North Melbourne

2022 - 6 - 13

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'That plan's broken': Players 'confused', AFL greats warn 'something ... (Fox Sports)

'That plan's broken': Players 'confused', AFL greats warn 'something is wrong' at Roos.

“You can’t allow 150 marks (to the opposition). It looked like they were on two different pages. You win contested possession, you win clearances, you win centre-bounce clearances and you get smashed. I’m talking about (Josh) Walker, (Jack) Ziebell, (Kayne) Turner, (Aaron) Hall, (Lachie) Young and these guys, they just don’t do enough and that was the frustration for me.” When he does get one-on-ones he looks dangerous,” King said. “It was so disappointing to me, that first half, what they dished up. Their senior players, they need to play well if they’re to be any chance of winning.

GWS v North Melbourne - The Mongrel Review - The Mongrel Punt (The Mongrel Punt)

GWS put their foot down in the first 40 minutes of footy to set up an easy win over the Kangaroos. Matt Passmore has all the details.

It’s onward and upward for GWS who, while they are still a long way off and probably took their foot off the pedal a bit in the second half, impressed me with their defensive ethic and desire to play a risky, attacking and attractive style of footy. If things turned the corner early this season, they were going back in the direction he meant to go in the first place at the conclusion of this game, with Conigs being front and centre of every contest. Noble throwing one of his better midfielders to full-forward and leaving him there when his team isn’t winning the ball is a very bold strategy, Cotton, and it definitely did not work. Harry Perryman was sent to hospital for a check-up after a massive hit early in the game, so fingers are crossed he’s ok. GWS wanted the ball and they got the ball. It’s the kind of high-risk/high reward footy that I love to see and although North were able to cut-off the inboard kick on occasions, they were rarely able to capitalise as GWS were ready to pounce and with pressure. They dominated all the possession stats by working harder at the contest and by running harder, faster and for longer. Goldstein and Xerri dominated Flynn in the ruck, but it was GWS with all the clearances from stoppages. Sure, a team can start poorly and finish well or start well and finish poorly, but the intent shown in those first five minutes at least tells you whether a team has turned up ready to play or not. They pressured well, and almost forced a turnover when GWS got the ball out. A fumble on the wing allowed GWS to effortlessly go inside 50 and an easy goal to Toby Greene resulted. In the orange corner, we have GWS who, despite having a bad year, have shown some improvement in the last fortnight and will be hoping that a comfortable win can put them back into some kind of groove.

Kangaroos hope to draw AFL crowds back (PerthNow)

North Melbourne dispelled fears of a record-low attendance at Marvel Stadium but less than 14000 watched the AFL clash with GWS.

"We'd like our fans to come and see how our young guys go with a bit better balance of some mature guys that can come back (from injury) and help us." Cam Zurhaar (foot), Aiden Bonar (hamstring) and Ben McKay (concussion) will come back from injury, while Noble expects Tarryn Thomas and Phoenix Spicer to put pressure on for spots from the reserves. "That will give our fans a reason to come, and want to come and see how our young guys are developing moving forward.

GWS Giants beat North Melbourne by 49 points as Jason Horne ... (ABC News)

North Melbourne suffer another heavy defeat, this time at the hands of GWS, as their top draft pick Jason Horne-Francis has an afternoon to forget.

Some of the gloss was removed from the Giants' victory when Harry Perryman was taken to hospital with suspected rib and lung damage after a collision with an opponent. GWS celebrated Callan Ward becoming the first player to reach 200 games for the club with a convincing display. Stephen Coniglio and Harry Himmelberg starred for the Giants in their 15.12 (102) to 7.11 (53) win on Sunday, which extended the Kangaroos' losing streak to 11 matches.

Giant win for GWS over despondent Roos (AFL)

GREATER Western Sydney celebrated Callan Ward's 200th game in style, recording an impressive 49-point win over North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium on Saturday ...

However, on this occasion it was his work further up the ground which caught the eye as he made a shift to the back six which paid off enormously. However, it was a far from an ideal afternoon for Stephenson who struggled to make any sort of impact on the contest, taking until the second quarter to register a single disposal and finished with only five for the game. After a couple weeks in the VFL where he was forced to earn his stripes for the second time this season, Jaidyn Stephenson was recalled to North Melbourne’s lineup. Since arriving as one of the club’s inaugural signings back in 2012, Ward has seen it all at Greater Western Sydney, helping usher the club from the difficult early days of being an expansion side to emerging as a perennial finals outfit for the best part of the last six years. However, the win did come at a cost for the Giants, after Harry Perryman was sent to hospital due to concerns surrounding his ribs and lungs following a heavy collision in the second quarter. The Giants set up the big win with a five-goal to nothing first term, where five individual goalkickers set GWS on the way to the 15.12 (102) to 7.11 (53) victory.

