North Melbourne v St Kilda at Chimside Park, 1.10pm AEDT
NORTH MELBOURNE
B: M.Williams 2, J.Macmillan 34, J.Pittard 17
HB: A.Hall 43, B.McKay 23, L.McDonald 11
C: J.Polec 13, D.Tyson 21, T.Dumont 14
HF: S.Atley 18, B.Brown 50, S.Higgins 4
F: J.Simpkin 12, M.Wood 32, K.Turner 28
Foll: T.Goldstein 22, J.Ziebell 7, P.Ahern 15
I/C: L.Davies-Uniacke 9, N.Larkey 20, T.Thomas 26, B.Scott 30, E.Vickers-Willis 33, T.Murphy 40, T.Campbell 42, C.Zurhaar 44
Emerg: N.Hrovat 8, C.Taylor 31, D.Watson 35, K.Hayden 37
Notable absentees: Majak Daw, Robbie Tarrant, Jed Anderson, Ben Cunnington, Ben Jacobs, Taylor Garner, Scott Thompson, Sam Wright, Will Walker
ST KILDA
B: J.Geary 14, N.Brown 22, S.Savage 5
HB: J.Battle 26, D.Roberton 17, J.Webster 29
C: J.Billings 15, H.Clark 11, J.Sinclair 35
HF: J.Gresham 4, J.Bruce 27, D.Kent 25
F: T.Membrey 28, P.McCartin 32, J.Lonie 13
Foll: L.Pierce 42, S.Ross 6, J.Steele 9
I/C: L.Dunstan 7, J.Newnes 16, E.Phillips 30, B.Paton 33, M.Parker 34, D.Joyce 39, N.Hind 40, C.Wilkie 44
Emerg: N.Coffield 1, R.Marshall 19, D.Armitage 20, R.Young 41
Notable absentees: Jake Carlisle, Jack Steven, Dan Hannebery, Blake Acres, Max King, Billy Longer
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Aaron Hall going off the ground already. Nice that his owners can trade him out! You are trading him out right, anyone brave enough to take him now….?
I admit I haven’t spent much time in the ‘Rate my Team’ threads up up till now… but people actually had him!? WHY!?
Okay, I’ve looked him up and it seems he is cheap compared to his past output. Fair enough. But surely there are better options?
Aaron Hall in some pain after Pierce landed on his knee and it buckled. Looks medial damage. Went straight down into the rooms, hopefully he is still available for Rd 1. Was walking, so could put weight on his leg
Pierce now coming off with trainers too
Ok, this needs to stop. No more injuries! Damn.
I feel bad for Hall, even if it didn’t sound like it above. Not even a quarter!
Positive news for Hall, he was running the boundary line and looks to come back out. So no damage, hopefully nothing bad comes from it though
Ranking points just came up on screen with 8 minutes to go in the 2nd
Steele was on 59 points
Macmillan 50
Goldy 49
Polec 48
Billings 42
Jack. Steele.
Looking at the TOG Goldy and Campbell are 65% and 35% so it appears they are alternating ruck for the day. Only 1 is on the ground at a time, which is bringing in the idea North won’t play a dual ruck set-up. Keep note the Saints ruck Pierce is down for the day so they should be winning most of the hit outs and clearances.
Ranking points of key players
Steele 74
Billings 56
Goldy 52
Polec 48
Ross 40
Tyson 37
Pittard 37
Scott 37
Kent 36
Hind 36
Mckay 30
Parker 25
Zurhaar 25
Webster 23
Roberton 22
Sorry if I missed anyone, was running along bottom of screen
HT SC Scores:(via Fox Footy broadcast)
J Steele 74
J Macmillan 65
J Billings 56
T Goldstein 52
J Polec 48
P McCartin 45
S Savage 45
H Clark 44
S Ross 40
M Williams 40
J Lonie 39
S Atley 38
K Turner 38
J Sinclair 38
L McDonald 38
D Tyson 37
B Scott 37
J Pittard 37
P Ahern 37
J Gresham 36
E Vicker-Wills 36
L Dunstan 36
D Kent 36
N Hind 36
L Davies-Uniacke 34
J Ziebell 33
T Dumont 33
J Newnes 32
S Higgins 31
J Simpkin 30
J Geary 30
B McKay 30
T Membrey 30
T Murphy 28
J Bruce 28
M Parker 25
C Zurhaar 25
J Webster 23
T Campbell 22
D Roberton 22
T Thomas 20
B Brown 19
M Wood 19
E Phillips 17
Some quick obs from me watching on fox thus far:
– poor coverage on fox – looks like only 1 camera, at ground level …
– Goldy: pay no attention to his stats – he should kill it as Pierce gone for Saints in first half and no real contest
– Steele looking quite good and classy with possessions
– Some early possessions for Hind, but haven’t noticed or heard his name called too much.
– Comment noted that Gresham will be playing mostly mids this year …
– Commentators noted that after centre bounce Goldy is dropping into defence and behind the ball a lot … signs to come?
I have now noted commentators in games thus far saying that they feel the new rules are allowing the game to open up more easily and the ball going much more quickly info fwd / def lines – I tend to agree, albeit it is only JLT … but it does appear that the ball is cleared quickly … it also seems to result, a fair bit, in quick goals (as long as players kick straight!) Thus, for those mids last year that have high contested possession counts and tackle counts, they may, potentially, not rack up as much this year – time will tell, but something to factor into your thinking / planning … and I believe Allsaints may have alluded to this a bit??
