WOOF Player Awards - Round 1, 2013 vs Brisbane Lions

[Go_Dogs]

Welcome to the first installment of the WOOF Player Awards for season 2013, Round 1 Western Bulldogs vs Brisbane Lions.

There are two awards that you can vote on once the game is completed.

Voting closes each Tuesday at 8.00pm.

The first award is for the Joe Marmo Medal for the best players on the ground.

There are 4 votes allocated and it's a 4 for the best and of course 3, 2 and 1.

and

The second award is for the Ron James Medal for the best 2 pups on the ground.

2 Votes allocated - 2 being for the best pup and 1 for the runner-up
Remember the cut off age for a pup is 22 as at the 1st of January, 2013.

Pups available for selection –

Liam Jones, Christian Howard, Koby Stevens, Jason Tutt, Tom Campbell, Luke Dahlhaus, Thomas Liberatore, Tom Young, Mitch Wallis, Jason Johannisen, Daniel Pearce, Fletcher Roberts, Clay Smith, Michael Talia, Jake Stringer, Nathan Hrovat, Jackson Macrae, Joshua Prudden and Lachlan Hunter.

Rookie's – Alex Greenwood, Lin Jong
* Mark Austin, Brett Goodes, Jack Redpath (if elevated not eligible for pup selection due to pup cut-off age)

Need to know more - The history of the WOOF Player Awards (http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8966)

[Greystache]

Could be tough to limit it to just 4 today

[Go_Dogs]

Could be tough to limit it to just 4 today

Agreed, plenty of unluckies this week.

4. Griffen
3. Liberatore
2. Minson
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[Hotdog60]

4. Griffen
3. Liberatore
2. Lower
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus


This was a team effort, apologies to:
Minson
Higgins
Wallis
Roughead
Plus many more

[SlimPickens]

Tough to select. Loved Lowers job on Rich.
4.Griffen
3.Higgins
2.Lower
1.Goodes

Pup
2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[Greystache]

4. Griffen
3. Higgins
2. Dickson
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Stevens

Apologies to Lower and Libba

[Sedat]

4. Griffen
3. Goodes
2. Lower
1. Wallis

Apologies to plenty - Libba, Bob, Gia, Higgins, Pickens, Minson

2. Wallis
1. Liberatore

[Scraggers]

4. Griffen
3. Higgins
2. Roughead (Lake who?)
1. Liberatore

Special mention to Wallis and Minson ... but really Apologies to the other 20 players ... A great team effort.

[bornadog]

4. Griffen
3. Libba
2. Higgins
2. Goodes


2. Libba
1. Wallis

[Rance Fan]

4 minson
3 griffen
2 libba
1 murphy

2 libba
1 stevens

[always right]

I reckon some of you are kidding yourselves. Minson was so far ahead of everyone else it wasn't funny. He was the main cause of our centre clearance dominance and he worked brilliantly around the ground. Huge effort from the big fella today.

4. Minson
3. Griffen
2. Murphy
1. Goodes

Apologies to plenty of other bulldogs.

2. Libba
1. JJ

[angelopetraglia]

4. Minson
3. Griffen
2. Libba (11 clearances!)
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Wallis

[boydogs]

I reckon some of you are kidding yourselves. Minson was so far ahead of everyone else it wasn't funny. He was the main cause of our centre clearance dominance and he worked brilliantly around the ground. Huge effort from the big fella today.

He was only against Longer, dominance was par for the course. The bit I liked was the mids denying the Lions the clearances even when they got first hands to his taps.

4. Goodes
3. Liberatore
2. Griffen
1. Giansiracusa

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[always right]

He was only against Longer, dominance was par for the course. The bit I liked was the mids denying the Lions the clearances even when they got first hands to his taps.

4. Goodes
3. Liberatore
2. Griffen
1. Giansiracusa

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

So you concede he dominated but because you don't rate Longer, it somehow reduces Minson's performance. He was outstanding today.

[Bulldog4life]

Very very hard to select:

4.Minson
3.Lower
2.Liberatore
1.Goodes

Pup
2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Marmo

4. Griffen
3. Minson
2. Roughead
1. Gia

Apols to many, but especially to Goodes.

James

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[boydogs]

So you concede he dominated but because you don't rate Longer, it somehow reduces Minson's performance. He was outstanding today.

I did rate his game, I liked his work around the ground as well and how he is now holding his marks. It's a shame he couldn't do that when Hudson was number 1 ruck and he had to spend more time up forward.

Could fit 10 blokes in the votes today no worries. Goodes, Liberatore, Griffen, Gia, Lower, Minson, Higgins, Roughead, Wallis & Murphy all played vote worthy games.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

4. Griffen
3. Higgins
2. Goodes
1. Murphy

Unlucky to Libba, Wallis, Lower, Minson, Gia, Dickson, Stevens etc.

