Adam Simpson

We see it with Hawthorne and Gunston.

And I just think that a quicker style, more direct will suit players like him.

And he had a great game.

When you're off Broadway a little bit, even though they've been premiership, it's just difficult not to say that these guys are undervalued.

And when you have 11 shots, not many 50-game players can do that.

Well, what's worse, shame or demoralized?

Yeah, yeah.

And we all jumped a little bit when we heard Brad talk about demoralized, and that was a feeling of the group.

So how you deal with shame and how you respond.

This game's going to be so important coming up with West Coast, who are playing hungry at the moment.

So...

Yeah, I'm just trying to work through the game itself and then also what the expectations are of North Melbourne and their supporters this year.

Because last year they win five games, Gerard, and they've won five already this year.

So there's hopefully a win improvement.

And then there's the style of play.

There's a lot of ticks.

They're transitioning better, more control in their game, more front half dominance when it's there.

But the bad's so bad.

Um, and it's on the basis of their defense, I think, and the way they defend is, um, is honest, but can be exposed.

So against a good side and what happened on the weekend and how Fremantle went, you know,