Why

[gerkin greg]

After 2 years of finishing 9th norf have taken the next step, albeit on the back of a very cushy draw

Personally i don't rate them, they could only beat a crap Richmond side by 4pts, talk about embarrassing

Pressure on us to take the step next year

But we knew that a month ago - seems despite the dummy spits that our season was over a few convinced themselves it wasn't until yesterday 

 

[rogerd3]

After 2 years of finishing 9th norf have taken the next step, albeit on the back of a very cushy draw

Personally i don't rate them, they could only beat a crap Richmond side by 4pts, talk about embarrassing

Pressure on us to take the step next year

But we knew that a month ago - seems despite the dummy spits that our season was over a few convinced themselves it wasn't until yesterday 

 

so right on many fronts mate.
 

[WilliamPowell]

After 2 years of finishing 9th norf have taken the next step, albeit on the back of a very cushy draw

Personally i don't rate them, they could only beat a crap Richmond side by 4pts, talk about embarrassing

Pressure on us to take the step next year

But we knew that a month ago - seems despite the dummy spits that our season was over a few convinced themselves it wasn't until yesterday 

 

 

Agree

X2

[Owl]

I bring a platter of cheese seeing the local Vinters have arrived enmasse as usual spruiking their WHINE

[Tigermonk]

development, facilities, management, Thats why they are ahead of us. There is not a huge gap between the clubs

[tigercub2012]

is it a coaching gap or there big men are better than ours or both???

[Damo]

development, facilities, management, Thats why they are ahead of us. There is not a huge gap between the clubs

Facilities?

Apart from punt rd dimensions being fixed up, we are light years ahead

[Tigeritis™©®]

is it a coaching gap or there big men are better than ours or both???

Not enough domestos in the cupboard.

[gerkin greg]

Not enough domestos in the cupboard.

because you drank it all

[Penelope]

 
now that explains a lot

[Chuck17]

Why cant we start an ongoing thread comparing RFC to the sides are going well, we can pick the best side of the week and compare how crap we are to that side every week.

Sounds like fun.

[Yeahright]

North have beaten the following since Round 11
Collingwood        (credit)
Essendon           (poo form)
Western Bulldogs(poo team)
Melbourne          (poo team)
Richmond             (poo form)
Carlton                (poo form)
Beaten by 2 points by West Coast    (they lost whats your point? you bag richmond for losing close ones)
St.kilda               (credit)
Adelaide             (credit)
Gold Coast          (poo team)
Since Round 11 and after the bye
Fair effort I say
Wish the Tiges could achieve that

[Tigermonk]

development, facilities, management, Thats why they are ahead of us. There is not a huge gap between the clubs

Facilities?

Apart from punt rd dimensions being fixed up, we are light years ahead

you need to get around the clubs more. 

[the claw]

gotta laugh at the mean spirited lot who cant give any credit to any one other than richmond.
on this thread ive read.

we only lost by 4 points so north are crap.
seems to me regardless of form or ladder position in recent yrs the two teams match up pretty well against each other and the games have been close.

they copped a few big thrashings including 100 points so they are crap. had nothing to do with injuries or poor form at the time. they have depth issues like all clubs and can ill afford injuries.
 yet when we cop injuries to just a few yes we have had a great run again this yr its a legit excuse you cant have it both ways.

what else oh yeah they got to play gc and gws twice and boo hoo we didnt. we struggled when we played em once whos to say we would have won if we played em twice. i have to ask how many of the top 8 sides have we had to play twice we have had a soft draw and people bitch like little girls.

they would be nothing without petrie lol that is the height of ignorance and blinkered in the extreme do we hate opposition that much that we cant give just a little credit.
they would sorely miss him just like we would miss riewoldt but their other tall forwards have given infinately more than ours and they have a couple in the vfl performing well we cant say that.

they are old and their stars are fading.
 sheesh their list is not much older than ours and their three  oldest players in petrie 29  harvey 34 and firrito 29 lead the way and are performing to a high standard.at the start of the yr their players averaged 46 games a player and we averaged 45.

collingwood tanked last night lol. a side in a dog fight for 4th spot  a double chance and home finals tanked  how silly is that.

oh and the final one the umps look after em reckon just our supporters theirs would tell ya they are harshly done by.

yep we are shallow minded and petty when it comes to opposition teams.

the simple truth is there is not a lot of difference between the two sides at full strength.theres not a huge gap between 12 14 teams at full strength. but there is some real difference in key areas of their list. overall quality and depth and structure is where their list is so much stronger than ours.

[Chuck17]

Why does this thread exist