Changes for the North Melbourne game

[Auntie.Gerald]

Dre has worked for our overall rotation of players against the GWS and Suns teams and it gave us options in case Smith or Mattner couldnt finish games due to under done thru the preseason.............my guess is Dre is on the way up but now that Mattner and Smith have proven their fitness and now Bird is on the way back my guess is that Bird will feature in a tagging role to allow our midfield options to rotate free of the opposition when needed

Bird was a very important piece of teh puzzle last season and will continue to be so unless Mitch Morton and or Jed Lambie make their case in ressies week after week

[Auntie.Gerald]

Jude has also thrown a spanner in the works

I dont think many of us would have thought he would be running around in pre season and rounds 1 and 2 as sharp as he has been

i was seriously wondering whether he should retire in 2012 on a high........he is looking even better then 2012 !

Jude is seriously in form and wont be dropped out of the 22 easily

[johnno]

Morton in,

Everitt out.

[ScottH]

Dry in 1st half.
Wet in 2nd half.

[JudesaGun]

Back in pessimist central....

Boy, this would be an ugly place to be if we were actually an u successful team.

No change.

[ShockOfHair]

Geelong's pressure exposed North in the second half. Although the game was a thriller in the end the Cats kicked should have won by four or five goals.

If we bring our best defensive game next week we will win. We're probably a lot closer to our best defensive game than our best offensive game.

Morton and Armstrong are the obvious candidates for promotion but I'm not sure anyone deserves to be dropped.

[Hartijon]

Agree,MM has "football smarts" which we need around the goals against the better teams.Had he been fit enough to play against GWS or GC he would have got 4 or 5 goals from the opprtunities that were created that other players squandered. Dre is a useful player that still needs to have that break out game and find his spot in the team. MM is a match winner,just watch the Grand Final.

[joemoore12]

Morton in for Everitt

[caj23]

Back in pessimist central....

Boy, this would be an ugly place to be if we were actually an u successful team.

No change.

This

Can't see any need for changes this week.

If you can overlook Everitt's clangers, he had a good game, although I'm not sure I've ever seen a more error prone player in the AFL. Not sure if I could cope if he ever plays a Grand Final for us!!

[stellation]

Back in pessimist central....

Boy, this would be an ugly place to be if we were actually an u successful team.

No change.

I disagree, I think it's reasonable to discuss changes after a win. Nobody seems to be wrist slitting or calling for mass changes.

[RogueSwan]

If Goodes wasn't Goodes he would be in line to be dropped. Sure it was wet but how many gettable marks did he drop?
Was he playing without a glove? Was his brand one of the banned ones?

[alt_mattr]

I have in the back of my mind that the team needs a replacement for AJ. I won't be surprised to see more versatile fringe players like Dre get some time to prove themselves this year in case a bigger faster body needs to go back at some point.

[AnsweredPrayers]

Did anyone else notice that when Goodes was going for a mark he was throwing his arms up with his wrists bent backwards? He looked like he was just making a contest and had no confidence he could mark the ball. Maybe it was the conditions or maybe injuries, but he looked like he wasn't even trying to mark the ball.

[royboy42]

If Goodes wasn't Goodes he would be in line to be dropped. Sure it was wet but how many gettable marks did he drop?
Was he playing without a glove? Was his brand one of the banned ones?

I did hear that his glove was one of the banned ones. Interesting also that Pikey played gloveless at the weekend. I didn't notice in round one?

[jono2707]

If we feel like we need more run against Norf, maybe Jed or Harry might get a look in?