Chook

Tom McDonald has a diabolical kick.

People are pretty personal with Grimes. Critiquing the team is appropriate because the whole team is guilty of it. Critiquing Grimes is also appropriate, but I don't think it needs to be so harsh.

What did I do?

Half-time and we're only 14 points down despite being smashed for the second week in a row. We need to grow a collective brain during the break and play the way Roosy wants us to. Clean up our disposal and we can beat this umpire-loving, free-kick staging bunch of girlie-boys.

Jordie with a stray elbow. Gone for a week, I'd say.

Back on the ground and seemingly fine. A set shot from Bail sees us just seven points down. Stick that in yer pipes you MFC-syndrome suffering coots on this forum!

2 goals down. Obviously people haven't learned from last week. If you can stop the bleeding, you can get back in it.

Tom McDonald is SUCH a shite kick!

Colin Garland is back to his 2012 form, which saw him rise to the top of my "get him out of the club right now" list. What has happened to him. He was SO good in 2013.

Garland FFS!!!

Despite how poorly we're playing, that goal from Frawley puts us within 18 points. In previous years that purple patch from North would have seen us 10 goals down by now.

That's the last thing they need. What they need is someone to shoot some ice into their veins. Cool down boys and start thinking a little more.

Cross gets hit in the head. UMPIRE: "Throw. Norf free kick." Unbelievable.

Have we all taken leave of our senses? What is it about North Melbourne that makes our boys play like morons every time?

Jack Watts appears to have re-injured his back in a marking contest.

Three demons fly on the last line of defence. None of them take it, and all the kangas stay down. Easy goal. Just not thinking. Terrible. Get the blood pressure down dees and play like we should be playing: with calm and deliberation.

Need to play Dean Kent on Boomer Harvey. He's the only one fast enough and strong enough to play on him.

Why is McDonald being played on Petrie? He's not strong enough to play on a player like that.

Blatant duck being payed a free kick. Only against Melbourne.

I can't stand people trashing Jack Grimes all the time. He's our captain FFS!

We're getting sucked in to the North "attack at all costs" gamestyle. We won't win if that happens for the whole game. That's not us. We need to lock it down more and stop them leading to the ball so much.

Howe pushed square in the back by Black there. Black not going for the ball, Howe trying for the mark. Should've been a free to Melbourne.

Bernie fricken Vince! Another goal.

Will a team ever kick accurately against Melbourne again?

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Sandy Roberts + Anthony Hudson SPECIAL COMMENTS: Gerard Healy + Jason Dunstall Surely this is the best commentary team currently possible on TV. A far cry from Dwayne Russell's garbage from last week.