Game Chat – North Melbourne v Adelaide

Written by Father Dougal on April 11 2021

Where and when: 1:10 pm Today at Marvel Stadium

What it means for the Roos:  Lose and they are 0-4. THey are already clear on the “no finals” thing,  but they played, shall we say, badly last week and even if they don;t win at least playing respectably would be good. If I remember correctly there were threats about jobs and careers post round 3. I rather expect a lot of pride lost too. At this point they have little to play for other than pride and jobs and careers, but I’d hope that would be enough. The Crows are far from unbeatable and I can imagine the Roos taking out thor frustrations from last week on them. 

What it means for the Crows: Win and they are 3-1. That’s just not something anyone expected. Being t 2-1 isn’t something anyone expected! If they have finals hopes they will need to win this match. Losing to the Roos is a statement, but not the one they want to make. If they get to 3-1, well, that’s a thing and not to be sneezed at, however improbable it felt pre-season

Supercoach Watch:

Roos: Powell, Ziebell,  and  Stephenson. Yeah, well, them.

Crows: Rowe, Laird, Berry, Butts

Father Dougal’s Watch: Tex Walker, who else?  I mean. I mean. I mean….Tex Walker, WTF? 

Father Dougal’s Tip:  While I expect the Roos to suck much less this week, and maybe not suck at all, I can’t tip them. That would be crazy talk. Crows by 10.  (I didn’t want to be left out, so I went back and looked, and I am somehow 8-1 so far! Must have gotten the easy matches….)

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49 thoughts on “Game Chat – North Melbourne v Adelaide”

  1. Need a big game from Simpkin. Been an underwhelming pick so far.
    Don’t own Tex but interested to see if he can kick another bag

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    1. good start for you and the others that got on him early or even this round.

      Definitely worth the pick up … easily convert to anyone you want in two weeks.

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  2. Need a big score for Ziebell! and did you guys see on herald sun that is a possible chance Caleb Daniel might get a 1 match ban..

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      1. He got “Bevo’d” by his own coach. Moved forward and Bailey Dale was moved back into his role in defence … something to watch. It threw him out, as he looked really off.

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  3. Young warming up on the sidelines, so it appears the North Sub will be activated early. Zurhaar looks out with concusssion

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    1. McDonald out with a pectoral muscle and Zurhaar still being assessed, so North could be a player down from the 1st quarter

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      1. he really is useless … has the SC death role as small forward … but really has looked awful every game

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        1. I’ve played him on the field for my team hoping he could show up since he was playing North. Not really looking like it will occur atm

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          1. yep, most in the same boat it seems … I had Scott as the emergency and with his poor score I put Rowe in instead … looking like a bust at this stage already … hopefully he gets a couple of goals soon … and not late in last quarter where he gets little for them …

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  4. NOt sure who this woman caller is on Fox … but (and apologies to any ladies on site) she is not a very good caller. Doesn’t seem to know the rules of the game at times and makes silly calls, based on that. Luckily the professional callers / ex players are pointing things out … after she says something wrong …

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  5. This round is killing my SC score… players that you expect to score well ends up giving you sh*t score.

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    1. I’m seeing very few projected scores over 2000, and that’s with Gawn 276 on most people for Captaincy.

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  6. Adelaide
    Reilly O’Brien 45
    Taylor Walker 41
    Rory Laird 35
    James Rowe-2

    North Melbourne
    Jack Ziebell 28
    Jy Simpkin 21
    Tom Powell 22
    Will Phillips 9

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  7. Ziebell putting in a couple of big 50M+ kicks downfield, one into the 50 to contests, but getting scored zero for them … typical CD. If it was Fyfe, Bont etc, they’d easily get scored effective

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  8. Wishing I knew Kosi was out before yesterdays matches. I so would have put the VC on Walker. Dominating.

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  9. Seriously what is going on with fanfooty website ?

    Does not seem to work for playing matches .. Just blank white screen, tried on multiple devices too :/
    Just annoying is all, im using footy wire atm, only crap thing with that is u have to keep refreshing .

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    1. Try using the match at the top of the screen instead of clicking the match further down.

      Seems to only work from the top one

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    2. There seems to be a problem with its links.

      If you click on the match icon at the top it works. If you click on the heading, or the live matchcentre link it doesn’t.

