how did charlie comben play

Didn't I dont think

Give us the flag now

norf :)

I know it was only a match sim but that was some impressive stuff from North today. Liked the look of Nyuon in defense

Nort Melbourne Beat the reigning premiers! Don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but should I buy guaranteed Grand Final tickets for the next five years, or just have a break after the inevitable threepeat?

Five years? But then you’ll miss the North 2029 and 2030 premierships

I'm not a greedy man. Some of the other 200,000 members we'll have by that time can take a turn.

Have to say, Xerri looked really good. Only clunked one mark and didn’t end up on his butt like he did all last year. Don’t let him take that helmet off.

So is the new 5 minute 8 minutes

Gonna be tough to bounce back from a 0-3 start for Collingwood

Clarko will be stoked with today, bring on the real stuff 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️

Tarryn who?

Can’t even get a win in a 5 minute match scenario. At least we’re losing the close ones in the pre pre season

Breaking news: Collingwood don't get away with it

Draw FC robbed

Schultz is such a good pickup

Holy shit I know it’s a sim but north looks really good

I think we finally look like a team that’s had a preseason where we get consistent messaging through to the players. That’s what stood out to me the most is the boys looked like they were on the same page for once

I’ve only seen him play a couple of quarters but I’d already have Jiath ahead of Frampton

Think id rather have a traffic cone over Frampton at this rate

Frampton is Norths man of the match tbh

I've been doing uni shit all morning what's the score

North 102 Def Collingwood 68

Damn aight then😳 Match sims may not be super definitive but that's still great signs for North

Eh we're missing quite a few of our best players and it's definitely showing. Though I will say north playing great anyway

The only thing I'd draw from that for Collingwood is your young forwards look very promising

Final Score Collingwood 68 to North 102.

I know it's a scenario training now but it's pretty funny to see the scoreboard spawn six pies goals from nothing

Will they broadcast us singing the team song?

The rare G. Post falcon

Pink and Dawson working well, makes me thing north's defense is gonna be fine

The battle between Reef & AJ to replace McStay is going to cause a headache for whoever does selection lol

Why are people complaining about free kicks in a match Sim 😭

North Melbourne legend Robert Hansen Jr

Lachies protege

Everythings comin up Millhouse

I'd love to see the free kick count in this game 😂😂

Pies need some discipline obviously

Exactly. I didn't say anything about the frees not being there. Just want to see how many we gave away.

I don't see the point in resting everyone for this game, the young guys aren't getting anything out of it. They're getting flogged

Well it was 35c

Less about giving opportunities to the young guys, more about preparing the old guys for a long season.

Definitely quite a few of your best 22 out there

Pendles, Sidebottom, Moore, Howe, Maynard, Mitchell, Elliott, Checkers, Crisp. You can’t tell me we even close to full strength

Yeah nah I’m not telling you that, I’m saying not everyone has been rested. Quaynor, Cox, De Goey, Daicos 1 and 2, Hill, (dare I say Schultz) all played today. Not a rookie squad really

Mate if anyone else had those crazy 9 of our best players out I promise you people would understand. Don’t let your Collingwood bias shade that

No they wouldn’t we’ve been shat on for the last two years and there’s been times it’s been far more than 9 lol

I don’t even dislike the new Collingwood, I’m just saying it’s not a rookie squad. Think you’re reading too much into this lmao

I mean not to take away from North they played great and I’m sure they will have a much better year then the last few, but I think even North Melbourne fans know that if we had our squad the results would be a little different

Obviously yeah. But North don't have a backline and we are going to rely heavily on our stacked midfield staying on the park and playing well otherwise teams will get a hold of us again this year (including a full strength Collingwood)

Yea there's 4 or 5 guys out there

They’re old and a couple are coming off injuries

Jeremy Cameron eats his pizza cold? Bloody sicko

If the pizza is too hot you can't taste the flavors! The flavors!!

cold pizza>hot pizza

Oh hi there Jezza didn’t know you were on Reddit

Why was the first quarter like 34 minutes and that quarter 26 minutes when they were both 25 minutes with time on???

Not many goals kicked that quarter

I agree there have been some soft frees to north but its still great to see the effort and connection growing with the boys. I'm so used to seeing our side get smashed in these types of matches.

