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[Roo-Boy]

I'm angry with the North Melbourne football club. Didn't they learn from last week? What is it? Is it a mental thing? Enough crap talk and learn how to hold the flipping pill in the last minute and close out and win a game of football. I'm over it.

 

[Snake_Baker]

...... looking like a stunned Mullett as the opposition come roaring back to steal another game.

I have made the point for 3 years that the rebuild was too drastic and too quick and that the players would suffer due to a lack of exposure to leadership and a mature bodied support staff.

You don't see Sydney and Geelong kids act like this.

Our chickens are now coming home to roost. We are Richmond.

 

[Forever North]

Like a few have mentioned I was just 'waiting' to be humiliated again in the last qtr. Not even those dodgy Asian gambling syndicates could find better ways to 'fix' our games. A total embarrassment of the highest order. Have never seen anything like it in my 35+ years following North. A total waste of a season. The coaches and players need a massive reality check. We are not as good as we think we are I reckon. Maybe we have just overachieved rather than underachieved losing all these close games to top notch opposition.

 

[Shermanator]

I CBF reading the other 6 pages so I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this but WTF was Hunter trying a look away handball in the clutch, only to have it stolen and result in a goal?

Also Lindsays 50m penalty (again - like last week) when we were 5 odd goals in front and in control which resulted in a Crow goal and the start of a mini-comback.

Seriously some dumb decisions from experienced campaigners.

This shit is killing us...

 

[Jeremy Jordan]

Maybe the new Arden St development was built on a Indian Burial ground......Or much like the Red Sox 'curse of the bambino', we have a 'curse of the Digby'

 

[tales129]

Can't agree Bernie.

The crows rebounded far too easily out of defence and waltzed through the midfield (as usual) as if it was made out of cellophane.

Too true

 

[tales129]

I've got a hangover and it's not even tomorrow yet, sheesh!

 

[ozzyoslo]

IF I HEAR THAT THEY CANT WAIT TO PLAY AGAIN NEXT WEEK ......I'LL SPEW!!

 

[ozzyoslo]

The only team beating North Melbourne is North Melbourne,the game above the shoulders.

VERY VERY VERY GOOD POST !!

 

[ozzyoslo]

USB'S don't Vent we store shit.

Post of the week!!

 

[King Corey]

True, he needs time.
I remember West Coast supporters canning Nic Nat in his first year and now they think the sun shines out his rear.
Daw will be good.

Good post. Bit disappointed at North brethren on this one.

I'm more inclined to point out the lack of leadership around players like Majak. Putting aside selection likelihood, if he was at the Swans you'd have have players like Bolton yelling orders to him. You'd have him tackling, chasing and spoiling like a man possessed (and none of these are particular 'skills' as such) because he knows it's what's demanded of him.

No doubt Majak (and any young player) gets some fluff talk about the meaning of the jumper and what he has to do to justify wearing it. But in real terms within a few games he'll have no demonstrated proof of this and predictably his standards will drop.

Players will mistime marks and miss goals. But an out of touch guy like Majak right now could be impacting by running hard and doing other things. But none of his teammates are so why bother?

The issue is not the performance of the 7 game project player.

 

[Only Forwards]

Yesterday was my football day from hell.

My son Played his 50th game, they lost and he got hurt. So post game we have to rush to provide first aid, change and console. Suffice to say he was devastated at this point.

We are running against the clock as we drive in and run into the game. We watch as the side produces a performance that I can only describe as unfathomable.

We kick out to a decent lead, I foolishly start to think well at least he gets to watch as LT tears them apart and we should record a comfortable win.

With 8 minutes to go I have to clam my son down because he is upset about what he is watching he is 10 and can see it coming.

At two minutes I have to calm him down again surely its not going to happen two weeks in a row.

We go 1 point down he turns to me with tears in his eyes asking how did we lose this dad.

There are many posts after the game saying how they won't go next week. I find it mentally draining to watch a side that kicks so far clear only to be reeled in. After the game my wife said to me "if it wasn't for Boomer we would be taking a break next week".

That is the reality, you can tell me to stick fat and that its part of the process but when for the second time this year I have to try and explain how we pissed away a 7 goal lead to a 10 year old that loves this team just as much as I do. it makes it difficult to justify rushing him to the footy when he is already pretty spent from playing and there is a massive effort involoved in actually getting there.

He is going this week because he loves Boomer and Wells. Right now that is about the only reason we will be there.

I feel for all of the country members that drive ridiculous hours to watch the team and sit and watch as shit like that is served up.

 

[muttley45]

i think a good analogy of our form this year is lindsays goalkicking yips 2 years ago, all the tools are there, but it is mentally that is our downfall, as did lindsay turn it around, so shall we

 

[Page8383]

Yesterday was my football day from hell.

My son Played his 50th game, they lost and he got hurt. So post game we have to rush to provide first aid, change and console. Suffice to say he was devastated at this point.

We are running against the clock as we drive in and run into the game. We watch as the side produces a performance that I can only describe as unfathomable.

