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Also I was very impressed with Taj Woewodin and Deakyn Smith. Both are incredibly well balanced and poised with ball in hands. Smith could become a handy future AFL player off half back with his speed and ability to shut down opposition smalls. Taj barely missed a target by foot. He really weights his kicks with penetration and links up well through thr midfield. Has a smart football brain and I reckon he's closer to a debut then most think. Doing everything right at VFL and we have a great young prospect on hand.

I watched majority of the game. There has certainly been some commentary around Weids game compared to Van Rooyen. From my perspective, today was Weid just being in the right spots at the right time and took his chances when it presented in front of goal. Though, there were times he could have taken an easy contested mark against a much smaller opponent, but yet his greater weakness was evident and failed to take advantage of this once again. Like he would fly for those marks and you'd think it would be an easy mark but it just either bounce off his hand or he'd attempt a double grab. I tried to watch for more defensive pressure but it was a bit non existent except for one act which resulted with a goal. Van Rooyens game was complete opposite to Weid. One of the biggest surprise for me was his defensive pressure. It wasn't just getting a tackle but his ability to use his presence and bash his body around thr packs and stoppages. Stark different to Weid who doesn't really display any of this whether that's VFL or AFL. Van Rooyen has more of a presence in the air. I've watched a few games where he's got that ability to draw defenders and crash packs in the way of Josh Kennedy from WC. His contested marking is elite for his age. He took advantage of the ariel work today and took this huge contested clunk over two north defenders out of no where. It was very impressive. His follow up work and cleanliness below knees was evident as well because he set up a number of goals just being able to pick up thr clean ball and dish it off to a play in a much better position close to goal. Weids form at AFL level wasn't really that bad but on today's display I think he may be behind McDonald and Van Rooyen. There is no rush for JVR to play senior footy even though I'd have him in the team in a heart beat. But he'd be my next in line for selection if McDonald, Brown and Jackson were to miss through injury.

Spargo riddled with errors today. Haven't like his game one bit.

Embarrassing really. Their ability to walk it out of their backline is deplorable.

[censored] we are selfish pr icks at times. Why on earth do we have to have set shots from 50m. Harmes then Gawn in a row Play the percentages ffs!

Meh this game sucks. We just struggle to put sides away when opportunity presents.

God Tom McDonald is a selfish pr ick

22 disposals, 6 marks and 6.2 for Jacob Van Rooyen. Get this kid in! What a bloody impressive performance.

This is some performance by Van Rooyen. His tackling and defensive pressure is elite for such a big forward.

Tyson isn't on North Melbourne's list...

Holy smokes what a clunk by Van Rooyen! 🔥

Oh dear.

I'm going way back and saying Scott Thompson. Jeff Farmer before that.

Yeah but the way i look at it is that Jackson is more then capable of holding down the main rucking role. It doesn't exactly have to be a direct swap for swap for like a Gawn and Majak Daw. They would just use Tom McDonald as the 2nd support role in the ruck and maybe bring in a Mitch Brown or a smaller option in Melksham/Chandler. Majak Daw is only as an insurance if both Gawn and Jsckson go down.

2011.. Remember that game clearly.

This is a such pox argument coming from the bloke that's proven over the journey how significantly cooked you have been on this forum. Have a spell 'Frank'.

Dead set, when has he ever hit the mark. Some seriously ordinary comments in this thread. Never change demonland..

Yze time.

He's checked out this year. His attitude in all games this year has been absolutely pox. His a shadow of his former self now and I don't expect him to be back to his best again.

Yeah.. I think you've had an absolute mare with this one SWYL.

This reminds me of when I feared teams back in 2013. Now they are our b itches..

Not entirely sure that's actually true..

Well that was a fun game to watch. So much to like and once we flexed our muscles in the 2nd quarter we just never looked like losing. Some individuals performance. McDonald: Congratulations on your 200th Tmac.. you've gone through the absolute pits of hell to now a premiership player. Today he played a fantastic game and stamped himself into the team for the next month at least. Hunt: Time to start recognising this bloke on what a wonderful negating player he is. Completely shut down Shai Bolton few weeks back and then destroyed Jack Higgins today who's been in rare form. Important cog to our backline. Sparrow: An absolute brute who has genuine power to accelerate from stoppages but also tackle with such intent. All the hype is Petracca, Oliver and Gawn as the 3 that opposition will put time into but soon enough opposition clubs will be paying extra attention to Sparrow. Loving his development. Pickett: Little master. His left foot snap deep in the pocket was elite. May and Petty: Stopped everything that came their way. Petty particular gave away some questionable free kicks but he's seriously becoming a serious defender of the competition. His intercept marking and poise with the ball is impressive. Just needs good continuity now. Langdon: 2022 All Australian wingman. Enough said. Glad we smoked St Kilda. Cannot stand them one bit and I put them right next to the Western Bulldogs as little irrelevant clubs that are all huff and puff but are mentally soft when the heat gets turned up. Always trying to talk up a big game but they just fail year after year.