Review Postmatch discussion/positives & negatives vs Hawthorn

[muttley45]

Pos : Brown, Tarrant, Wood

Neg : No pressure on the ball carrier, allowing them to use their footskills
Corralling and zoning off is the best example of this
kick ins..... disgraceful
handballs, slow, high, loopy and usually well telegraphed, a lot of our field kicks also fit these criteria
centre clearances, we seem to be very static, reactive, and slow to use 1st option
allowing opposition a loose man, much prefer man on man accountablity
opposition red time goals, a far too regular occurrence
team selection, poor again

 

[randall boner]

Lewis and Hodge will probably sit on a porch as old men and reminisce about all the heroic, manly things they did

And count there premiership medals

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Positive/Negative (half full or half empty)
It's round 5 of 22, we've played 3 of last years top 8 and we have injuries to key players.

A well measured response. 15 minutes ago I had written us off. Now I'm just not as confident in our depth

 

[Only Forwards]

North Melbourne @NMFCOfficial · 7s7 seconds ago
Scott: Swallow should be fine next week (re concussion). He was cleared to come back on medically (if needed) #aflnorthhawks #NMFCMedia

Ya wot?

Our leader could have come back on and we didn't get him to?

WTF is that?

 

[Contra Mundum]

What the **** is wrong with us?

We shit ourselves when under pressure and when we have a clear pathway to run and carry we overuse the ball and we DON'T TAKE THE FIRST OPTION.

I don't mind, in fact, I like us taking it on but when you are under pressure you take the first ******* option.

McMillan on his left foot casually was disgusting. We have time and space so why use your opposite while transferring play inboard?

Tried to cut down on smoking but I've already rolled my first J. Who's in?

Make sure it's about an eight paper job like a ****ing didgeridoo - I hated this performance worse than Adelaide - where are our
Gladiators

 

[Skarrz]

Negative - why when I upgrade from a North membership GA to level 1 did ticketek put me bang smack in the middle of the Hawks cheer squad. Cheers for there being no info anywhere about which end is our home end on the Internet.

 

[Dodecahedron]

And count there premiership medals

It's "their" not "there" you illiterate poo and wee moron

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Too tired and disappointed for a detailed critique.

I saw a genuinely rubbish side last night at the MCG. North is far from that bad, which is why a performance like that is so disappointing. Horrible decision-making and worse execution, over and over - and then a period and pieces of play that remind you how good they can be, and make the next bit of crapness even more annoying.

I know Hawthorn have to get credit for a lot of that, by their pressure, but a lot of the pain was self-inflicted. And Hawthorn could have played much better and kicked straighter.

 

[Only Forwards]

We lost tonights game in Round 1.

I reckon we lost it in the actions we took after round 1.

Sorry inaction.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Just home. Not even drunk.

And to the c*** down the Eastern Fwy who had no headlights - go f*** yourself you piece of f*****g shit.

Bloody weak as piss effort on field too - Hawks play unsociable footy but by geez they have the skill set to back it up.

Our forward line looked like a brothel. Struggled to take marks regularly inside 50, and whenever it'd spill to the ground the Hawks had plenty of numbers to either clear it or apply plenty of pressure. Around the ground the Hawks did this well too.

Say what you like about Hodge and Lewis.....they play like c***s but they play to win - three premierships each says it all. Win at all costs mentality. Wasn't overly annoyed about what they did - had the result been our way and a couple of our boys clobbered a pair of Hawks, we'd all be applauding.

 

[Harris 10]

You could do an exercise to show why we lost tonight and that would be rank ever player in order based on their skill level and decision making.

We wouldn't have that many in the top 15 to 20 of the 44 players.

 

[the_one]

finally got home and put on the replay. channel 7 applauding hodge for loving the tough stuff! spare me, what a disgrace.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

those praising boomers game are freakin nuts. 30 of the softest touches. added no run, no impact, and his defensive efforts are disgraceful. he clearly doesnt want to play back, and i cant believe Scott doesnt give him a run in the middle when all we have is inside mids.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

And count there premiership medals

Reminisce on porches, or in nightclub toilets? Why wasn't Hodge made captain a while back?

