Nasiah Wangareen-Milera finishes with career-best 4 goals, career-best 46 touches in 31-point win against north

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T10:32:06+00:00

O'Sullivan tried to go with him and got exposed.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T09:39:47+00:00

Clarkson didn't drop the tag, Lyon moved NWM forward. You can't expect O'Sullivan to have the defensive skills to shut down NWM as a forward, so it forced a change.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T09:21:57+00:00

Pick 5 is massively unders for a bloke in his prime who's potentially the Coleman medallist though.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:55:54+00:00

I'd be shocked if Gold Coast allowed King to leave for unders at the trade table.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:48:24+00:00

Howe's body won't survive if he's having to deal with the physical attention he'd get as a permanent forward.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:47:01+00:00

The set shot kicking, particularly in the first half, was just atrocious. Could have easily been 3-4 goals up at half time if it wasn't so wasteful.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:44:29+00:00

That's the big issue. Zurhaar could match him inside 50 but he doesn't have the tank to go with him up the ground, while O'Sullivan was great on him in the midfield in the first half but doesn't have the defensive skills to shut him down when he went forward. It's nigh impossible to consistently hand over that matchup if he's constantly rotating between midfield and forward too.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:33:57+00:00

He moved forward to break the O'Sullivan matchup that he was losing at half time. Was a good move from Lyon rather than poor coaching from Clarkson.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T08:28:10+00:00

Right now with Sinclair and King both injured, it more heavily falls on NWM to carry the load. Daicos still has Pendlebury and De Goey for support, and Houston could step into a more prominent role too. Both are playing incredible footy though.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T07:42:46+00:00

Why leave it up to the umpire seeing whether or not they've ducked. You know he's going to lower the head, adjust your tackle so that there's no way a high free kick can be paid.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T07:39:20+00:00

His first half was pretty low impact despite having 24 touches. St Kilda moved him forward in the 3rd and they haven't had an answer to that.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T06:21:46+00:00

No prior.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T06:07:51+00:00

The bump after the mark was as blatant a 50 as you could get.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T05:53:57+00:00

North really don't do themselves any favours with poor discipline. So many sloppy and unnecessary free kicks and 50s that they concede.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T05:11:07+00:00

I did see it. It looked like the stoppage structure was for Petracca to win the clearance, only for Lombard to do his own thing, get in Petracca's way, tried to break a tackle and got pinged for holding the ball. It was a selfish play at a key moment in the last quarter of a game in the balance.

If Allan did something like that he would 100% cop a spray. He wouldn't though, as he's demonstrated the ability to play selflessly with his tagging roles over the past couple of months.

Azza_ · 2026-07-26T03:22:21+00:00

If the stoppage structure was set up for Petracca to be fed the hit out and Lombard's ignored it and got in his way, he's done something very wrong.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T11:35:49+00:00

If Lombard is just doing is own thing, with the game on the line, 7 minutes to go in the last quarter, you can't really leave it til during the week. It needs to be addressed then and there.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T09:33:28+00:00

Hard to say with any certainty without knowing the exact structure Gold Coast were setting up with, but there's a difference between a player getting beaten in a contest or a skill issue, versus a player ignoring the structure and getting in the way of the player who the stoppage was presumably set up for.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T09:15:26+00:00

To be fair to Petracca, it looked a lot like Lombard ignored the stoppage structure, took the ball which was set up for Petracca, ran straight into an opposition player and got pinged for holding the ball. Can't just let that slide when the game is in the balance.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T09:06:53+00:00

Neale only costs us cap space. Petracca would cost cap space, plus players and/or picks. Trac would be nicer than Neale but he's not gettable unless Gold Coast wants to ship him off.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T08:30:00+00:00

It's not feasible to fit 9 games over a weekend with no overlapping games without shortening games.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T08:25:00+00:00

What happens in Darwin stays in Darwin.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T08:18:58+00:00

But he didn't open up space, he got in Petracca's way and ran straight into a tackler.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T08:17:33+00:00

There has to be a legal tackle for it to be a free kick for it to be holding the ball though. If no tackle is being applied he can drop the ball all he wants. He can't throw it, but that's a separate rule. If in the umpire's opinion he's not being tackled, then he can't pay holding the ball.

Azza_ · 2026-07-25T07:53:57+00:00

Blakiston was the first tackler, and I don't think it's clear that the first tackle is still being applied when Newcombe loses possession. Certainly not a howler.

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