We kick out to a decent lead, I foolishly start to think well at least he gets to watch as LT tears them apart and we should record a comfortable win.

With 8 minutes to go I have to clam my son down because he is upset about what he is watching he is 10 and can see it coming.

At two minutes I have to calm him down again surely its not going to happen two weeks in a row.

We go 1 point down he turns to me with tears in his eyes asking how did we lose this dad.

There are many posts after the game saying how they won't go next week. I find it mentally draining to watch a side that kicks so far clear only to be reeled in. After the game my wife said to me "if it wasn't for Boomer we would be taking a break next week".

That is the reality, you can tell me to stick fat and that its part of the process but when for the second time this year I have to try and explain how we pissed away a 7 goal lead to a 10 year old that loves this team just as much as I do. it makes it difficult to justify rushing him to the footy when he is already pretty spent from playing and there is a massive effort involoved in actually getting there.

He is going this week because he loves Boomer and Wells. Right now that is about the only reason we will be there.

I feel for all of the country members that drive ridiculous hours to watch the team and sit and watch as shit like that is served up.

Yeah man, I am just at a point where I cannot support. I need to check any sort of emotional investment I put into the club at the moment. Because 4, 5, 6, 7 goals up, I just cannot afford to feel anything because I know the reciprocal feeling of utter disappointment and dejection is probably 4 or 5 times stronger than any positive emotional feedback I get from a win, especially when it is 'in the bag' and especially especially when it is week after week as it has been.

I know it's been said before, but if North Melbourne were a woman, and treated me like this, I almost definitely would have left her this season.

Another week, another 'heartbroken / so close' email from the club and another twilight fixture next sunday. It is a brutally vicious cycle at the moment and we all need some respite and a degree of closure on this emotional investment.

 

[jacko57]

But seriously, FFS. We totally ran out of legs, a few boys need a spell I reckon.

after a 9-day break???????

That lack of run was mental, not physical.

 

[Royal Flush]

Yesterday was my football day from hell.

My son Played his 50th game, they lost and he got hurt. So post game we have to rush to provide first aid, change and console. Suffice to say he was devastated at this point.

We are running against the clock as we drive in and run into the game. We watch as the side produces a performance that I can only describe as unfathomable.

We kick out to a decent lead, I foolishly start to think well at least he gets to watch as LT tears them apart and we should record a comfortable win.

With 8 minutes to go I have to clam my son down because he is upset about what he is watching he is 10 and can see it coming.

At two minutes I have to calm him down again surely its not going to happen two weeks in a row.

We go 1 point down he turns to me with tears in his eyes asking how did we lose this dad.

There are many posts after the game saying how they won't go next week. I find it mentally draining to watch a side that kicks so far clear only to be reeled in. After the game my wife said to me "if it wasn't for Boomer we would be taking a break next week".

That is the reality, you can tell me to stick fat and that its part of the process but when for the second time this year I have to try and explain how we pissed away a 7 goal lead to a 10 year old that loves this team just as much as I do. it makes it difficult to justify rushing him to the footy when he is already pretty spent from playing and there is a massive effort involoved in actually getting there.

He is going this week because he loves Boomer and Wells. Right now that is about the only reason we will be there.

I feel for all of the country members that drive ridiculous hours to watch the team and sit and watch as shit like that is served up.

Yep i was just thinking the same. Right now im refusing to take my son to the up coming Brisbane and Gold Coast games.
I prefer not to expose my children to that. Surrender and giving up in life are not values I want them exposed to.
My girlfriend recorded me the last 2 minutes of the game, and posted it on Facebook. I admit its a shocker and I don't have control over my emotions all the time, but I just don't need to be provocated anymore especially by a team that I believe in.

 

[Devil Fish]

I get the impression we have a tight-knit group of guys at NM who are great mates. Sure, that held us in good stead during the 1990's but we had ample talent, class & grunt to go with it. This current crop of players unfortunately aren't in the same ball park.

That being said, I think it's time (as suggested by someone else here a few weeks ago) for a Leading Teams approach ala Geelong 2007. Time for some home truths to be told & leave the feelings/egos at the front door.

Time to pull EVERY player in front of the group to be grilled & their strengths & deficiencies highlighted. I'm all for building confidence & being positive but when that doesn't work, as is clearly the case here, time for some tough love I'm afraid.

Time for the love-feast to end - NOW!

 

[King Corey]

I think it's time (as suggested by someone else here a few weeks ago) for a Leading Teams approach ala Geelong 2007. Time for some home truths to be told & leave the feelings/egos at the front door.

Hang on, I thought what Geelong via Chapman did and the consultants calling themselves Leading Teams are quite different things?

 

[Roosurgence]

Like many others have said, the gifting of games may have come back to bite us? Just seems that the majority of the group don't have the hunger to be successful. Sides with hungry players would have crushed Adelaide yesterday, but it seems these blokes are just happy to give a half arsed effort, because most of them know they will still be in the side next week ! The fade outs even when we win are just too often to be dismissed as inexperience or an aberration.

