By apparent lack of interest in anything other than Geelong and, to a lesser degree, Carlton, I'm assuming many of you think we should just turn up at 2.10 Saturday, collect the four points, then drive back to Moorabbin for a few frosties...
But seriously... North are a proud club. They'll have a crack.
What do we need to focus on to win?
Beating North Melbourne...
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Seriously, just turn up - they are a rabble...
18 on the park - 4 on the pine - that should do it.
boost the percentage...
(that's what I say to the boss at work anyway)
18 on the park - 4 on the pine - that should do it.
boost the percentage...
(that's what I say to the boss at work anyway)
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Good ball use, pressure on their midfield.
Basically all the same things we have been doing in the past few weeks but just a bit more pressure on the scoreboard.
Have only seen the Roos a few times on TV, who are their players we need to shut down? Wells?
Hale is a tough match up playing forward. Have to make sure theres always a defender dropping back to help out whoever he is on. Petrie is playing alright and they have a few crumbers that are handy around the forward 50.
Basically all the same things we have been doing in the past few weeks but just a bit more pressure on the scoreboard.
Have only seen the Roos a few times on TV, who are their players we need to shut down? Wells?
Hale is a tough match up playing forward. Have to make sure theres always a defender dropping back to help out whoever he is on. Petrie is playing alright and they have a few crumbers that are handy around the forward 50.
We need to play better than we have been playing IMO. For some reason we think we can just turn it on for a quarter and win and sooner or later it's going to bite us in the ***. Keep the intensity and pressure up and we should win comfortably.
Another thing we need to do is get our goal-kicking accuracy back up. The last few weeks it's started to get a bit worse and it's something else that could come back to bite us.
Another thing we need to do is get our goal-kicking accuracy back up. The last few weeks it's started to get a bit worse and it's something else that could come back to bite us.
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actually their small forwards will worry us ... good skills, speed and excellent pressure ... key will be to win midfield clearances and zone and pressure to ensure slow movement when they try to transition out of defense ... if they get run ot own the corridor ... we will be troubled
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Love your confidence, Sainterone and I hope you are right, but I really hope our playing group doesn't think like that, 'cos thats when we're gonna start dropping games.Sainterone wrote:Seriously, just turn up - they are a rabble...
18 on the park - 4 on the pine - that should do it.
boost the percentage...
(that's what I say to the boss at work anyway)
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i have jokes with mates at school about how much we will win by.
a good one today was
"do you think ross lyon will even turn up to this game? he could probably just sleep in and coach from home or something, he could save petrol money by not going"
a good one today was
"do you think ross lyon will even turn up to this game? he could probably just sleep in and coach from home or something, he could save petrol money by not going"
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North will be competitive and if we do not put them away they will hang around
CJ to Wells -has been ok last few weeks but still fails to work hard off the tag. If heplays Half back make him pick up McQ and send him deep.
Dawson on Edwards if deep if not Hale
IF edwards up the ground S Fisher
Blake on Petrie as has the motor to go with him.
Gilbert ( if fit) on Warren who was good last week.
Baker on Thompson
Need to hit targets and kick straight. Isolate Gibson on Kosi. They will struggle for match up with Roo. Pressure they will turn the ball over
CJ to Wells -has been ok last few weeks but still fails to work hard off the tag. If heplays Half back make him pick up McQ and send him deep.
Dawson on Edwards if deep if not Hale
IF edwards up the ground S Fisher
Blake on Petrie as has the motor to go with him.
Gilbert ( if fit) on Warren who was good last week.
Baker on Thompson
Need to hit targets and kick straight. Isolate Gibson on Kosi. They will struggle for match up with Roo. Pressure they will turn the ball over
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Good post. I'd add in McQ to Simpson.older saint wrote:North will be competitive and if we do not put them away they will hang around
CJ to Wells -has been ok last few weeks but still fails to work hard off the tag. If heplays Half back make him pick up McQ and send him deep.
Dawson on Edwards if deep if not Hale
IF edwards up the ground S Fisher
Blake on Petrie as has the motor to go with him.
Gilbert ( if fit) on Warren who was good last week.
Baker on Thompson
Need to hit targets and kick straight. Isolate Gibson on Kosi. They will struggle for match up with Roo. Pressure they will turn the ball over
Also I think Baker will probably pick up Thomas who can be dangerous.
I'd expect them to use Gibson - who played well last week on Brown and the week before on Pavlich - on Riewoldt rather than Kosi. Be an interesting match-up!