Wild act plummets Roos to new low (NEWS.com.au)

North Melbourne have added another sorry chapter to their annus horribilis after being thumped by fellow bottom-four side Greater Western Sydney by 49 ...

And while North limited the bleeding in the second half, the damage was well and truly done. North made them look like world beaters in the first half. Sure, he’s acting out and that’s not a good look, but they cannot afford to lose him. In the end, GWS creamed North in disposals (422-292) and marks (149-69), yet despite their domination of the ball, they also laid more tackles (53-47) in what was the ultimate indictment on the Kangaroos’ listless performance. “Can hardly think of anything worse than having your prized number one pick walk out after one season. In an awful sign, 11 Kangaroos finished the game with 11 disposals or fewer, including Jaidyn Stephenson (five), Jack Ziebell (five), Hugh Greenwood (eight), Horne-Francis (eight) and Kayne Turner (eight). GWS also recorded 27 more marks (26 uncontested) as they held North goalless in the first quarter for the first time in 12 meetings. The Giants ambushed the Kangaroos at the start with 10 inside 50s in the first 10 minutes, as they sliced North open with superior ball use. The victory came at a cost for GWS, though, with Harry Perryman subbed out in the second quarter with injured ribs, and potentially lungs, after a heavy collision with Flynn Perez, and was transported to hospital via ambulance to have the damage assessed. ABC’s Akash Fotedar tweeted: “Interesting to note a lot of people having a crack at Jason Horne-Francis. Think the onus is on North Melbourne to ensure he is in a good place and happy at the club. Horne-Francis put negotiations on hold until the end of the season after the Kangaroos’ awful start to the year. Adding to their woes, the Kangaroos’ No. 1 draft pick Jason Horne-Francis could be facing a suspension after collecting Josh Kelly with a late, swinging arm to the jaw on the wing in the third quarter.

Giants' 'puzzle changes' paying HUGE dividends; 'frustrated' star set ... (Fox Sports)

Giants' 'puzzle changes' paying HUGE dividends; 'frustrated' star set for MRO scrutiny: 3-2-1.

we’ve just wanted to see more energy (from GWS). You look at some of their ball users in particular over the years thinking, ‘why aren’t they being more aggressive and creative?’ They’ve got a skill set that few other clubs have in this competition, it’s ball in hand,” he said on Fox Footy. He’s had a superb game to this point.” But he’s getting back on the wagon,” Dal Santo said. “I’ve been really impressed with his balance. We then saw some of the best of Horne-Francis in the fourth quarter after a pulsating clearance led to a Kangaroos role. “It’s fun football... “But you see the way that he reads the ball, his ability to get involved in the play and the other thing he’s really good at that we don’t see all the time is he’s a fine kick of the footy.” “It is good to change the game plan up, change the personnel, it’s a fresh face out in front of the boys, so it’s been really good. “He’s had a superb game and this was a piece of the puzzle that got changed a couple of weeks ago,” Saints great Nick Dal Santo said on Fox Footy. “When Kelly grabs his chin I think he’s (Horne-Francis) got a meeting with the MRO of some description,” Healy said of the incident. The Giants exploded out of the gates to kick the first five goals of the game before stacking on another five in the second quarter to effectively put the contest out of reach at the main break. The only downside for the visitors was Harry Perryman getting subbed out of the game with a rib injury after a brutal collision in the second quarter, with Fox Footy’s Eddie Betts revealing he was being sent to hospital to determine the extent of the damage.

'Potential Brownlow winner' makes shock AFL trade worse; bid ... (Fox Sports)

A premiership rise has been sparked by dominance of the premiership quarter by the AFL's “best coach”. Plus why North Melbourne, in an 11-game losing skid, ...

He seems like a bloke to me that has been able to smell the roses as he’s gone along, not projected too far (ahead),” Buckley said. St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt added: “When you look your football mortality square in the face... I know Simon Goodwin won a premiership last year,” the Brisbane great said on Fox Footy. We speak to people in the industry, some of the key analysts who know these coaches, who work with them closely. Weller was the rare player seeking a trade to the Gold Coast; it came right after Jaeger O’Meara, Dion Prestia and Adam Saad had left, and the year before Steven May and Tom Lynch departed. “We get four or five days off now, I’ll be in the ice bath for most of that four or five days but it is a good position to be in, we have given ourselves a chance.” He breaks it down, he explains it. “It’s good to see so many fans come out to our games, it’s a cultural experience now and it’s good to be a part of it.” “He’s on track to be coach of the year.” “The job he’s done is magnificent. Fremantle’s Justin Longmuir is currently the best coach in the AFL, according to triple-premiership Lion Jonathan Brown - and his side’s dominance of the ‘premiership quarter’ is a sign Brown is right. A premiership rise has been sparked by dominance of the premiership quarter by the AFL’s “best coach”.

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