Dear Justin,
Bear was my attempt at some kind of cyber-anonymity - but if you don't like it, well I'm happy to just go with your plain old name (if indeed it really is Justin...)
I see that we have included Green, Sansbury and Edwards in the extended bench for Sunday's game. The third, at least, is a good option, and it is indeed a slight mystery as to why he was left out last week - at least he can kick. As for the other two, I would be disappointed to see Trotter , Thomas, Hansen or Campbell miss out for either of them, but then again I didn't see last week's game.
The Carey-Laidley thing is one of many things this summer that has seemed not very North Melbourne. All the speculation about the Gold Coast and our future is fine - it wouldn't be summer if someone didn't say we should be merged / relocated / bought by someone else / go out of existence. In fact what was unusual was that it wasn't accompanied, like most years, by reports that we were behind in players wages.
But the spat between two former champion players, and the boardroom instability, were both very unlike North. I don't ever recall North tearing itself apart in either of these ways before - whereas teams like Carlton and Richmond seem to do it most years. And before you raise the Carey-Stevo incident, that was somehow different - it actually created the new exemplification of the shinboner spirit in Arch and Stevo.
The problem is, if course, that it will mean the pressure on Laidley will rise very quickly if we lose a few in a row. And we'll see more selections like Green and Sansbury. At least there's no Lance Picioane anymore.
And at least there was some sensible adjudication at the tribunal during the week.
Good luck on Sunday. I look forward to hearing about a glorious win, highlighted by 8 goals from midfield from Wells. Or failing that Simpson.
Dan
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