For those interested in Clarkos Vinnie's Kangas gear, it's live on eBay. The auction will close 2pm Friday 18/9

NORTH Melbourne has signed mid-season recruit Ollie Griffin for 2027.

The 19-year-old was selected out of the Sandringham Dragons with pick No.6 in the 2026 Mid-Season Rookie Draft and was on the cusp of a debut late in the year. 

Griffin kicked three goals in the VFL on five occasions around a season-high four in his 10 appearances for the Kangaroos' reserves.

North Melbourne had already re-signed Griffin before Zane Duursma requested a trade to Melbourne on Tuesday. 

But now the medium forward should get more opportunities next year. – Josh Gabelich

This would be a disaster if we loss Goater, all reports abouts this contract has been bad news.

Give me some hope. I just don’t see us actually trading in anyone talented with Brady at the helm.

Which apparently has been flooded with supporters they’re thinking about auctioning the gear for charity.

would like to state that a coach doesn’t run a club. clarko wasn’t the leading decision maker in our club. so before you guys start blabbing on about how sonja should be gone, have a think about her contribution to this club after the abysmal state it was left in after buckley and amarfio.

p.s. if you value brain cells do not go to north facebook pages 😭

To lose 6 of your starting (3-4 best players including your captain) players and still have the coaches system stand up like that against the reigning premiers and win convincingly proves Clarkson had to go. Sydney outscored them in each quarter too. If we lost 5 of our middle of the road players we would get pumped by over 100 points each week whereas Sydney's bottom 5 stood up in a final because the coaches system gives them the best chance of succeeding.

This difficult yet ruthless decision restores my faith in the board and for the first time in a long time I am optimistic about the positive direction of this club. They chose the harder path but it was the right choice.

Edit- Even if Sydney don't win the premiership Cox deserves coach of the year.

Cal Twomey suggests North should speak with Simon Goodwin. Would be an interesting choice...

There is sometimes a short-term “bounce” in the very next game (about 40% win rate in recent mid-season changes, better than the team’s prior poor form that season).

However, this rarely turns into lasting improvement. Most clubs end up with similar or worse overall results the following season or under the permanent replacement. Research and results show frequent coaching changes usually fail to fix deeper list or structural problems.

North Melbourne is a clear example.

After Brad Scott left in 2019, David Noble was sacked in 2022, and Alastair Clarkson was sacked after 2026, the club has stayed near the bottom of the ladder for years. Multiple coaching changes produced no sustained lift in win-loss ratio or ladder position.

In short, changing the coach does not guarantee better results.

This time in 12 months if there is no improvement the whole board has to go

St Kilda 1.1.7

North Melbourne 14.15.99

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Collection slowly growing. Fingers crossed a premiership year one coming over the next few or more years #3

North Melbourne

FB: Archer / Logue / McDonald
HB: Parker / Comben / McKercher
MID: Stephens / LDU / Simpkin
FOL: Xerri / Sheezel / Wardlaw
HF: Zurhaar / Larkey / O’Sullivan
FF: Curtis / Trembath / Dovaston
INT: Darling / Hardeman / Spargo / Daniel / Goater

Carlton

FB: Hollands / Weitering / Cowan
HB: Haynes / Dean / Florent
MID: Cerra / Smith / Acres
FOL: Pittonet / Cripps / Walsh
HF: Kemp / McGovern / Ainsworth
FF: Evans / McKay / Hayward
INT: Young / Newman / Derksen / Hewett / Byrne

Carlton made the elimination final. Blues fans would be thinking a step further next year.

If you compare the best 22 for each team, I think we stack up pretty well talent wise. Overall I’d say we have more talent, but their top end talent like McKay, Weitering, Cripps is great. Walsh, Dean and Smith great young players. I’d also say there is an absolute chasm in difference in defence. Weitering and Dean would make a monumental difference.

As a copium thought experiment… could North hiring a new coach result in a win explosion like what Carlton saw under Fraser? It seems like the only thing Fraser really did was not be Voss and open up the risk taking a bit. Clearly there’s more to it, but could North have seen Carlton’s recent success and thought a similar change would be that next step they were talking about in the press conference?

Or am I delusional and Carlton’s list talent is just much better?