Bulldog Revolution
06-08-2010, 11:29 AM
Match preview – Dogs Vs Crows
The selected squads
Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Scott Stevens
HB: Michael Doughty, Nathan Bock, Nathan van Berlo
C: Brad Symes, Bernie Vince, David Mackay
HF: Ricky Henderson, Taylor Walker, Chris Knights
F: Rory Sloane, Kurt Tippett, Richard Douglas
Foll: Jonathon Griffin, Scott Thompson, Brent Reilly
I/C (from): Phil Davis, Ivan Maric, James Sellar, Jason Porplyzia, Brodie Martin, Chris Schmidt, Matthew Jaensch
In: Johncock, Knights, Sellar, Martin, Davis
Out: Patrick Dangerfield (hand), Jack Gunston
Western Bulldogs
B: Easton Wood, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Liam Picken
HF: Robert Murphy, Liam Jones, Brad Johnson
F: Jarrad Grant, Barry Hall, Daniel Giansiracusa
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen
I/C (from): Dylan Addison, Nathan Eagleton, Andrejs Everitt, Shaun Higgins, Josh Hill, Brodie Moles, Jordan Roughead
In: Addison, Hill, Eagleton
Whats gone right for the Crows in 2010?
Not a lot. They struggled to register a win pre-season and started the year playing dreadful footy. The conditioning program was being blamed, and injuries to key players Vince, Symes and Bock saw them get off to slow starts individually. During the year they had the Tyson Edwards farewell game debacle, and a host of players, including veterans McLeod and Goodwin, have struggled to reach the heights of last year, i.e Knights, Thompson, Tippett, Porplyzia, Vince etc. They did look to be turning the corner after a potentially season defining victory against the Cats but then were rolled by the Power and turned in one of the worst goal kicking performances in recent history to lost to the Tigers in Round 18. Tippett has struggled to convert, and the Porpoise has not been the same danger player in 2010.
What has gone right for the Dogs?
A somewhat slow start after a flying preseason NAB cup premiership the dogs season has slowly gathered momentum. When vacancies have arisen in the team the Dogs coaching staff have inserted kids (Jones, Wood, Roughead & Grant) which I think is a credit to them given they could have fallen back on more experienced options when we were not flying.
Over the past 4 weeks we are winning by about 10 goals on average, and haven’t really been tested. The spread of goal kicking has improved, our centre square work has improved. How much of that is the ineptitude of our opposition and how much of that is our superior form and talent? All will be revealed in time (finals).
Team strengths:
Not too far off a full strength Dogs lineup minus Harbrow and Minson and look Adelaide actually aren’t that far off either missing Dangerfield and the two veterans Mcleod and Goodwin, but its arguable that they shouldn’t be leaning on those two too much at this stage anyway.
Matchups
I haven’t seen a lot of Adelaide this year so maybe my thoughts wont be that insightful here.
Reilly is there main tagger and would appear likely to get Cooney, with Douglas or Van Berlo probably most likely to shadow Griffen.
Is Boyd the most likely to go head to head with Vince? or would be Picken be an option there? Or do they play Picken on Thompson?
Tippett in size and shape would seem the ideal matchup for Williams, with Lake able to help out but also as the second option if Plan A doesn’t work. Morris would seemingly get Porplyzia. I cant remember who got the job on Knights last time and it could be a scalp for Wood, or someone that Hargrave, Gilbee or Murphy might get and be able to run off.
Whilst Rutten is super competitive will he have the agility to go with Hall? Bock (Suns bound) is an option, and likely in his 4th last game with the Crows, will be a difficult matchup for Jones, but our boy should learn a bit from it.
The Crows backline doesn’t look weak but it doesn’t have the drive or dynamism of the Dogs. Will Stevens, Bock and Rutten all play down back against us? Grant would appear to have too much toe for Stevens.
Result
Last time the two teams met on a Friday night in Round 5 it was a 49 point win to the Dogs in what was a very low standard match from both teams.
Adelaide are in the position where the bulk of their seasons form suggests they are not a good side, but they definitely have some good talent in the team, but seem to be only able to put it together intermittently.
They have been baked by their coach, challenged publicly, and rightly so given some of the most mistifying goal kicking I’ve ever seen. However, will they respond? Impossible to know. Craig is no certainty to be coaching them next year, and the writing may be on the wall at the end of Round 19.
I expect a more spirited performance from the Crows, but I don’t see them kicking enough goals against our backline and I think whilst their midfield contains some hardworkers unless Vince and Thompson are firing they lack the class and our perhaps outweighed by our depth of contributors.
