Finish the sentence... If we get beaten by Melbourne...

[bulldogtragic]

..... I'd cry in the foetal position for a week

(..... I'd be shocked to my core)

[bornadog]

I wouldn't be surprised :eek:

[1eyedog]

I'd send a personal letter to Macca via email and also put one in the classified of the Hun saying that the senior players who let us down must play at Williamstown the following week.

[LostDoggy]

I will move out of my sharehouse. My Demon supporting housemate already thinks the dees will get a flag before us (in denial about how bad they really are)

[chef]

....Its not that big of a deal as we're in the middle of a major rebuild(I'll still be pissed though).

And

.....I might avoid WOOF for a while as the sky will be falling.

[Twodogs]

I'd be pretty annoyed for a while but then get back in harness and just trundle along the next week.

[KT31]

be even happier to I'm out of the country for a couple of weeks.

[LostDoggy]

be even happier to I'm out of the country for a couple of weeks.

Convenient week to be away :)

[azabob]

I will move out of my sharehouse. My Demon supporting housemate already thinks the dees will get a flag before us (in denial about how bad they really are)

Odds are they will get a flag before us....

[LostDoggy]

Odds are they will get a flag before us....

Don't want to derail a thread but unlike them we aren't in a rebuild of a rebuild. ;)

[lemmon]

This is my last game before six months in Europe...

[LostDoggy]

.... it'd bring us one loss closer to a better draft pick, and why not, as other teams cheat and get rewarded, so why not us?

[Cyberdoggie]

This is my last game before six months in Europe...

You obviously didn't think we'd make the finals this year!
such a pessimist! :p

[craigsahibee]

some tough decisions will need to be made by the Match Committee.

[lemmon]

You obviously didn't think we'd make the finals this year!
such a pessimist! :p

Haha I'm off to the Ashes so I can't be that bad! :D

[bornadog]

Haha I'm off to the Ashes so I can't be that bad! :D

more misery to endure :D

[Doc26]

we get their gifted priority pick.

[craigsahibee]

Haha I'm off to the Ashes so I can't be that bad! :D

Have you ever coached a cricket team before? Now's your chance.

[lemmon]

Have you ever coached a cricket team before? Now's your chance.

Updating my resume as we speak...

[GVGjr]

GVGjr PP stance will be justified.

[mighty_west]

I'd punch myself in the face for being woken up from a nightmare.

[Daughter of the West]

I will sulk for a week. A proper, all encompassing, bottle lip sticking out and not talking to anyone for a week style sulk.

[BulldogBelle]

..I will celebrate our victory in the priority pick cup.

[Remi Moses]

..I will celebrate our victory in the priority pick cup.

This^^
Hopefully put paid to this farcical priority pick for Melb !

[F'scary]

If we get beaten by Melbourne, that would be evidence for tanking.

[DragzLS1]

Will probably sit there crying until I waik up and realise it was all just a dream, then remember us smashing them by 38 points.

[bulldogtragic]

I will sulk for a week. A proper, all encompassing, bottle lip sticking out and not talking to anyone for a week style sulk.
Gold! :) :)

[LostDoggy]

Get Tom Boyd's number on my guernsey.

[Cyberdoggie]

Haha I'm off to the Ashes so I can't be that bad! :D

Nice, you should bring your cricket gear along just in case.

[whythelongface]

TBH I really don't want to think about this scenario.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

If we get beaten by Melbourne, that would be evidence for tanking.

in which case we will be rewarded with another priority pick, some extra cash to go after the best coach available and some extra money just because.......oh wait i forgot, the AFL wants to discourage tanking right?? :rolleyes:

[F'scary]

in which case we will be rewarded with another priority pick, some extra cash to go after the best coach available and some extra money just because.......oh wait i forgot, the AFL wants to discourage tanking right??

Correct! And they are brilliant at devising strategies to realise their stated goals, aren't they ;)

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

in which case we will be rewarded with another priority pick, some extra cash to go after the best coach available and some extra money just because.......oh wait i forgot, the AFL wants to discourage tanking right??

The extra cash has already gone to GWS and Melbourne. In any case given the state of our list, I reckon your call for a new coach is a bit rich.

[Max469]

I wouldn't be surprised :eek:

Me neither. I mentioned this to a friend a few weeks ago.

[Remi Moses]

The extra cash has already gone to GWS and Melbourne. In any case given the state of our list, I reckon your call for a new coach is a bit rich.

I think that's a coach for Melbourne.

