3 goals, but didn't do much otherwise.. Did notice him at all in the 2nd half.
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That's what happens to forward pockets in tight games, and is why they need to take their chances as they arise.
One of his better halves in a long time. Hope for a better full-game impact next time. Definitely improving.
Bevo said he played a defensive role on Enright last night, he hit the scoreboard early.
Had a disappointing season, but the Crameri loss has hurt him.
Thought he was good last night. Involved in a few passages of play and was dangerous around the ground, creating opportunities and getting in the scoring chain (even held an overhead mark under pressure he would have dropped at other times this year).
Thought he had a really good game.
His pressure was manic, his hands a lot better, stayed involved - and got us rolling with our first goal when it looked like we couldn't possibly kick one early.
Quite a flexible player. Has been put down in defence and on the wing V North, as mentioned below. Important in the situation we are in, lacking a few options. Well done Tory.
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Considering the limited number of first-choice midfielders available to Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge what he did to engineer a win against North Melbourne was brilliant, says Robert Shaw.
In a low-scoring match at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night the Dogs kept themselves in top four contention with a win by 14 points against the stuttering Kangaroos.
“Really if you take out the injuries from both sides it’s pretty much a square game – you know, it’s on the line here,” said Shaw on SEN radio.
“A lot of players in that side were asked to lift and play roles, like the Western Bulldogs starting centre square was Dunkley, Lin Jong and obviously Bontempelli.
“Now this is against Cunnington, Swallow, Ziebell, a little bit of Dal Santo going through there so there was nothing missing in the North midfield from my perspective.
“So to do that without Wallace, Liberatore and obviously you don’t see that Clay Smith is going to go down too in the first quarter.
“Beveridge’s coaching on the day with the dynamics of his team and the troops he had available was as good a coaching performance as I’ve seen this year.”
The defensive mindset from Beveridge allowed his team to put a lot of pressure on the Kangaroos with numbers back, even starting with Tory Dickson and Jake Stringer on each wing.
“It allowed them to defend the channels where North Melbourne want to kick the ball, which forced them to look at opportunities that weren’t there,” explained Shaw.
“Hence, this butchering the ball or chipping sideways – North want to go long up the line and engage their big blokes.
“The Western Bulldogs’ planning was fantastic.”
Read more at http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/08-16...2WcrFgiVVVz.99
Looks to have his fitness and pace back. Very important player for us.
Thought he was pretty good last night
Tough gig with our poor forward entries
Tory turned 32 today and is still without a contract. I thought he had a reasonable 2019, although his body let him down a bit as has been the case over the past 3 years. He managed 17 games for 24 goals.
Should we re-sign him or is his time up?
BF rumours are we have a one year deal on the table.
I'm surprised as he's been decent but we really need the list spots given our trade targets.
On form he is better than a few others on the list.
If he is healthy then putting a 12 month deal in front of him seems the right approach. If we can get another good year out of him then it strengthens the competition for spots. It's not like we are bottoming out
The challenge for him is that we appear to be very tight for spots on the list
I can see there is a chance that we do a wait and see until after the trade period but it would be a tough call to not offer him a spot