Autopsy Round 1, 2020: North Melbourne v St.Kilda *HILL 150TH, KING DEBUT*

[MOLTEN GANGLANDS]

Glad you could tell. I couldn’t pick that up on tv. They seem to play everywhere. Footy is an ordinary TV game.

well I know at least after one of those slingshot break entries hill could be seen deep in the forward pocket (near where jones kicked the ball in)

 

[pebblesofsand]

Probably because North are a bottom 4-6 side.

Jeez there's a lot of teams in that bottom 4 to 6 group.

 

[joop]

I guess the only positive is that when we were playing good (not great) we were up by 5 goals pretty comfortably.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a side just completely stop like we did, but if we play well we will win quite a few games.

 

[Daniel B]

Great bit of sportsmanship early in the third, with Geary stopping to signal for a trainer for his injured opponent. Respect.

 

[pebblesofsand]

I guess the only positive is that when we were playing good (not great) we were up by 5 goals pretty comfortably.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a side just completely stop like we did, but if we play well we will win quite a few games.

The rain changed the nature of the game - turned it into a slogfest for a period which suited the more stable team.

1st game so its a bit hard to expect an effectively "new" team to not only implement a new game plan for the whole of a game, but then maintain or change it when the weather conditions changed as well.

As I said - right up until the last few minutes when I heard the news that WA and SA were closing their borders and I knew the season was gone, I was still very positive about the season ahead.

After that - well I've re-watched the first half - Hill's kicking is a thing of beauty, seeing very experienced defenders worry about a first gamer is great for us, Howard looks like a 10 year player, Butler was great and Jones looked like a long term replacement for Steven.

 

[Saintbloke]

I reckon Dan Andrews must have addressed the team at half time: "St Kilda must shut down"..cant see any other reason for that fade out.

 

[MUFKilda]

I still can't believe we conspired to lose that game. The next few weeks/months just won't be the same without getting up in the middle of the night to watch St Kilda make an arse of it. That's what weekends are for.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I've thought that since we got him, Jones is a waste unless we can play him as a ball winner in the middle.
On the wing?
I'd rather Billings, Sinclair, Hind, Acres..oh wait.

 

[BrutThough]

I've thought that since we got him, Jones is a waste unless we can play him as a ball winner in the middle.
On the wing?
I'd rather Billings, Sinclair, Hind, Acres..oh wait.

Jones spent a large amount of time in the middle. Had the equal most clearances on the ground.

 

[Mstr Strokesman]

Yeah- it just didn't click..everyone was getting in each other's way I thought, and no focal point.

Spot on .There is a real problem with players flying against King and spoiling the champ .This was so obvious during the practice games too .
King a bit young yet to tel them all to F Off 25m out from goal .One glaring one was when Billings was standing in the hole and they stuffed each other up.

 

[Mowman]

I would like Marsh to play Dunstan role I think he would be a much better option
Try something different, Dunstan not going to improve now

 

[AirWinmar]

I don’t disagree but geary is captain so he plays. Anyway there was only one spot we lost it and it was the same spot that got us well ahead. The midfield was disgusting after half time. Cunnington was a star. 5 votes. Goldstein one vote.

Asides from the midfield, we also couldn't take Norths pressure in our backline and we're just trying to roost it out of there every time without trying to hit a target and reset. Then the times we did get it out of there, we often ended up with Kent, Jones or Dunstan getting the ball around wing to half forward where they would turn it over. Jones turnovers pissed me off because he had a handball option to a better kick on a few occasions he should have taken. Members also got it a few times but takes so long to get it going and will nearly always kick it long up the line. when we had opportunities we kicked points.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Jones spent a large amount of time in the middle. Had the equal most clearances on the ground.

Good , keep him off the wing.

 

[TheEnsign]

Bad kicking = bad football. Had our chance to ice the game early; if even one of those early 3QT shots were on point then I think North's heads might have dropped and we'd get through.

Quite the reality check as to where we are at.

 

[plugger66]

Bad kicking = bad football. Had our chance to ice the game early; if even one of those early 3QT shots were on point then I think North's heads might have dropped and we'd get through.

Quite the reality check as to where we are at.

The thing is I doubt it’s any reality check. Most likely the last game of the year.

 

[cooperrules]

Bad kicking = bad football. Had our chance to ice the game early; if even one of those early 3QT shots were on point then I think North's heads might have dropped and we'd get through.

Quite the reality check as to where we are at.

Same as where we were last year pretenders. Bottom 6.

 

[plugger66]

Same as where we were last year pretenders. Bottom 6.

Again in good mood. Thought bottom 2.

 

[Rors]

That was a ****ing pathetic way to end the season. Bring on 2021

 

[George]

That was a ******* pathetic way to end the season. Bring on 2021

Get ****ed Rors

 

[Sir Skid]

Get f’ed Rors

Wait. George is Nick Roo!

 

[Grav]

Same as where we were last year pretenders. Bottom 6.

Yeah but we finished only a game & percentage outside the eight, big improvement on last season.

 

[tomjoad]

Yeah but we finished only a game & percentage outside the eight, big improvement on last season.

There you go folks. Silver lining...glass half full. That's the spirit

 

[Rors]

Get f’ed Rors

Nah, Ben campaignerington can get ****ed

 

[saintsmania]

I still can't believe how we lost that game

 

[Verdun]

I still can't believe how we lost that game

Yep I'm still in shock, having to tolerate North Melb supporters is damn hard.

How far out was Marshall with his last shot, not his fault - we should not have been in the position after being 30 points up.

My concern was:

- Not being able to adapt game style from quick to contested (what North wanted), play through it and be confident and

- Why the f...k did we not tag Cunnington; I am still fired up about this.......if a nuffy like I could see his influence on the game being a factor surely the coaching panel could.