By the way, let's look at the team NM fielded against us in their big win in 2018 (with the names of players who didn't play last week for NM in bold):
Anderson, Jed
Atley, Shaun
Brown, Ben
Clarke, Ryan
Cunnington, Ben
Davies-Uniacke, Luke
Daw, Majak
Dumont, Trent
Goldstein, Todd
Hartung, Billy
Higgins, Shaun
Jacobs, Ben
Macmillan, Jamie
McDonald, Luke
Simpkin, Jy
Tarrant, Robbie
Thompson, Scott
Turner, Kayne
Vickers-Willis, Ed
Waite, Jarrad
Williams, Marley
Ziebell, Jack
This is why this notion of there being some sort of consistent through-line showing that NM has the "wood" over us is nonsensical.
In fact, this is one of the points that Footy Classified made last night. These are the players NM lost over the last 2 years:
2020: Ahern, Daw, Durdin, Hosie, Jacobs, MacMillan, Pittard, Vickers-Willis, Williams, Wood, Higgins, Brown
2021: Campbell, Atley, Dumont, Garner, Menadue, Tyson, Garner, Menadue, Tyson, Walker, Tarrant.
Ross Lyon thought that by losing half of their list over 2 seasons, NM has traded the present for the future and their young players aren't showing that they can fill out the team.
This NM side isn't the one from 3 years ago and by the way the Carlton team isn't the one from 3 years ago either (thank God).
Anderson, Jed
Atley, Shaun
Brown, Ben
Clarke, Ryan
Cunnington, Ben
Davies-Uniacke, Luke
Daw, Majak
Dumont, Trent
Goldstein, Todd
Hartung, Billy
Higgins, Shaun
Jacobs, Ben
Macmillan, Jamie
McDonald, Luke
Simpkin, Jy
Tarrant, Robbie
Thompson, Scott
Turner, Kayne
Vickers-Willis, Ed
Waite, Jarrad
Williams, Marley
Ziebell, Jack
This is why this notion of there being some sort of consistent through-line showing that NM has the "wood" over us is nonsensical.
In fact, this is one of the points that Footy Classified made last night. These are the players NM lost over the last 2 years:
2020: Ahern, Daw, Durdin, Hosie, Jacobs, MacMillan, Pittard, Vickers-Willis, Williams, Wood, Higgins, Brown
2021: Campbell, Atley, Dumont, Garner, Menadue, Tyson, Garner, Menadue, Tyson, Walker, Tarrant.
Ross Lyon thought that by losing half of their list over 2 seasons, NM has traded the present for the future and their young players aren't showing that they can fill out the team.
This NM side isn't the one from 3 years ago and by the way the Carlton team isn't the one from 3 years ago either (thank God).