Rd 17 vs the Cheats

[dejavoodoo44]

So happy how he has grabbed his chance with both hands. He makes errors (or gets punished by dumb umpires sometimes) but he goes hard and goes again. Really like how hard he goes, and it is great to see the confidence building in him.

Yes, it's not quite right, when he goes so hard, and then the umpires decide to award a couple of frees against him, that were as soft as ice cream in the hot sun.

[imuninformedtwo]

Yes, a very even performance and our pressure was generally very good.

And on Edwards: I'm now wondering if his approaching footsteps are just a bit heavier and louder than our other defenders, and over time, will that be a sound that opposition forwards will increasingly come to dread?

Absolutely. Imagine being hit by him. He’s great at using his body to clear space too. Just a truck.

[Sandridge]

Suck @@@@e Doggies. Don't care how good or bad we are, beating those cheating tools is always enjoyable.

Absolutely, positively, definitely spot on!

[Sandridge]

Great win!

GO YOU MIGHTY BLOODS!!

[Velour&Ruffles]

I think that free kick for Croft against Edwards was there….. so long as the rules are consistently applied in which case there will be 2,973,451 frees each week and the average game will take about 14 hours to get through.
FFS, the AFL is clearly doing its best to turn this game into an unwatchable farce.

[dejavoodoo44]

Absolutely. Imagine being hit by him. He’s great at using his body to clear space too. Just a truck.

Naughton seemed a bit spooked at times.

[Nico]

A great bounce back and win, however there were 2 really stupid incidents that could cost players time and money. 1. Blakey's tummy tap when it was totally unnecessary. Could easily have been reversed. 2. Errol's very dumb act on Weightman, when Weightman was bending over and defenceless, for a 50 metre penalty. That's close to a week. Hell boys, we're playing Freo next week.

[mcs]

A great bounce back and win, however there were 2 really stupid incidents that could cost players time and money. 1. Blakey's tummy tap when it was totally unnecessary. Could easily have been reversed. 2. Errol's very dumb act on Weightman, when Weightman was bending over and defenceless, for a 50 metre penalty. That's close to a week. Hell boys, we're playing Freo next week.

The only outcome of that Blakey incident should be a fine for staging. I agree with the stupidity of the action, but fair dinkum that Dogs player was a goose.

And Errol's brain fart minute or so was a shocker. Not sure what was said or happened, but he is rarely riled up like that. Errol has been just okay since coming back (no issues with that - he will take time to find form like most players), but we don't need silly junk like that. Because at some point as you suggest Nico it could cost us very badly.

[dejavoodoo44]

Just to get further on the Edwards bandwagon: last night he had 18 spoils, the next best were Khamis and O'Donnell on 9 for the Bulldogs and McCartin on 8.

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[KSAS]

Do we look better going smaller up forward, even with Hamling playing selfless role?

[imuninformedtwo]

Do we look better going smaller up forward, even with Hamling playing selfless role?

Absolutely. You drop Paps back into that forward line and we start to look dangerous.

[UUaswan]

Do we look better going smaller up forward, even with Hamling playing selfless role?

Western Bulldogs aren't a defence to measure yourself against.

Problem is when we go small against good teams they will take Curnow out if the mix.

We go long into the fwd line more often than not, need talls crashing packs like Mclean.

Still not convinced of Hannily or Cleary, both very fumbly.

[Dow]

Western Bulldogs aren't a defence to measure yourself against.

Problem is when we go small against good teams they will take Curnow out if the mix.

We go long into the fwd line more often than not, need talls crashing packs like Mclean.

Still not convinced of Hannily or Cleary, both very fumbly.

Couldn’t agree with this more

[Thunder Shaker]

A great bounce back and win, however there were 2 really stupid incidents that could cost players time and money. 1. Blakey's tummy tap when it was totally unnecessary. Could easily have been reversed.

Either the Bulldogs player has a very sensitive ribcage, or the Bulldogs player was staging. The latter is almost certain.

2. Errol's very dumb act on Weightman, when Weightman was bending over and defenceless, for a 50 metre penalty. That's close to a week. Hell boys, we're playing Freo next week.

This was a very stupid action and was rightly punished on field with a free kick leading to an easy goal. This should be highlighted mercilessly in the match review with a replay on loop in front of the entire playing group until Gulden goes to the front of the room and apologises to all the players. He needs to apologise to Weightman as well if he hasn't already done so. Gulden needs to harden up and get the skin of a rhino quick smart because it shows that it's possible to put him off his game with niggle.

The incident should become a part of future training for new recruits showing what not to do.

[Thunder Shaker]

Western Bulldogs aren't a defence to measure yourself against.

Problem is when we go small against good teams they will take Curnow out if the mix.

We go long into the fwd line more often than not, need talls crashing packs like Mclean.

Still not convinced of Hannily or Cleary, both very fumbly.

Papley's likely to return next week. That will solve several of these problems at once while Papley feasts on crumbs.

Next week is Fremantle. They've turned into flying purple people eaters lately. I think they're due for a loss, but can we beat them?