North Melbourne

[Mantis]

Re: North Melbourne

Caught a bit of of North v Collingwood and North are making some progress in their long awaited rebuild. McKercher looks the goods and Sheezal was brilliant. Wardlaw is an excellent midfielder as well. I don't know that they will climb the ladder but they should be more competitive.

Didn't catch any of the game, but agree they look like they have an abundance of mids & flankers, but bar Larkey, they look very light on for quality talls... especially in defence.

[hujsh]

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Get your point, I can't agree though.

May 1940, England are last man standing. Hitler who admired them wanted to broker a deal.

Any other prime minister may just have done that.

Without Churchill we might just be having sauerkraut with our cornflakes!

I mean at this point Stalin was on Hitler's side and was more than happy to divide up Poland and destroy a sovereign nation, then wipe out all of their best people (22000 of them) by rounding them up and murdering them in a forest. He signed the order.

(He only changed sides because he had to, and they only survived due to the Nazis being delayed)

Battle of Britain ensues, they hold off the Luftwaffe and that year it took for Barbarossa to happen was critical and kept a two front war as a concept the Germans had to be planning for.

Churchill is no saint, Stalin is just pure evil.

If you haven't read about collectivisation, holodomor and the great terror it's worth doing so.

Back to Norf xD

Both sides were buying time to be better prepared to fight the other. Germany just got ready first as the USSR didn't think Western Europe would fall so easy - yes with one exception. The USSR had some misguided beliefs (the theories on how grain worked collectively created a famine) and Stalin was a right C*unt (though IIRC did oversee huge improvements to the quality of life for most citizens) but they weren't fooled or seduced by fascism like the West was to my knowledge.

There are no national leaders really worth admiring (with very few exceptions like maybe Mandela) they all do horrible things if they have real power.

[GVGjr]

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Didn't catch any of the game, but agree they look like they have an abundance of mids & flankers, but bar Larkey, they look very light on for quality talls... especially in defence.

Agree, They've spent all of their currency that the AFL gave them and now have really a number of exciting mids and flankers but I do think they missed in a big way by not selecting Dan Curtin because they do lack in taller defenders.

[azabob]

Re: North Melbourne

Caught a bit of of North v Collingwood and North are making some progress in their long awaited rebuild. McKercher looks the goods and Sheezal was brilliant. Wardlaw is an excellent midfielder as well. I don't know that they will climb the ladder but they should be more competitive.

Stop taking this thread off track...

In all seriousness thank you.

[Jasper]

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Stop taking this thread off track...

In all seriousness thank you.

We can only hope.

[Bornadog]

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Where do we predict North will finish the season?

I really like Sheezal, they have found a beauty there.

[Happy Days]

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They’ll still be second last. That back six is looking really rough.

[ledge]

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Where do we predict North will finish the season?

I really like Sheezal, they have found a beauty there.

I think they will start to show a little more this year and rise a few rungs but still young, I think of them at our 2014 stage, been through the worst of a complete rebuild .

[Bornadog]

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AFL hits Tarryn Thomas with 18-match ban for inappropriate behaviour

North Melbourne?s Tarryn Thomas will miss 18 matches after an AFL investigation found he behaved inappropriately towards a woman, putting his career at the Kangaroos in extreme jeopardy.

The suspension, which ends on July 22, will rule him out of the Kangaroos? community cup match and their first 18 premiership matches, as they have a bye in round 12, and he will not be allowed to play football at any level during the period of his ban.

The Age has confirmed the league?s decision, which Nine?s Tom Morris first reported on Tuesday, from two sources familiar with the situation who were not authorised to talk.

The 23-year-old has not trained with North Melbourne since January 17 when the investigation that has put his career at risk became public.

The league?s integrity unit spoke to Thomas at AFL headquarters on January 29.

His representatives are understood to have fought the length of the ban with Thomas? contract due to expire at the end of 2024.

The AFL is expected to release the details of the ban on Thursday afternoon. North Melbourne are expected to consider the details of Thomas?s behaviour provided by the AFL before deciding on his career, but he is at long odds to remain with the Kangaroos beyond this season.

[jeemak]

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Are the details of the behaviour public?

[Grantysghost]

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AFL hits Tarryn Thomas with 18-match ban for inappropriate behaviour

North Melbourne?s Tarryn Thomas will miss 18 matches after an AFL investigation found he behaved inappropriately towards a woman, putting his career at the Kangaroos in extreme jeopardy.

The suspension, which ends on July 22, will rule him out of the Kangaroos? community cup match and their first 18 premiership matches, as they have a bye in round 12, and he will not be allowed to play football at any level during the period of his ban.

The Age has confirmed the league?s decision, which Nine?s Tom Morris first reported on Tuesday, from two sources familiar with the situation who were not authorised to talk.

The 23-year-old has not trained with North Melbourne since January 17 when the investigation that has put his career at risk became public.

The league?s integrity unit spoke to Thomas at AFL headquarters on January 29.

His representatives are understood to have fought the length of the ban with Thomas? contract due to expire at the end of 2024.

The AFL is expected to release the details of the ban on Thursday afternoon. North Melbourne are expected to consider the details of Thomas?s behaviour provided by the AFL before deciding on his career, but he is at long odds to remain with the Kangaroos beyond this season.

Crikey. That's a huge ban. Hopefully they're transparent as to why.

[bulldogtragic]

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Crikey. That's a huge ban. Hopefully they're transparent as to why.

That’s not a statement, but a manifesto. I’m surprised they just didn’t go the whole season. Four games to be eligible after no games prior. It’s pretty much season over, and perhaps career over. He’s a hard sell to a new club and their supporters.

A shame he couldn’t pull his head in. So much talent, but clearly that’s not enough.

[Topdog]

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Crikey. That's a huge ban. Hopefully they're transparent as to why.

I dont think they ever will to be honest but those text messages leaked yesterday before all the WW2 chat were pretty damning.

[Grantysghost]

Re: North Melbourne

I dont think they ever will to be honest but those text messages leaked yesterday before all the WW2 chat were pretty damning.

So are you pro Winston?

[Axe Man]

Re: North Melbourne

So are you pro Winston?

My take from all this is in the bad guy stakes, from least bad to most badest ever it goes:
Churchill
Stalin
Thomas