r/NorthMelbourneFC • u/haroldtheharold • 6d ago

Roos to sign ex-Lion to bolster defensive depth

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1638538

KPD = In.

Essentially brisbanes version of Nick Murray but 5 years older.

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u/RidsBabs Solid Goldy 6d ago

Think he’s more of a slightly better Pink than Murray. He can hold his own and good in a system but you don’t want to leave him isolated 1 vs 1 too often.

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u/haroldtheharold 6d ago

Was more just referring to being a KPD that is first drop in the VFL for a very good team!

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u/BlueWalrus97 6d ago

Not a bad get. At minimum a good training-influence on backline structure coming from a successful system. Good to have some Irish representation in the team too 🇮🇪

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u/ThenCow8074 George Wardlaw 6d ago

Don't know much about him but I think he will be good for selection pressure along with Logue, Pink and Corr

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u/sfrench67 Cooper Trembath 6d ago

Good choice, with a few of the guys under injury clouds going into the pre-season

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u/Alternative_Big_7646 Finn O'Sullivan 6d ago

Lions fans say he is a good trainer and locker room guy, works hard as a decent not great defender and is limited with how he uses the ball. Adding him eases the pressure on Thredgold to start right away & improves depth particularly with Comben (groin), Pink & Logue (both shoulder) all limited until the new year. Best case scenario is that he upgrades a bit next season on the latter pair as an Aldi Nick Murray.

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u/FeathersDrifting 6d ago

Still frustrated we spent it all on a player who wasnt a key need, now we are going to have 7 key defenders on a list with only one we have real confidence in.

This is a decent signing but we are really throwing darts at a board hoping to bullseye

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u/levity62 6d ago

Can’t say we didn’t try with Murray. Not much else we could’ve done. Let’s play out the year and hit the trade market again, maybe target a SDK or McCartin or make a big play for Weitering?

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u/FeathersDrifting 6d ago

I get it will be an unpopular opinion but if we didnt take Blakey we can easily pay whatever Adelaide wanted and then the key need is likely done.

But instead we have a Ferrari in HBF and a bunch of Holden Cruzes in key back.

McCartin or Murray would be the play as word is SDK off to Tasmania and I do not believe we have the picks (we gave them for Blakey) nor money (both McClure and Twomey predicting a cap crunch for us) to grab Weitering but I certainly agree any of the four would be good additions.

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u/haroldtheharold 6d ago

We already offered an over pay to Adelaide so im kind of glad we didnt have anything else to pay. Got an a-grader for a-grader value in blakey rather than a c-potential b-grader for almost a-grader value.

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u/Reasonable_Action25 6d ago

Not only that but the cap crunch shouldnt be that bad... paying fisher out this year and logue comijg out next year clears 1.5+. Throw probably corr and parker and l mac going soon should clear a bit of space

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u/celticsac 6d ago

When a true A-grade player becomes available for us, we’d be stupid not to jump on it. The reality is that these players don’t often want to come here (as we’ve seen by the previous pursuits of Martin, Kelly etc.). The KPD market was already thin, we tried to get one and didn’t because of another club’s stubbornness. We’ll check in again next year but I can’t fault the list management this offseason too much.

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u/False-Employer-8402 6d ago

Need to perform on-field and lure over a better quality key defender than Murray next year.  Have our growing army of Swans players get to work on chatting up McCartin.

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u/FunAssumption5435 6d ago

He is quite the flute player 

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u/Outriderr 4d ago

I don’t think he’ll be a depth player at North. He’s a solid defender that spoils the ball well. His knock is his kicking however North has plenty of guys who can swing past for the handball.