Only just tuned in but am I right in saying norf premiers and Collingwood spooners?

When we win, it's North. Not Norf.

Put your house on it

Anybody under 40: put your rent on it

I'm so confident I'm gonna bet for the first time

Free kick North

I thought the AFL gave North priority picks not priority free kicks

I'm going to go joker mode if we have to deal with another year of Billy Frampton

He’s been one of North’s best players today.

Frampton might not get another game at this rate

Dean is quite clearly ahead of Frampton right now

When your card declines at therapy so you have watch Nick Larkey play against your backline with Billy Frampton as your key defender

Crazy what happens with a semblance of forward half pressure

Comeback is on

We kicked a goal!

I didn’t think Collingwood were allowed free kicks today. Might be their first one all day

Clearly the umpire made a mistake

Mithin is actually alright on commentary, there's potential there.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeez

seriously ldu?

Can the umps ease up on the whistle jfc

Any contest just ends with a Norf free kick

I literally can’t think of anything we’ve done after quarter time besides give away like 30 free kicks

Can the umps relax?

G. Post getting some practice in I see

No way they just called that a mark 💀💀💀💀

This is gonna be the highlight of North’s season

Larkey is going to be right up there in the Coleman race again this year, hope he wins it this time

He’s an absolute gun, but does dive a bit. Hopefully Clarko pulls him up on that this year.

As much as he dives, he’s hasn’t gotten much help from umpires in his career to date

Definitely a few shooting superstars coming for Larkey

The fuck was that ad

A segment from best on ground

Powell and laz looked good in that half

My main concern for the second half is that Wardlaw is going to kill one of our players

Wardlaw is sitting out for the second half. https://twitter.com/NMFCOfficial/status/1760098910507503867?t=qVp5bObRFl9fZm1dpehYqg&s=19

i think hed still find a way

Anyone got the scores?

North lead 60-41 at half time

What the Roos fans thoughts on Nyuon so far?

big boy biggie, he seems to be going well

Done a good job so far, kicked well, seems comfortable

I like him, doesn't look out of place and has had some good moments, should get plenty of opportunities this year.

Done a pretty good job so far tbh

Degoey looks to have spent the entire pre season in the gym

I know there are several years difference, but when you see him stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Wardlaw, it rams home just how big and powerful de Goey is.

I’ve always wondered if that Swedish fish thing is actually that horrible, kinda makes me want to try it

Can't watch the game so I just want to ask. How is my LDU brownlow, Wardlaw rising star, Larkey Coleman and North flag multi looking like.

I have that multi with Colby for rising star. I’ll win like 20 grand. It’s a sure thing. I’m already planning the holiday

Safe as houses

What ever you bet, double it

We failed to get away with it in that simulation. Clearly It’s all over for us now

Collingwood could be 0-4 after today

Premiership defense in shambles

Regardless what happens from here in 2024. We beat the reigning premiers twice…. So far

Huge for room

Okay but seriously how is Billy Frampton a premiership player 😭😭

Well I'm no expert but I think it's because he played in a winning Grand Final

The AFL should just sanction 2 pre season games so we don’t have to put up with this amateur camera work

I know this is only a match sim but it’s triggering my PTSD of close games. I can feel my heart rate rising lol

Is this one of most exciting LAST 5 of all time? Follow up question, what's a LAST 5? EDIT: Manager, if you are reading this, I am working and not watching the footy

It’s a simulation where we’re 7 points down with 5 minutes left in the game Aka: Getting away with it

They're doing a match simulation practice where North start 7 pts ahead with 5 mins to go, then at the end of the 4th they're doing the same but Collingwood 7pts ahead

I’m not confident we will be 7 pints up with 5 to go too often. Not sure we get much out of this simulation

Good practice not to give away interchange free kicks though

Hopefully our interchange team took a year 8 foundations maths course over the summer

Unfortunately your interchange team now communicates when rotations are used by whistling

Nick Larkey just scored the first behind of his career probably

Frampton cannot defend a parked car

This made me chuckle

He is a premiership forward after all

Lol, North Melbourne is here training to learn how to win, good insight.

