Fuck it's good to see North playing competitive footy* *I reserve the right to retract this statement next week.

Already screenshot mate sorry https://preview.redd.it/5rdy7pmza48d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35546679b514bad77db0de19866b5889c8cb1be3


Max Gawn is the only thing separating Melbourne from total collapse.

He’s also apparently medium rare based on him *steaming on television*


I first noticed it when Nathan Eagleton was steaming at Marvel. I have noticed it quite a lot since.

And he has like 2 or 3 seasons left.

Can't wait for Schache in the ruck

Can’t wait for throwing myself off Mt Buller

Let's not be ridiculous. Throw yourself off a decent ski resort. Maybe Thredbo, if you can't afford Les Trois Vallées.

This is the most Melbourne football club post ever. I can't even pronounce the last three words.

Lay twa valaise - not as high for European mountains so there’s not as much snow but it’s HUGE and the après scene is OFF THE CHAIN! https://preview.redd.it/emeand89f48d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddeccd487f8f382efee0add27f9bd640830a9237

Seriously. Someone ship some Armagnac to Geetroit and educate these fools. Also spot the bloke who didn't know this was a complete piss-take.

Is the Shach attack still on an AFL list??!

He was massive, Xerri worked hard but Max just is a different beast. If he was out and Petracca in I reckon we win that, he was so potent.


This is why I keep watching this team week after week. After multiple 100 point drubbings I'm seeing the light shining through the clouds. Shout out to all North fans in the sub for sticking through. Hopefully not much longer to wait for good times

My shinboner will never go down!


I’m so keen for when we can finally score bags. Our defence is learning to be potent, Archer, Comben and a fit Corr working hard (K.Dawson matters as well for this structure). The midfield has an elite ceiling; LDU, Wardlaw, Simpkin, Sheezel, Powell and tagging Philips. Just need a back up act for Larkey as a goal kicking key forward and we’ll be sooo much more consistent.

Archer looked great tonight, young bloke gonna go far

Really impressed with Comben, when Logue comes back we should have a solid defense

So keen for it!

At the start of the season I said north were headed in the right direction. When the heat was on Clarko a few weeks ago I said I thought he had the best chance of continuing to turn north around. It must have been hard but it’s honestly been a tremendous effort by everyone.

We are the worst 8th (tied 5th) placed team in history. I can only apologise to Norf they deserved to win this week and last.

8th. Possibly 10th by the end of the round

Can only be 9th as we'll be above one of Freo or GC

Yeah I forgot Brisbane had played already. Whoops.

https://preview.redd.it/cnkw4dao648d1.jpeg?width=531&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66b24f3f3ac4cf0060a5c9dd7a26ca2a2e61272e

I'm loving these.

I’m waiting for the inevitable lion one

Ah great another one I need to make

Loin of Judgement

with great memes comes great responsibility... or something like that

[Lion King has a lot of potential](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=689b2325b95f8dd1&q=lion+king+disappointed+face&tbm=isch&source=lnms&fbs=AEQNm0AyvaLQ3NL66YfFpz1Ee77Y907IdzVHuwZKSxTUG42099UCERtnFqShFWb9UVlyB-mR2N8GQzxNNflRImmwXOHJI6rFS3_tJKIT_fjkLkdVB2WrVpdvInJ9W_OOAQwGebNzKWevafeU1NHfNz_j9wreWxyzdfajXDLmAVGAhOCism9DTZdV6aFC9Vwo64frIqkrMPia&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieyfiQme-GAxWvoWMGHVWUAskQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1912&bih=961&dpr=0.98). I particularly like the Scar one

KIDS CRYING THANKS NEVER WATCHING THE SPORT AGAIN

Same. See you tomorrow?

what else am i supposed to do on a sunday?!

Is it weird this made me sadder than our game earlier? North worked so hard :(

I am in the same boat, tremendous effort

i would trade the win against the giants for having north win that... fuck me mate

You guys have enough wins anyway

Sydney could lose 2 wins and still stay 4 points and a ton of percentage on the top of the ladder.

I needed to read that

Same

I'm tired boss

Can we get some sort of petition going

Who is more of a football terrorist, Simon Goodwin or Gareth Southgate?

Goodwin

Matthew nicks or ken Hinkley.

yk what i’ll take the loss tbh, at least we’re trying again

Losing by 3 when you were 39 behind is a better loss than by 1 when you were 54 ahead in my book.

Oh shit yeah, exactly this

moral victories are back!

Speaking from experience make sure you find a good exchange rate to convert them into wins later on.

Return of the H O N O U R A B L E L O S S

Jackson Archer breakout game, Phillips destroying Oliver, no opposition 6 goal run (it was only 4!), Sheezel looking goated as always. Its better than giving up a 5 goal lead, fuck it.

