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    Re: North Melbourne

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    Heard him say earlier in the year he was playing a more defensive role. Now they have taken the shackles off him he was much happier.
    Merrett, defend?... He plays the game completely on his terms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    I reckon they're about right. I picked them to be bottom 4-6. Really overachieved last season. They've look like they've let the handbrake off when the season is done and dusted which may be not a true indication of where they're at.

    Only game I've been surprised with is the Swans one.
    I understand that thinking - I view the competition as being pretty even excluding the bottom 2 teams, and winning your close games makes all the difference as to whether you are in or out of the 8. I tend to think that early in the season for whatever reason the Dons were a little off the boil and didnt win any close games. They've got their game up and running and are more threatening now. They dont have an over abundance of talent but they are playing more cohesively and giving themselves a shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog Revolution View Post
    I understand that thinking - I view the competition as being pretty even excluding the bottom 2 teams, and winning your close games makes all the difference as to whether you are in or out of the 8. I tend to think that early in the season for whatever reason the Dons were a little off the boil and didnt win any close games. They've got their game up and running and are more threatening now. They dont have an over abundance of talent but they are playing more cohesively and giving themselves a shot.
    In the 1st 10 rounds of the season they were 1-1 for games under 2 goals.

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    Anyone else badly need a team to not choke/belt Collingwood so we never have to hear about their “situational training” again?

    I’m pretty sure actually every team could move the ball from end to end in 10 seconds if the other team decides not to defend them at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Days View Post
    Anyone else badly need a team to not choke/belt Collingwood so we never have to hear about their “situational training” again?

    I’m pretty sure actually every team could move the ball from end to end in 10 seconds if the other team decides not to defend them at all.
    And I imagine most teams planning would not involve the last play being a 2 on 1 mark where 90% of the work was from the opposition misreading the flight.
    I should leave it alone but you're not right

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    Merrett, defend?... He plays the game completely on his terms.
    Not according to Zach. You can hear it in the first minute if interested. Said he was playing in back half.

    https://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/...fl-360-july-19

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    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/tea...78a8a822c33bc0

    Roos ‘a real chance’ of signing Clarko after launching ‘all in’ bid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/tea...78a8a822c33bc0

    Roos ‘a real chance’ of signing Clarko after launching ‘all in’ bid.
    The article refers to Clarko having already put "his team" together. Who would be his assistant/other field? Most seem to have moved onto greener pastures.
    "I'll give him a hug before the first bounce and then I'll run into my pack and give them orders to rip him apart."

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    Damien Barrett is reporting that Clarkson will coach North.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Damien Barrett is reporting that Clarkson will coach North.
    Good for North to have an ex player who has coached 4 premierships to come in.
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    Essendon can rot lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Damien Barrett is reporting that Clarkson will coach North.
    Where does that leave the Essendon board members who treated Rutten like dirt?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Where does that leave the Essendon board members who treated Rutten like dirt?
    Hopefully in this extended purgatory we’ve all been enjoying since 2004.
    Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grantysghost View Post
    where does that leave the essendon board members who treated rutten like dirt?
    Quote Originally Posted by comrade View Post
    hopefully in this extended purgatory we’ve all been enjoying since 2004.
    >>>enter james hird<<<
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Damien Barrett is reporting that Clarkson will coach North.
    Every other media organisation has now jumped on...

    Surely they all couldn't be wrong... oh wait... Ben Rutten being sacked on Monday...
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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