It will turn, stick fat

[Conundrum]

Only 3 weeks ago we lead Carlton in the third quarter. We aren’t as bad as that. We will win games this season.

There is one positive to this current slump. It will give the coaching staff a clearer picture of who needs to go.

The list management decisions are fairly straightforward from here. The only difficult one IMO is Luke McDonald. He’s a co-captain, he’s on a long term deal. But he is part of the cancer that needs to be surgically removed.


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The cleanout should consider everyone at the club who's been there for multiple years. The players are one, albeit big, factor, but to an outside observer, it seems like Brady hasn't been doing well with list management decisions, we've had long term assistant coaches overseeing players generally decline, player fitness seems much worse than other clubs.

Why are our training standards considered worse than other clubs? As a professional organisation, shouldn't that be one of the easiest things to baseline against others? Is the club doing everything it can to turn this around? Stuff like player led reviews like Geelong did, sports psychologists to work with players, are our support staff and assistant coaches the best available or we giving jobs to former players without merit? Time to shape up and actually be professional in all aspects.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

stupidily i will watch next week and every other

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I love this club but it makes me depressed

I’m almost past that. It has nearly become apathy, which isn’t much healthier.

 

[Limerick]

It hurts to see what our club has become.
So many inferior players that lack the drive to be competitive- not talking about talent here , they have no fight
Feel for the kids that are at school that have to cop this - none of us adults have ever seen us like this.
We’ve got about 4-5 players that we can count on and one is an 18yr old

Us older “adults” have. I can still remember the 1983 game against Fitzroy. Just have to sit tight, we will get better. I just hope it’s in my lifetime .

 

[Conundrum]

Us older “adults” have. I can still remember the 1983 game against Fitzroy. Just have to sit tight, we will get better. I just hope it’s in my lifetime .

Maybe one positive out of all this is that the secret to immortality is discovered by a long-suffering north supporter

 

[gokangas]

Us older “adults” have. I can still remember the 1983 game against Fitzroy. Just have to sit tight, we will get better. I just hope it’s in my lifetime .

Same here - cold, wet days at Arden Street getting pumped every week. I have been attending since early 60s so have seen plenty of lows and some fantastic highs. We will improve - I trust Clarko. But last night was as insipid a performance as I have ever seen from a NMFC team.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Us older “adults” have. I can still remember the 1983 game against Fitzroy. Just have to sit tight, we will get better. I just hope it’s in my lifetime .

'83? We finished on top that year - this is nothing like '83. This is '72 type stuff but the outlook is far worse as we don't have recruiting zones and we have 18 sides not 12.

 

[rm3504]

Senior players on this list that don't know elite standards.

That's where we're at. Gonna be a rough ride until our kids take over.

What kids? That’s what I find slarming
Only LDU and Sheezel have shown on field they have it
I don’t see future
Key position spine
Ruck
Small mid defenders with speed who use it well
Small crumbing fwds
We’ve used all our capital on the midfield, looks small and not even sure it’s that good
The good players we have will start to entertain playing for a club contending soon enough

 

[Gasometer]

Well I was 4 in 72 so only have the 1980’s to go on and they were meh

The worst feeling ever? 1994 without a doubt and that burned for days and weeks because not knowing then it felt like we blew it and the frustration was enormous

So had to wait 19 years to be there in 1996 and it was a relief. That’s about it.

But I think whenever the next one happens it’s going to be tears.

 

[Limerick]

'83? We finished on top that year - this is nothing like '83. This is '72 type stuff but the outlook is far worse as we don't have recruiting zones and we have 18 sides not 12.

'83? We finished on top that year - this is nothing like '83. This is '72 type stuff but the outlook is far worse as we don't have recruiting zones and we have 18 sides not 12.

My first game at Arden St was in the mid 1950s when premierships were only a dream.

 

[Gasometer]

My first game at Arden St was in the mid 1950s when premierships were only a dream.

73 years ago…

 

[ArchKing Carey]

We knew that appointing Clarkson in one season wasn't going to fix the holes in our list. I expected some drubbings. But the drubbings need to come off the back of a decent effort the previous week. Theoretically we have had three in a row and was saved by poor conversion in two others. I'd feel better if we lost next week by 30 points but we played with effort, a semblance of a game plan and that we can apply pressure on the opposition so that every one of our turnovers doesn't just result in a goal.

