Good one Daz. I am a believer too. North are going north.
It promises to be exciting .
I hope that North fans get around Darling and celebrate his 300th. I realise that they won't be invested in him as WC fans would be but 300 is a huge effort and deserves a celebration worthy of a 15 season veteran.
It’s crazy that north will be celebrating Darling’s and Parker’s 300ths. It’s a funny old game these days
@@MrDanbarbs I should have included Parker in my comment. It wasn't front of mind that he was also so close to 300. Perhaps North could manipulate it so both hit 300 in the same game and make a big deal of it.
Overall I don't think either club should have let them go so easily. With all of the talk around culture, then when reality hits, the players are just treated like a commodity that is no longer useful so is discarded. What does that do in the mind of a younger player like Harley Reid or Chad Warner? Why would they treat the club as anything other than a tool to get another step ahead?
I get that both clubs could spin it, as though they are helping the players extend their careers but it leaves a bit of a flat feeling thinking of Darling and Parker running out for game 300 in a North jumper.
Ok my rant is over, you can take the soap box if you need it
@@spindoctor6385 yeah good point. If north could really celebrate these games it could really show the way for the kids coming through
Love your analysis of North. What a positive contribution from negative comments so far. Roos leap North 2025
As your resident North fan Daz, "Bravo" for hitting the nail on the head, Darling & Parker are a great investment for Norths future, both on, and especially off the field, we can pick their brains for their leadership skills, attuites in training and provide the guidance our team need.
A draft where we can get Armstrong, Trainor or even the like of Travaglia, Whitlock or Taru, Big ticks all round.
PS Invite for you to a Roo's game next season :)
The Parker and Darling investment reminds me a lot of what Brisbane did with Luke Hodge. Helped provide necessary leadership that guided Brisbane to that breakout 2019 season. Not saying that North are going to that, but Darling and Parker are gonna help the kids towards the promise land in the future.
They'll be massive mate and I'd love to. Missus is a member and the little bloke is a junior member so it's on the cards
@thepoliticalloser one of the knocks on duursma is he is so talented he has been able to coast the whole way through his footy. Having him work with an absolute professional and training work horse like Darling will be incredible for his development
Couldn’t believe when they said on trade radio that Tom Powell is potentially “a bust”
Finished 5th in our bnf this year and played every game for the season, has been one of our most consistent players and is a future 200+ game player for the club.
That comment is even more ridiculous when you have a look at the players that came out of that covid-draft, a lot of misses in that top 20 and Powell certainly is not one of them!
Thx daz it’s been a rough couple of years being a young north fan that hasn’t seen much success ,at times I wanted to stop watching footy all together but iv stuck with it and it finally looks like we are going in the right way
Iv always appreciated that u hasn’t been on the laugh at north train to ❤️
Always want to see teams get better, for the fans if nothing else. Love what they're doing and where they're going
@@witty10301 born in 03 been really keeping up since 2010 watched some 2009 but mainly 2010
@@hehehheheheheehehehehehe6476 oh ok. Well at least you saw the prelims and 9-0 haha
Great Video, I got a huge soft spot for North. They are starting to get stacked now and I could see them finishing higher than Collingwood. good luck!
1. The report from media is Jack darlings final year contract at the Eagles is for 800k which is why they want to move him on. The apparent agreement is Eagles pay half north pays half and they'll get pick 64 (as it stands) so north isn't even spending alot of salary cap when the average something like 230k.
2. They need to draft a tall forward for the future... like zane duursma who's already on their list?
3. Went to a north training day and every player I spoke to said Paul curtis is the strongest player in the team..... once they learn to leave him 1 out like dusty watch him destroy his opponent.
4. The growth this year didn't come from the team overall but it did come from combden, Archer, Powell xerri and mckercher. 5 players who are now instant starting 22 that you add to the likes of larkey, zurhaar, sheezel, wardlaw, ldu and simpkin (just). The next step is to find the next 3-4 players that step up to that next level of ability.
5. Houston would be a very good get but I just don't see it happening. Carlton have an inside track with both his relationship with Voss, the bigger club and more successful right now. North can't give up pick 2 for him, any other pick except pick 2.
6. Not sold on Caleb Daniel, just don't see who he replaces especially if north by miracle lands Houston. Do you see Daniel pushing out fisher? Mckercher? Houston? Goater? Who all play in that spot.... yes he's a great kick but just feel he won't add that much compared to the other targets.
7. North need to get their long term injured players right! Goater and Callum Jones done their Achilles goater is a great defender when fit and ccj needs to exist as a backup ruck along with teakle for if xerri goes down hurt. Brayden George has been injured for 2 years straight now but has a huge reputation as being a top 5 worthy pick and griffin logue needs to get through a season to really shore up defence.
North have ALOT of pieces but making them all fit together right now is the biggest issue, if they can come together I can see them winning 6-9 games next year but another 2-3 win season will destroy the club forever if that happens.