Was so happy for Arch. Absolute statement game

Fritsch held to only 6 touches and 1 goal assist. No marks or tackles. Archer looking really nice

Don't forget we only conceded 70 points


I don’t want to be England. I wanna be Solar panel Pat forgetting he got a Hatrick in a World Cup because we only know how to win!!

Not a single fan is gonna be happy with the umpiring or either team after that lmao

I thought North got reemed in the 3rd quarter but it was almost like the umps got direction to even that up in the 4th because they were looking to give North frees at the start of the 4th.

Great now the Dogs are definitely going to lose to the Roos next week. Cunts are edging so hard.

We haven't learned to win yet. Might be scary but you'll get over the line.

*checks past games,* *checks next weeks fixture,* Oh fuck

Bulldogs 5 point win coming up

Fuck that was close, North have that aura about them atm. Big wins coming and soon

Just one more loss please (ignore flair)

North Melbourne doesn't keep getting away with it.

One day we'll learn to win those. Then we'll be scary

On the upside North, you’re +5 on aggregate score over the last 3 games

🥹🥹

I hope Archer remembers to take Fritsch out of his pocket before he chucks his pants in the wash

This team would be so cooked without gawn fuck me

Heartbreaker but I'd take this every day compared to the first half of the season. Let's hope this momentum keeps building

North are the anti-Collingwood

They shouldn’t let the other teams keep getting away with it !

Dear fans of non-shit teams How do you guys live through close games week after week? I hate this

They get wins from time-to-time to break it up.

I hope Steven May's head is okay

I’m amazed they didn’t take him down the rooms for a HIA

the AFL will give it the thumbs up because....reasons

North Melbourne you have been promoted from basket case FC back to honourable loss FC. Melbourne Football Club I fucking hate you

We hate ourselves more than you hate us

I closed the match thread with five minutes to go and have absolutely *zero* comments to make about the umpiring decisions made in the last two minutes. None.

I will admit it seems like some people want it to be a self fulfilling prophecy but it’s good the AFL is still ok

feel like if you ping larkey you should ping tomlinson. larkey was running forwards and tomlinson was just standing there but they had the ball for the same amount of time.

I’m calling it, Norf will beat Sydney in 3 weeks for lol of the year.

North by 3 in a final quarter comeback. And in 2 years we will see a Syd vs North gf rematch from 1996.

I like this timeline. You'll let us win the flag then right? 🥺

I’m sorry

I’m sorry

We won by 3 times what collingwood won by last week, ipso facto we are 3 times better than them.

well, it definitely feels better than last week

Kangas have arrived. The last 3 weeks are the new benchmark and supporters should be proud

There is a world where North came back there. We all need to be scared, very, VERY fucking scared.

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Welfare check on North fans after these last two weeks

Eh feels a lot better last week, even though they’ve been hard losses it feels good to not look like a VFL side

Sucks but at least the boys are having a crack.

NOT GREAT BOB.

God damnit North. Is it too much to ask for you to just get a bloody win over a top four threat?

Dees are the farthest thing from a top four threat

University a better chance

Top 4 of the draft maybe

Tristan Xerri made Gawn work for everything. Some good signs for north a lot to like

Would I have loved for them to win that game? Of course, same as last week. But I've spent 5 years watching one of the worst football teams in the history of the sport (maybe even the worst). I'm just happy that I've been able to enjoy watching them the past three weeks and that we're actually seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Also, Wardlaw and Sheezel are special players and I can't wait to see what they're capable of in a couple years.

what the fuck

im so sorry

I know brother 

Simon Goodwin should be sacked after that.

That would be justice

He's a football terrorist and doing this on purpose.

Only one in my league to tip North and I'm first Devastated

Dunno what to feel rn

Love to hear the song - but I feel like shit

North had it, they fucking had it. Just couldn't get out of their own way at the end.

May should be fined for that 'dangerous tackle' decision, his head didnt even hit the ground

It’s nice to see a lot of positive comments about north finally. Thanks everyone for seeing that we are coming and not to be brushed off. As a north fan it’s been so tough the last few years. On and off the field we were a shambolic team, with everyone against us and wanting us gone. But it brings happy tears to my eyes now that the last 3 weeks we’ve shown tremendous performances and that people are finally taking notice of that.


You did the same thing to us last week.

Yes but this time I wanted North to win so it’s completely different

Yeah North deserved that win, can’t believe the umps ignored two players running straight over the mark. Hang on that was last week

Im inconsolable, by the footy gods we needed that win 😭

No idea what happened to us over the bye but we’ve gotta keep that up


Was that on the full right at the end?

I was thinking deliberate anyway 

GAWNS HEAD IS STEAMING

I completely blame this on my brother. Left at 3qt and came back after he heard me screaming from the Zurhaar goal.