I may not go to a game again until I see some of this and will watch from home until it turns.

Plus I get having mature bodies but not playing Phillips and keeping someone like Turner in the side feels like taking the pi$$

 

[king of the road]

Being a Nth person is like having a family member who’s a drug addict.

It’s painful, you want to disassociate - but you can’t, because they’re family, so you can’t walk away.

But you naively hope that one day, they’ll get their life together, recover and make you and themselves proud.

 

[Zondor]

At least we have our destiny in our own hands and can finish last as we play both Hawthorn and West Coast again this season. :stern look

 

[Mixed Results]

As long as Harry Sheezel is in the side I can keep my sanity.

When it all goes to shit I can just keep an eye on our young prodigy and cheer him on to getting another 30.

 

[The acurate one]

Giving up is not a ******* option. Yeah take a break, distance yourself a bit if you need to. Don’t think you need to sit through every minute of every flogging. That’s just self torture.

After a freshen up , you’ll miss it and come back.

It would a heck of a lot tougher without BF wouldn’t it.

In my new job of which is ridiculous and is actually about doing well not a lot lol. The kind folk ask me if I follow the footyball and I say yeah the Roos. Always ****ing silence, every time.
Maybe I’m saying I eat babies or some such.

But it is nice to have a place we can come and vent and laugh occasionally at how tragic our lot is in the world of football.

My latest fear is al clarko comes out and states yep I said all of those things to the famous- five and more.
Then follows up with I guess that means I best not ever coach again

Oh well

 

[scottywiper]

Being a Nth person is like have having a family member who’s a drug addict.

It’s painful, you want to disassociate - but you can’t, because they’re family, so you can’t walk away.

But you naively hope that one day, they’ll get their life together, recover and make you and themselves proud.

My mate says it's like supporting a family member with a terminal illness. You know you have to even though you also know how it ends.

 

[Passmore]

It would a heck of a lot tougher without BF wouldn’t it.

In my new job of which is ridiculous and is actually about doing well not a lot lol. The kind folk ask me if I follow the footyball and I say yeah the Roos. Always ******* silence, every time.
Maybe I’m saying I eat babies or some such.

But it is nice to have a place we can come and vent and laugh occasionally at how tragic our lot is in the world of football.

My latest fear is al clarko comes out and states yep I said all of those things to the famous- five and more.
Then follows up with I guess that means I best not ever coach again

Oh well

"I follow North ".....silence, followed by "oh...."

People must get the same reaction when they announce they're joining Hillsong.

Back in the day, you get "North.. ****ing hate them...and Carey's a campaigner..."...it was like music to one's ears.

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[leighlee13]

It’s actually bizarre how much a football club can affect your mental health

The price we all pay for caring too much about our club. You aren't alone there. If we didn't give a crap, it would be much easier to support them thats for sure.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

It’s actually bizarre how much a football club can affect your mental health

So of us don't have much to look forward to on the weekend.

 

[Engimal v3]

It’s actually bizarre how much a football club can affect your mental health

I used to go off my nut in the Brad Scott era. The years that followed have almost completely removed my ability to get angry at footy now lol

 

[domiroo]

Could that 108 point deficit be Rock bottom and those 3 junk time goals to make it 90 points be the start of the new Dawn ? Just putting it out there . We need to blood the younglings now . Bring on George, Blake, Hamish, Callum, who ever we get mid season..

 

[Arthur Cloke]

As long as Harry Sheezel is in the side I can keep my sanity.

When it all goes to s**t I can just keep an eye on our young prodigy and cheer him on to getting another 30.

Until another club offers him a GrandFather contract.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

I used to go off my nut in the Brad Scott era. The years that followed have almost completely removed my ability to get angry at footy now lol

Yep. Every week was going to war.

I was chuckling last night.


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[amaz199]

I used to go off my nut in the Brad Scott era. The years that followed have almost completely removed my ability to get angry at footy now lol

The voice would be gone at half time for me. Now I just sit there and laugh at the fact we can't even hit a 15m target.

Before it was about effort, now it's about doing the literal basics half-decently.