Autopsy NM v West Coast - the great choke!

[JGreezy]

X didn’t do his AA chances any harm. He’s closing in on Swallow’s “Tackles” record. Another 12 today!

Currently 3rd all-time and 19 away from the record

Edit - club records

 

[Boyroo]

Wouldn't have lost any sleep at all if Cam left. Nice that he's staying but he is no better a footballer now, than he was 2 years ago. Treading water

He’s not no better…….. he’s worse….sinking

 

[Passmore]

No debate. Being anchored to the bottom for 5 years trumps all

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[berniemccarthy]

Duursma as sub was dumb as. My goodness that was annoying. TV lucky to survive. Wife wisely kept silent during our meltdown. Comben does not seem to learn lessons very easily. I hope PC has learned the cost of profligacy.

 

[Caracas]

Experienced players

Yeo Vs Simpkin
McGovern Vs Corr
Duggan Vs McDonald

Which batch you picking? Because imo Yeo’s 2nd half and McGovern’s game was the difference.

Yeo is a hardened, experienced player with extensive finals and GF experience. Simpkin has been blooded through a horrible period. They can’t really be compared. For mine, it’s Yeo v Shiels.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

LOL..how's that going?

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We’ve gone back to our corners. I think other people don’t appreciate what we have been through for years as North supporters and how much a win - even a meaningless one - means to us. But also I remember what it’s like to have high expectations and have them dashed. Bottom line last weekend we both had a great time watching wins, this week we both had awful losses, that’s sport.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Serious question,
Would either of our 2 captains get a game with another club?
Not be captain, get a game.

Simpkin would play at plenty of clubs, but wouldn’t get anywhere near as much midfield time. Would be depth only at a top 4 side.

McDonald shouldn’t even be in our 22, let alone any other club.

 

[JGreezy]

Duursma as sub was dumb as. My goodness that was annoying. TV lucky to survive. Wife wisely kept silent during our meltdown. Comben does not seem to learn lessons very easily. I hope PC has learned the cost of profligacy.

I assumed that they'd playing him on the wing as the sub. But they put him in the fwd pocket, where his fresh legs were meaningless.

So frustrating.

 

[scottywiper]

Let’s be realistic here on where we belong to finish on the ladder …
We got beaten by 16th no coach Wet Toast & if the Tigs would have kicked straight last week we would have lost to them …
3 wins for the year , a percentage of 68% & dropping after we get pumped by the Dogs next weekend & lose to the in form Hawks in Launceston.
If we finish with the spoon again this year it’s deserved & should not be a surprise to no one ….
Clarko & the coaches 2024 …it’s a big fat fail no matter how you want to sugar coat it… (& don’t give me the “we have the youngest list” BS either.
GGF !

Well said. We are lucky to have any wins at all and they were all very average wins. People have been sugar coating our ineptitude all year but there is nowhere to hide now.

 

[Caracas]

Currently 3rd all-time and 19 away from the record

Am I right in thinking that he might pass the present record but get gazumped by Rowell, who will set a newmark this season? Unlucky.

 

[JGreezy]

Am I right in thinking that he might pass the present record but get gazumped by Rowell, who will set a newmark this season? Unlucky.

I don't know the AFL record. These are just club records.

Edit - he's 38 off the AFL record, but that includes 3 finals, where Scott Selwood got an extra 20

 

[Caracas]

Well said. We are lucky to have any wins at all and they were all very average wins. People have been sugar coating our ineptitude all year but there is nowhere to hide now.

Come on. We were better than both Richmond and WC. We just got jelly legs in both games. We are lucky to have wins but we are equally unlucky not to have more wins (Collingwood and Melbourne).

 

[Nylex]

17 points up with 4 minutes left against WC.
Should be a simple game from that position, we don't know simple football. Play in front, kill the ball, keep some possession ect.
Time for the coaches to teach our boys about how simple football should be played at times

 

[Snowy off the Tram]

* delivery inside 50 been crap for the past 10 years

Since Wells and Harvey retired …

 

[Pagans Paddock99]

+6 clearances and +22 contested possession’s resulting in +17 inside 50’s.

All culminating in 4 less shots on goal?

How does this repeat week in week out? How does this happen?

Why are so many poor ball users kicking inside 50?

Blanket ban any of the turnover merchants from attempting any forward 50 entires and make sure they pass it off.

Why is the also zero scrutiny on the experienced forwards who manage to come up with 9 marks inside 50 for the match?

How many times have we watched the same garbage this year?

Whilst I have seen improvement in other areas, the connection between mids and forwards has remained woeful!












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[BigRedRoo]

Simpkin would play at plenty of clubs, but wouldn’t get anywhere near as much midfield time. Would be depth only at a top 4 side.

McDonald shouldn’t even be in our 22, let alone any other club.

Simpkin grabs the ball throws it at his boot and prays.
No good enough.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

So we waste the ball like no other, yet we are targeting Jack Viney - a guy who’s biggest deficiency is his ball use by foot.
Please explain.
Is the club for real???

I think if we could have just gotten our hands on the ball in the four minutes it could have helped us win. The mids fell asleep at the wheel again.

 

[My Left Foote]

Serious question,
Would either of our 2 captains get a game with another club?
Not be captain, get a game.

McDonald no. Simpkin yes but only at West Coast and Richmond.

 

[ohmygewd]

Agree on the sentiment it was a nothing game really. 16th vs 17th with the season well and truly over. If we want to drop a game and learn a real hard lesson it's now. As annoyed as I am to lose you can see improvement there.

Last time we lose to the Cokers for years I reckon. Bit like the GC game in round 24 last year which we gained nothing from winning.

The that's the problem, it wasn't a nothing game! We aren't in the position as supporters to treat it as a 'meh, it's nothing, we'll beat them next year'.
We were favourites, we lead in just about every stat, we looked like a side that could've gone up a gear and really blown them away...instead it just reaffirms that we are a long way off from being a truly dangerous side, one capable of rising out of the muck of the bottom 3.
WCE - 5 wins, 16 losses - 20pts.
NMFS - 3 wins, 18 losses - 12pts.

Let that sink in a bit.

 

[Dirty_11]

STOP PLAYING AT THAT SHITHOLE

**** Tassie. I hate that joint.

 

[Caracas]

Mcdonald and Simpkin aren't inspiring anyone to push hard in the last 5 mins.
Really need a big shakeup of the leadership at the club.
I'm talking poach someone from a rival ala Dawson to adelaide.
Our team has forgotten how to win.

Forgotten? That would suggest that they had been winning in the past. Let’s be clear, this team, essentially, as a unit, has never “won”. They are literally learning to win from scratch.

 

[Psicosis]

It went to script. We were in control. A senior player performed a shocking momentum sucking action. The opposition then proceeded to kick a run of goals. Nothing was done to arrest momentum.

Anyone that watches us knew what would happen as soon as our captain kicked that ball out of bounds.

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

But will they? That is the million dollar question. We all know who should have their papers stamped but I am tipping the ones we think should dont

Well Clarko did a fair clean out and "encouraging" players to retire/look elsewhere last season, and I can understand certain players not being dropped after tough games against Carlton and Geelong, but I cant imagine anyone who didnt seem up to the task in the last fortnight of winnable games, and don't have youth on their side, would be retained. But anything is possible I guess.

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

Weird shit for us would be winning more than 3 or 4 games and getting out of the bottom 2.

Same things happening though…

Fair point. Very fair point.

 

[grimface_87]

The number of golden opportunities to score goals that we absolutely butcher (that even other bottom 4 teams would convert) continues to be what lets us down. Must be so demoralising for the whole team