The Roos squanders an opportunity to cement a spot in the top eight, and vie for a top four berth.
A supposed lack of accountability on the top of the agenda.
Wayne Carey – Triple M
“The Kangaroos have got the bye coming up; they got ahead of themselves and thought it was just going to happen.
“You need players in there strong enough to say that you need to lift.”
North’s chairman demanded a response from the leaders.
James Brayshaw – Triple M
“As a playing group, Andrew Swallow and his team need to look internally and go ‘how much more of that are we prepared to cop?’”
“You can talk about coaching, you can talk about preparation and you can talk about everything else. But eventually it has to come back to the playing group.”
North’s inability to grab hold of a chance to rise up the ladder also questioned.
Bruce Matthews – Herald Sun
“North Melbourne looked anything but a top four contender. Poised to run over the Blues and yet overwhelmed themselves in the last quarter to fall back into the bottom portion of the top eight.
“The Roos’ high turnovers from errant work by hand and foot was uncharacteristic for the general standard of their ball-handling this season.”
Many expect the group to be savaged by coach Brad Scott at the review on Monday.
Shane Crawford – Sunday Footy Show
"If the older players are saying 'We need to be whacked between the eyes' maybe he'll (Scott) start whacking.”
While the players and the coach search for answers, some believe they have identified at least one.
Jon Pierik – The Age
“If there is one statistic that resurfaces when the Kangaroos struggle, it’s that they concede 100 uncontested marks. The Blues would finish with 110.”