[LostDoggy]

Probably will cause an adverse Physical action.

[anfo27]

we'll be one step closer to getting Thomas Boyd.

[ReLoad]

I'll spew up.

[LostDoggy]

....I'll go as far to say "we wont make the 8".

[bornadog]

I'll spew up.

Just for fun:

BMY1uKMpiRI

[Twodogs]

I'll spew up.



Pay that one.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

I'll spew up.

Ditto

[Dry Rot]

I'm not fussed. It's a rebuilding year, like the next two will be, and doesn't really matter.

However, the manner we lose might matter.

[DOG GOD]

Razor blades will find vein

[Ghost Dog]

Far out, anyone see the dive by Jack Watts? What an awful look.
We can't be beaten by these jokers. Come on boys. Pride.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

... I wouldn't care.

[Remi Moses]

Same here . Two ordinary teams going at it, lets be hinest

[LostDoggy]

...it means our kicking efficiency reached an all time low, turnovers killed us and the skills coach needs to be shot or given more resources..

[comrade]

At least that pathetic excuse for a Club won't get a priority pick.

[LostDoggy]

At least that pathetic excuse for a Club won't get a priority pick.

Worth tanking for this alone.

[Flamethrower]

Gia might take over as coach for the remainder of the season.

[Remi Moses]

Gee he was impressive.

[The Underdog]

We'll stlll have had a better week than Julia Gillard

[LostDoggy]

Gillard to full forward next week

[Chicago1]

... I'd get in contact with my credit card firm and tell them that my credit card had been stolen and I know nothing about the charges for a Western Bulldogs membership and Pet membership put on today. Never even heard of a rugby team like that.

But they'd probably find out that I'm a Chicago Cubs fan and would most likely choose another losing team like the Bulldogs to follow and then they'd put the charges through. :(


They just better not...

[F'scary]

Gillard to full forward next week

Krudd captain-coach of the Dees.

[Remi Moses]

Surely Stop the Boats could get involved with the Dockers.

[bulldogtragic]

I will sulk for a week. A proper, all encompassing, bottle lip sticking out and not talking to anyone for a week style sulk.
Is the bottom lip dropping?

[The Underdog]

Is the bottom lip dropping?

It's only an hour away...

[LostDoggy]

Geeze. Lots of us will be busy this week executing commitments from this thread :)

[FrediKanoute]

Sulk......I have already started.......

[bornadog]

I wouldn't be surprised :eek:

yep....:mad:

[comrade]

If Melbourne gets a priority pick, so do we.

Yay.

[Remi Moses]

There's no way known They'll get a priority pick !
We've now won 3 from 24

[Sedat]

There's no way known They'll get a priority pick !
We've now won 3 from 24
But we haven't played any of the easy beats during that stretch. Just wait until we get to play the likes of Melbourne and Gold Coast....oh wait

[Guido]

If Melbourne gets a priority pick, so do we.

Yay.
No, no, no, you obviously don't know how this will play out.

We'll finish the season half a game ahead of them.

The AFL will then of course rule that that half a game is clear proof that Melbourne is in desperate need of direct on-field assistance immediately, in the form of one of the top three 18 and under players in the country, as opposed to the Bulldogs, who are clearly on the right path and in no need of priority picks.

And with that priority pick that the ****ers are awarded, they'll select the player that, in 2020, sinks us with a goal after the siren with a checkside from 55 out on the boundary in a prelim final from a dodgiest free kick the code has seen in 40 years.

A year later it will come out that the umpire was paid $1mil by some underworld figure to influence the game.

The doggies. It can be painful.

[bulldogtragic]

No, no, no, you obviously don't know how this will play out.

We'll finish the season half a game ahead of them.

The AFL will then of course rule that that half a game is clear proof that Melbourne is in desperate need of direct on-field assistance immediately, and the Bulldogs are on the right path and in no need of priority picks.

And with that priority pick, they'll select the player that, in 2020, sinks us with a goal after the siren with a checkside from 55 out on the boundary in a prelim final from a dodgiest free kick the code has seen in 40 years.

A year later it will come out that the umpire was paid $1mil by some underworld figure to influence the game.

The doggies. It can be painful.
God we are a weary lot. But that's not all that far fetched... :)

Classic post Guido.

[comrade]

No, no, no, you obviously don't know how this will play out.

We'll finish the season half a game ahead of them.

The AFL will then of course rule that that half a game is clear proof that Melbourne is in desperate need of direct on-field assistance immediately, and the Bulldogs are on the right path and in no need of priority picks.