Absolutely great video!! Could not have said it better myself
Speaking of development it was so great to see Michael barlow win development coach of the year, for a team brimming with as much young, raw talent as north melbourne, having the best development coach is massive..
Great watch. 👍 It's interesting to try and analyse a club's strategy with who they might trade for and why. Also what picks they could end up with. I think you said it could be 6 and 17 for North's pick 2. In a very even draft I thick that's more than fair . I think North need to draft players with flexibility , defensive mindset and physical presence.
Tauru ? Travaglia ? Lalor ? ..... Looking forward to your next vid .
I think you’re spot on with your draft options there! I would add speed and athletism as important which those players also have 👌
Spot on with Darling, I wish years ago (after the success we had with Jarrad Waite giving a chop out to Ben Brown) that we had picked up someone like Levi Casboult to do this. It is crazy how reliable Larky still is, he is way better than the King boys, hopefully we can slowly turn it around!
A fit Griff Logue and another pre-season into Chomben and Wil Dawson, will be huge. The media talks as if North has neglected the backline, in recent trade/draft periods. That isn't the case, at all. Now with Comben and Archer flourishing, things will start to click. The squibs will be phased out, purely as depth/insurance. Jay Dahlhaus from Werribee VFL is one to watch. Good pressure small forward, who can snag a few goals.
Honestly I think the north fans also have been memeing on north but in a therapeutic sense. I hope the fans have more to cheer about next year
LDU polling 18 Brownlow votes was pretty impressive in a side with 3 wins. If Houston is gettable, North should throw the kitchen sink at him. A backline with Corr and McDonald is going to continue to leak like a sieve. Parker is a great in, and Darling cost nothing. So nothing to lose there. Caleb Daniel is a reliable utility, I would not be unhappy if he ended up in the blue and white.
The best time for North supporters is between seasons, speculating about how we might improve.
Our prospects for 2025 are largely dependent on Logue and Comben staying on the park, and taking intercept marks.
Dylan Stephens and Jaidyn Stephenson should be shown the door.
LDU's 18 votes is all the better considering he didn't poll until Round 14
Kinnear Beatson, Sydney’s arrogant head recruiter (who should be sacked along with “sports psychologist” Emma Murray), picked Dylan “Dud” Stephens at #5 ahead of Caleb Serong and Hayden Young. I was so glad when Sydney finally traded/sacked soft players like him and Ryan Clarke. North should also sack Zak Fisher, another dud …
@@ma3stro681 Agree D Stephens is soft. He pulled out a contest this year that cost us a goal. Disagree with Fisher, I think he is a good ball mover. But I haven't seen a great deal of him.
Good video Daz. I'm starting to come around a bit on the Darling trade, but I don't like that North would be paying his full salary because he is on huge money on a back ended contract. At the very least West Coast should be paying the overs on what the salary would be if it was averaged out.
Interesting that you mentioned Willem Duursma because I was hoping that North could draft him in 2025 to join up with his brother. If North do manage to get #6 and 9 or 13 for #2, I wonder if it would be worthwhile to use #6 to trade for Houston, particularly as Port have stated that if he was to be traded that they want a good pick in this year's draft. If North isn't going after elite midfield talents in the draft, it may not matter a great deal to have slightly later picks.
I don't think that Caleb Daniels would require a future 2nd rounder to bring in. If that is the price it is too steep and I'd be passing.
Us long suffering North fans are looking forward to finally seeing some real improvement, but we have been disappointed too many times to get our hopes up too high. I do think Parker will be enormous in helping the club move forward. He is still a quality player and a quality leader.
Love your thinking.
as a hawks fan good video.North finally moving past laughing stock territory with these moves. These trades will hold them in good stead darling and parker will be great not just as gap fillers but honestly good players
Great Analysis Daz, spot on!
Will be interesting to see if Geordie Payne from the MSD can be at least a temporary solution to that F50 pressure.
Everyone thinking Callum Coleman-Jones doesn't exist?! Whether he recovers from his injury is another thing but no one ever mentions him.
24 years old and played 31 games, it just seems ever so unlikely he comes on and becomes B+ or better
CCJ is a list clogger who will never get another AFL gig as soon as his contract at North runs out. I doubt he'll ever get a game in the AFL team again.
North liaised with Adam Simpson re: Darling & Simmo informed them that Darling played a heavy decoy role in his last couple of seasons at West Coast, as they prepped Waterman & Allen to take over bigger roles. This won't be the case at North, he will definitely be a target in his own right, whilst Duursma continues to mature.
@@daztalksfooty Very talented mate, but he had to get a little bit of a rocket during the season re: his training work ethic. Update reports are he has turned this around and is putting on some serious size.
I'm a Swans supporter and Parker who I've met, had sign my Swans jumper in 2012. I'm gutted he's leaving, but think North have made a great decision going after Parker.
Darling is super fit and also a great decision by North.
They should go after Oeter Ladhams too for forward & ruck hmhelp for Xerri.
Malcolm Rosa's Jnr from the Suns would be a wise choice too.
