Adam Simpson

They'll run the other way.

So, and that's what we saw.

And we saw this, this unaccountable piece where if you, if you pierced Parker, who's a good player, but he's not a, he's not a rebounding defender, is he?

And he can't get back to support.

So you get past Parker or Daniel or McDonald, then there's nothing behind you.

So, yeah, the shame versus demoralise, that's a conversation.

And then there's actually the, what are we going to do with this defence?

How do we actually stop teams like Adelaide, 10 goals in a quarter?

So it starts in the midfield and that's their biggest strength and also their biggest weakness.

If you can take apart their midfield, it's all over.

And that's the reality of North Melbourne.

On the back of improvement everywhere.

Centre bounce, they've really dropped the waist.

Going from centre bounce, they've gone from third to 16th.

But most of the numbers say they're getting a little bit better, but the exposure that you have when you defend that way can be exploited, Gerard.

And that's what we see when they lose.

Okay.

That's the tactical vulnerability.

What about the emotional capitulation?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.