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The team is what it recruits.
This is it in a nutshell.
It all gets back to recruiting.
This is it in a nutshell.
It all gets back to recruiting.
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Went in a completely different direction to become a so called Community Club and went away from throwing everything at winning and the process that actually requires.Kick-it-lace-out wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 7:09pm A decade of mediocrity and the club is still in denial.
Now maybe people will wake up when it’s another 5 years of trash on field.
Or in real terms, anyone born in 2011 will have basically finished high school and not seen St Kilda play in a final live. It’s fkn pathetic.
Real great for sustained membership growth and sponsor support. But…..we have a Wellness Centre, so it’s all good.
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Is he the same bloke on Saturday thought trading King was reasonable?Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 14 Aug 2022 11:45pm Some anonymous bloke on BF says we lost the game because King couldn't kick a goal after his teammates worked their arses off to get him a shot within 15m directly in front, not once but 5 times. Says he's not good at maths but he calculated King only needed to convert 3 of the gifts handed to him on a platter and we win and remain in finals race.
This bloke over at BF really understands footy if you ask me.
Starts with V?
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EVERYONE knows you must recruit well
That’s not the sole ingredient- if it were GWS would have 5 flags by now
It’s what you also do with that talent
Right now at our club we have zero systems in place re game plan
Are bottom 2 AFL last 7-8 games
Not great advertisement to come here
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Agreed wholeheartedlyTeflon wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 8:32pmEVERYONE knows you must recruit well
That’s not the sole ingredient- if it were GWS would have 5 flags by now
It’s what you also do with that talent
Right now at our club we have zero systems in place re game plan
Are bottom 2 AFL last 7-8 games
Not great advertisement to come here
Boggles my mind that some ppl just think that we recruit wrong pick after pick, trade after trade inexplicably getting it wrong each and every time
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Yepskeptic wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 9:15pmAgreed wholeheartedlyTeflon wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 8:32pmEVERYONE knows you must recruit well
That’s not the sole ingredient- if it were GWS would have 5 flags by now
It’s what you also do with that talent
Right now at our club we have zero systems in place re game plan
Are bottom 2 AFL last 7-8 games
Not great advertisement to come here
Boggles my mind that some ppl just think that we recruit wrong pick after pick, trade after trade inexplicably getting it wrong each and every time
There are many too “shock horror!” that suggest this list is better than losing last 7-8 and sliding to bottom 2 in key stats
Go figure
The way some people write up the list you’d think North have us covered …yet the clubs saying “windows open!”
Funny stuff if it wasn’t true
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Do you feel that it is legit to compare Essendon to St Kilda at this juncture?
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
You're quite brilliant Shane, yeah..terrific!
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We had some horrible lows in 22. For me the worst were the Bulldogs and Essendon capitulations. For us business as usual?shanegrambeau wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 10:11pm Do you feel that it is legit to compare Essendon to St Kilda at this juncture?
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
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Essendon have been crap for 20 yearsshanegrambeau wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 10:11pm Do you feel that it is legit to compare Essendon to St Kilda at this juncture?
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
They still have 16 flags
What it says to me is they’re not scared of - media or AFL to pull the trigger.
As bad as they’ve been they won’t re-sign Rutten just because they had a deal done earlier in the season
We simply don’t demand success
6th 10th 10th
No man’s land
Our no 1 goal kicking talent in 3 years (with a supposed genius biomechanics expert on board) has serious goal kicking problems ….he’s not improved
So we re-sign the head coach for 2 more years?? WTF
I’d argue as bad as Essendon are/have been there youth is deeper and better than ours and with a Clarkson at the helm to instil genuine standards they’ll overtake us
I read somewhere recently how “awful” our footy style live is to watch
I have to agree
Yes Hawks have copped belting’s this year but you can see what they are trying to do - take the game on
Us?
Short kick to pocket from D50
Long kick down the line (hope for an out of bounce)
IF by miracle we win that contest….Long bomb to King
Mostly opposition win it back from centre wing , pick through our zone i to a very open forward line to score
That and my other buh bear - 3 saints players charge the opposition player to tackle, all fall to ground, oppo has given off handball to outside runner waiting to take off…ball gone
It’s Auskick type footy
We’ve got 2 more years of it and the best they can do???
McGlynn moves on…
Lade in charge of forwards 3 years ….WTF??
Rath strategy genius??? WTF
Gotta give Bombers credit they’ll have a go
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Absolutely, Bazza quotes all of my posts over at BF to keep their board informed and educated.Yorkeys wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 10:08amDoes BF ever quote Saintsational as an authoritative source?Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 14 Aug 2022 11:45pm Some anonymous bloke on BF says we lost the game because King couldn't kick a goal after his teammates worked their arses off to get him a shot within 15m directly in front, not once but 5 times. Says he's not good at maths but he calculated King only needed to convert 3 of the gifts handed to him on a platter and we win and remain in finals race.
