Jaded No More

I also think Melksham must be in to play a very specific role

I am not thrilled with these selections but I trust the coaches. They’ve done a good job the last two season.

He’s not Oliver tho

I feel a loss coming on. We just lost our best player and most consistent defender.

Welcome to Demonland. I bet my bottom dollar that whoever controls the social media passwords at Melbourne is a closet Demonlander who posts photos and then comes on here to read the mass hysteria with a bucket of popcorn.

No photos of Gus on Insta today. Clearly gone. Do you think our social media team is just posting content that they think will get likes maybe?

They are not moving Gus into the middle. They will bring in Dunstan to cover his place.

This thread is getting more and more ridiculous by the day. I love it.

Well I have very little confidence that we can win this game now. Oliver is by far our most important and best player.

Would have him in a second. Sadly I can’t see how we can afford it and I also don’t think he would want to uproot his family for 1-2 years.

As they say, the fish rots from the head. Noble is a tiny piece in a big puzzle of horse [censored]. No coach will come into North and succeed unless they have the balls of Clarkson and come with a long list of demands for changes from the top, just as Roos and Jackson did.

I am pretty sure that is true for every team in the 8....

Ginnivan and Dangerfield. A couple of Rhode scholars with a masters degree in medicine.

Buckley would be a great option for North. However why would he leave a well paid cushy media job to run a circus? Same goes for Lyon. Ross wants success to prove that he isn’t the overrated hack we all think he is. That doesn’t go hand in hand with North. As for Clarkson, he could walk into any club. Why would he walk into North, unless the money was astronomical or he was desperate to stay in Victoria and Essendon stick fat with Rutten?

We did improve under Roos from a defensive point of view. Under Neeld we were getting dismantled every week, not too dissimilar to North. Roos built a defensive foundation and 2 way running. It wasn't always well executed because as you say, we had a poor list, but there is no doubt the 'buy in' from the playing group under Roos as a whole would have been much higher than under Neeld. I know Roos isn't a people person either, but he commanded the respect that Neeld could only dream of. Noble is very different and comes with a long and respected history in our game.

My father in law is available... not a great footballer tho.

Not one of those guys comes across if Roos isn't the coach tho. That is why Roos was so valuable. He could lose 18 games a year without anyone batting an eyelid because he was a proven coach. He had time and grace afforded to him while he resuscitated a dying club with a NQR list and culture. Jackson was the same. He could get a lot of stuff done and had the ear and cheque book of the AFL. Both of these guys, no matter what you think of them, saved our club. Neeld was an awful coach, but anyone who thinks that we could punch our way out of a wet paper bag back then, even with the greatest coach on earth, is kidding themselves. This is why North need someone well established like Clarkson. He can buy them time while he rebuilds.

When can we start sniffing around the dead carcasses and try getting some of their better players across to a winning club? Surely their players are ripe for the pickings.

Exactly. That’s the Steven May press conference.

Ross Lyon is a terrible person. North with a young list need somebody to drive culture and nurture these guys. Lyon is literally an asshat.

The mind boggles… Must really rate their assistant match day coaches 🙄

Ross Lyon. What a way to end your existence as a footy club. Lucky I don’t care about Norf.

Yze would be stupid beyond stupid to take this on. I know that senior coaching gigs don't come around often, but going to North is a sure fire way to ruin your career before it's begun. They have to get someone experienced who can buy them time to rebuild, the same way Roos did for us. Williams could be a better option, but again, does he have the personality to deal with the mess that is North?

I love this club and I have no reason to doubt our management, given it's been impeccable for a long time now. But I would have had a very hard time reconciling getting Walker to the club, no matter how good a player he is or how badly we need another established key forward. Thank goodness that is off the table now. The man is a cultural cancer. He can enjoy his empty trophy cabinet at Adelaide.

Norf sacking people like the real problem isn’t their list and culture and irrelevance… shades of Melbourne minus the rich passionate supporter base or historical importance.