Round 10 - Western Bulldogs

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  • connolly
    Registered User
    • Aug 2005
    • 2461

    #31
    Originally posted by Bear
    "Rowan Warfe - now at the Bulldogs can only be an advantage"

    Lol. Rowan Warfe. Lol.
    Warfe is one of the Fitzroy generation of coaches - Roos, Lyon, Blakey. Coaches are like race horses. You find the quality from the lineage. In this case Len Smith. Laugh at him at your peril.
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    • connolly
      Registered User
      • Aug 2005
      • 2461

      #32
      Originally posted by AnnieH
      I think they've been too long out to do any "insider-type" damage ... ala Lyons.
      Eade studies opposition footballers in minute detail. Willo and Warfe know the Bloods engine room, particularly the habits and reflex responses of our players under pressure. This will be like playing an intra-club match.
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      • Bear
        Best and Fairest
        • Feb 2003
        • 1022

        #33
        Originally posted by connolly
        Warfe is one of the Fitzroy generation of coaches - Roos, Lyon, Blakey. Coaches are like race horses. You find the quality from the lineage. In this case Len Smith. Laugh at him at your peril.
        Let me guess, you think he was a superstar player as well...

        Of those who played over 50 games for us in the Sydney era, he is a top 5 hack.
        "As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them." Roos.
        Leo Barry? you star! We'll miss ya, ''Leapin''.

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        • Plugger46
          Senior Player
          • Apr 2003
          • 3674

          #34
          Originally posted by Bear
          Let me guess, you think he was a superstar player as well...

          Of those who played over 50 games for us in the Sydney era, he is a top 5 hack.
          Struggled towards the end of his career, after a few injuries. Thought he was more than useful in his first few years at the club. He was frustrating at times as he did turn it over a bit but plenty of guts. No worldbeater but hack is a tough call in my opinion.
          Bloods

          "Lockett is the best of all time" - Robert Harvey, Darrel Baldock, Nathan Burke, Kevin Bartlett, Bob Skilton

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          • laughingnome
            Amateur Statsman
            • Jul 2006
            • 1624

            #35
            Originally posted by Bear
            Let me guess, you think he was a superstar player as well...
            Just throwing it out there that it is very rare for a person to be a champion player and coach. I don't see a correlation between skill level on the park and nous in the Coach's box.
            10100111001 ;-)

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            • DeadlyAkkuret
              Veterans List
              • Oct 2006
              • 4547

              #36
              How would Warfe know anything about our current style/gameplan? When was he a coach for us?

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              • Jeffers1984
                Veterans List
                • Jan 2003
                • 4564

                #37
                I miss Willo

                What an awesome player to watch at full flight.
                Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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                • Damien
                  Living in 2005
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 3713

                  #38
                  Decided to expect the worst and see what happens!

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                  • connolly
                    Registered User
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 2461

                    #39
                    Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
                    How would Warfe know anything about our current style/gameplan? When was he a coach for us?
                    Played with Roos at Fitzroy and Sydney and was coached by him. Might know a thing or two about Rooseys approach. I may be wrong but i think he was our runner after he retired?
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                    • DeadlyAkkuret
                      Veterans List
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 4547

                      #40
                      Originally posted by connolly
                      Played with Roos at Fitzroy and Sydney and was coached by him. Might know a thing or two about Rooseys approach. I may be wrong but i think he was our runner after he retired?
                      Well yeah he knows, but I doubt they're chatting over coffee about our tactics. Quite a bit has changed since Warfe had any connection to Sydney.

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                      • DST
                        The voice of reason!
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 2705

                        #41
                        The day and a half extra break could be telling in the end, but balacing that is the Dogs played Geelong in a game that went right down to the wire and they dug deep to come back three times during the game.

                        We on the other hand had a relatively light afternoon after the first quarter courtesy of the Power.

                        Not going to be much in this and if we win (along with jagging one against Pies or Crows), top 4 is a possibility which would be a very good return.

                        DST
                        "Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"

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                        • 573v30
                          On the bandwagon...
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 5017

                          #42
                          I'm hoping the Swans can reverse the current trend experienced last year. We played some good footy against the Dogs in the last 3 encounters but that didn't translate into 4 quarters of good footy per match.

                          Swans to win by 8 and to have the foot on the pedal a bit longer than the last 3 times.
                          I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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                          • smasher
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Jan 2005
                            • 627

                            #43
                            McVeigh had a cracker last time we played the Doggies at Canberra.If I recall correctly he kicked six goals early and we fell away after that.
                            We need to play four consistant quarters.

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                            • ScottH
                              It's Goodes to cheer!!
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 23665

                              #44
                              We've broken the LWLW sequence, and kept the home game win record in tact. This game is technically an away game, but is realistically a home game.

                              So will we win due to being a "home" game?

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                              • DeadlyAkkuret
                                Veterans List
                                • Oct 2006
                                • 4547

                                #45
                                Originally posted by ScottH
                                We've broken the LWLW sequence, and kept the home game win record in tact. This game is technically an away game, but is realistically a home game.

                                So will we win due to being a "home" game?
                                What?

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