And with that priority pick, they'll select the player that, in 2020, sinks us with a goal after the siren with a checkside from 55 out on the boundary in a prelim final from a dodgiest free kick the code has seen in 40 years.

A year later it will come out that the umpire was paid $1mil by some underworld figure to influence the game.

The doggies. It can be painful.

It almost writes itself, doesn't it?

[bornadog]

No, no, no, you obviously don't know how this will play out.

We'll finish the season half a game ahead of them.

The AFL will then of course rule that that half a game is clear proof that Melbourne is in desperate need of direct on-field assistance immediately, in the form of one of the top three 18 and under players in the country, as opposed to the Bulldogs, who are on the right path and clearly in no need of priority picks.

And with that priority pick that the ****ers are awarded, they'll select the player that, in 2020, sinks us with a goal after the siren with a checkside from 55 out on the boundary in a prelim final from a dodgiest free kick the code has seen in 40 years.

A year later it will come out that the umpire was paid $1mil by some underworld figure to influence the game.

The doggies. It can be painful.
Half game will be next week

[Topdog]

haha Guido that is brilliant.

I actually didnt even read this thread last week because I thought it was one of the silliest threads ever posted. As if we will lose to Melbourne.....

[Remi Moses]

But we haven't played any of the easy beats during that stretch. Just wait until we get to play the likes of Melbourne and Gold Coast....oh wait

And GWS

[Chicago1]

... I'd get in contact with my credit card firm and tell them that my credit card had been stolen and I know nothing about the charges for a Western Bulldogs membership and Pet membership put on today. Never even heard of a rugby team like that.

But they'd probably find out that I'm a Chicago Cubs fan and would most likely choose another losing team like the Bulldogs to follow and then they'd put the charges through. :(


They just better not...

My credit card company doesn't believe me. I could have used that money in Vegas. :(

[ReLoad]

I'll spew up.

I did indeed vmit last night, my head also exploded, i have never seen a more inept team for 3/4 before in my life.

The Rhode Era has indeed returned.

[Daughter of the West]

Is the bottom lip dropping?

And the sulk is on in earnest :(

[Pickenitup]

Guys just remember Port lost to GWS last year and look at how things have turned.
While im disappointed about last night and geez it was tough being at the game its not the end of the world we are such a young side most teams with 15 players under 50 games have issues with consistency and don't win the games they should win.

The wheel will turn lets all stick together cause we will get through this Cause We are Bulldogs through and through!

[Ghost Dog]

Guys just remember Port lost to GWS last year and look at how things have turned.
While im disappointed about last night and geez it was tough being at the game its not the end of the world we are such a young side most teams with 15 players under 50 games have issues with consistency and don't win the games they should win.

The wheel will turn lets all stick together cause we will get through this Cause We are Bulldogs through and through!

But you do know what Port had to do in order to get things on track, don't you?

[azabob]

But you do know what Port had to do in order to get things on track, don't you?

Wait for their core group of youngsters to mature and develop together?

[Topdog]

and get a decent coach

[azabob]

and get a decent coach

Who would you like to see in the hot seat next year?

[LostDoggy]

I did indeed vmit last night, my head also exploded, i have never seen a more inept team for 3/4 before in my life.

The Rhode Era has indeed returned.

Unfortunately the situation is similar. McCartney only knows to focus on defence, hence he is suffocating the players natural attacking playing style. Peter Rhode also adopted a defensive game style, which the players struggled to understand (as expanded in Johnno's book)

Plus, if McCartney is such a good teacher, why are players struggling such as Howard, Grant, Tutt, Wallis etc.

[bulldogtragic]

Unfortunately the situation is similar. McCartney only knows to focus on defence, hence he is suffocating the players natural attacking playing style. Peter Rhode also adopted a defensive game style, which the players struggled to understand (as expanded in Johnno's book)

Plus, if McCartney is such a good teacher, why are players struggling such as Howard, Grant, Tutt, Wallis etc.
All good questions Peter.

[Remi Moses]

Honestly, without trying to sound like an apologist
Not every player is going to excel because the coach is a great teacher!
Just maybe Grant, (rocket couldn't get anything out of either)
Howard, and others are poor draft selections!
To say its another " Rohde era" is just complete short sighted silliness.
The list Rohde had was a heap more experienced and players in their prime than this bloke has.