Pup
2. Liberatore
1. Wallis

[G-Mo77]

Bloody hard to select the best players. It was last year as well but only because it was a struggle to find 4 players. I tossed the coin on 1+2, 3+4 and Dahlhaus and JJ in the Marmo. Too hard to split. Sorry to plenty especially Will. Just got to give some fellow defenders some love.

4. Libba.
3. Griffen
2. Lower
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[Mantis]

4. Griffen
3. Liberatore
2. Goodes
1. Minson

[LostDoggy]

4 Griffen
3 Higgins
2 Goodes
1 Libba

2 Libba
1 Luke Dahlhaus

[F'scary]

Followed the game closely on ABC radio (and looking forward to AFL SmartView tomorrow!)

4. "Pedro" Liberatore
3. "Big" Will Minson
2. Nick "Cruel-to-be-Kind" Lower (Job on Rich)
1. Dale "The Glove" Morris


2. Pedro
1. Luke "Tulip" Dahlhaus

[LostDoggy]

I reckon some of you are kidding yourselves. Minson was so far ahead of everyone else it wasn't funny. He was the main cause of our centre clearance dominance and he worked brilliantly around the ground. Huge effort from the big fella today.

4. Minson
3. Griffen
2. Murphy
1. Goodes

Apologies to plenty of other bulldogs.

2. Libba
1. JJ

Agree wholeheartedly, minson absolute standout best on ground...
4. Minson
3. Libba
2. Griffen
1. Murphy

Goodes very unlucky..

2. Libba
1. Dalhaus

[jeemak]

4. Griffen
3. Higgins
2. Minson
1. Liberatore

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

Thinking that each of Murphy and Goodes could have featured.

[jazzadogs]

4. Higgins
3. Griff
2. Lower
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[KT31]

4 Griffen
3 Minson
2 Goodes
1 Gia

2 Libba
1 Luke Dahlhaus

[GVGjr]

Marmo
4 - Liberatore
3 - Minson
2 - Goodes
1 - Griffen

Hated leaving Lower and Roughead out of the votes
BTW, a big welcome back to Dales Morris.

James
2 - Liberatore
1 - Dahlhaus

[ratsmac]

Where do I start??

4. Griffen
3. Minson
2. Goodes
1. Libba

2. Libba
1. Dal

Apologies to the rest of the team. All round solid performance by the team as a whole.

[anfo27]

4. Libba:great hands, clearance king!
3. Minson
2. Griffen
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[Remi Moses]

Minson( BOG a big influence
Griffen( surprised they didn't pick Raines)
Lower( took out a guy who murdered us last year)
Libba( owes the club big time)
Roughead ( Brian who?)



Libba
Wallis
Apologies to everyone else as for the first time in yonks didn't have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for names.

[Go_Dogs]

One question I want to pose, was Higgins really that good today, if so what was it? IMO, watching on tv
He was good, but a few things let his game down. He would've been in my top dozen, but not any higher.

[boydogs]

One question I want to pose, was Higgins really that good today, if so what was it? IMO, watching on tv
He was good, but a few things let his game down. He would've been in my top dozen, but not any higher.

He was good but not great, did well in the last when the sting was out of the game to end up with 3 goals.

[LostDoggy]

4. Griffen
3. Liberatore
2. Minson
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Young

[Bulldog Revolution]

4. Liberatore
3. Minson
2. Griffen
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Wallis

[dadsgirl16]

4.Griff
3.Minson
2.Libba
1.Lower

2.Libba
1.Dahl

[BornInDroopSt'54]

4. Minson
3. Griffen
2. Murphy
1. Liberatore

[choconmientay]

Is really hard to pick because it was a team effort but here is my votes anyway:

4 Minson - His best game so far
3 Goodes - Best debut, albeit at 29 ;)
2 Dickson - Tackling and forward pressure was intense
1 Lower - Rich was nullified!

2 Libba - Clearance work at best
1 Luke Dahlhaus - Quick and dangerous

Sorry to Griffen, Murphy, Higgins, Gia, Roughead and the rest :)

[hujsh]

One question I want to pose, was Higgins really that good today, if so what was it? IMO, watching on tv
He was good, but a few things let his game down. He would've been in my top dozen, but not any higher.

I'm not voting because I watched the match in a very disjointed way but I'm also surprised how many votes Higgins is getting. I thought Dahl would be ahead based on his pressure acts (though the whole team was very good at that today). It doesn't show on the stats sheet though so It can be easy to forget.

[1eyedog]

4-Griffen
3-Libba
2-Minson
1-Goodes

[LostDoggy]

4. Minson
3. Lower
2. Dickson
1. Wallis

[Scorlibo]

4 - Goodes (Massive second quarter)
3 - Minson (Massive third quarter)
2 - Griffen (Massive last quarter)
1 - Liberatore (Good all game)

2 - Liberatore
1 - Wallis

[comrade]

4. Griffen
3. Minson
2. Goodes
1. Libba

2. Libba
1. Dahl

Apologies to Lower, Wallis, Roughy, Murph etc as all performed well and beat their respective opponents on the day.

