Game Day Thread - Sydney V Western Bulldogs

[NMWBloods]

But playing on is a stupid option.

[ugg]

Why is Frawley so high on praise on Barry Hall? He's as much to blame for the poor forward line with his lack of chasing of Brian Lake.

[573v30]

Half Time

Western Bulldogs 11.4 70
Sydney 6.6 42

A disgraceful quarter by the Swans with the Dogs scoring 8.2 compared to 1.3, the backline was shot to pieces after multiple turnovers became goals to the Bulldogs. Great to see Hall kick a goal right before the siren but the Bulldogs have clear momentum.

[Bas]

Why is Frawley so high on praise on Barry Hall? He's as much to blame for the poor forward line with his lack of chasing of Brian Lake.

An old ainter

[Nico]

We failed in contested footy that quarter like we did last week. When the ball hit the ground it was often 4 on 1 with our blokes zoning back whether in the back or forward half rather than putting their bodies on the line.

I am staggered with the Dogs flooding back that we persist in going the short pass. White was a prime example. They just cut it off every time. Kick it over the flood and put the pressure on their last line. Pretty simple I would have thought. Coming out of our forward line they had so many loose players and it looked like we were struggling for fitness. Unaccountable garbage that quarter and it loses the game.

Nice to see Brabazon get a bit of it and was one of the few finding space.

Brennan was OK in 1st Q but needs to keep moving.

Grundy can't turn, backman only forever for mine.

1st Q we get the ball out of the centre, in the 2nd Q our ruckmen tapped it to their men in situations where a good belt forward would have been better.

We just had too many unaccountable players who disappeared under pressure. Don't blame the kids for that.

[Nico]

Why is Frawley so high on praise on Barry Hall? He's as much to blame for the poor forward line with his lack of chasing of Brian Lake.

Yes and refuses to play in front. Frawley says he is the only one moving on the forward line then lets him off the hook when he drops a sitter. Lucky it wasn't a bucket of crap Barry.

[Swans500]

too many un-answered goals for a side with heaps to play for.....something is going on and it is not just injuries!

But just LOOK at the power and influence that is missing and has been one way or another for several weeks....Hall has been no positive influence since game one this year. The team is reputed to be very close knit....well that mob is pretty well scattered now. Definately the most inexperienced line up today for some years....

[cruiser]

I am staggered with the Dogs flooding back that we persist in going the short pass. White was a prime example. They just cut it off every time. Kick it over the flood and put the pressure on their last line. Pretty simple I would have thought. Coming out of our forward line they had so many loose players and it looked like we were struggling for fitness. Unaccountable garbage that quarter and it loses the game.

Highlighting our inability to change our game plan.

[annew]

We are going to get beaten anyway so I reckon Roos should tell them just go for it go out and enjoy and play attacking football take them on and see what happens. He won't and they won't but it would be better than watching them die this way.

[Nico]

Unfortunate for Brabazon. Borderline Boyd stole it from his hands (hence 50m penalty). Not good play by J Bolton to call for it when Boyd was in the way.

The umpire should never have called play on. The player was on Brabazon's back, not within 5 metres. He should have been called away as happens in every other case.

[Dogzbody]

well, given that only 4 goals have been kicked at the Manuka end, we'll need to kick about 20 with the wind in the 3rd...

[sharp9]

Just thought you might be interested in a list of fist half failures from this season. Here are 9 games....MORE THAN HALF THE SEASON, in which we have been APPALLING to half time. In just 1 out of these nine games we got our @@@@ together and scraped our way to a win (Eagles). That can't happen against the Bulldogs unless EVERYTHING changes, and there's no reason on earth to think that that is at all possible.

Bulldogs 6.6 (11.4)
Adelaide 4.8 (8.7)
Hawthorn 4.6 (9.9)
Collingwood 1.5 (5.7)
Eagles 2.7 (8.7)
Bulldogs 6.5 (10.2)
North 4.7 (3.7)
Geelong 6.7 (7.8)
Saints 4.6 (4.6)

We were also shocking against Carlton...but at least we scored 8 goals and only trailed by 2.

So that's 37 goals and 56 behinds in 9 games, or roughly 4.6 to half time for more than half of ALL the games we have played this season.

There is no way any other team has even had a handful of first halves like this, let alone a team supposedly contending.

Bugger recruiting for skill or courage...how about recruiting for brains. I just can't stand these brain snaps which COMPLETELY RUIN a team's momentum (Richards into the post from 3 metres after playing on!!!) not to mention the stupid free kicks, the handballs to an opponent to goal, it just goes on and on and on (LIKE ME!!!! )

BTW anyone know of a webstream of the game?

Cheers

[Nico]

We are going to get beaten anyway so I reckon Roos should tell them just go for it go out and enjoy and play attacking football take them on and see what happens. He won't and they won't but it would be better than watching them die this way.

But we played attacking footy in the 1st Q. We just went back into our shell and we refuse to play or create contested footy, turn it over by over possessing and calling for the footy at the wrong time, and we get slaughtered on the scoreboard for it.

[Uhtred]

It all started so well.... ohz...well... atleast we still in the top 4 even if we lose this match...

but it is good to see all the new players.. and they didnt such a bad job...

here we go... second quarter... hope they put up a good fight ....

[Donners]

20 hitouts to Jolly at half time!