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For many 2015 was supposed to be the year of the North Melbourne Kangaroos.
After finishing in the top four in 2014 and picking up Jarrad Waite and Shaun Higgins during the offseason, they were fancied for another strong season and top four finish.
Yet here we are, after eight rounds and they are sitting twelfth with four wins and four losses for the season.
So far they have beaten Brisbane (who were bereft of any form at all), Geelong (credit where it’s due, a win at the Cattery is a good win), Richmond (when they were without some of their most important players and lost their sub early), Essendon (a win when expected, but not in convincing fashion).
To date in 2015, they haven’t beaten anyone of true high quality.
Then there is their losses, which for mine, have been deplorable and are the true indication of where they are at.
They were embarrassed by Adelaide in Round 1 suffering a 70-point loss.
They were beaten by a Port Adelaide side who is having a poor year – a team in a similar boat as them! Then there was the ten goal loss against the reigning premiers and a pumping at the hand of the in-form team of the competition, Fremantle.
I think we all need to question North Melbourne. They went out last year and got in a few recycled players to seemingly set up a tilt at a premiership and they are still getting exposed against the best teams in the competition.
As well, their needs to be more focus on how bad their list situation is at the moment. Their best players are their oldest: Scott Thompson (29), Brent Harvey (37), Drew Petrie (32), and they are saying how important Daniel Wells and Nick Dal Santo are when they are both over 30 respectively.
The window for that premiership tilt won’t stay open very long with that much quality on the wrong side of 30.
It’s time for the media blowtorch to be put upon North Melbourne.
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