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That's.... reaaaaaaaaaaally lame. Do you have much luck with the girls, dools?saintdooley wrote:i have jokes with mates at school about how much we will win by.
a good one today was
"do you think ross lyon will even turn up to this game? he could probably just sleep in and coach from home or something, he could save petrol money by not going"
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Sounds like a joke a year 7 would makesaintdooley wrote:i have jokes with mates at school about how much we will win by.
a good one today was
"do you think ross lyon will even turn up to this game? he could probably just sleep in and coach from home or something, he could save petrol money by not going"
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sorry i didnt make the joke. but as a few of you would know, my sense of humour is very bad, and i found that so funny.
i find a lot of things funny, such as: people falling over, teachers dropping their markers, someone opening up their locker to find yesterdays banana i chucked in there while they were not looking, the "why did the chicken cross the road, to get to the other side" always makes me laugh because its so bad, someone not getting their drink at the vending machine even when they pay for it....the list just never ends.
i find a lot of things funny, such as: people falling over, teachers dropping their markers, someone opening up their locker to find yesterdays banana i chucked in there while they were not looking, the "why did the chicken cross the road, to get to the other side" always makes me laugh because its so bad, someone not getting their drink at the vending machine even when they pay for it....the list just never ends.
"Another storied win in Robert Harvey's career. They say he is the embodiment of their motto of strength through loyalty, and on the day he became just the tenth man to play 350 league games the saints reward him with a seemingly impossible victory."
saintdooley wrote:sorry i didnt make the joke. but as a few of you would know, my sense of humour is very bad, and i found that so funny.
i find a lot of things funny, such as: people falling over, teachers dropping their markers, someone opening up their locker to find yesterdays banana i chucked in there while they were not looking, the "why did the chicken cross the road, to get to the other side" always makes me laugh because its so bad, someone not getting their drink at the vending machine even when they pay for it....the list just never ends.
small things amuse small minds ffs......grow up.....
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I will get back to the OP....
Of course you cannot ride off North easily, kids are capable of being poor one week and great the next. Mcintosh is not a bad ruckman, and we will be one down which may upset the balance slightly this week. I agree that Gibson, Petrie and Simpson are all in good form, and will need to have considered matchups. Hale is inconsistent, more of a confidence player...perhaps Dawson who has proven he can spoil tall?
I will be going along with a degree of confidence, but I won't say I think they are easybeats....
Of course you cannot ride off North easily, kids are capable of being poor one week and great the next. Mcintosh is not a bad ruckman, and we will be one down which may upset the balance slightly this week. I agree that Gibson, Petrie and Simpson are all in good form, and will need to have considered matchups. Hale is inconsistent, more of a confidence player...perhaps Dawson who has proven he can spoil tall?
I will be going along with a degree of confidence, but I won't say I think they are easybeats....
they think they are in with a chance...
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Roos set to 'scrap' against St Kilda
18:02 AEST Tue Jun 2 2009
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North Melbourne veteran Adam Simpson says the Kangaroos cannot afford to seek the perfect play if they are to break St Kilda's perfect AFL start at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Simpson said the Roos too often over-cooked passages of play by looking for the best option instead of the quickest last Saturday against the Brisbane Lions.
Coach Dean Laidley highlighted the trend after the defeat, and a repeat would give the Kangaroos little chance of toppling the unbeaten Saints, who have taken their game to a new level through the constant pressure they apply across the ground.
Simpson said the Saints and Geelong, who are four wins clear of the chasing pack, were experts at applying "perceived pressure".
"Even when there's no-one around, you feel like there is," he said on Tuesday.
"Especially with younger teams, you tend to panic a little bit.
"Even the older blokes do that a little bit as well.
"When you're playing Geelong - we played them a month ago - sometimes you're clear but you just think 'Geez, I've got to get rid of this otherwise I'm going to get run down or pinged'.
"At the moment from what I can see with St Kilda, they're exactly the same.
"The perceived pressure around the ball and all over the ground is that high that sometimes it forces teams to make decisions that they wouldn't normally make."
Simpson said North would be best advised to move the ball quickly to their strong-marking forwards.
"Trying to create the perfect play against A-grade teams just doesn't work that way," he said.
"If we're going to win on the weekend it's going to have to be a scrap."
Simpson conceded beating St Kilda would be a massive challenge for a side in 12th spot with a 4-6 record, but he took comfort from the laws of probability.
"They're due (to lose)," he said.
"They've been up for a long time and their confidence is pretty high.
"But they've lost a key ruckman (Michael Gardiner to suspension) and we're not going in thinking we're going to lose."
Forward Matt Campbell and defenders Daniel Pratt and Lachlan Hansen are pushing for recalls this week to ease the pressure on the backline.
Like Laidley, Simpson has been excited at North playing so many youngsters in 2009, although he felt the club's rebuilding policy could go a long way determining his own future.
The 33-year-old said he had been surprised at how good his form had been of late - he collected 37 disposals against the Lions - but was unsure whether he could extend that into a 16th season.
