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15th May, 2012
Dear Member,
It is already Round Eight believe it or not, this season has just flown by and we are a third of the way through it.
I must say I really enjoyed seeing the reaction of our members and fans at the football on Sunday afternoon after the win against the Kangaroos.
I think there was a feeling of appreciation for what the players had demonstrated and their commitment to winning contested ball, tackling and putting immense pressure on the North Melbourne Football Club.
They are a club that we respect and we were certainly aware of what their strengths were — we were able to get the game where we wanted off the back of some strong team discipline however.
I spoke at length to the group after the game about how proud I was of our senior players. They lead their younger teammates and I think I can speak for all of you that you got a little bit of a snapshot of what some of our young players are going to become.
I think you saw how strong they are going to be around the ball and how relentless they will be with their pressure. You probably also saw a look into the future of some of our taller players who are getting more confidence to jump at the ball.
I have used the term a ‘work in progress’ and we are in a number of areas but we are going to hold firm to our belief that if we are not a contested ball and defensively minded Club then we stand for nothing — that’s the trademark of what we do and off the back of it we will score and our forward line will continue to operate and become more efficient and learn.
We have a challenging couple of weeks in front of us, two short weeks - an interstate trip against Gold Coast Suns in Darwin and a very strong, proud club in two weeks’ time who’ve had some pressure put on them in Geelong.
We know there is a lot of tough work in front of us but what has really pleased the coaching staff is that the players are now week in week out starting to learn to train well, prepare well, live well and give themselves the best opportunity to play good footy.
Thanks for your support on the weekend and we hope to keep living up to your expectations and ambitions.
Sincerely,
Brendan McCartney
15th May, 2012
Dear Member,
It is already Round Eight believe it or not, this season has just flown by and we are a third of the way through it.
I must say I really enjoyed seeing the reaction of our members and fans at the football on Sunday afternoon after the win against the Kangaroos.
I think there was a feeling of appreciation for what the players had demonstrated and their commitment to winning contested ball, tackling and putting immense pressure on the North Melbourne Football Club.
They are a club that we respect and we were certainly aware of what their strengths were — we were able to get the game where we wanted off the back of some strong team discipline however.
I spoke at length to the group after the game about how proud I was of our senior players. They lead their younger teammates and I think I can speak for all of you that you got a little bit of a snapshot of what some of our young players are going to become.
I think you saw how strong they are going to be around the ball and how relentless they will be with their pressure. You probably also saw a look into the future of some of our taller players who are getting more confidence to jump at the ball.
I have used the term a ‘work in progress’ and we are in a number of areas but we are going to hold firm to our belief that if we are not a contested ball and defensively minded Club then we stand for nothing — that’s the trademark of what we do and off the back of it we will score and our forward line will continue to operate and become more efficient and learn.
We have a challenging couple of weeks in front of us, two short weeks - an interstate trip against Gold Coast Suns in Darwin and a very strong, proud club in two weeks’ time who’ve had some pressure put on them in Geelong.
We know there is a lot of tough work in front of us but what has really pleased the coaching staff is that the players are now week in week out starting to learn to train well, prepare well, live well and give themselves the best opportunity to play good footy.
Thanks for your support on the weekend and we hope to keep living up to your expectations and ambitions.
Sincerely,
Brendan McCartney
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