This bloke over at BF really understands footy if you ask me.
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I read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
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That’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
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I don’t know where the required improvement will come from for a successful 2023
Considering the coaching staff we have ………I just don’t have any confidence in them
I have bad vibes for next year. I wish I didn’t
Considering the coaching staff we have ………I just don’t have any confidence in them
I have bad vibes for next year. I wish I didn’t
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In my view
A rebuild is when you go primarily to the draft and bring in a number of kids to shape the list and build a core from the ground
We added to the list with mature trades in 2018-2020
That is restumping imo
We didn’t get rid of any core player or hit the draft hard
Not sure we can?!
A rebuild is when you go primarily to the draft and bring in a number of kids to shape the list and build a core from the ground
We added to the list with mature trades in 2018-2020
That is restumping imo
We didn’t get rid of any core player or hit the draft hard
Not sure we can?!
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I think we will do both, look to trade out Hill and another player eg Billings. Then bring in Free Agent/s (De Goey & Amos) and take a hand full of early picks to the draft.
It looks like Ryder will retire, so we will need another ruckman from somewhere. I mentioned Bill Frampton in another thread, he would fit the bill.
It looks like Ryder will retire, so we will need another ruckman from somewhere. I mentioned Bill Frampton in another thread, he would fit the bill.
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Apparently Collingwood are into Frampton as well.Impatient Sainter wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 7:31pm I think we will do both, look to trade out Hill and another player eg Billings. Then bring in Free Agent/s (De Goey & Amos) and take a hand full of early picks to the draft.
It looks like Ryder will retire, so we will need another ruckman from somewhere. I mentioned Bill Frampton in another thread, he would fit the bill.
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Yes indeed to all of that. Club is a mediocre burger.Teflon wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 11:03pmEssendon have been crap for 20 yearsshanegrambeau wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 10:11pm Do you feel that it is legit to compare Essendon to St Kilda at this juncture?
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
They still have 16 flags
What it says to me is they’re not scared of - media or AFL to pull the trigger.
As bad as they’ve been they won’t re-sign Rutten just because they had a deal done earlier in the season
We simply don’t demand success
6th 10th 10th
No man’s land
Our no 1 goal kicking talent in 3 years (with a supposed genius biomechanics expert on board) has serious goal kicking problems ….he’s not improved
So we re-sign the head coach for 2 more years?? WTF
I’d argue as bad as Essendon are/have been there youth is deeper and better than ours and with a Clarkson at the helm to instil genuine standards they’ll overtake us
I read somewhere recently how “awful” our footy style live is to watch
I have to agree
Yes Hawks have copped belting’s this year but you can see what they are trying to do - take the game on
Us?
Short kick to pocket from D50
Long kick down the line (hope for an out of bounce)
IF by miracle we win that contest….Long bomb to King
Mostly opposition win it back from centre wing , pick through our zone i to a very open forward line to score
That and my other buh bear - 3 saints players charge the opposition player to tackle, all fall to ground, oppo has given off handball to outside runner waiting to take off…ball gone
It’s Auskick type footy
We’ve got 2 more years of it and the best they can do???
McGlynn moves on…
Lade in charge of forwards 3 years ….WTF??
Rath strategy genius??? WTF
Gotta give Bombers credit they’ll have a go
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Totally baffled why anyone still thinks Ratten is the best option for head coach.Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
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Funny I don't remember you being ahead of the curve when we were 8 and 3. A bit of the Harry Hindsights going on.st.byron wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 8:28pmTotally baffled why anyone still thinks Ratten is the best option for head coach.Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
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Once they get their imploding house in order Essendon will overtake us because they have a better list, although it's a list that has some deficiencies.Teflon wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 11:03pmEssendon have been crap for 20 yearsshanegrambeau wrote: ↑Mon 15 Aug 2022 10:11pm Do you feel that it is legit to compare Essendon to St Kilda at this juncture?
Essendon had a patchy season and a shocking loss. What do they do? Heads roll.
St Kilda had a patchy season including a shocking loss to Essendon. What do they do? Re-sign Ratts for two years.
They still have 16 flags
What it says to me is they’re not scared of - media or AFL to pull the trigger.