 

[Waynesworld]

You know it's funny. I lost my shit after last weeks loss to West Coast.

I lost my shit last season after the loss to Port (which the Adelaide loss had a lot of similarities to).

Today, I feel nothing. Another season of wasted opportunities. Another long pre-season talking up our prospects for 2014. And then what...?

 

[Mav]

Yep i was just thinking the same. Right now im refusing to take my son to the up coming Brisbane and Gold Coast games.
I prefer not to expose my children to that. Surrender and giving up in life are not values I want them exposed to.
My girlfriend recorded me the last 2 minutes of the game, and posted it on Facebook. I admit its a shocker and I don't have control over my emotions all the time, but I just don't need to be provocated anymore especially by a team that I believe in.

dump the bitch. That's just not called for. But first, record her in the shower and post it on here.

 

[soyouthink10]

Said it time after time, the coach is one of the worst match day coaches in the league. We need Paul Roos.

 

[hiddink]

At the 20 minute mark 4 goals up, my daughter asked "now do you think we'll win Daddy?"

"Not if we don't put an extra man back" was my response.

The Crows kick another, but still no extra man back.
Then another....... now 2 goals down...... STILL NO *#%^%#}# MAN BACK!!!

By now i feel like i'm at the Melbourne f****** Comedy Festival but i've walked in on the wrong show. Then the Crows somehow kick ANOTHER f****** goal & the penny comes crashing down in the coaches box. "Send Petrie back" someone finally says.

"Tell him NOT to do the same longbombdowntheline shit as last week though" says another.

It felt like we were tanking.

I've never teed off on Brad Scott before but the structural coaching in the last 10 minutes was *#+*=!$ embarrassing. The only thing that pisses me off more than the incompetence i witnessed from the coaches box in those last 10 minutes was the COMPLETE F****** LACK OF EFFORT from every single player I laid eyes on when Petrie had the ball at the death. With the notable exception of Sam Gibson (whose incredible gut running should have been honoured), not a single other player chose to SUCK IT UP, RUN THROUGH THE PAIN & FATIGUE, to be that loose option. NO ONE.

Bye bye to a few players this week, time for a goddamned backlash at selection.

I agree. That's how I felt. Weird!


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[Vansheen19]

Last year after the the Port Adelaide loss i smashed the foxtel remote. Last week i punched a hole in the wall at home and had to get my mate around to fix it Saturday morning. Now i still cant find the matching paint to go over it. I am not proud of myself for smashing Sh1t up. Yesterday i go to the game and sat there and didn't smash anything. Thats the only positive i got out of it.

It took the whole week for me to decide wether i could go to the game and put up with another effort similar to the one from the previous week. Yesterday morning i posted that i was looking forward to going to the game because i had convinced myself that they wouldn't/couldn't do it to me again. Wasn't i wrong. I'm so disapointed in myself for believing in a bunch of blokes who don't belive in themselves.

They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. As Drew kicked the ball long out of defence in the last couple of minutes i questioned his sanity. As i watched all of his teammates stand still and look at him and not run at all to provide an alternative option other than for him to kick long i questioned their sanity. As we kept our same structures over the field everytime Adelaide got a run on i questioned the coaches sanity. And if my wife hasn't deleted the game from foxtel when i get home this afternoon i'll be questioning her sanity.

After all of this my sanity can not be questioned. I am absolutely completely insane. I will go to the game next week. I do expect us to smash StKilda. I will be disapointed and hurt like hell if we don't. I will even entertain the thought of taking my 6 year old daughter because she loves Boomer so much. And i will not smash anything. I will not smash anything, i wil not smash anything.

 

[blackshadow]

Yesterday was my football day from hell.

My son Played his 50th game, they lost and he got hurt. So post game we have to rush to provide first aid, change and console. Suffice to say he was devastated at this point.

We are running against the clock as we drive in and run into the game. We watch as the side produces a performance that I can only describe as unfathomable.

We kick out to a decent lead, I foolishly start to think well at least he gets to watch as LT tears them apart and we should record a comfortable win.

With 8 minutes to go I have to clam my son down because he is upset about what he is watching he is 10 and can see it coming.

At two minutes I have to calm him down again surely its not going to happen two weeks in a row.

We go 1 point down he turns to me with tears in his eyes asking how did we lose this dad.

There are many posts after the game saying how they won't go next week. I find it mentally draining to watch a side that kicks so far clear only to be reeled in. After the game my wife said to me "if it wasn't for Boomer we would be taking a break next week".

That is the reality, you can tell me to stick fat and that its part of the process but when for the second time this year I have to try and explain how we pissed away a 7 goal lead to a 10 year old that loves this team just as much as I do. it makes it difficult to justify rushing him to the footy when he is already pretty spent from playing and there is a massive effort involoved in actually getting there.

He is going this week because he loves Boomer and Wells. Right now that is about the only reason we will be there.

I feel for all of the country members that drive ridiculous hours to watch the team and sit and watch as shit like that is served up.

Send that to Brad Scott and ask him (or Spitta) to read it to the players.