"Tough one with that," he said ahead of game No.299.
"If the season finished today I'd say yes.
"But it (form) can fall away pretty quickly, but at the same time the body's feeling really good and the attitude's really good.
"It will probably depend on how the club is as well, what they're doing with the
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Roos set to 'scrap' against St Kilda
18:02 AEST Tue Jun 2 2009
Latest AFL:
North Melbourne veteran Adam Simpson says the Kangaroos cannot afford to seek the perfect play if they are to break St Kilda's perfect AFL start at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Simpson said the Roos too often over-cooked passages of play by looking for the best option instead of the quickest last Saturday against the Brisbane Lions.
Coach Dean Laidley highlighted the trend after the defeat, and a repeat would give the Kangaroos little chance of toppling the unbeaten Saints, who have taken their game to a new level through the constant pressure they apply across the ground.
Simpson said the Saints and Geelong, who are four wins clear of the chasing pack, were experts at applying "perceived pressure".
"Even when there's no-one around, you feel like there is," he said on Tuesday.
"Especially with younger teams, you tend to panic a little bit.
"Even the older blokes do that a little bit as well.
"When you're playing Geelong - we played them a month ago - sometimes you're clear but you just think 'Geez, I've got to get rid of this otherwise I'm going to get run down or pinged'.
"At the moment from what I can see with St Kilda, they're exactly the same.
"The perceived pressure around the ball and all over the ground is that high that sometimes it forces teams to make decisions that they wouldn't normally make."
Simpson said North would be best advised to move the ball quickly to their strong-marking forwards.
"Trying to create the perfect play against A-grade teams just doesn't work that way," he said.
"If we're going to win on the weekend it's going to have to be a scrap."
Simpson conceded beating St Kilda would be a massive challenge for a side in 12th spot with a 4-6 record, but he took comfort from the laws of probability.
"They're due (to lose)," he said.
"They've been up for a long time and their confidence is pretty high.
"But they've lost a key ruckman (Michael Gardiner to suspension) and we're not going in thinking we're going to lose."
Forward Matt Campbell and defenders Daniel Pratt and Lachlan Hansen are pushing for recalls this week to ease the pressure on the backline.
Like Laidley, Simpson has been excited at North playing so many youngsters in 2009, although he felt the club's rebuilding policy could go a long way determining his own future.
The 33-year-old said he had been surprised at how good his form had been of late - he collected 37 disposals against the Lions - but was unsure whether he could extend that into a 16th season.
"Tough one with that," he said ahead of game No.299.
"If the season finished today I'd say yes.
"But it (form) can fall away pretty quickly, but at the same time the body's feeling really good and the attitude's really good.
"It will probably depend on how the club is as well, what they're doing with the
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And this coin I keep flipping is bound to come up tails eventually. The odds of a football game aren't 50/50, so unless North really take it to us, or we have a lapse in our performance, I would respectfully disagree with Adam's assessment."They're due (to lose)," [Simpson] said.
Yeah nah pleasing positive
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I think we should beat them comfortably. They'll have a dip that's for sure,but they don't have enough guns to beat us..unless we play like utter rich teenagers. I reckon it will be a similar scenario to last week
I wouldn't mind another go through the motions win like the GC game. Save the batteries for the scum the week after,I really want to keep the 8 year streak going
I wouldn't mind another go through the motions win like the GC game. Save the batteries for the scum the week after,I really want to keep the 8 year streak going
Bring back the Lockett era
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Music to my[ and I'd imagine Ross Lyons]ears!!!
" They are due to lose " acording to Adam Simpson.
Was a little concerned about this game but a little less now that north have thrown that little cracker into the fire
Our motivation has just been handed to us on a silver platter...
Thanks to Laidley and his mouth piece .
" They are due to lose " acording to Adam Simpson.
Was a little concerned about this game but a little less now that north have thrown that little cracker into the fire
Our motivation has just been handed to us on a silver platter...
Thanks to Laidley and his mouth piece .
Never take a backward step even to gain momentum.....
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Looking at results against North Melbourne since 2005 a few players namely Shannon Grant, Corey Jones, Brent Harvey & Jess Sinclair have given us a bit of trouble
Great thing is none of them are playing
As mentioned in a previous post their small forwards might give us a few headaches namely Matt Campbell if he gets a recall however I expect to win comfortably as they will have trouble containing our midfield and forwards
If we can improve our accuracy at goal a 10+ goal win could be on the cards
Great thing is none of them are playing
As mentioned in a previous post their small forwards might give us a few headaches namely Matt Campbell if he gets a recall however I expect to win comfortably as they will have trouble containing our midfield and forwards
If we can improve our accuracy at goal a 10+ goal win could be on the cards
The Devil makes work for idle hands!!!