Cam Luke

I thought they just had to win that game.

They didn't, particularly after being up by five goals early in the contest and then going from five goals up to five goals down.

They've still got some areas of the game they need to improve.

They're still just too easy to score against, and that's been a common theme

for them across the Clarkson era, which is a strange thing to say because he's always been a really sharp mind when it comes to the defensive side of the game.

But they've just still got to find a way.

I think the personnel's an issue behind the ball and the system is an issue because they've still got a lot of players who are see ball, get ball, see ball, chase ball, and they don't necessarily have an ability to defend as a midfield group.

They don't have a defensive-minded...

Simpkins had a go at it.

Fino Sullivan's had a go at it.

The problem with Fino Sullivan, he's good enough and diligent enough to do it, but he just might be a little bit too good for that role.

Yeah, I mean, they're not a great time in forward half team.

That's a real, you know, that's certainly one thing that Chris Fagan and Brisbane rate highly.

Sydney are the number one forward half team in the competition.

Gold Coast second, Hawthorne third, Melbourne and Geelong.

So you look at the teams at the top of the forward half game, they're all very, very good teams early in the season.

So North Melbourne don't rate highly there.

And they just still are vulnerable against, you know, good offensive systems.

They aren't able to...

To stop teams from scoring, and that's a problem.