As a Swans fan i think your spot on in saying roughly #40 is Parker's value. Could Sydney be cheeky as ask for North's F4 on top as a little top up because although that pick will most likely start at #58-60 it will imo easily come inside the points range and potentially climb all the way into 40-45 by the time that the 2025 "match" draft gets the 2nd or 3rd Swans academy lad called out
Great call, they'll need points for Cochrane! Just won the 2km time trial at the Combine
@@daztalksfooty They will have points easily for Cochran its more so Chamberlain, King and Carmichael that im worried we won't be able to match all 3
Thanks for signing mate
Great analysis! Agree with everything except there is no chance whatsoever Dan Houston will or wants to come to North. Hope I’m wrong!
Looking forward to next season
Love the positivity mate. Great content!
Great stuff mate, very good take and done with lots of respect and good analysis. Easy from the cheap seats for most North bashers, landing Houston would be huge but not holding my breath on that.
Parker, Daniel and Darling would be a good addition and add some competitiveness.
Goater and Coleman Jones to be back in the mix for 2025 also, the former was very impressive in the small number of games he has played at AFL level.
Great analysis, i think your on the money.
Great thoughts! Thanks
Well said Daz!
Great vid and in depth analysis. Would love to see you upgrading the production in these videos. Similar to what James Lawrence Alcott does for the PL. You can go places mate. Keep it up!!
There's some limitations given the AFL copyright a lot of their content so using them as "backup" becomes really hard.
@@daztalksfooty fair enough. Even like an edit of the starting 18 next to u and stuff and u sub in the replacements type thing could be really cool
Good to hear some positive
I made a prediction Last night that North will play finals before Gold Coast. Based of what you said North have a path forward and the way Gold Coast are going the plan they have is back Dimma and hope for a miracle. So even though Gold Coast right now have finished higher than North and they probably will in 2025 as well, I do think North will play finals before Gold Coast
Darling will prove the doubters wrong, Parker is a win regardless, they will miss out on houston but thats ok, Caleb Daniel would be good if they can get him, hes a great ball user, but sorry to say this, L Mac has to step down from his co captaincy, hes not at senior level, and hes protected by being captain, dont forget bout Zane Duursma, his shoulder was a hinderence this season, he'll be much better
Round 21 wasn't that long ago. Just go watch that to see what Darling can still do. Not every week but he still has beast mode.
Talked a lot of sense today Daz. I would just add North HAVE to use their first pick on Best Key Forward. They cant HOPE to trade for a star forward they have early picks every year its time they use one on someone 6"4 or bigger.
Yeh, I dont think Darling should require a pick, he should come with a second round pick for taking his salary.
I would be surprised if Houston or Daniel are at Arden st next year. Firstly Dogs will want too much for Caleb and Houston would prefer to be at Carlton.
There’s plenty if rumours circulating as there always is at this time of year. There’s fan talk of Gary Rohan too.
But I would like the Kangas to look at the VFL GF and pinch a small forward from Werribee in the supplementary draft. We have Curtis, HansenJunior and Payne. Would like to add another sub 180cm small forward to that list.
I did like your opinion, good onya for saying something positive about our shit club. We’ve been kicked about for some time now and it is rather refreshing hearing positivity
Luke “The Anvil” Parker should be made Captain. Good luck to him. The soft Swans have lost their hardest player, something the GF showed they are completely bereft of …
I'm a Massive Luke Parker Fan! He'd be a Fantastic, True Captain. The Exiting Twosome=NO!
Go Daz!
Thankyou, someone finally talking some sense
Darling wasn't the only one, Tim Membrey is pretty good option as well.
I feel like when North turn this around, the AFL pulic and mainstream media are going to think it came from nowhere. Like Clarko worked an overnight miracle. North fans get to some degree what the coaches were doing this year, and we will be better next year, with some handy additions. But, for the love of god, draft a key forward, Brady.
smart man
Losing Houston and receiving a future 1st only weakens Port next year and how strong is the 2025 draft,think Port want a pick in this years draft which is very strong so I won't be surprised if Port reject Norths future 1st offer.North should trade pick 2
North are definitely on the right track. Although, I can't see why Richmond would trade 6 and 13 (assuming they get those picks) in such an even draft. Tigers need a Harry Artmstrong type more than North given Lynch is cooked.
Saying all that, I genuinely just realised you are Centre Half Bench are different people, so what do I know.
Had North not recruited anyone going into season 2025, they would have one had 1 player having played 200+ games. That being Luke Mcdonald which would suck donkey ass for any team.
Us going for experienced players is an A++ move for them!
Very sad humans it will take 100 years for roos to get too 10 premierships
I see sam mitchell got caught talking to harry sheezel dont know what hes up to but its very interesting if he after him have you heard anything towards this .
Sheezal is one of the hottest young players in the comp, and like a hot as hell chick, you can talk to them all you like doesn’t mean you get to take her home!
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Pretty much nailed everything mate, Thankyou for actually taking a second to think about what’s going on at north unlike most media 😂 loved it.