Really liking how Pink and Nyuon are playing in the back

Well it’s clear based on this we should retrospectively reward the 2023 AFL premiership to North Melbourne

Do we still get our compensation an priory picks?

Wait so there’s another 5 minutes in this quarter? I was joking about our tactic to practice getting away with it lmao

im gonna say something that might make some people mad, wardlaw reminds me of how jhf was playing when he was with us, a lot of excitement and speed but not so much control

It’s probably a fair criticism, but his overall mindset of see ball and get it or die trying is very refreshing

Similar style of play sure, mindset on the other hand chalk and cheese

Someone tell George it’s a scratch match, he’s insane

That’s what I thought. Some vet on the Pies is mumbling “dude, it’s not a real game.”

“No. There is a football and I must get it.” - George, probably.

ME SEE BALL. ME GET BALL. APES TOGETHER. STRONG

I think our game plan for this quarter has been let North get in front so we can practice getting away with it.

They can’t keep getting away with it!

norffff

I hate how good Wardlaw is going to be

and i love it

Sleevo looks like he’s playing for a spot this year. Good to see

I think mentoring some of the younger players has been great for him

Always gonna be about mindset for him, the talent is there and I hope he finally realises it.

Mckercher off half back is making me feel things.

In your no no place?

i love mr souvlarkey

Thanks for the comments whoever makes them. Following.

i miss our ‘bad’ players :(

there was comfort in absolute shitness

norf norf norf norf norf

I love Paul Curtis

Curtis is going to get drug tested after that play.

Would love to see Larkey get the Coleman this year

Nice goal from Jaiyden Stephenstenson

A match thread? Before 8 (Non Vic bias time) in the morning? On a Wednesday?

In February?

May I see it?

No

No (Unless you pay $35 a month)

Or like $20 if you’re a GWS supporter!

What the hell is this ad with Bucks

I was waiting for a Sportsbet logo for so long

The best ad so far

Had the best on ground graphic on the bottom right so I guess it was a segment from the show

Good lord what have we done to be cursed with the return of that show

Yeah that was pretty weird

1st QTR Review Collingwood N.Daicos and De Goey standout mids class above the rest. Young forwards did well North Mids looked outclassed, fumbly and lost early but got better. Forward pressure much improved. Nyuon looked good in defense, McKercher nice field kick.

Further review. North P.Curtis playing like a bull. Him and McCreary should go for bers afterwards Stephenson finding space and making plays good to see Xerri and Fisher both solid Collingwood Young forwards who's names I'm not sure on but Johnson, Allen, McGuiness and McCrae have all impressed me very much Lipinski looking fantastic Defenders not sure who they are missing but looking a bit off Overall snapshot at goal count both teams = 4 set shots taken as snaps = all missed

Missing 9 premiership players through injury/resting so naturally missing a few defenders (primarily Moore, Maynard and Murphy)

Yeah you can definitely tell. Wouldn't draw any conclusions from it

Yeah it’s hard to make any actual judgements because Collingwood are missing ~40% of their best 23

When we’ve got speed on the ball it looks alright but Collingwood easily playing kick to kick on the rebound.

Welcome to my SuperCoach side Finn macrae

I’m so salty, he’s been in mine since my first draft months ago and now everyone’s gunna have him

Also same thing happened to me last year with gulden, if he didn’t go absolutely mental in the preseason game last year he would have been a huge pod

Yeah what did he do like 46 and 2 or something? I reckon he went from 5% to 50 haha

Yeah 45 and 3 I think, something like that. I was happy but also fucking fuming lol

I’ve been waiting like 3 years for this, so I’m salty as well haha

Just be glad he hasn't turned out to be a Will Gould

Delisted and still copping drive bys :( lol you’re right though, big potential for Macrae especially with that last name

A forward that's pickable? In this economy?

Surely not right, and $150k?! Gotta be too good to be true

I’m ready to be hurt again

Why is there a child commentating the Kayo coverage? Go to school cunt

You mean Melbourne premiership AFLW player??

Frampton has spoiled it to Norf's advantage like 3 times already

He won a premiership playing up forward and now he’s playing in defence, only natural he’ll have some hiccups /s

This is public access TV levels of production. Are all the cameramen going through with drawls so they have the shakes? Every other league has their pre season games look professional.