Also, with Goldy dominating ruck, it isn’t translating to clearances in North favour – Saints clearly winning that with more / better quality use of possessions from the centre bounce …
OK, just some quick blurb from me – again, make of it what you will!!
should have said “at half time” observations …
Great observations Macca, thank you very much. Certainly food for thought but will need next JLT to see if Gresham really does play mid an$ whether North go with two rucks. Cheers…M.
LoL
Not sure if Goldy will keep dropping behind the ball all season, I think they’re doing that because North’s backline is missing quite a lot of height due to injury and suspension, so once those key players come back he should hopefully play more on ball.
Just out of curiosity, have there been a lot of goals from centre clearances? Because that’s the only time the new rules would be contributing to an uptick speed/scoring (okay, there are also the kick-in rules, but coast-to-coast goals will always be rare, with or without the forward-press). Everything else would be down to tactical decisions by the coaches.
I’ve been watching the game on fox and have seen billings play a big chunk of the game on the wing. Although, I haven’t seen Gresham on the ball too much. Am i seeing things, is Gresham playing that advanced midfield role?
MacMillan is racking up the possies. Should we read anything to it?
HBs score well in preseason games every year.
WINX!!!! – wins again!! Happy Clapper made it tough with big lead
That horse is nothing but amazing – must have been what it was like watching Pharlap. When she goes, its like she has rockets on and the rest of the field run in lead weights … her will to win is so amazing!
She’s currently my R2…
Gee Jack Billings is looking good… anyone…? ok I’ll let myself out.
Dylan Roberton and Jack Steele both ones to look at it you haven’t already. Roberton has had a role change with Jack Carslile out of the side.
Polec and Goldy both played very well and also Marley Williams played a solid game with 30 disposals.
Jamie MacMilliam had 40 disposals playing a ripper of a game but I don’t expect him to play this at all throughout the season again, but you never know.
No real standouts when it comes to rookies but LDU played a solid game and Hunter Clark was decent to say the least
Macmillan may play completely different when Thompson comes back from his Rd 1 suspension and Tarrant from injury. He might get some preseason hype though that will suck people in
I’m not sure about Kent, I’ve been thinking about him through the preseason, but got little midfield time. Had 14 possessions with 4 contested. His 2 goals help boost his score, but I need a better JLT 2 to consider him more
NORTH MELBOURNE V ST KILDA SCORES
ST KILDA
Jack Steele 117
Dylan Roberton 103
Jack Billings 100
Shane Savage 93
Jack Lonie 88
Sebastian Ross 86
Josh Bruce 73
Jimmy Webster 69
Tim Membrey 66
Paddy McCartin 65
Hunter Clark 65
Dean Kent 61
Matthew Parker 61
Jack Newnes 60
Jade Gresham 60
Jarryn Geary 57
Jack Sinclair 56
Nick Hind 52
Luke Dunstan 50
Nathan Brown 46
Ed Phillips 43
Darragh Joyce 43
Josh Battle 26
Callum Wilkie 26
Lewis Pierce 14
Ben Paton 13
NORTH MELBOURNE
Jamie Macmillan 136
Todd Goldstein 117
Paul Ahern 92
Marley Williams 88
Trent Dumont 83
Dom Tyson 82
Luke McDonald 79
Jasper Pittard 79
Jared Polec 79
Luke Davies-Uniacke 73
Tom Campbell 72
Shaun Higgins 67
Tom Murphy 66
Ben McKay 62
Ed Vickers-Willis 59
Bailey Scott 59
Shaun Atley 59
Jack Ziebell 53
Kayne Turner 51
Jy Simpkin 51
Nick Larkey 43
Cameron Zurhaar 42
Ben Brown 37
Mason Wood 36
Tarryn Thomas 31
Aaron Hall 16
TOG Percentages:
NORTH MELBOURNE
Jamie Macmillan 88
Jared Polec 78
Dom Tyson 66
Marley Williams 84
Todd Goldstein 62
Trent Dumont 75
Paul Ahern 56
Shaun Higgins 55
Luke Davies-Uniacke 60
Jasper Pittard 75
Luke McDonald 81
Ed Vickers-Willis 84
Tom Campbell 38
Tom Murphy 77
Nick Larkey 66
Bailey Scott 70
Jack Ziebell 58
Ben McKay 87
Cameron Zurhaar 74
Kayne Turner 75
Shaun Atley 75
Jy Simpkin 73
Tarryn Thomas 59
Mason Wood 79
Ben Brown 85
Aaron Hall 20
ST. KILDA
Jack Steele 79
Dylan Roberton 81
Shane Savage 82
Jack Billings 79
Sebastian Ross 76
Jack Newnes 76
Jack Lonie 77
Tim Membrey 80
Jimmy Webster 80
Hunter Clark 72
Jade Gresham 76
Dean Kent 71
Paddy McCartin 80
Josh Bruce 79
Ed Phillips 55
Matthew Parker 81
Luke Dunstan 73
Jarryn Geary 75
Nathan Brown 64
Darragh Joyce 72
Jack Sinclair 72
Nick Hind 58
Josh Battle 84
Callum Wilkie 46
Ben Paton 19
Lewis Pierce 11