Bulldogs Match Day Thread

[Bas]

Agree with all that Baz. Bird was superb today.

Hey Big Al, someone needs to check what's in Lucky Knicker's cocoa.

I love a Lady that agrees with me, even if I didn't say anything!!!

[AnnieH]

How cool was it to put some points on the board in the third quarter.

A great win.

[Teasdale77]

Horse's phone call was right - they put in 4 quarters today. The first wasn't pretty as the rain hung around and the dogs did have a bit of a flurry in the second, but our lads were putting it together more and more as the match went on. Dogs missed a few sitters than could have changed the momentum but we still would have got the win.

Very pleased to get a win in damp conditions because the only SCG games I've been able to make this season were Geelong, Carlton and Freemantle - all wet losses.

[ScottH]

How cool was it to put some points on the board in the third quarter.

A great win.

It was a shame we let the Dogs kick a goal late in the term.

[Big Al]

As a follower of the Swans since they arrived in Sydney, it makes me so upset to see such a pathetic crowd as today.

Well just to back my previous point I was at Leichhardt tonight where only 10,100 turned up where 18,000 would have been expected. The rain during the week has that effect.

[AnnieH]

Yeah, that was a bit of a downer Scotty, we were moaning about it on the train on the way home.

Adam Goodes was at his brilliant best, finishing with a career-high 34 possessions, 10 marks and two goals, while Kieren Jack, the returning Jude Bolton and Craig Bird (career-best four goals) all stood out.

... from the match review on the AFL website.

Almost everytime Godsey touched the ball (notice how I just re-christened him), something good happened.

He was on fire today - and as happy as larry (at the aftermatch function). It seems like something big has been lifted from his shoulders.

It'll be between Godsey and Walker for big points on Marngrook this week. Could get Godsey back up the top - where he belongs.

[Melbournehammer]

I am pleased enough with the win. However our goal kicking remains depressingly poor and unless we fix it there will be other games we will throw away when we are clearly the better side. Anyway very happy with the side, we just need to turn around our kicking and how we enter the forward fifty and we could yet upset essendon or geelong on the way in.

[Big Al]

Hey Big Al, someone needs to check what's in Lucky Knicker's cocoa.

I love a Lady that agrees with me, even if I didn't say anything!!!

Well I agreed with your post Baz... For me it was the post of the thread.

[Big Al]

If you call a structure banging the ball in & expecting to either get goals from marks or crumbing, ok we have a structure. We are still a long way from the type of structure that wins premierships. 34 scoring shots for how many goals, 16 still it could have been worse I suppose. We set up better in the second half & players hit targets a lot of those were mids drifting down. We can't rely on mids to kick a winning score every week. The goal kicking is still atrocious & needs to be addressed.

If Parker gets dropped this week I will be ropeable & might just think about following GWS next year! I might think about it!! I probably won't do it but gee some of the selection decisions this year are baffling. Tadhg should go down for some r&r in the resies next week.

Benny was good this week & releasing him into the mid has been a good move one of the few this mob have made but of course there is a precedent, he played there for the Hawks.

Structures are all about personnel. Coaches are always trying to get the best out of who they have available. Not everything is going to work and they are rightly accountable for that.

That GWS remark is puzzling. No supporter I know would ever say that regardless of how cranky they were.

[aardvark]

Nice to hear Micky O on ABC radio today. Intelligent commentators are a rare commodity.

[Goal Sneak]

Yeah i agree. Very happy with the win but I hope we work on these things. A couple of times, Benny/Jets/Joey had all the time in the world to hit a target and we just loaded up. We could have absolutely drilled them in the 3rd if we used the ball more efficiently. Still happy though : )

O'Keefe was at it again today also. I understand the hook and hope kick in order to get a centre clearance when under pressure, but a few times today O'keefe just threw it on the boot when he had no pressure and options in front of him.

A player of his experience shouldn't being doing this kind of thing as much as he does.

[Panttz]

That may of been as a result of not having Jude in the side for a few weeks, dishing it out for him.
Also could of been the instruction from the coaches just to get the ball moving on a damp track. If conditions worsened he would of gotten a dozen pats on the back from you lads.

Having those quick handballs out of contested situations is all about knowing your own midfield and I would imagine that with the injuries to Jack, Mummy and Jude combined with Goodes spending 50% of his time forward our communication isn't as perfect as some of the other midfield groups out there. All of this is remedied with time of course. If O'Keefe is still doing it in a few weeks on a flat, dry track you can get stuck right into him.

[R-1]

Our kids are going to be magnificent.

I was a big fan of Jets' game today. He's developing, but the signs are there of a truly A-grade outside midfielder. Needs to work on his positioning, that's why he goes missing I think. He's working at the defensive stuff too, body just needs to get there but he'll be fine on that front.

[Bloody Hell]

That may of been as a result of not having Jude in the side for a few weeks, dishing it out for him.
Also could of been the instruction from the coaches just to get the ball moving on a damp track. If conditions worsened he would of gotten a dozen pats on the back from you lads.

Having those quick handballs out of contested situations is all about knowing your own midfield and I would imagine that with the injuries to Jack, Mummy and Jude combined with Goodes spending 50% of his time forward our communication isn't as perfect as some of the other midfield groups out there. All of this is remedied with time of course. If O'Keefe is still doing it in a few weeks on a flat, dry track you can get stuck right into him.

He's been doing it all season.

[Panttz]

Even Scarlett has done it a dozen times this season. Doesn't mean the other parts of his game are completely worthless.