Season 2025 - North Melbourne

Ok they were already lost

under no circumstances should we trade for him.

do it rosa

10-12 week hammy for Wardlaw.

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what if it was for a second rounder like prismall post acl. or 2 seconds like Caldwell with hammy issues
There always the right risk/reward

That is a long time out and would be a serious concern for such a young player at this stage of his career. If this time frame is accurate it does not augur well for his long term future in the game.

He will be back just in time to rip us a new one, of course

More likely to rip a new hammy at this rate.

feel for the kid. Injuries just suck.

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The Luke Parker pick up was a great move.

Would’ve loved it if we offered him a year so we could then get him into a coaching role.

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if we did that we would have four threads complaining that we are trying him off half back and not prioritizing youth

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He’s an inside mid.

We’d be playing him in the forward pocket

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North need more senior bodies/minds to help their team. I feel like we are the same. Wouldn’t have been against picking up Parker on a two year deal.

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Clako is in his Sheedy losing his mind phase, can’t wait to see what mature hacks they bring in end of this year.

Fans starting to turn, seem filthy with recruiting not taking the likes of Curtin, Watson or Caddy that fill greater list needs

Glorious to see

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You said fans. As in, plural.
That can’t be right, surely?

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I know a few, rare as a sighting of Bigfoot I know

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Gorths 22-26 age bracket are the ones that should be driving the club forward but they have failed to this point (Simpkin, LDU era)

Now they have to wait and hope that the 20 year olds do (Sheezel, Wardlaw etc), but these guys should really have been the cream. It’s going to take a few more years until they are top 8 competitive.

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Simpkin, LDU, Larkey, Zuurhar, etc are doing ok individually. The issue is there isn’t enough of them, due to some poor list management decisions from 2015 to 2019.

North were never going to be good this year. Their new draftees are too young. I think people forget that most draftees aren’t Daicos or Sheezel and take 3-4 years to come on.

In reality, they started their rebuild in 2020, only four offseasons ago. They missed with Phillips in 2020, and JHF walked in 2022. They got Wardlaw for JHF, but he’s been injured.

They got the assistance package only 2 offseasons ago. They aren’t going to get reward for that for a few years

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They’ll beat us this year.

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Yeah took them till us being ■■■■