I see Brad Scott has said North Melbourne will chase NRL players to get them to the club. About the only thing he could sell them on, would be that the crowds would be similar to league games. i.e. about 8000. The roos have NOTHING else to spriuke. Scott needs to realize that there's no point planning for the future as his team won't be around much past the next 3 or 4 years.
James Brayshaw will be known as the man who killed North Melbourne, by not taking them to the Gold Coast.
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I hope you're right Bowie, as North are really annoying at the moment. It's nobody else's fault but their own as to why they're unpopular for the following reasons;
1. They continually squeal like stuck pigs about how hard done by they are.
2. They have more members than people that turn up to their games which suggest they have a lot of people who don't follow them buying memberships or people buy multiple memberships - a very strange situation that isn't a long term solution. Media people and friends of Brayshaw shouldn't buy a membership and then we'll see how really unpopular they are.
3. They enter traditionally non AFL areas and promise to give the people in that area value for money and a team they can love and follow. But when they get a few bucks to go elsewhere they leave without barely saying goodbye. Memo, don't piss off new fans.
3. They were the most successful team of the 90's yet couldn't capitalise on it. Imagine Richmond's popularity if they had a tenth of North's success of the last 20 years.
4.They're fast realising that it takes more than just new facilities to bring success. They thought they'd increase their membership based on a new training facility???? Umm, people want to see a good package ON the field.
5. They play a crappy, scrappy ordinary style of foootball that sees them beaten most weeks but they pull out a fighting victory once a month - not an attractive brand of football to convince swinging AFL followers to jump on board.
6. Scott Thompson and Michael Firrito shouldn't be on any list in the competition but these two are highlighted for their "fighting spirit' by the team. They are ugly, old style ordinary footballers that should be playing VFL.
I could go on, bottom line is I hate North and wish for their demise and I'm not scared to say so. I'll be the first to have a good laugh at Eddie wannabe Brayshaw having to front the media and say he tried but failed.
To think that North can sway NRL players with no money, an average facility a nd bugger all else is fantasy. Start by getting players who can actually play AFL, how well would this team go without Boomer Harvey!
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