      That’s my experience of it.

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  10. Oh there’s Rowe finally. Just made a tackle … I mean, I know he’s small forward and all, but gee, I was beginning to think he was really that small that you can’t see him on TV! … says he’s been on filed 90% of time …

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    1. He then gets a mark and sets up a goal!!!! Give him 40 for it to make up for the rest of the game!!!

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  11. Doedee getting back into his form from a couple of years ago. Also taking majority of kick ins it seems … could be one to watch for final D6 role??

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  12. It appears Laird is to be copping a tag from Turner and since this has occurred he has not really gained a disposal for a few minutes

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  13. Half time scores – Crows lead 54 to 39

    North Melbourne : 6.3.39
    Todd Goldstein 76
    Nick Larkey 65
    Aaron Hall 61
    Tom Powell 53
    Jy Simpkin 52
    Jack Ziebell 51
    Ben McKay 39
    L. Davies-Uniacke 38
    Aiden Bonar 33
    Will Phillips 31
    Shaun Atley 31
    Jack Mahony 29
    Jaidyn Stephenson 29
    Charlie Lazzaro 28
    Ben Cunnington 28
    Lachie Young 28
    Bailey Scott 25
    Kayne Turner 18
    Tarryn Thomas 17
    Kyron Hayden 17
    Cameron Zurhaar 7
    Tom Campbell 4
    Luke McDonald 4

    Adelaide Crows: 8.6.54
    Brodie Smith 78
    Tom Doedee 75
    Taylor Walker* 72
    Reilly O’Brien 69
    Lachlan Sholl 65
    Rory Laird 63
    Ben Keays 62
    Paul Seedsman 60
    Harry Schoenberg 58
    Tom T. Lynch 40
    Lachlan Murphy 38
    Darcy Fogarty 37
    Sam Berry 36
    Jake Kelly 29
    Luke Brown 27
    Jordon Butts 24
    Andrew McPherson 23
    Will Hamill 23
    Ned McHenry 19
    Shane McAdam 13
    Billy Frampton 11
    James Rowe 9

    and can see adjustments still happening … at least to the “stats” numbers … whether or not scores change will also be interesting …

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    1. Scores changed a bit. Is this proper correcting incorrect attributions or manipulating scores?

      CD looks dodgier by the second.

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  14. FanFooty site has serious issues this weekend. Not only is it difficult to get the scores – you also can’t click between games or go and look at other games from earlier, like you used to be able to … got some major problems it seems.

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  15. Powell tons up and is laughing at me from the bench. I stupidly played Jordan over him … upon consideration, it was probably better to play Powell against the Crows than Jordan against the Cats … not smart thinking.

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    1. I can now be somewhat thankful for the dropping of those defensive rookies as it made me move Laird back to defence for Sharp, then making me play Powell on the field

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  16. Final scores – Crows beat Kangas 109 – 68

    Adelaide Crows: 16.13.109
    Lachlan Sholl 160
    Reilly O’Brien 136
    Brodie Smith 122
    Paul Seedsman 115
    Tom Doedee 113
    Ben Keays 105
    Taylor Walker* 101
    Rory Laird 101
    Harry Schoenberg 91
    Jake Kelly 83
    Lachlan Murphy 73
    Luke Brown 71
    Andrew McPherson 69
    Tom T. Lynch 67
    James Rowe 67
    Darcy Fogarty 55
    Sam Berry 49
    Will Hamill 46
    Ned McHenry 45
    Shane McAdam 35
    Jordon Butts 33
    Billy Frampton 32

    North Melbourne : 10.8.68
    Aaron Hall 133
    Jack Ziebell 107
    Tom Powell 102
    Todd Goldstein 99
    Shaun Atley 94
    Ben McKay 90
    Jy Simpkin 87
    Nick Larkey 85
    Jaidyn Stephenson 82
    Tarryn Thomas 75
    Lachie Young 73
    L. Davies-Uniacke 69
    Ben Cunnington 68
    Kayne Turner 49
    Will Phillips 46
    Kyron Hayden 45
    Aiden Bonar 42
    Jack Mahony 40
    Bailey Scott 37
    Charlie Lazzaro 34
    Tom Campbell 21
    Cameron Zurhaar 5
    Luke McDonald 3

    Still 45 points to be allocated … some decent scaling to come

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