 

[King Corey]

North Melbourne ‏@NMFCOfficial 9s10 seconds ago
Scott: Our forwards got caught too far up the ground at times and we lost a bit of organisatiin #NMFCMedia #aflnorthhawks

We didn't think of addressing that in the game? Before the game?

This is the first year I've heard JB starting the crank up some expectation around the team's performance including condemnation of round 1.

Brad has been a terrific engager in the North Melbourne culture but some of the lacklustre efforts and regressive development of some players are going to start catching the eye of the board sooner or later.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

If this team had any heart, they would have put white line fever types like Hodge and Lewis into next week.

 

[Deleted member 98541]

3 tall forwads and we hunt out Lindsay Thomas and Nahas.

Generic squad is generic.

 

[Devington]

Too tired and disappointed for a detailed critique.

I saw a genuinely rubbish side last night at the MCG. North is far from that bad, which is why a performance like that is so disappointing. Horrible decision-making and worse execution, over and over - and then a period and pieces of play that remind you how good they can be, and make the next bit of crapness even more annoying.

I know Hawthorn have to get credit for a lot of that, by their pressure, but a lot of the pain was self-inflicted. And Hawthorn could have played much better and kicked straighter.

After the first quarter we actually controlled large parts of the game. We nullified Hawthorns momentum. But as you say, time and time again we took the wrong option or just plain old ****ed up. At no stage were we able to actually get the momentum going for us, because we kept letting Hawthorn off the hook.

Even half way through the 4th when we were 5-6 goals down, I thought we were capable of coming back if only we suddenly fixed the rot (and maybe if we got a bit of luck).

I'm no where near as pissed as a lot of people seem to be. I am very disappointed though.

It wasn't Hawthorn that won the match, it was us that lost it.

 

[Dirty_11]

Harvey had 30 disposals, don't think I've seen a less impactful 30 disposals in a game. Can't remember seeing him much tonight. Probably one of our only "good players" but I can't even remember what he did.

Really missing the class in the middle with Wells and Dal Santo out.

Shit himself a couple of times and should not be played in the backline anymore. Half forward from now on. Why are we trying to reinvent a 37 yo?

 

[danj]

Post-
Lewis is still a sniper
Hodge is still a sniper
Rioli is still the most overrated player in the league and biggest downhill skier since Bruest.

Mate which game were you at? They fing reamed us a new one. I would take any one of those blokes over at least 10 of ours tonight

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

And to put on that sort of display and get done by 10 goals in front of our 1975 premiership team is a f*****g disgrace.

 

[danj]

After the first quarter we actually controlled large parts of the game. We nullified Hawthorns momentum. But as you say, time and time again we took the wrong option or just plain old stuffed up. At no stage were we able to actually get the momentum going for us, because we kept letting Hawthorn off the hook.

Even half way through the 4th when we were 5-6 goals down, I thought we were capable of coming back if only we suddenly fixed the rot (and maybe if we got a bit of luck).

I'm no where near as pissed as a lot of people seem to be. I am very disappointed though.

It wasn't Hawthorn that won the match, it was us that lost it.

Sorry but your nuts must be numb, they alloowed us to do some thimgs within the parameters of their game plan, after Goldy missed that free kick they knew they had us ....

 

[holeinone]

Will get nothing
Has Hodge been cited?
If not he wont be
Swallow has more to worry about from their little scuffle later on

Fwiw heard on one of my Facebook groups that one of the radio stations said late after the game he was reported.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Mate which game were you at? They fing reamed us a new one. I would take any one of those blokes over at least 10 of ours tonight

Never said they were shit, they smashed us in effciency, just stated two of their players committed sniperish acts and Rioli tends to get a lot of lets say easy possessions as does Bruest on ocassion, though my original comments on Bruest aren't majorly justified.

 

[holeinone]

Mark Stevens on channel 7 saying that both Hodge and Lewis will get 3 week suspension downgraded to 2 weeks with an early guilty plea.

How the hell can you get 2 weeks for those.

They'll take it too. Can afford to with Melbourne and GWS