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DISPIRITED, DEJECTED, DESPERATE FOR HELP
North Melbourne is an on-field mess that requires urgent help. If anyone doubted this fact, their three-goal haul against a younger, less experienced, Covid-hit Fremantle made it glaringly obvious.The most damning stat wasn’t necessarily on the scoreboard – as bad as that was.
It was the fact that the Dockers who took the field were almost a year younger on average and had played 11 fewer games on average than their opponents.
North Melbourne – an onfield mess that requires urgent help. Picture: Getty Images
It is sad to see this once-proud footy team in the predicament it finds itself in now.
Clubs don’t necessarily deserve priority picks as too often their plight comes from mistakes, mismanagement and missteps, but the Kangaroos surely need draft assistance at season’s end.
They have won eight games since the start of 2020. They have one win so far this year and it would take a brave man to suggest there would be many more coming anytime soon.
The pressure is on everyone – as it should be.
The players look dispirited and dejected, and not even some false bravado at times changed that. They weren’t good enough, but the sad thing was that they didn’t look desperate enough!
If that’s the case, it’s inexcusable.
The pressure will naturally come on coach David Noble as he looks to try and stop the slide.
Perhaps his frustration may have contributed to part of the problem, even though at times it would seem to be justified.
Eight clubs have made inquiries about Alastair Clarkson’s future, and the Kangaroos would surely have been one of them.
But why would Clarko – who has knocked back his old club on more than a few occasions – want to take over a side that looks in for a world of hurt for a number of years to come?
Would he not see GWS as a more palatable option?
Whatever happens behind the scenes, the Kangaroos must somehow find a way to rediscover the club’s one-time DNA of resilience and fight to take it through to the end of the season.
That must seem like a million miles away from here.