As bad as they’ve been they won’t re-sign Rutten just because they had a deal done earlier in the season
We simply don’t demand success
6th 10th 10th
No man’s land
Our no 1 goal kicking talent in 3 years (with a supposed genius biomechanics expert on board) has serious goal kicking problems ….he’s not improved
So we re-sign the head coach for 2 more years?? WTF
I’d argue as bad as Essendon are/have been there youth is deeper and better than ours and with a Clarkson at the helm to instil genuine standards they’ll overtake us
I read somewhere recently how “awful” our footy style live is to watch
I have to agree
Yes Hawks have copped belting’s this year but you can see what they are trying to do - take the game on
Us?
Short kick to pocket from D50
Long kick down the line (hope for an out of bounce)
IF by miracle we win that contest….Long bomb to King
Mostly opposition win it back from centre wing , pick through our zone i to a very open forward line to score
That and my other buh bear - 3 saints players charge the opposition player to tackle, all fall to ground, oppo has given off handball to outside runner waiting to take off…ball gone
It’s Auskick type footy
We’ve got 2 more years of it and the best they can do???
McGlynn moves on…
Lade in charge of forwards 3 years ….WTF??
Rath strategy genius??? WTF
Gotta give Bombers credit they’ll have a go
I hope they sack Rutten or he resigns after the weekends matches and then Clarkson tells them he is going to North.
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Honestly...Vortex wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 9:08pmFunny I don't remember you being ahead of the curve when we were 8 and 3. A bit of the Harry Hindsights going on.st.byron wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 8:28pmTotally baffled why anyone still thinks Ratten is the best option for head coach.Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
I think your off point here. St. B, may have been quieter then but I think he’s been pretty vocal about his concerns with Ratten almost since the outset and certainly with regularity since 2021.
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100% agree. Particularly with the tassie discussion going on. Imagine if we were in a similar position to north, there would be serious calls for us to be relocated. There is a material chance a full scale rebuild could sink the club forever.
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“ North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell“Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
Every indication would suggest this Clarkson move is there last chance to survive as a club. If this fails there done… relocated or folded with 100% certainty. We cannot afford to put ourselves in that position and clear house like north did at the end of 2016. That list management decision could single Handedly ruin 153 years of history for them.
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So the people spending $Billions on media broadcast rights didn’t sign contracts with the AFL and North will fold if they can’t get Clarko… Yeah sureBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Fri 19 Aug 2022 2:46am“ North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell“Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
Every indication would suggest this Clarkson move is there last chance to survive as a club. If this fails there done… relocated or folded with 100% certainty. We cannot afford to put ourselves in that position and clear house like north did at the end of 2016. That list management decision could single Handedly ruin 153 years of history for them.
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Illustrates the point beautifully. How does that saying go about a broken clock. It would be like saying even Teffers had concerns.skeptic wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 10:51pmHonestly...Vortex wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 9:08pmFunny I don't remember you being ahead of the curve when we were 8 and 3. A bit of the Harry Hindsights going on.st.byron wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 8:28pmTotally baffled why anyone still thinks Ratten is the best option for head coach.Scollop wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 2:59pmThat’s a really good point. You can do a pretend rebuild ( Saints post Richardson) and you can paper over the cracks like we have and be a middle of the road team for many years. It’s just that doing a proper rebuild has always been seen as potentially going to the bottom of the ladder and staying there for a few yearsThe G Train Legacy wrote: ↑Thu 18 Aug 2022 1:05pmI read a post here a little while ago that said we had turned over 23 players since the end of 2019. Is that the case? If that is the number or close to it, then I would say by definition, we've been rebuilding for 3 years. Its looking like we are going to continue that pattern this year.
North Melbourne aren’t dying as a club because they are bottom of the ladder for a while. Clarkson is nearly over the line so you can’t say it’s been their ‘death knell’
We get all these club apologists who tells us the football department and list managers chose the right strategy with recruiting recycled players like Hannebery, Hill, Howard, Jones, Higgins and also in late 2020 with the disastrous calls on Abbott, Frawley and McKernon
For the longer term survival of our football club we’d be better off doing a fair dinkum rebuild which involves getting top ten draft picks for the next 3 years. I think we are making good inroads in these areas and I think Ratts and Batchelor and co. are the people to lead us and continue to improve our footy department and our development of players.
If the club secures a couple of good senior players and we still don’t make finals in 2023…then I think people will finally come to realise that you can’t take shortcuts to try and win a flag
I think your off point here. St. B, may have been quieter then but I think he’s been pretty vocal about his concerns with Ratten almost since the outset and certainly with regularity since 2021.
I have concerns about our next coach failing, there's a big chance I'll be right.
Very easy to predict failure, any moron can do it. Predicting success is where the real skills are at.
And the idiots are easy to spot, they are the ones claiming we should of known at 8 and 3 that Ratts should have been sacked and replaced with Clarko.
So I'm curious who would your choice have been to replace Ratts and would that fix our list issues?