[Rocco Jones]

So hard for all the right reasons!

4- Griffen
3- Libba
2- Goodes
1- Minson

[soupman]

4. Minson
3. Liberatore
2. Lower
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[strebla]

4 Minson
3 Griffen
2 Libba
1 Roughead

2 Libba
1 Jones
Surprised there is not more love for Jones 14 or 15 pressure acts alone shows how hard he works I think Macca would rate his game in the top 5or 6 for the day.

[lemmon]

4. Griff
3. Libba
2. Minson
1. Goodes

2. Libba
1. Dahl

[Maddog37]

4 Minson
3 Griffen
2 Libba
1 Roughead

2 Libba
1 Jones
Surprised there is not more love for Jones 14 or 15 pressure acts alone shows how hard he works I think Macca would rate his game in the top 5or 6 for the day.

Same for me.

[Scorlibo]

Surprised there is not more love for Jones 14 or 15 pressure acts alone shows how hard he works I think Macca would rate his game in the top 5or 6 for the day.

No one doubts his work rate, and I don't think he had a 'shocker' as some do, but I challenge you to give me a player who was worse than him for us on Saturday.

[Happy Days]

4. Minson
3. Griffen
2. Giansiricusa
1. Goodes

2. Liberatore
1. Dahlhaus

[LostDoggy]

Such a great effort by the whole team today. All deserve a mention.
4. Will Minson
3. Brett Goodes
2. Ryan Griffen
1. Nick Lower

2. Tom Liberatore
1. Jason Johannisen

[Bulldog Joe]

Very hard to give votes. This was a terrific team effort

4. Will Minson
3. Ryan Griffen
2. Gia
1. Brett Goodes

2. Tom Liberatore
1. Luke Dahlhaus

Ayce Cordy would have got a pup vote but he is now past the cut off age. Think it was his best game.

[Ghost Dog]

4. Dahlhaus - Chased all day. The ball was in our half 95% of the time. That's a credit to our forward line.
3. Minson! just gets it done. Marked, blocked, kicked accurately, won the ball off the deck, not to mention the ruck work.
2. Griff
1. Brett Goodes

2. Tom Liberatore
1. Mitch Wallis

[GVGjr]

4. Dahlhaus - Chased all day. The ball was in our half 95% of the time. That's a credit to our forward line.
3. Minson! just gets it done. Marked, blocked, kicked accurately, won the ball off the deck, not to mention the ruck work.
2. Griff
1. Brett Goodes

2. Tom Liberatore
1. Mitch Wallis

GD, If Dahlhaus is the best on ground in the Marmo then that needs to be reflected in the Jones

[Ghost Dog]

4 Dahl
3 Minson
2 Griff
1 Brett

2 Dahl
1 Libba

[whythelongface]

4. Minson (he was immense and his marking around the ground has improved)
3. Griffen (Fantastic)
2. Libba (Great clearance work)
1. Dickson (thought his efforts around the ground were really good; kicking some vital goals and making some great tackles).

Thought every player played their part in the victory. Someone mentioned that Jones was poor - I actually thought he performed his task really well, sure he missed some pack marks but he worked really hard and made sure that Merrett had minimal impact on the game.


Pups:

2 Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[Ozza]

4. Minson - dominated the clearances, took contested marks and rucked all day
3. Liberatore - with Minno, dominated clearances, great work in close.
2. Griffen
1. Goodes

Lower, Murphy, Higgins, Rough, Picken, Gia, Dahlhaus and Young all a bit stiff.

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[LostDoggy]

May it be this difficult every week - LOL!

4) Libba
3) Minson
2) Griffen
1) Goodes

2) Wallis
1) Dahlhaus

Apologies to the rest of the team - they all deserved a vote IMO!

[bulldogsman]

^ Funny you have Libba BOG yet can't fit him in the Ron James :confused:

4. Minson
3. Libba
2. Griffen
1. Gia

2. Libba
1. Dahlhaus

[w3design]

Boy this is a tough one.

4. Minno.
3. Goodes.
2 &1 = 1.5 each. Libba and Lower.
As others have said, apologies to most of the rest of the team. Great game guys.

Don't suppose I really can slot Mos in here, but he was almost a newby, and what a ripper.
2. Libba
1. Dal
With apologies to young Wal.

[Ghost Dog]

4. Minson (he was immense and his marking around the ground has improved)


Thought every player played their part in the victory. Someone mentioned that Jones was poor - I actually thought he performed his task really well, sure he missed some pack marks but he worked really hard and made sure that Merrett had minimal impact on the game.



Did anyone else notice Cordy putting blocks on Jones's marker several times?
Good work. Looks like a deliberate strategy to use Cordy as a bit of a decoy or at least to assist Jones in bounding out of the square, using his pace.

[Go_Dogs]

Thread closed.