In the absence of Jy Simpkin, Jason Horne-Francis, and Hugh Greenwood, it was a different looking North Melbourne midfield on Saturday.
Category: NMFC Match Reviews
Round 8 v Fremantle: Looking back, thinking ahead
As a teenager, I spent plenty of winter Saturday afternoons at Vermont Reserve, watching the Eagles kick goal after goal and notch win after win.
Round 7 v Carlton: Positives, negatives, and impossible judgments
What a difficult game to form a conclusive opinion on.
Round 5 v Western Bulldogs: Groundhog Day
Today’s post is going to focus on a common theme in this matchup, but so rarely do we get two complete opposite quarters to illustrate several key points.
Round 4 v Sydney: Responding
There is a hell of a lot to talk about today, thankfully much more positive than last week.
Round 3 v Brisbane: Rock Bottom
The general tone for the first two-thirds of this post may not match the mood in the outer, so let’s start with an explanation for why.
Round 1 v Hawthorn: Small picture, big picture
Just a little bit to cover off today...
AAMI Series, 2022 v Sydney: Tuning up
The pre-season has been a valuable learning tool to hit Round 1 v Hawthorn running.
Round 23 v Adelaide: The next steps as a year of discovery ends
In pre-season, it was termed as a year of discovery. Now we’re at the end of it – from an on-field perspective at least – what have North Melbourne come away with?
Round 22 v Sydney: A wooden spoon locked in, future pieces come together
So, North Melbourne have a wooden spoon for the first time since 1972. And everyone will react differently, but mine is a world apart from 2017 and 2020 where finishing bottom was a live possibility at the start of the last round.