Game Day 2024 Non-Swans Game Day

[Heeney2Franklin]

Port will kill us from stoppage

Port always win against us anyways regardless how bad they are doing.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

We will see.

Think was a perfect storm for Clarko at Hawks.

Right time, right place and right people

I get your perspective. The whole, can lightening strike twice type of deal. He absolutely picked the eyes out of his draft / trade selections. But I think Clarko is pretty shrewd at the personality types he selects. He picks winners. Whether it's through the draft or by who he chooses as a trade target. I think he reads personalities really well and is willing to probe players to determine if they're worth pursuing.

He didn't just trade guns, he recruited established players who fit perfectly into his system. Dew, Burgoyne, Gibson, Gunston, Hale, Lake. They were all key contributors to Hawks flags.

He's certainly not a 1-trick pony imo.

Edit: the Mitchell, omeara, scully trades didn't work. But I think that was a case of clarko overreaching with his list at the time and it didn't quite work out. But I'm sure he's taken lessons away from that period as well. But he'll be building the list from scratch at North, and he's got the runs on the board.

 

[Membling]

Port will kill us from stoppage

A lot can change in... lets see.... four months

Likely get Mills, Parker, Adams and Sheldrick back by then. Hopefully changes up our midfield dynamic a bit

 

[caesar88]

How has it been proven?
Do you have some references to back that up or you just going on your "feels"?

It seems really really obvious that the standard of competition is worse than ever and it gets disguised as "closeness." So "proven" might've been the wrong word, but it's also based on my observation of commentary surrounding most games, which is that neither team is much chop.

 

[Membling]

I get your perspective. The whole, can lightening strike twice type of deal. He absolutely picked the eyes out of his draft / trade selections. But I think Clarko is pretty shrewd at the personality types he selects. He picks winners. Whether it's through the draft or by who he chooses as a trade target. I think he reads personalities really well and is willing to probe players to determine if they're worth pursuing.

He didn't just trade guns, he recruited established players who fit perfectly into his system. Dew, Burgoyne, Gibson, Gunston, Hale, Lake. They were all key contributors to Hawks flags.

He's certainly not a 1-trick pony imo.

Think the game has changed a hell of a lot since then. Free agency being one of the bigger effects.

Burgoyne, Gibson, Lake and Hale were all entrenched players at their respective clubs. Gunston on the up at crows. All players were grabbed post 2008 when hawks were set for success.

Could be completely wrong as my crystal ball is glitchy

 

[The King!]

Hawks got some great picks and added good players from other clubs, but so have we in the last decade and Horse hasn't won a flag at all, so it isn't easy

 

[Kiama Chris]

Can we have Rozee please? He is ridiculously good. The edgeless bomders help but wow!

 

[Swannie0307]

Watching Port Bombers game… 2 things that stand out:
1. Port looking good and have an awesome midfield trio
2. thank f’ck’g god, we didn’t waste $1m on McKay

 

[The King!]

Port bouncing back from a shitful effort last week well. Hopefully we do the same
tomorrow

We are better than Port imo

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Lol he’s played 4 games. You get excited by what their draft pick number was.

No I call it as it is, McKay is ordinary they got a free top 3 pick for a bloke that is average at best. Jeez I’m thankful we didn’t get the bloke

 

[The King!]

Nick Martin is just a dream team player imo

 

[Mister B]

Pack it up Hind. That’s a disgraceful miss.

 

[bloodsbigot]

That was absolutely pathetic.lol

 

[The King!]

Is this a child services sting?

 

[bloodsbigot]

Is this a child services sting?

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Does the training include tying people to trees and power stances?

 

[Day_night_honourer]

Fell off The Edge?

 

[Dan87]

Rowy going to have to go hunting these Port boys and humble them

 

[anotherletdown]

I know noones watching, but I'll bet my balls north are saving their grand final for us. All these s**t teams do.

Games like last week and not putting up +50 on Collingwood show that we lack the killer instinct. We play to the lowest common denominator or lose focus too often. It's what gives teams like North hope. Tonight we saw 2 teams take full advantage of weaker opponents and convert momentum.

If we've learned anything as a team recently, then the Eagles are about to get a frightful pasting

 

[anotherletdown]

AFL gonna point to the Dees at their lowest ebb and say, see clubs can be fixed.

Talking about the current state of Norf and West Coast.

Dees had their hands out and got compensation picks. If that's the blueprint then the AFL should just dial in their preferred results and be done with it.

 

[anotherletdown]

For North, what do you do with their list?

Firstly, players to delist in 2024:
Harvey
Marley
Free
Archer
Sellers
Hansen

Trade bait/RFA:
W. Phillips
Zuurhar - angle for first minimum
Tucker

Look to recruit one or two of following:

Lyons - short term contract to provide senior protection
Perryman - RFA
Dougal Howard - shore up KPD
Florent - RFA/UFA? experience

OOC 2025/Pre-agents to go hard at:
Thilthorpe - FF foil for Larkey
Andrews - UFA in 2025
Weitering - UFA in 2025
Brayshaw - RFA
Taylor - RFA
Owens
Chad
Allen - RFA
Bont - UFA (no chance but may as well give a crack)

EIther way, heap of work for North to do and with heavy lifting four or so years away

Those down as a delist are like a listing of the who's who












of who?

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

Adelaide and Essendon belted on the same weekend. Name a better duo.


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[GoTheSwannies]

Adelaide and Essendon belted on the same weekend. Name a better duo.


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Add norf in for the trifecta...

And if dogs and cats match somehow ends like this it'll be a glorious round of footy.

 

[rustycrate]

I get your perspective. The whole, can lightening strike twice type of deal. He absolutely picked the eyes out of his draft / trade selections. But I think Clarko is pretty shrewd at the personality types he selects. He picks winners. Whether it's through the draft or by who he chooses as a trade target. I think he reads personalities really well and is willing to probe players to determine if they're worth pursuing.

He didn't just trade guns, he recruited established players who fit perfectly into his system. Dew, Burgoyne, Gibson, Gunston, Hale, Lake. They were all key contributors to Hawks flags.

He's certainly not a 1-trick pony imo.

Edit: the Mitchell, omeara, scully trades didn't work. But I think that was a case of clarko overreaching with his list at the time and it didn't quite work out. But I'm sure he's taken lessons away from that period as well. But he'll be building the list from scratch at North, and he's got the runs on the board.

Agree.

 

[ShireSwan]

North Board have it over us in losing game thread titles

 

[the hypnotoad]

have essendon looked over the edge yet?