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Massive effort to slay the dragon. An important win for the club - Pagan got it right when he said last night that this was a very important game for the clubs future. We had to show everyone that Jekyll is beating Hyde. A Prelim is the reward. We have shown we belong in the four. Now the real...

There's a lot of big IFs between North and a flag this year. IF we beat the bombers we would play Hawthorn and Geelong - let's say its Geelong. IF we beat Geelong we would (most likely) play Sydney in Sydney. This would be tougher then the Hawks in a GF, but we have done it this year(by 43...

Watching Motlop and Murdock zooming out of defence on saturday night really drove home the lack of dynamic, lightning-fast rebounders we have coming up through the ranks. Atley really plays a lone hand back there and he hasn't had JMAC and Wells to keep him company this year.

Its possible the coaching is responsible. But you cant make a silk purse from a sow's ear. other than Harper, who are the fast, silky young players languishing in the twos?

Personally,I reckon Bryce's recruiting in general has been poor since 2009. In fact, one could argue that he has been dining out on the 2009 catch for a long time. The massive question marks that have appeared over Black and Basti this year even threaten Bryce's 2009 effort. They were expected...

Pardon me for just showing up after the losses to 3rd rate teams, but this season has sucked out all my enthusiasm over the wins. I really couldn't give a shit if we beat Geelong next week. Or lose to the Giants. The current coach cannot impose a fanatical culture onto this team(or that would...

I wish Derm would give North this kind whack every week. I suspect we are on our own from now on.

This is pretty much bang-on. The post-2007 recruiting is another elephant in the room. I agree that Cunnington is bullocking his way into the top bracket. Atley and McDonald appear to be top shelf but half a dozen others who were hugely rated as recently as last season, now appear to have found...

No, I'm not buying that. Not for a second Harvey Wells Petrie Swallow Thomas Thompson Goldstein Hansen Grima Adams were all at the club in 2008. I'm not sure who you think the nucleus of our team actually is but I would have thought the majority of the afore-mentioned players are in it. The...

The LT and Boomer stuff is just fill. The most damning stuff is the contested ball stat(woeful) and the team demography (same as Hawthorns) Put those together with the shocking inconsistency and you have a picture of failure without the excuse of inexperience. The next generation have not...

How sad that it has come to this. The most elevating thought is the possibility that our coach is replaced. I never thought it would happen to us. It's a Richmond thing surely. Right? Well not anymore. I wanted to believe in Scotty so badly but I just can't anymore. It's too late in the piece...

How many ordinary quarters of football does this team have to play before we are finally forced to admit that this is a very ordinary team?

Ok, to say I was arse-ripped devastated at halftime is an understatement. The thing is, no matter how bad we have been in various games this season, we haven't lost to a crap team. The bombers are the worst of them - and they are light years ahead of the cellar dwellers. But Richmond are shit...

Me too but the saints were good enough to be back2back premiers 2009-10. They'd have taken that. If we win the 2015-16 flags then promptly collapse, there's not a person on this board who won't be happy to take that too. The fact is, no matter how long or short your window might be, flags are...

I think this is about right. Top 6 this year. Top 4 next and 2016. After that I don't know. Petrie Harvey Wells and Dal santo all finish or become shadows after that. No problem with the new core: Cunnington Ziebell Bastinac Black McMillan Atley but most will be not in the same league as the...

Great question, Gerard, but I'm not sure that Naitanui is actually influencing many games at the minute. He seems to be displaying the same lack of tactical nous that is probably holding Majak back. But they're both tremendous athletes, aren't they? How I wish that Bon could display this kind...

Sad but true

We can laugh all we like about it, but one the biggest problems this club has is its serial crucifixion by the football media. Flogs like Healy are just the most visible because their disdain is so obvious. But the media just loves to focus on the big clubs or the fashionable interstaters. They...

Gerard: welcome Brad, Before we focus on Boomer Harvey , why do you think Fremantle played so badly on Friday night and whose list do you rate the highest - Swans or Dockers? Also, what's it like to coach against your brother and which North player do you rank higher - Jeckyll or Hyde?" Sent...

Hodge. Yes. Great comparison. Hodge had that aura right from the start. A leader's leader. Even as a kid, he never seemed very raw. Confidence without arrogance. Hunger for the contest without an appetite for needless violence. I'm struggling to describe the intangibles that a true leader like...

Although Buddy and Daisy got most of the press, Dal is recruit of the year( sorry Chappy - close but no cigar)

I'm sure his kickin will improve with application(see Atley) His ferocity at the contest and his work rate for one so young is just so inspiring. He is often seen to separate team mates wrestling with opponents and calming the situation. He also often is seen to briefly comfort, re-assure and...

Ok I've calmed down enough to provide a more thoughtful response The biggest negative was that we still lack the cleanness with the ball in close - we pressured and worked and controlled the tempo of the game but we still don't look like an elite team. The kicks to no-one - hurried and...

Pos: we beat Freo in Perth! !!!!!!!!! Huge work rate A huge scalp Cunners awesome again Boomer shrugged Crowley off Pressure crushed Freo. Didn't let them get any run Ground out the win against quality opposition Did it without wells and Thompson Negs: who cares? Sent from my GT-N7105T using...

...the dockers on their dung hill. Thank god it's not being played in the middle of the day! The pressure and tackling have to come back in a big way and we need something from the ins and the under performers(you know who you you are) But this is do-able. Come on, North! Bring the f***ing heat!

I did mean BMAC Sorry.

I haven't got a problem with losing Hale and H. They just didn't fit into our structures when they were traded or now, for that matter. Maj should mature into a superior resource than either. We needed the cap space as well. What rustles my jimmies is that , in exchange, we got Harper(can't get...

Poor selection + no tagging players who are hurting us + slow or no reaction to opposition coaching moves/set-ups = Senior Coach issues. Lack of run in patches(sometimes the entire game) + terrible decision-making + poor pressure + large numbers of unforced turnovers + lack of shepherding +...

S Surely Majak is kicking down the daw. His pace and marking power would put Currie to shame. Nahas gave the door more than a gentle nudge last week before he was subbed off. Wood looks the goods. As does Tippett. I know we have injuries to vital players that are really starting cut deep...

I think Scott is a skillful developer of players but if he makes a selection mistake(like Currie over Nahas) he needs to own up to it. Not justify it in his presser by saying that Currie has earnt his shot. It was a structural mistake. Not the case of picking the wrong ruck man. Nahas would...