North and Richmond are exactly the same

[benbanjo]

Everyone but Sydney are the same......
they all didnt win the Flag last year.....
they all folded under pressure and got beaten by a better team....
Hawhtorn are chokers should have won the flag
Collingwood rubbish team that cant beat hawthorn
Adelade... terrible team that are pretenders and cant keep a KKP on their list to save their lives....
WC.... drug culture.... cox kerr glass all about to go.... cant even beat free mantle
Freemantle.... 0 premierships pav and Macpharlane going to retire soon no KKP comming through....
Geelong.... too old... over the hill on the way down.....cant beat freo at the MCG
North.... blue collar team... no stars.... petrie harvey going soon... too slow no defensive side....
St kilda... over the hill... no talent coming though....
Carlton.... useless cant win a flag without cheating... Judd finished.. Murphy soft no KKF should have kept Fev
Essendon... Drug culture... cheating... will crumble mid season as always....
WB... no talent on their list... over the hill should have asked Baz to play on....
GC.... Ablett and nothing else....
Richmond..... terrible team 5 good players the rest duds..... cant even beat GC
GWS... useless
Melbourne.... jack watts
Brisbane... brown has the turning circle of the queen marry finished no talent
Port... will fold soon

 

[Harris Specter]

benbanjo should get POTY for that.
What an insightful post!

 

[TARANTULA]

benbanjo should get POTY for that.
What an insightful post!

Very accurate too!

 

[half_back_flank]

So even by your own admission you have only two inside mids under 23 who will be better than Cunnington.

And yet you are bagging him on the Main Board?

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How many inside mids do you need, two is more than enough.

You tried to be a smartarse and got burnt, Deal with it.

 

[cynical]

They both are well structured but unlike the top sides both have a fairly poor defence (undersized key backs), both lack quality leadership across the ground and both have too many workman like plodders with average disposal.

the top sides all have guys who have been elite for a number of years, multiple all Australians, brownlow winners etc

If you look at Geelong, Hawks, Sydney, WCE and Collingwood count how many combined years of All Australian players they have in their squad and compare it to Richmond and North you'll see a huge difference.

Richmond have 3 guys who have 1 each and North have Harvey with 4 and Petrie with 1? Geelong 18, Hawthorn 9, Pies 15

Maybe in 3-4 years when both clubs have some established consistent stars and additional young talent they might compete but until then they will just hover in and out of the 8.

 

[Kcrack]

How many inside mids do you need, two is more than enough.

Could have fooled me with all the crying I read about needing Ball back.

 

[half_back_flank]

Could have fooled me with all the crying I read about needing Ball back.

Way to prove my point.

Pendles has been forced to play more inside, but who else besides Blair (who tries hard but is ultimately undersized and not on the level as Ball) do we have? Ball will make a hell of a difference, mark my words.

 

[kelman]

Cunnington is behind both Liberatore and Wallis, despite being older. If all three keep improving at the same rate then Cunnington will be left behind.

Cunnington is behind but if all move at the same rate will be left behind?

You is a Bulldogs poster boy.

 

[Kcrack]

How did I prove your point? If you're forced to play Blair as an inside mid then you certainly do need more than 1 or 2 inside mids. That's what I'm saying.

 

[ManOfClay]

Cunnington is behind but if all move at the same rate will be left behind?

You is a Bulldogs poster boy.

He's behind, not by much admittedly, but that gap will just widen as all three age. Not that hard to understand.

 

[Kcrack]

He's behind, not by much admittedly, but that gap will just widen as all three age. Not that hard to understand.

I'd ask for your reasoning behind this but I'd rather keep the trolling out of the thread.

 

[benbanjo]

Very accurate too!

benbanjo should get POTY for that.
What an insightful post!

You're both too kind!!

 

[half_back_flank]

How did I prove your point? If you're forced to play Blair as an inside mid then you certainly do need more than 1 or 2 inside mids. That's what I'm saying.

Ball is our only exclusive inside mid, if we had two the odds of both being out for extended amount of time would be Kangeroos-for-2013-flag like.

 

[Kcrack]

If you had 2 you wouldn't have to play Blair in the circle...

 

[half_back_flank]

If you had 2 you wouldn't have to play Blair in the circle...

That's correct, which is why the Bulldogs are so well placed for the future with both Libba ans Wallis.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

Based on what?

Richmond's won more games?

 

[Black Diamond]

Richmond's won more games?

Alright. So at the end of last season when I said North was ahead of Richmond because we won more games I was right.

 

[A Swallow]

Richmond's won more games?

Incredibly insightful.

 

[Joshen]

Zero but not my fault, was merely answering a question.

I would say answering makes it your fault (partly). No one is forcing you to respond.

 

[ManOfClay]

I would say answering makes it your fault (partly). No one is forcing you to respond.

No-one forced him to bring up the Bulldogs.

Or forced you to bring up that this thread is being derailed. Now that it is by this very conversation.

 

[YellowAndBlack83]

Weren't Cunnington and Conca taken in the same draft?

Cunnington is a long way ahead.

Cunnington was taken pick 5 in the '09 draft in which we took Dustin Martin with pick 3. Conca was pick 6 in 2010.

 

[Joshen]

No-one forced him to bring up the Bulldogs.

Or forced you to bring up that this thread is being derailed. Now that it is by this very conversation.

No one forced you to respond. Me bringing it up didn't cause it happen. You are proving my point.

 

[ManOfClay]

No one forced you to respond. Me bringing it up didn't cause it happen. You are proving my point.

And you continue to derail the thread.

 

[Northworth]

Trotter (ffs).....

Richmond are certainly ahead of us at the moment and they have elite mids in Cotchin, Deledio, Martin and J Riewoldt is one of the best kpf playing the game

I have a lot of respect for that club, and hope that my team lifts tomorrow

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Weren't Cunnington and Conca taken in the same draft?

Cunnington is a long way ahead.

Pretty sure Cunnington was the year before (2009) - so Scully, Trengrove, Martin, Morabito, Cunnington were the top 5 picks IIRC.

Conca was taken the year after - Atley being your first pick I believe.