Game Day 2024 Non-Swans Game Day

[Heeney2Franklin]

We seem to really struggle with the bigger bodies.

Harley Reid did as he pleased.

 

[caesar88]

Who is geelongs midfield coach? They rarely lose a centre bounce and have a bunch of B and C graders in there

Nigel Lappin was their midfield coach prior to this year when he became head of development for them.

Nearly anyone would be better than ours though.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Maybe they were offering him 500k for four years and we were only offering 300k for two. If that's the case, you take the money.

But from a purely football perspective, I think his longevity as player would have been much better served by staying and fighting for his spot with us.

He would not crack the firsts with us ever again. Too much talent fighting to get in. Think he did the right thing.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Statistically, he is having his best game in blue and white. And to be fair, pretty much the rest of his team, other than Curtis and Sheezal are stinking it up.

They even have a bingo card going on their board with stamps on it - one of them is Stephens avoids contact.

 

[wills2g]

Nigel Lappin was their midfield coach prior to this year when he became head of development for them.

Nearly anyone would be better than ours though.

Our midfield is the reason why we're inconsistent against bottom sides imo

Field position goes a long way to putting away teams beneath you

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Moar draft picks! give them the whole Riverina and Tassie academy and North will still be putrid.

 

[Mister B]

What's even more dire for Norf and the Hawks is if they don't pick up in the next few years, not only will they be struggling for fans but they lose their cash cow in the form of the Tassie gov't subsidies for playing games in Tassie.

 

[caesar88]

Our midfield is the reason why we're inconsistent against bottom sides imo

Field position goes a long way to putting away teams beneath you

Yep, it's the great equalizer.

Based on their track record as a midfield, despite the names in it, not one team would fear our mids.

 

[Punts]

Percentage booster

Really what we needed to do against wce

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Percentage booster

Really what we needed to do against wce

I was happy to get the 4 points midway through the 3rd

 

[Millky95]

Percentage booster

Really what we needed to do against wce

And we'll be lucky to beat North by 10

 

[tombomb]

He would not crack the firsts with us ever again. Too much talent fighting to get in. Think he did the right thing.

We aren't that good, and there are enough fringe players getting games that he could have fought for his spot if he was good enough.

If he thinks he isn't good enough to get selected ahead of Corey Warner and Caleb Mitchell, let alone players like Wicks and Roberts, then that is probably part of his problem. And he clearly made a decision to leave long before we added Adams and Jordon.

He wasn't that far off being a regular in the senior team. And he was a regular in the seniors at the beginning of 2023 when we were supposedly trying to re-sign him.

I think we have a much better record of developing players than North do. We had had 4 years to look at Dylan and understand his weaknesses and I am sure the club would have had plans to try and address issues like his competitiveness and find a role that he was best suited to. He was gradually improving with us.

Now he is at North. Their supporters are going to tear him apart. He won't improve at all, and I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't even get to the end of his contract before they let him go.

If his goal is to have a long AFL career, he would have been much better off staying with us over North Melbourne.

Although to be clear, if there was a significant financial difference in the offers then I wouldn't blame anyone for taking the better contract.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

And we'll be lucky to beat North by 10

When it comes to poor teams i think they just forget all the complicated stuff and just go back to basics against us and it seems to work frustratingly enough :/

Run/pressure block the corridor have a spare in defence and we will turn it over repeatedly Essendon, Richmond and Eagles did this.

 

[tombomb]

A guard of honour for Rhys Stanley

1

Rhys Stanley

Age

34

Ht

200cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

27.6

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.5

3star

CL

5.0

5star

HO

21.5

5star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.0

5star

HO

33.0

5star

... seriously ?!

North Melbourne need to get off the ground.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

A guard of honour for Rhys Stanley ... seriously ?!

North Melbourne need to get off the ground.

What on earth was that!

Cringefest

 

[Punts]

How did we let wce kick 80 odd points and win a quarter , plus lead?

They are garbage

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

How did we let wce kick 80 odd points and win a quarter , plus lead?

They are garbage

Ha i dont know its weird this side against poor teams just forgets football sometimes.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

They even have a bingo card going on their board with stamps on it - one of them is Stephens avoids contact.

Had more tackles than Sheezel.

 

[RilesMacca]

wow what a play from reid

 

[Punts]

Reid gonna be good

 

[Punts]

This is better from wce

 

[Wheresbuddy]

What's even more dire for Norf and the Hawks is if they don't pick up in the next few years, not only will they be struggling for fans but they lose their cash cow in the form of the Tassie gov't subsidies for playing games in Tassie.

Exactly this.

Lions were a basket case for years as their decline coincided with GWS and GC coming in.

Norf, WCE and Hawks staring down the same barrell

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

This is better from wce

Both sides are bottom 4

 

[Punts]

Both sides are bottom 4

Tigers have a shit load of injury’s also

 

[Wheresbuddy]

How did we let wce kick 80 odd points and win a quarter , plus lead?

They are garbage

Every team views us as beatable and come out to play their "line in the sand" game against us. Tigers and WC did. Next will be GC, Hawks than Norf. Guarantee we will lose to a least one of these teams.