It was a very long time earlier than North Melbourne coach David Noble appeared to face the media after his group’s loss to the Brisbane Lions, however he insisted he hadn’t spent a lot of it speaking to his gamers. “It was fairly quick,” he stated of his post-match deal with.
If that’s the case, they are going to be grateful. Noble was furious. “Our golf equipment had been overwhelmed by 200 factors at this time. The state league recreation was precisely the identical, so we’ve acquired to return and have a bloody good have a look at ourselves.
“That’s the underside line, coaches, gamers alike, employees, it’s not acceptable … There’s acquired to be penalties round coaching, there’s acquired to be penalties round talent errors. Near 80 factors on turnovers, it’s simply unacceptable. So no, I’m not completely satisfied.”
Requested what upset him most in regards to the efficiency, he replied: “Most of it.” In all probability probably the most damning statistic was marks, particularly marks inside 50: 26 to five the Lions approach, lots of them uncontested, or barely contested.”
That, Noble stated, got here down primarily to lack of accountability and poor decision-making. “The dearth of strain across the ball – we acquired enormously uncovered on the surface at this time,” he stated.
“It’s fairly easy, the midfield acquired outworked, the defenders had been poor – they let their man cause them to the ball, and our forwards didn’t play in entrance. It’s a extremely easy, fundamental recreation at this time, and we let ourselves down enormously. We must be embarrassed.”
Noble stated it was “in all probability too quickly” to think about his response on the choice desk, however stated he wasn’t afraid to make onerous selections. “We dropped Stevo [Jaidyn Stephenson) a couple of weeks ago, he went back, played well, came in, we got a reasonable reply out of him today.
“We’ve got a few to consider, but I don’t think anybody put their hand up today out at Burpengary [where the VFL Kangaroos were beaten by the Lions by 104 points].”
Lions coach Chris Fagan was primarily happy that his facet didn’t cease urgent. “I stated to them at three-quarter time, you’ve acquired a option to make now, you may let the sport peter out or you may attempt to press residence the benefit, it’s your alternative. And so they made an amazing alternative.”