VFL team took a big leap last year and are undefeated this year (2/2). 

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    Anyone listening to Dermie, Lynch and Dwayne Russell commentating the Brissy v North game? It's like listening to three old numpties chewing the fat by the fence in the local leagues. It has its charm, but probably is a little below the standard of seriousness required for national television.

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    Anyone watching the game able to shed light on the significance of the Lachie Neale and Zac Bailey injury as listed on the app? At work so haven't been able to watch.

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    2 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    Anyone watching the game able to shed light on the significance of the Lachie Neale and Zac Bailey injury as listed on the app? At work so haven't been able to watch.

    Think the Neale one is more precautionary. 

     

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    The Kangas are desperately short of some hard nose vets.

    Among other things

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    9 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Anyone listening to Dermie, Lynch and Dwayne Russell commentating the Brissy v North game? It's like listening to three old numpties chewing the fat by the fence in the local leagues. It has its charm, but probably is a little below the standard of seriousness required for national television.

    Take away the dribble talk and listen to Derm when he explains a play and what they should have done etc he is generally spot on with his comments.

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    I just switched over to tonight's game. Conversation went;

    "Who's playing?"

    "Ah, Port and Essendon."

    "Is that that BT guy commentating again?"

    "Hmm, yeah."

    "Don't they have anyone else?"

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    17 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Take away the dribble talk and listen to Derm when he explains a play and what they should have done etc he is generally spot on with his comments.

    take away the dribble and that’s 95% of Dermies comments gone

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    31 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Anyone listening to Dermie, Lynch and Dwayne Russell commentating the Brissy v North game? It's like listening to three old numpties chewing the fat by the fence in the local leagues. It has its charm, but probably is a little below the standard of seriousness required for national television.

    Have you seen the standard of seriousness of Australia's national television lately?

    Sometimes I think the networks are being run by a secret cabal of Netflix agents.

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    4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    take away the dribble and that’s 95% of Dermies comments gone

    i'd say closer to 99.9%

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    [censored], there was a jumbo jet between the ball and the players. Review please 

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    take away the dribble and that’s 95% of Dermies comments gone

    Still doesn't change the fact that his football knowledge is1st class maybe people could and learn something instead of just dismissing him because they think he's a [censored].

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    1 hour ago, Big Col said:

    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.

     

    I don’t disagree, but draft picks are not the only way to rise up a ladder. They have good kids, but they don’t have leadership or bigger bodies. We went and got Vince and Lewis etc and those guys really helped to protect the younger players. We also had the likes of Jones. 

    Whatever picks they get they should be forced to trade for ready made mature bodies. They lost McKay who granted is a potato, and Goldstein, who is one day away from death, but those guys were big mature bodies. They need more of that, and some leadership. 
     

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    39 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Anyone listening to Dermie, Lynch and Dwayne Russell commentating the Brissy v North game? It's like listening to three old numpties chewing the fat by the fence in the local leagues. It has its charm, but probably is a little below the standard of seriousness required for national television.

    They were trying to talk up nth. I suppose they have to find something positive, but at times it was a bit patronising 

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    8 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    [censored], there was a jumbo jet between the ball and the players. Review please 

    It was about as close as the one Marchbank claimed to have touched against us last year. 

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    41 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    The Kangas are desperately short of some hard nose vets.

    A hard nosed vet would euthanise them. 

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