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[Rick18]

We are live with the Port Adelaide post:

Assessing and resetting: Round 11 v Port Adelaide

Saturday saw more in-game tweaks from North Melbourne than at any other time this season.

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I saw a handful of in-game tweaks which I thought were intriguing. So I doubled that with a look at the season to date using the line-by-line rotation data I've started the season...

Because we made it to the bye, hooray.

 

[nicko74]

We are live with the Port Adelaide post:

Assessing and resetting: Round 11 v Port Adelaide

Saturday saw more in-game tweaks from North Melbourne than at any other time this season.

theshinboner.com

I saw a handful of in-game tweaks which I thought were intriguing. So I doubled that with a look at the season to date using the line-by-line rotation data I've started the season...

Because we made it to the bye, hooray.

Nice work again Rick. Your reviews are like a little ray of sunshine in what is otherwise a cesspit of negativity and infighting around here at the moment.

I have a question or two and fully understand if you choose not to answer them.

There are whole threads on here dedicated to Alistair Clarkson alluding to him being sacked. In your opinion, is he the right man to lead us forward? Is he doing the right things tactically? People seem to think the game has gone past him and he's lost that "edge" he had at the Hawks. I personally think we just to stick fat but it is a tough watch at the moment...... I am fighting tooth and nail to keep my 10 year old believing that the tide will turn!!

Thanks again

 

[Kciza]

I'm really intrigued by our backline at the moment. Probably because it's the third of the ground that seams to be coming together the best. I don't think it's a coincidence that Corr has played some of his best footy with WDawson coming into the side. I think it's released Corr into that third tall role he's more suited to.

Post bye I can see the temptation of dropping Wil for Kal, but Kal is also more suited to a third tall role too.

So I'm curious Rick, what do you think is the best mix for us post-bye, and then next year once Goater and Logue are healthy and back what do you think the best mix will be then?

 

[Rick18]

Nice work again Rick. Your reviews are like a little ray of sunshine in what is otherwise a cesspit of negativity and infighting around here at the moment.

I have a question or two and fully understand if you choose not to answer them.

There are whole threads on here dedicated to Alistair Clarkson alluding to him being sacked. In your opinion, is he the right man to lead us forward? Is he doing the right things tactically? People seem to think the game has gone past him and he's lost that "edge" he had at the Hawks. I personally think we just to stick fat but it is a tough watch at the moment...... I am fighting tooth and nail to keep my 10 year old believing that the tide will turn!!

Thanks again

You have to ignore those threads

But yeah I think he is, everyone just needs someone to blame when a team is 0-11 with a percentage of about five.

I did a whole analogy/hypothetical at the end of the mailbag post a couple of weeks ago that I think still holds:

Opening the mailbag: Round 9 v Gold Coast

Today’s post is half mailbag format, half game talk after an in-game call for questions on Twitter.

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I'm really intrigued by our backline at the moment. Probably because it's the third of the ground that seams to be coming together the best. I don't think it's a coincidence that Corr has played some of his best footy with WDawson coming into the side. I think it's released Corr into that third tall role he's more suited to.

Post bye I can see the temptation of dropping Wil for Kal, but Kal is also more suited to a third tall role too.

So I'm curious Rick, what do you think is the best mix for us post-bye, and then next year once Goater and Logue are healthy and back what do you think the best mix will be then?

I reckon most of it will probably be sorted by availability to be honest, I can't imagine Dawson (Wil) will be able to play most games from here on out cause I can't remember too many first year key defenders who have in recent memory.

A few weeks ago I was keen to see a Logue/Comben/K Dawson trio, but Corr's good form over the last month has me thinking the best way forward for the rest of the year is Logue/Comben/Corr once Logue gets back from his knee in a month or so.

But then if W Dawson is still holding up well after Logue's return we'll probably see more Comben forward I would imagine...

And god only knows what it'll look like in 2025 ha.

 

[koshari]

Been screaming for a kpf and a crumber for ages. Wholly agree with rick here

 

[Topparoo]

Been screaming for a kpf and a crumber for ages. Wholly agree with rick here

Who's the crumber?

 

[koshari]

Who's the crumber?

None on our squad

 

[gokangas]

Who's the crumber?

We have lots of crumby players unfortunately.

 

[Rick18]

We are live with the West Coast post:

Foreign concepts: Round 13 v West Coast

Sometimes the titles of these pieces relate to a recurring thread from the game.

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Bit of a new concept today, writing about a win. Don't have too much experience doing this.

In all seriousness though, the main topics are Simpkin's game and the slight role shift, forward pressure and Eddie Ford in particular, along with a few other bits and pieces.

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

Read with a smile on my dial. Bliss.

 

[LB2Snake]

We are live with the West Coast post:

Foreign concepts: Round 13 v West Coast

Sometimes the titles of these pieces relate to a recurring thread from the game.

theshinboner.com

Bit of a new concept today, writing about a win. Don't have too much experience doing this.

In all seriousness though, the main topics are Simpkin's game and the slight role shift, forward pressure and Eddie Ford in particular, along with a few other bits and pieces.

