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GAMEDAY: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne

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We are down 20 in contested possession against kids and old blokes

That shows we are just not tough enough or putting in

No game plan works when you don’t get the ball

Soft half of footy 

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    So many issues, some of it personnel (May at one end, Picket at the other), but could be a long season at this rate. While some teams are going backwards, there aren't really many easy-beats any more.

     

    This week's "Learnings" should be a good listen

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    Did feel like our ball pressure was way off, very reactive and often falling off tackles. The ease with which they’ve been able to transition the ball needs to be addressed.

    Conversely, our D50 transition is shocking. Will be a hard slog all game if we can’t start getting some run off the back.

    Really missing the likes of Pickett, Windsor and McVee

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    3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    We are down 20 in contested possession against kids and old blokes

    That shows we are just not tough enough or putting in

    No game plan works when you don’t get the ball

    Soft half of footy 

    Soft maybe.. but certainly lacking the defensive intensity, or intent.

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    So I guess all the reporting of the forward line movement pre season was just fiction back to being witches hats.

     

    I really don't know what people expect. North is on the way up, we are lingering in neutral. You just knew that this was going to he a season of unknowns based on how the club spoke about the season. It was all pretty low-key, timid stuff. People need to temper their expectations. 

    We will bounce back and win.

    Big time.

    But it will be hard to forget some of that really bad footy.

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    Playing group isn’t good enough and our coach isn’t good enough to get the most out of an average list.

    Nothing will change with Simon at the helm. Wasting another season.

    1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

    We will bounce back and win.

    Big time.

    But it will be hard to forget some of that really bad footy.

    There is literally nothing to back this up, 

    1 minute ago, praha said:

    I really don't know what people expect. North is on the way up, we are lingering in neutral. You just knew that this was going to he a season of unknowns based on how the club spoke about the season. It was all pretty low-key, timid stuff. People need to temper their expectations. 

    Agree.  We are a poor kicking team for years now, with ongoing deficiencies in forward connection.  Doesn't matter who we play, we're going to be giving them a lot of chances.

    10 minutes ago, Brownie said:

    The selfish bugger needs to dish it off. He had a team mate off to his left with a paddock then.

    Gawn is not a goal kicker and keeps fancying himself that he is. Not good leadership 

    Very selfish.  They're mostly playing individual footy with only a sprinkling of players truly invested.

    The confidence, spirit, flair, selfless team work and skill of the 2021 premiership team is a distant memory now.

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    Watching most games this year 1 thing has stuck out and that’s speed and skills is the way now the game has changed, problem is we have none of that so I can’t see us doing much this year even if we win today 

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    1 minute ago, praha said:

    I really don't know what people expect. North is on the way up, we are lingering in neutral. You just knew that this was going to he a season of unknowns based on how the club spoke about the season. It was all pretty low-key, timid stuff. People need to temper their expectations. 

    At this stage most supporters expect us to be in the mix for finals contention. At this stage we look like an early write off.

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    If we execute our handballs, I.e. hit simple targets from a few meters away, we’d be winning. We put ourselves under so much bloody pressure from basic skill errors.

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    Reckon we are in trouble in this game big time, we just can’t cover 4-5 key outs of the moment no depth in the list

    Powell has been excellent for North. The grim reality is for us is that you can see that he’s positioned around the contest with time and space. We need to find a way to shut these types of players down.

    Poor decision making. Skill execution terrible. 

     
    4 minutes ago, praha said:

    I really don't know what people expect. North is on the way up, we are lingering in neutral. You just knew that this was going to he a season of unknowns based on how the club spoke about the season. It was all pretty low-key, timid stuff. People need to temper their expectations. 

    I think people expect us to beat a bottom 4 team as most of the footy world would


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