[bulldogtragic]

Honestly, without trying to sound like an apologist
Not every player is going to excel because the coach is a great teacher!
Just maybe Grant, (rocket couldn't get anything out of either)
Howard, and others are poor draft selections!
To say its another " Rohde era" is just complete short sighted silliness.
The list Rohde had was a heap more experienced and players in their prime than this bloke has.
Can you explain why/how BMac is a superior coach to Rhode?

[Remi Moses]

Can you explain why/how BMac is a superior coach to Rhode?

Point is Rohde had a BETTER LIST than McCartney!
McCartney is starting from ground zero!
Is Rohde a better coach than Sheedy?
Sheedy , with The giants winless clearly can't coach!

Is McCartney good enough?? Time will tell for mine.
Please let's exude some patience as this going to take time.

[Ghost Dog]

Wait for their core group of youngsters to mature and develop together?

Sacked their coach. Nothing will save ours if he builds up a record of losses against easy beats.

[Twodogs]

Point is Rohde had a BETTER LIST than McCartney!
McCartney is starting from ground zero!
Is Rohde a better coach than Sheedy?
Sheedy , with The giants winless clearly can't coach!

Is McCartney good enough?? Time will tell for mine.
Please let's exude some patience as this going to take time.



How long though? It's been nearly 2 years now and not only have we have gone backwards in a lot of key areas, I'm struggling to think of any areas we have improved in.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

I like McCartney's vision, but he's a poor match day coach and isn't helped by those around him.

As others have said, no improvement has been made.

I struggle to see how we can justify giving him another year unless we can find some proven senior support, but that seems unlikely.

[azabob]

I like McCartney's vision, but he's a poor match day coach and isn't helped by those around him.

As others have said, no improvement has been made.

I struggle to see how we can justify giving him another year unless we can find some proven senior support, but that seems unlikely.

Another year in 2014 or let him coach in 2014?

[GVGjr]

Point is Rohde had a BETTER LIST than McCartney!
McCartney is starting from ground zero!
Is Rohde a better coach than Sheedy?
Sheedy , with The giants winless clearly can't coach!

Is McCartney good enough?? Time will tell for mine.
Please let's exude some patience as this going to take time.

I think it was line ball. Rohde lost Grant to neck injury and his big addition in his first season was Scott Bassett.

[Sedat]

I like McCartney's vision, but he's a poor match day coach and isn't helped by those around him.
This sentence perfectly encapsulates the BMac era to date. If he wants to see his vision come to fruition, he either needs to dramatically improve his own match-day performance or bite the bullet and bring in senior experienced heads to guide him on match days. Being surrounded by inexperience in the box is doing him or the club no favours at all, and it will end up being a brief and unfulfilled senior coaching career in about 12 months' time unless he addresses this issue.

[NoParkingOnMatchDays]

What about Mark Thompson from the Bombers to help him. On shaky ground apparently and would complete the mini me Cats look just without the gun players and multiple flags.

[Ghost Dog]

This sentence perfectly encapsulates the BMac era to date. If he wants to see his vision come to fruition, he either needs to dramatically improve his own match-day performance or bite the bullet and bring in senior experienced heads to guide him on match days. Being surrounded by inexperience in the box is doing him or the club no favours at all, and it will end up being a brief and unfulfilled senior coaching career in about 12 months' time unless he addresses this issue.

I don't see how we can lose, having more experience.

[Topdog]

Who would you like to see in the hot seat next year?

Im kind of OK to see McCartney stay for the length of his contract. Was just fixing your statement. Ken Hinkley has been massive for Port.

[Remi Moses]

This sentence perfectly encapsulates the BMac era to date. If he wants to see his vision come to fruition, he either needs to dramatically improve his own match-day performance or bite the bullet and bring in senior experienced heads to guide him on match days. Being surrounded by inexperience in the box is doing him or the club no favours at all, and it will end up being a brief and unfulfilled senior coaching career in about 12 months' time unless he addresses this issue.

I agree, he needs experienced assistants

[Remi Moses]

I think it was line ball. Rohde lost Grant to neck injury and his big addition in his first season was Scott Bassett.

The crop of players we picked in 99 didn't show anything .
Gilbee nearly went to Sydney and you had West, Smith Johnno.
Darcy coming of stellar seasons.
The proof of Rohdes ineptness came in 05 with a rapid recovery.
The players ran their own show under Rohde

[Remi Moses]

How long though? It's been nearly 2 years now and not only have we have gone backwards in a lot of key areas, I'm struggling to think of any areas we have improved in.

If we don't show any improvement in 14 he'll be under pressure.
I think they're having a go, but worryingly I can't see a game plan besides the obvious.