Autopsy AFL 2019 Round 20: North Melbourne v Hawthorn, 19:50 AEST Marvel Stadium. NM win 86-64

[Supersuns]

LDU is a strange one to evaluate.

If you had told me Ldu was pick 4 and Worpel pick 45 from the same draft you could have knocked me over with a feather. Besides a good size frame I don’t see any attributes that stand out. Doesn’t get much of it, is very one paced. And is a pretty average kick. Is a strange one.

His size and speed looked so good in the juniors but he hasn’t translated it to the AFL. But he is still very young and has lots of time left, just doesn’t look likely yet

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

What a really flat and sooky game day thread.

 

[Beerfish]

Where are all the Hawthorn supporters?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

LDU is a strange one to evaluate.

If you had told me Ldu was pick 4 and Worpel pick 45 from the same draft you could have knocked me over with a feather. Besides a good size frame I don’t see any attributes that stand out. Doesn’t get much of it, is very one paced. And is a pretty average kick. Is a strange one.

Still filling his build, doesn’t have the tank and is very raw. Revisit in 12-24 months time, same with guys like TT/Larkey/Zurhaar, who all need filling out and need to get fitter.

Still a neat kick and has good time in traffic. Just needs to built the core strength and those legs.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Looks like North have mastered the art of diving staging and faking. ...

Ben Brown bumped and going down like he'd been shot in the back by a sniper. Amusing though when the ump isn't sucked in

 

[Vindicater]

The Hawks were missing three (? I will let Hawks fans correct me here) from their best 22 tonight. (Mitchell, Impey, Scrimshaw)

They are in ****ing dire straits

 

[North11]

Can believe some anonymous flog on BF are calling a second year player a bust.

But when it's Cam Rayner, everyone is quick to mention he is a second year player.

 

[Tectonic]

One campaigner wouldn't be happy....



#GambleResponsibly

Think hes coping alright?

 

[Bigeasy]

not if he is knocked out

Clever, we could also tie a large noose around the Geelong race and snag a Dangerfield or a Duncan as they come on and give them a little whiplash before the game. That would throw the spanner in the works in the Geelong coaching box.

 

[Rad Roo]

Clever, we could also tie a large noose around the Geelong race and snag a Dangerfield or a Duncan as they come on and give them a little whiplash before the game. That would throw the spanner in the works in the Geelong coaching box.

nothing to lose, we should pick a few players who won't be with us next year. dont tell them to do anything to anyone. show them some WW2 japanese kamikaze squadron footage and let their imagination run wild.

 

[Rad Roo]

The Hawks were missing three (? I will let Hawks fans correct me here) from their best 22 tonight. (Mitchell, Impey, Scrimshaw)

They are in ******* dire straits

Only mitchell is decent, that's a big loss the other 2 are negligible.

 

[Rad Roo]

Where are all the Hawthorn supporters?

what supporters? ohhhh you mean downhill skiiers, well slid away of course.

 

[Vindicater]

Only mitchell is decent, that's a big loss the other 2 are negligible.

Scrimshaw is overrated by Hawks fans to be sure but Impey actually has been very good this year. Solid B grade Half back flanker.

 

[Tectonic]

not if he is knocked out

Get absolutely ****ed with this injury cheering constantly rad. Its not on

 

[hk89]

The Hawks were missing three (? I will let Hawks fans correct me here) from their best 22 tonight. (Mitchell, Impey, Scrimshaw)

They are in ******* dire straits

We also lost Birchall during the game, and looks like McEvoy may have played on with a broken thumb, and barely looked like marking afterwards (not that I think they impacted the result, North just too good after quarter time). Mitchell out is huge for us because of the flow on effect it has in the midfield. We can have purple patches in games, like we had at the start, but with a shallow midfield, the opposition can curb the influence of whatever mid we have that is running hot, and we have less quality players to step up to help than most other midfields in the competition right now. Has happened all year, and is part of the reason we've got out to some decent leads and coughed them up a number of times this year. Not only will Mitchell back be good, but he'll allow O'Meara and Worpel to be more damaging across the entire game too.

Mitchell was easily our best player last year, and Impey was arguably our best across the season this year (him and Henderson probably first and second in the B&F when Impey went down - not really sure in which order). You take two of the best 2 or 3 performed players out of any team , and they are going to struggle at times. Essendon were hardly convincing against this mob a few weeks ago, and even less so against GC, what band should we be likening them to (other than the obvious Johnny Diesel and the Injectors)?

You are also underselling North who were very good after quarter time. Hunted the ball much better than us after then, and got the rewards on the scoreboard that they deserved. Shaw did well in the coaching box after quarter time, and he and the players adapted well to fix the issues that allowed us to jump them in the first quarter.

Disappointing loss, that while not completely ruling out finals, does move the situation from 'very good chance if we win the rest' to 'small mathematical chance if we win the rest'.

 

[Rod Stroker]

In Shaw we trust. Was it a corker? I missed it for another event, but saw Hawks kicked the first 3.

The kicked the first 4, got out to a 27 point lead. Which really isn't much in todays game. We had it hauled in by half time and then pulled away with a 50 point turnaround.

 

[Kangapirate]

Ben Brown bumped and going down like he'd been shot in the back by a sniper. Amusing though when the ump isn't sucked in

Unlike your bloke...

 

[Rod Stroker]

I think kangaroos pressure and forward half game & hunger is something Geelong lack at the moment.

You're cleaner, better skilled. We had so many missed kicks and errant handballs.

 

[Bigeasy]

The kicked the first 4, got out to a 27 point lead. Which really isn't much in todays game. We had it hauled in by half time and then pulled away with a 50 point turnaround.

How would you rate the coach's performance Rod?

 

[Floppy]

I don't mind us losing to be honest.
I think we should tank and get as high draft pick as possible.

Going to be a real long few years, we're pretty crap.

 

[Black white]

Where are all the Hawthorn supporters?

crying over their wasted pet memberships

 

[Black white]

I don't mind us losing to be honest.
I think we should tank and get as high draft pick as possible.

Going to be a real long few years, we're pretty crap.

Problem is the nsw and qld clubs will be getting the advantage on access to youth no doubt.

 

[Vindicater]

Mitchell was easily our best player last year, and Impey was arguably our best across the season this year (him and Henderson probably first and second in the B&F when Impey went down - not really sure in which order). You take two of the best 2 or 3 performed players out of any team , and they are going to struggle at times. Essendon were hardly convincing against this mob a few weeks ago, and even less so against GC, what band should we be likening them to (other than the obvious Johnny Diesel and the Injectors)?

We were missing Heppell, Daniher, Bellchambers and Smith

Then we lost Hurley during the game.

Nice deflection though.

 

[Boomerfan99]

Ben Brown bumped and going down like he'd been shot in the back by a sniper. Amusing though when the ump isn't sucked in

That only works for your boys obviously!!!

 

[Boomerfan99]

Ben Brown bumped and going down like he'd been shot in the back by a sniper. Amusing though when the ump isn't sucked in

The irony of this comment is melting my brain.