Great as always Rick ……was like watching the replay in my mind all over again. Harry’s ability to stay in chains of play is a thing of absolute beauty.

 

[NMFC49]

Great as always Rick ……was like watching the replay in my mind all over again. Harry’s ability to stay in chains of play is a thing of absolute beauty.

The Xerri chase down was phenomenal and inspirational. Ricky is correct saying this is the standard by which every player needs to achieve to win games.

 

[Rick18]

Right, we are live with the Collingwood post. Buckle up because it's really long, which is saying something coming from me:

Riding the rollercoaster: Round 14 v Collingwood

Where are you supposed to start with North Melbourne after a game like that?

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Trying to cover everything from the game, broken down into three main topics:

1) How three tall forwards helped the ball movement
2) The post-bye shift and explaining how the tweaks were on display
3) The final quarter madness and everything that happened there

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Right, we are live with the Collingwood post. Buckle up because it's really long, which is saying something coming from me:

Riding the rollercoaster: Round 14 v Collingwood

Where are you supposed to start with North Melbourne after a game like that?

theshinboner.com

Trying to cover everything from the game, broken down into three main topics:

1) How three tall forwards helped the ball movement
2) The post-bye shift and explaining how the tweaks were on display
3) The final quarter madness and everything that happened there

Read this analysis earlier and it just struck me, the guys you describe whose presence made the Pies gettable, that’s a lot of our team. We just don’t have the class waiting in the wings that they do.

Enjoyed your take on the game as always. Not quite making me feel better this time, it just burns, but it gives me new positive things to reflect on.

 

[trueroo]

Thanks rick

 

[koshari]

Read this analysis earlier and it just struck me, the guys you describe whose presence made the Pies gettable, that’s a lot of our team. We just don’t have the class waiting in the wings that they do.

Enjoyed your take on the game as always. Not quite making me feel better this time, it just burns, but it gives me new positive things to reflect on.

Last week was releif, this week dissapointed but both are far better emotions than dispair.

 

[Passmore]

Last week was releif, this week dissapointed but both are far better emotions than dispair.

If we keep improving, I'm going to go to a game at some point expecting to win....that's confronting.

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[tazaa]

The great man tweeted this at 3 quarter time yesterday.

It was the first post I saw on Twitter and then what unfolded in the next 30 minutes was spot on.
Predicted the final quarter to a tee, with some additional bullshit umpiring amongst it that saw the game stolen from us.

Give the man his flowers Rick18

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Rick, I'm really keen to hear your thoughts on our gameplan in especially the 1st quarter against the Dees.

Was it just me, or did Clarko think that Jake Lever

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4.9

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5.4

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1.3

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242.0

4star

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9.6

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6.5

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3.1

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3.9

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1.3

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145.4

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11.0

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5.0

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6.6

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1.6

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189.8

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was playing?

IMO, there was a major over-correction... from what was basically the best game we played all season last week!

And to make it worse, we took way too long to correct that over-correction.

So yeah, lots of positives from the game, but still very very frustrating... & I think this loss was ultimately on the coaches box.

 

[Horizons_00]

Rick, I'm really keen to hear your thoughts on our gameplan in especially the 1st quarter against the Dees.

Was it just me, or did Clarko think that Jake Lever was playing?

IMO, there was a major over-correction... from what was basically the best game we played all season last week!

And to make it worse, we took way too long to correct that over-correction.

So yeah, lots of positives from the game, but still very very frustrating... & I think this loss was ultimately on the coaches box.

I got a sneaky feeling Clarko gameplan was not to spend all our tickets too early like in the pies game?

 

[Passmore]

I got a sneaky feeling Clarko gameplan was not to spend all our tickets too early like in the pies game?

Yeah it kind of felt like that. Maybe different opponent, different strategy. They certainly didn’t want feed May long balls. He loves that shit.

As the team evolves you’d expect the players to own when to go quickly and when to conserve. You certainly can’t live going the pace we did early last week.

 

[amaz199]

I think we were blind at times moving the ball forward. We had numbers pressing up but completely missed them for the majority of the night.

It wasn't until the last quarter that Melbourne started to get caught out. We had them literally scrambling.

 

[Rick18]

Righto, post is up for the Melbourne game:

Decisions and progress: Round 15 v Melbourne

Three single figure games in a row; three games that couldn’t have played out any more different to each other.

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It's in the jump around from topic to topic format, so things covered:

• The game style (I'm being rude by not quoting the posts above me but turns out that discussion is covered in the link)
• Jackson Archer's game and why what I enjoyed most was not his job on Fritsch
• Paul Curtis and his general improvement in recent weeks without the ball
• The intangible of 'sticking around' which I'm convinced wouldn't have happened earlier in the season
• The rotational change of using the seventh defensive one as Powell/but also a rotating midfielder for a bit
• The umpiring standards, because I mean ... you know.

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

Clustershambles the polite pundit's clustertruck. Love it Rick.

 

[Samsquanch]

Clustershambles the polite pundit's clustertruck. Love it Rick.

It was an umpalling effort.

Another made up word.