Welcome to the Bulldogs - Tim English

[jazzadogs]

What did we make of Tim's game today? My impression was that he was soundly beaten by Darcy, but also showed more persistence and variety than he has in the past to at least even the contest.

Attended 90 ruck contests
30 hitouts (Darcy 50)
10 disposals (18)
3 marks (6)
10 tackles (2)
4 clearances (3)
1 goal (1.1)

[bornadog]

What did we make of Tim's game today? My impression was that he was soundly beaten by Darcy, but also showed more persistence and variety than he has in the past to at least even the contest.

Attended 90 ruck contests
30 hitouts (Darcy 50)
10 disposals (18)
3 marks (6)
10 tackles (2)
4 clearances (3)
1 goal (1.1)

Hitouts to advantage, Darcy 13, Tim 11.

I still had Darcy ahead as he played well around the ground. We smashed them in clearances, so Darcy's hitouts went to our mids.

Tim with only 10 disposals was well down on his average for the season

[jazzadogs]

Hitouts to advantage, Darcy 13, Tim 11.

I still had Darcy ahead as he played well around the ground. We smashed them in clearances, so Darcy's hitouts went to our mids.

Tim with only 10 disposals was well down on his average for the season

Thanks, I couldn't find that on the AFL app.

I think his low disposals/marks numbers was more disappointing than his ruck work, especially as he was often trailing Darcy around the ground.

[hujsh]

Thanks, I couldn't find that on the AFL app.

I think his low disposals/marks numbers was more disappointing than his ruck work, especially as he was often trailing Darcy around the ground.

Trailing Darcy when he kicked that goal was inexcusable you'd have to think. The guy's not Usain Bolt

[bornadog]

Trailing Darcy when he kicked that goal was inexcusable you'd have to think. The guy's not Usain Bolt

Watching the replay they pointed that out.

[Bulldog4life]

Huge shout out for Tim's 10 tackles. Only second to Adz's 12 tackles for all 46 players. Darcy had 2.

[Hotdog60]

Tim needs to learn he can't go shoulder to shoulder with the bigger rucks and needs to come in of a bit of a run up and use his athleticism to advantage looks much better when he gets a leap at it.

[D Mitchell]

Huge shout out for Tim's 10 tackles. Only second to Adz's 12 tackles for all 46 players. Darcy had 2.

I don't think Bev needs a huge shout out, that and other non traditional hitout ruckmen's actions is exactly what he wants. Darcy belted English in ruckwork. Bev wouldn't have given two hoots.

[mjp]

Tim was great.

You're not getting a shut-out vs Darcy. He's a good player...it's ok to be 'shaded' in a contest by a good player if you play with great effort and give it your all. Tim did all of that...

[D Mitchell]

Tim was great.

You're not getting a shut-out vs Darcy. He's a good player...it's ok to be 'shaded' in a contest by a good player if you play with great effort and give it your all. Tim did all of that...

50 : 30 hitouts constitutes a bit more than shaded. Bev would have look at Darcy's and English's goals and called it a draw. He might have looked at English's defensive mark in Q4 as giving English the edge.

[Mofra]

Darcy covers more ground than many give him credit for. It's really Timmy Vs Darcy for the AA gig this year and they are complete opposites in style.

[Bulldog Joe]

So how do we see the match up this week with Darcy Cameron.
If Tim can get the better of the clash it will be good start towards bettering Collingwood

[bornadog]

50 : 30 hitouts constitutes a bit more than shaded. Bev would have look at Darcy's and English's goals and called it a draw. He might have looked at English's defensive mark in Q4 as giving English the edge.

hitouts to advantage only a couple different - makes a huge difference to the mids and clearances

[jeemak]

Darcy got his hands to a lot of inconsequential taps, but him getting them means Tim didn't and with Tim's superior conversion to hit outs to advantage being higher that actually counts for something.

It's OK for both rucks to play well in different ways and both to walk off with their heads held high. That's the beauty of the position, you can have two very different game styles contributing.

Tim would like to have pushed back harder than he did when Darcy goaled, but at the same time Darcy let Tim get an easy one in the first few minutes of the game. An enjoyable contest between two very good early-mid career rucks.

[Grantysghost]

From club Twitter account :

Tim English set a new club record with 60 hit-outs in a game against the Swans.

This also puts him 4th for the club's most hit-outs in a season