Dogs by 24 points.
The selected squads
Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Scott Stevens
HB: Michael Doughty, Nathan Bock, Nathan van Berlo
C: Brad Symes, Bernie Vince, David Mackay
HF: Ricky Henderson, Taylor Walker, Chris Knights
F: Rory Sloane, Kurt Tippett, Richard Douglas
Foll: Jonathon Griffin, Scott Thompson, Brent Reilly
I/C (from): Phil Davis, Ivan Maric, James Sellar, Jason Porplyzia, Brodie Martin, Chris Schmidt, Matthew Jaensch
In: Johncock, Knights, Sellar, Martin, Davis
Out: Patrick Dangerfield (hand), Jack Gunston
Western Bulldogs
B: Easton Wood, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Liam Picken
HF: Robert Murphy, Liam Jones, Brad Johnson
F: Jarrad Grant, Barry Hall, Daniel Giansiracusa
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen
I/C (from): Dylan Addison, Nathan Eagleton, Andrejs Everitt, Shaun Higgins, Josh Hill, Brodie Moles, Jordan Roughead
In: Addison, Hill, Eagleton
Whats gone right for the Crows in 2010?
Not a lot. They struggled to register a win pre-season and started the year playing dreadful footy. The conditioning program was being blamed, and injuries to key players Vince, Symes and Bock saw them get off to slow starts individually. During the year they had the Tyson Edwards farewell game debacle, and a host of players, including veterans McLeod and Goodwin, have struggled to reach the heights of last year, i.e Knights, Thompson, Tippett, Porplyzia, Vince etc. They did look to be turning the corner after a potentially season defining victory against the Cats but then were rolled by the Power and turned in one of the worst goal kicking performances in recent history to lost to the Tigers in Round 18. Tippett has struggled to convert, and the Porpoise has not been the same danger player in 2010.
What has gone right for the Dogs?
A somewhat slow start after a flying preseason NAB cup premiership the dogs season has slowly gathered momentum. When vacancies have arisen in the team the Dogs coaching staff have inserted kids (Jones, Wood, Roughead & Grant) which I think is a credit to them given they could have fallen back on more experienced options when we were not flying.
Over the past 4 weeks we are winning by about 10 goals on average, and haven’t really been tested. The spread of goal kicking has improved, our centre square work has improved. How much of that is the ineptitude of our opposition and how much of that is our superior form and talent? All will be revealed in time (finals).
Team strengths:
Not too far off a full strength Dogs lineup minus Harbrow and Minson and look Adelaide actually aren’t that far off either missing Dangerfield and the two veterans Mcleod and Goodwin, but its arguable that they shouldn’t be leaning on those two too much at this stage anyway.
Matchups
I haven’t seen a lot of Adelaide this year so maybe my thoughts wont be that insightful here.
Reilly is there main tagger and would appear likely to get Cooney, with Douglas or Van Berlo probably most likely to shadow Griffen.
Is Boyd the most likely to go head to head with Vince? or would be Picken be an option there? Or do they play Picken on Thompson?
Tippett in size and shape would seem the ideal matchup for Williams, with Lake able to help out but also as the second option if Plan A doesn’t work. Morris would seemingly get Porplyzia. I cant remember who got the job on Knights last time and it could be a scalp for Wood, or someone that Hargrave, Gilbee or Murphy might get and be able to run off.
Whilst Rutten is super competitive will he have the agility to go with Hall? Bock (Suns bound) is an option, and likely in his 4th last game with the Crows, will be a difficult matchup for Jones, but our boy should learn a bit from it.
The Crows backline doesn’t look weak but it doesn’t have the drive or dynamism of the Dogs. Will Stevens, Bock and Rutten all play down back against us? Grant would appear to have too much toe for Stevens.
Result
Last time the two teams met on a Friday night in Round 5 it was a 49 point win to the Dogs in what was a very low standard match from both teams.
Adelaide are in the position where the bulk of their seasons form suggests they are not a good side, but they definitely have some good talent in the team, but seem to be only able to put it together intermittently.
They have been baked by their coach, challenged publicly, and rightly so given some of the most mistifying goal kicking I’ve ever seen. However, will they respond? Impossible to know. Craig is no certainty to be coaching them next year, and the writing may be on the wall at the end of Round 19.
I expect a more spirited performance from the Crows, but I don’t see them kicking enough goals against our backline and I think whilst their midfield contains some hardworkers unless Vince and Thompson are firing they lack the class and our perhaps outweighed by our depth of contributors.
Dogs by 24 points.