Measuring Up

Before we start…. Thanks North Melbourne! In this Restump Podcast episode we review Freo’s dismantling of the Hawks as we watched on with a bowl of cornflakes in another AM starting game for us fans! It wasn’t the prettiest of contests but even the ugly games need some love and what wasn’t to love about our duck breaking victory against the Hawks in the Apple Isle? God’s country indeed! Fyfe turned it on in his 200th and Caleb Serong showed he is a contested ball winning machine, years ahead of his time. However, they were both upstaged by the giant killing ruckman, Sean “Swaggy O” Darcy. We checked Champion Data and its official…. Darcy is now a juggernaut.We have to be honest and realise the Hawks are a shell of their former selves, but you can only destroy who you’re up against. Darcy, Mundy, Fyfe, Serong, Brayshaw and Cerra destroyed who they were up against.Rory Lobb exploited his height and weight advantage over Kyle Hartigan and kicked a career equalling high 4 goals, while the forgotten man Bailey “Cerra To Some” Banfield kicked 3 of his own in his return. Sammy Switkowski showed how valuable he’s going to be with his 14 touches and 2 goals and he’s also doing his team oriented best work supporting Sonny Walters by dishing a further goal off to him. The man with an array of cyclonic or meteorologist nicknames, Josh Treacy, or Sean Treacy according to Gerard Healy, was close to having a day out. He booted 2 but if it weren’t for a coat of paint, he would have landed 3 and possibly 4. And that's not mentioning his 6 bone crushing tackles. While we haven’t emphatically forced our way into the top eight, the universe has delivered a host of ridiculously amazing results presenting us with the most unlikely of opportunities. It’s now up to us to take it.So, with our fate once again in our own hands, we now look towards the Thursday night big stage because the rest of our season starts then. Until Thursday's game if you’re looking for something too drown out the noise of the rain, click play and listen to this 50 plus minutes of purple storm..... after you’ve listened to the “Join in the chorus” North Melbourne theme song a boat load of times!  Send us Fan MailSupport the show