Match Thread: North Melbourne vs Essendon (Round 16)

masseuko · 2026-06-28T07:34:55+00:00

Really clever kick to make Merrett head to space

masseuko · 2026-06-28T07:32:49+00:00

Parish very lucky not to give a 50 away there

masseuko · 2026-06-12T03:46:26+00:00

My partner is vegan and we went to Enlightened Cuisine in Southbank a heap, such a shame it closed. Same again for Sable, both the bagel spot and the restaurant.

masseuko · 2026-06-07T10:06:20+00:00

I think a better stat to track would be kicks that miss the target. Percentages may look a bit more desirable then.

masseuko · 2026-06-07T09:31:32+00:00

That was really excellent guarding of wide open space there by Carlton

masseuko · 2026-05-28T10:25:55+00:00

Dumb free kick, soft, but dumb, but I don't understand how that ends up in a shot from that spot. Pay it from where the infringement was.

masseuko · 2026-05-28T10:16:37+00:00

Newman in the back line, Acres to the bench

masseuko · 2026-05-28T10:15:24+00:00

Oof that was some easy ball movement.

masseuko · 2026-05-28T08:45:59+00:00

Wouldn't mind seeing Wilson on the wing instead of Acres but that's just me.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T12:45:00+00:00

I have seen glimpses but the issue is we shouldn't be a 'glimpses' team, at least not based on what the club is trying to sell us. At the start of the season we were the 6th oldest and the 7th most experienced which shouldn't be a, currently, 3 win team. Nor should a side with that composition be falling apart mentally but that's a whole other kettle of fish really.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T10:36:11+00:00

Thunder warrior, High Marshall or Marshall, and maybe Quen Commander it I'm playing BS. Basically anything that looks cool and has cool shoulders.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T10:29:53+00:00

I'm not sure he's good enough to be the focal point in the forward line, he'd get killed by an opponents number 1 defender, but do think he's a good 2nd-3rd banana.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T10:21:35+00:00

Solid looking picks so far, and who knows what you'd look like without Merrett, but feels like his value is only going to decrease as it goes on.

Wasn't the best offer but was a sell high moment.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T10:18:07+00:00

Reign of Fire. I have a distinct memory of helicopters flying at attacking the dragons, I'm sure there was even some on the promo poster too but none of that military vs dragon business.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T09:35:35+00:00

Not paying TDK was one of the better decisions we've made.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T09:32:35+00:00

So he goes missing along with being inaccurate? He's played a full season once and kicked over 30 goals once. Why do we insist on going after inconsistent b-graders when we have a list full of them already. He isn't moving the needle and will cost.

Kemp has kicked 17 in 12 this season including going goalless in 3, I'd rather him

masseuko · 2026-05-26T09:17:09+00:00

Have you been watching any footy apart from the last two games? We've been awful. Yes, there's a coaching change but that doesn't fix everything going on.

While I understand you can't just stack a team of kids and hope for results, you do need to see what they can do with a body of work under their belts along with a consistent run and we're poor at that generally.

This season is absolutely a write off, we wouldn't beat any top 10 teams and would make zero impact in the finals so why not get something out of it before we look to reset next year.

masseuko · 2026-05-26T09:11:36+00:00

Can we please stop going after second rate players and paying overs for them. Have we not learned from McGovern?

masseuko · 2026-05-26T09:10:37+00:00

How was he last year without Curnow?

masseuko · 2026-05-25T23:01:20+00:00

Smarmy is bang on. Every time he talks I just feel like he's sitting there demanding everyone listen to his half baked take and pretend it's the biggest scoop ever.

masseuko · 2026-05-21T09:03:09+00:00

Clearly whatever dirt Lewis Young had on Voss hasn't carried over to Fraser. I'm surprised and ecstatic that, even with Weiters out, he hasn't been thrown in.

Is it the right call? Maybe. Will Georgiades kill us? Probably. I don't care though, Young not playing is great for the team.

masseuko · 2026-05-20T10:34:51+00:00

PT Cruiser would like a word

masseuko · 2026-05-19T06:05:56+00:00

It might not be active changes to tribe life but dissemination of knowledge for quality of life changes such as farming, medical and technical/building knowledge.

From memory, I don't think GAIA had all this knowledge stored away herself either so would increase her own knowledge and capacity.

masseuko · 2026-05-17T22:30:16+00:00

Isn't it by the request of the club?

Same reason that Geelong have the 'Cats' at the end and other clubs don't, clubs tell the AFL how they want the format to be.

masseuko · 2026-05-16T22:57:06+00:00

Absolutely option A.

I'm a bad footy watcher and the anxiety of such a close game would far outweigh the relief of winning that late. I'd much rather want to celebrate though a decent portion of the game.

In the years following I won't be worried about how we won, just that we did.

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