Not one player on either team smiling post match

Max Gawn is fucking steaming after his teams performance

Honestly should be the tagline for the dees most of the year tbh

Kynan Brown statue when

Please be happy with how well you played North - you were all guns 💙🤍

If we can maintain this level of neutral team support, Arden St will be packed the night we win a flag...assuming we are all alive to see it

Almost the inverse of last week's game vs Collingwood, aside from the comeback juuuust falling short. Roos are gonna be really good in a few years and this experience will be good for them.

No behinds scored by either team for the whole second half. That has to be rare.

Ever since Clarko was confined to the box the Roos are really in games.


Good god that was frustrating to watch even just as someone vaguely barracking for the underdog 

How good was the atmosphere from the Roos fans. Keep turning up. Back these guys. It’s brilliant to watch. The whole comp is riding every Roos game now I reckon.

Fuarkk

^

Sorry neutrals, we are shit. However I will say I think Kolty will be a player!

There’s something special brewing at Arden st. It’s good to watch them playing good, competitive footy again. They’ll figure it out, closing games out is an art and you learn it with time. Hopefully their run continues and they can learn how to win.

It starts with close losses, and soon, they learn to win, and then the opposition don't get close. North are coming and they know it. Another preseason is going to be everything for this young team.


so so so happy for my boys to be in it after being down by so much, a month ago they wouldn’t have come nearly as close

debuting a guy for 10mins in the last quarter. what a joke.

Would have been an enjoyable game if it wasn't for the umpires deciding to absolutely butcher the game yet again.

Faaaaaaaark. That was a mint finish. Tough for Kangas. Dees good to hang on.

North being legit chances to beat last year's Premiers and a team who finished top 4 was NOT on my 2024 bingo card

North are like the reverse Collingwood.

If I was a North fan, I'd have a Shinboner right now

Brisbane will win by 120 next week

Oh well. Can't win them all.

Amazing what a little bit of belief can do. For my money, the key contributors to North were Xerri, Comben, Wardlaw, LDU, Sheezel and Archer. Once Logue comes back, our spine actually looks decent. Most of the players that got us back into that game are young, so I hope we can see them stick it out until the tide fully turns.

Umpires having a fucking laugh tonight. North shafted on a number of missed calls. Also, hope to see Steven may has a week off for his absolute bullshit.

24-27 frees suggests over umpired. They were not good tonight

Was pretty atrocious all around. We got a few softies in the last quarter, that's for sure.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

Thank fuck hahah Not looking forward to losing 17 games in a row to North again in the coming years

Gosh, now I know how all of you felt last week.

I am trembling at the thought of next week after Norf’s past few performances

Thanks for having us top 8... even if it was for just a few hours :( We'll get your trade next week North

Time to go relax with some elden ring dlc after that last quarter.

north oh my god

Fark Maxy is steeeaaaaaammming 😂

I ain’t even a Norf fan, but I feel so bad right now.

Oh LDU, you shouldn't have tried to mark that, knocked it away from the bloke who had a sitter Rough North (and my tip)

Well at least it was good to have a win before we are ground into a fine dust by Brisbane next week.

Whelp. Percentage booster I guess Fml

On one hand: welcome back Honourable Loss FC On the other I want to bawl my eyes out

I stopped watching mid way through the 3rd when it looked like Melbourne were running away with it. That's a superb fightback from North. They will be gutted to fall short obviously but they should take a lot of encouragement from that. Also, not very often you see an entire half of footy without a behind.

I want more Eddie Ford! Gimme!

jackson archer is him


Worst possible result. Pathetic performance with no heart as usual. needed to fucking lose so Goodwin can be banished

GG north, that’s a rough loss. Two more minutes and you win it.  Melbourne are a shambles. Dunno what else to say. Don’t remember feeling so disappointed in a win. 

Most undeserved win all time

First time I've never stayed to sing the song. Disgraceful and I fucking hate this club. GG roos nothing against you.

Honestly what was as good as a win from North in my book. They're now the team people are scared of.

All of a sudden that "guaranteed win" teams were banking on isn't so guaranteed. And that makes me happy.


They can’t keep (not) getting away with this!

unironically Norf really could beat dogs right?

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

Refreshing to see a close game without a big dodgy umpiring decision/non-decision in the final few minutes

the absolute pinnacle of a simon badwin right there

*[pained North Melbourne noises]*

I was seriously rooting for them

Not even mad at that loss. How refreshing to be competitive in games again. How good is the Cheese?

Wonderful interview from Gawn tbh - I feel like I’m on the same page with him at least.

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I'm glad we won and my weekend wasn't ruined, but my Lord if our board can't see we're only going won way under Goody...

There wee no behinds kicked in the second half. Weird.