First Elimination Final - West Coast vs. North Melbourne

[Hard_to_Beat]

Been too easy for WC so far.
North to go the biff in the 2nd half to soften up a few of the Eagles for next week.

A Pagan North side would do that but Brad Scotts team has the tenacity of a pigeon.

Pagan wouldn't be letting Lynch walk off the ground.

 

[Andrew Mc]

The OOB deliberate rule is a joke still

Nah, that last one was as easy to make as it could possibly be - he had nowhere to go, so just went for touch. Easy.

 

[Danog]

Digging the schadenfreude. Especially from Richmond supporters.

You really can't go 5 posts without mentioning Richmond.

 

[Jobe Watson]

North look so far out of their depth it's not funny.

To think if this game was in Melbourne vs. Geelong they might've had a chance. If only they didn't squib that game against GWS...

 

[Smeg Head]

Give it a couple of weeks, I'm sure that one will be .

Oh god. NOT SYDNEY. But that a LONG way off, while the Hawks beat the Pies convincingly Cloke looks like he is getting back into his groove.

 

[Ducky Tie]

Quality half from North...
Getting next to nothing from their midfield; Wells, Anthony, Bastinac, Gibson and Harvey all absent.
Jack Darling is brilliant. 51 goals so far for the year in his second year. Superb effort.
Not a good weekend for the Scott brothers.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

Pies should be happy.

Lynch and Waters will miss the rest of the finals.

 

[Geelong_Bisons_#36]

A Pagan North side would do that but Brad Scotts team has the tenacity of a pigeon.

Pagan wouldn't be letting Lynch walk off the ground.

Yeah surely someone will try to even the score in the 2nd half, that was a cheap shot

 

[aesthetic]

Theres been some good ads on between goals.

 

[yibbida]

This is why we should have top 7. 8th team usually get flogged.

Also home ground advantage should only go to top 3.

 

[CAS79]

Nobody expected North to win but the scene can be set for the next season with a big competitive game.

A big 2nd half is required or the potential for the result to leave psychological scars for the coming couple.

 

[juzzo]

WA 2 - Scott's 0

 

[Lance Uppercut]

North look so far out of their depth it's not funny.

To think if this game was in Melbourne vs. Geelong they might've had a chance. If only they didn't squib that game against GWS...

You're kidding me?? With this kind of "pressure" the Cats would have smashed them too and be preparing for next week. We all doubted North's game-plan would hold up in finals and it's been demonstrated vividly that it's miles off

 

[Tas]

Shoot me in the head, now!

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

Mentally and physically cooked after those 10 weeks.

Gameplan needs a definite tinkering next year.

The unaccountable uncontested stuff needs to get shelved.

We need to lock them in the gym over the summer.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Don't discount the role the opposition are playing in making him look good.

Over 50 goals for the year and only turned 20 in June. He's done it all year playing out of the goal square with JK injured, last few weeks has been released and players cant go with him

 

[beez]

when was the last time a team didn't kick a goal in a half in a finals match??

Bit irrelevant now and only with respect to no goals in the first half, but I'm think Collingwood against Richmond in the 1927 Grand Final. Seems so long ago so I could be wrong.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

The unaccountable uncontested stuff needs to get shelved.

We need to lock them in the gym over the summer.

We can lend you The Weapon

 

[mellowyellow]

Digging the schadenfreude. Especially from Richmond supporters.

there, there, precious

 

[Jobe Watson]

You're kidding me?? With this kind of "pressure" the Cats would have smashed them too and be preparing for next week. We all doubted North's game-plan would hold up in finals and it's been demonstrated vividly that it's miles off

Yeah, you're right, North have been gawn for a few weeks now. Scott has no answers. Shocking form leading into finals. And with Todd Goldstein playing as their starting ruckman, they were always going to be in trouble.

Interesting stat: Grima hasn't had a single disposal yet. Probably been worst on ground so far. To think, I've heard him described as an 'excellent defender'. He's lucky he's playing on the crippled Josh Kennedy.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

We have gifted West Coast 6 goals on a plate with diabolical disposal, stupid football and rubbish tactics.

West Coast have merely had to stand there and receive the ball.

How you going twit ? Y
ou said kennedy wasnt playing ?
Giving us wce fans crap all week, how sweet it is to see you team crumble under finals pressure. Now lets here brad scotts whinge.

 

[placebo]

Thank goodness the fox guys have some common sense regarding the Lynch incident.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Lynch shouldn't go. He was already in the air before McMahon had his hands on the ball.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Yeah surely someone will try to even the score in the 2nd half, that was a cheap shot

No one for North is big enough to take the Qstick!

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

We can lend you The Weapon

Dunno about that, but a "half weapon" is needed.

We don't have the elite disposal skills to match this game plan. Sides are now zoning off us and creating turnovers because of these inadequate skills.

We need to add some more bash and crash in to our game plan. Weights, weights, weights.