Bankers and Anchors - Round 5

[Eastdog]

This is the round 5 edition of the Weekly Bankers and Anchors Thread. Once the game against Carlton is concluded post your nominations for:

The Bankers = 3 guys that you we banked on to do the right thing during the game
The Anchors = 3 guys that weighed us down by their errors or poor play

Please limit it to no more than three of each, but feel free to make honourable/dishonourable mentions. As usual try to make it constructive criticism.

Try and restrict it to individual players rather than aspects of the overall match.

The thread is named in honour of a popular WOOF Contributor, The Banker, who passed away on 22/04/2012 after a six month battle with cancer.

[bulldogtragic]

Bankers:

1. Marcus Bontempelli
2. Crameri, forgetting the miss in the last
3. Marcus Bontempelli

Anchors:

1. Libba got owned, I hope he learns how to deal with these sorts of tags because every other coach saw the game.
2. Minson. Was it the worst game he's ever played?
3. Williams, Wallis, Stringer and others. Sorry boys, but that was below, below average.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Bankers.
1. Griffen tried his heart out.
2. Dahlhaus was at time creative, and busy -when he was in frame to win possession
3. Bontempelli - well done young man on a lively debut game.

Anchors

1. Our Defense. Young just loses concentration too much, Williams gave so much latitude to his man at times I wasn't sure who he was actually on. Gosh we need Morris and Roughead back.

2.The Effort is Optional Brigade Cooney, Stringer, Dahlhaus- how many times I just saw them pretend to chase, or in a couple of cases that eventually resulted in Carlton goals, just not even bother following their man forward... was pathetic.

3. Minson, that may just be the worst game I've seen from a Bulldogs ruckman, since Nic Bruton pulled on a guernsey. Warnock is a spud, yet at time's you'd think the Cheats had Polly Farmer, Simon Madden, Peter Moore, rolled into one running around out there.

[Remi Moses]

Bankers - Griffen ( thought he dragged us into it)
Crameri( besides a few dropped marks and a howler of a miss)
Macrae( thought he found his way back into the game in the second half)
Bonts( great debut, thought his ball handling and distribution were first class)

Anchors Minson ( that was his pre 2013 form) he stank it up.
Williams ( it is a body contact sport, thought he was playing touch footy )
Libba ( gotta work the tag harder)
Wallis ( thought he got lost to often)
The lack of accountability of the midfield killed us in the first half.
We allowed them to play on their own terms, and mids didn't help the backs out at all.
Poor poor performance, and we have to bring effort, tackling and intensity on a more consistent level.
Just can't pick and choose effort

[Rance Fan]

bankers
Crameri - kicked a number of goals which was great
Macrae - never gave in and tried hard all match
Griffen - getting back to top form

Anchors
Minson - should of dominated today but didnt
Williams - nfi - no frickin idea!
Cooney - just not enough often enough

[always right]

B
1. Griffen....tried his heart out today and continued to take the game on.....not always successfully but started to look closer to the Griffen we love.
2. Bontempelli....struggled to get into the game but the longer it went, the better he looked. Very impressive.
3. Crameri....needs to eliminate the howlers but he was by far our most dangerous forward.

A
1. Sorry Will but that's two games in a row you've been dominated.
2. Williams....goes to ground with the slightest contact in a contest
3. Wallis....got out worked time and time again

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Bankers:
1. Griffen looked much better, tried hard.
2. Dahlhaus was one of few prepared to apply defensive pressure.
3. Bontempelli got better as the game wore on.

Anchors:
1. MC and McCartney for terrible squad selection and terrible match day tactics (again).
2. Minson for getting a bath from a potato like Warnock.
3. Midfield's complete lack of accountability and defensive pressure.

[The bulldog tragician]

Bankers
Crameri is a bit better each week. Very much what we need.
McRae apart from the dreadful miss at goal.
Griffen - a big hearted performance with little support.

Anchors
Not much more can be said about Minsons game
Match committee seemed to have it wrong, and didn't react quickly - Wallis off too late. (is anyone else becoming concerned that Wallis, for all his undoubted endeavor, is very slow and without elite kicking, just doesn't offer enough?)
Defense - agh, poor Tommy, what can I say? I thought Talia and Young slowly improved but Dale left a gaping hole. I have to say in the first half, the defense got little help from the mids who didn't work hard enough leaving wide open spaces. Disappointing.

Is no one going to pot the umpires? It's always a cheap excuse and I'm not saying its why we lost but the diabolical inconsistency infuriated me. They put in a shocker.

[Remi Moses]

There's two things that irk me the most .
The interference of forwards has gone from soft free kicks, to almost players having WWF manoeuvres performed on them.
Holding the ball and the perfect tackle isn't paid anymore.

[Greystache]

Bankers

Bontempelli- Was put under the pump several times by panicking team mates but always remained composed

Crameri- Will be a frsutrating player at times, but he's starting to find some very good form.

Griffen- Worked hard and is starting to move a bit more freely.

Anchors

Where to start

Wallis- When he can't shutdown a player he is a bit of a liability in the team. He's slow, can't kick, and can't make a decision. He gives it everything he has but he's a very limited player. Bit of a concern for me, especially as we have so many who are similar.

Minson- He's getting beaten week in week out. I don't rate pure tap ruckmen, but he's not even doing that well at the moment.

Williams- Can't play in defence. I know we're short on options but Easton Wood is a better key defender. Probably more of an anchor to the MC

Could have another dozen in there.

[Eastdog]

How about Jones? More banker or more anchor

[azabob]

How about Jones? More banker or more anchor

I'd say banker again. What do you think?

[always right]

Drifted in and out today but did some terrific things and worked pretty hard. Shame he will be suspended.

[Eastdog]

I'd say banker again. What do you think?

I reckon more banker as well. He did some good things today.

[boydogs]

Bankers
1. Crameri continues to hit the scoreboard as our best forward
2. Bontempelli's trick of standing up in a tackle and using his height and reach to get a powerful handball away from the congestion
3. Griffen had much more run today, kept us in it

Anchors
1. Tall defenders continually beaten in marking contests. We looked better when Morris and Wood had to play tall
2. Minson allowing Warnock clean takeaways
3. Libba tagged out of it, we missed his clearances today