Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) IX

[7577969923]

That's some goal by Rankine!

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Wow, fair goal by Rankine

 

[Ligma]

Rankine and Rachelle

 

[giantroo]

Crows next week....

Have mercy on us please.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Lol Soligo didn’t even do a concussion test
Brushed it off

 

[JGreezy]

Crows next week....

Have mercy on us please.

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It'll be fine. We have Archer to lock down one of their smalls.

 

[giantroo]

It'll be fine. We have Archer to lock down one of their smalls.

He's suspended.

 

[giantroo]

Rankine subbed.

 

[Flawed Genius]

It's basically Merrett and Caldwell against the world. Nic Martin sucks again, Archie Roberts is terrible, Durham is a trundler, Shiel, Duursma and Hobbs are garbage. Who will Brad poach from North at the end of the year to try to fill the gap this time? My money is on someone from the membership team

 

[Black Diamond]

Its an interesting conversation about "Carlton", Black Diamond, my theory is that they don't need another coach, he hasn't been there that long and he's doing the best he can with that list. they have for a while now always had that one or two players down back that they really need, I'm talking classy defenders but they don't grow on trees as we've found out.

As proven last year they are not that far off, a lot more goes into why a team is near a grand final and next year 0-2, it can be "the little things", Mckay pulled out at the last minute because of illness, Charlie was only about 25% ready and a few runs short before he gets to the level that is required, Tom de Koning has played two great opening games and don't forget Hawthorns game plan of taking away Carltons one strength back there, in not kicking up in the air on the forward line when Jacob Weitering is around.

Its easy to say just don't do it, but in a game with so much pressure where you've got no time to to think, its not as easy as people think. They finally picked a classy key defender in last years National draft in Harry O'Farrell, I rate him highly but I'm surprised they didn't pick two, but AFL clubs rarely do that unless their cupboard is extremely bare.

Injuries + suspensions + poor form + confidence and the coaches game plan can really make you think the world is ending sometimes but its rarely ever that bad, the competition is ever so slowly getting quite even, where a few tweaks here & there + the above reversed, can make you think what or how did that just happen?

I do think they need a new coach. I don't rate Voss at all and on balance don't think he has much idea and cannot communicate very well.

Their list isn't perfect but then very few lists are. This is IMO when strategy and tactics come into the equation. Voss does not have what it takes. Every list performs better when the squad knows the game plan. All of a sudden middling players become better kicks and seem faster.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

It's basically Merrett and Caldwell against the world. Nic Martin sucks again, Archie Roberts is terrible, Durham is a trundler, Shiel, Duursma and Hobbs are garbage. Who will Brad poach from North at the end of the year to try to fill the gap this time? My money is on someone from the membership team

Which is hilarious, because the latter four have a collective field day whenever they take the field against us.

 

[Black Diamond]

The upcoming Port v Tigers could be a fascinating train wreck.

 

[Moti]

Colby isn’t too different from Merrett body wise, surely we unleash him in the middle soon


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[Flawed Genius]

Thilthorpe just deleted McKay once the ball hits the deck and sets up a goal. Was he this bad when he was with us or has he got the bag and put the feet up

 

[JGreezy]

He's suspended.

I meant it sarcastically

 

[Roosurgence]

Will the AFL ask us for a draft pick refund for what they gave us for McKay?

I wouldn’t give a pick in the 50’s for him.

Maybe I was wrong that he wasn’t trying at North, he’s just shit.

 

[Disco Dew]

Sid Draper injured?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Thilthorpe just deleted McKay once the ball hits the deck and sets up a goal. Was he this bad when he was with us or has he got the bag and put the feet up

He wasn’t anywhere near this bad.

 

[Devington]

Thilthorpe just deleted McKay once the ball hits the deck and sets up a goal. Was he this bad when he was with us or has he got the bag and put the feet up

Playing with conviction and intent to get the big contract VS Move to a big club that's supposedly on the up, coach plays you outside your strengths, and the team sucks dog doodoo so your effort and concentration plummets.

It's the perfect storm for a form collapse.

 

[Zondor]

The “Overarching Legacy” that Scotts will leave Essendon will rival the Legacy he left at North. Has there been a bigger fraud in an Administration/ Coach’s role to grace AFL circles? :stern look

 

[Roosurgence]

He wasn’t anywhere near this bad.

And how glorious is it that Bard was the instigator of that move.

Keep destroying footy clubs Bard.

 

[Flawed Genius]

The “Overarching Legacy” that Scotts will leave Essendon will rival the Legacy he left at North. Has there been a bigger fraud in an Administration/ Coach’s role to grace AFL circles? :stern look

Living proof that sometimes it doesn't matter how incompetent you are or what your WL record is, as long as you went to the right school and run in the right circles.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Fogarty on Reid...

 

[tricknologist]

They looked much better under Truck Rutten

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

They looked much better under Truck Rutten

And they deadset knifed him to hire someone they never had a chance of securing.