Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
If he had of kicked the missed goal vs saints and vs Fluoro arseholes would he be under discussion? Agree he needs to improve & possibly lose a bit of weight but I loved his work as bodyguard enforcer Friday night.
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josie
If he had of kicked the missed goal vs saints and vs Fluoro arseholes would he be under discussion? Agree he needs to improve & possibly lose a bit of weight but I loved his work as bodyguard enforcer Friday night.
It's one of the points I have raised, there isn't something quite right with his kicking depth at the moment and his marking isn't as effective as we thought it might be
He's been given some love for throwing his weight around a bit in answer to the GWS tactics but he was one of the 5 biggest players for us so he should have been doing that anyway.
Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
It's really hard for key forwards to come into a system sometimes, and if we're honest that system has been complete rubbish for one and possibly two of three games.
Not sure if the horizontal tri-colours play a trick on the eyes versus the vertical ones, however he'll get better with his fitness and form as the season progresses.
Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
I think he’s carrying a few extra kg’s
Bit early , but I’d like an improvement of some sort . Does need time to settle though
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He’s way too heavy. Needs to trim down so he can move across the ground better.
This is something the Hawks are good at. You look at Patton this year and he has trimmed up, same as Lake did when he went across to the Hawks.
Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
I think there’s fit , then there’s afl fit
Just don’t reckon Josh is there yet
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I was very disappointed in the performance by Josh Bruce last night and really across his 3 games so far
His marking which was supposed to be a strength hasn't measured up and there is something wrong with the depth of his kicking
I get that this is a disjointed season but he needs to improve very quickly.
Outside of throwing his weight around last night which he absolutely must do anyway it's been a very disappointing start to his Bulldogs careeer
I thought he played quite a good team game. He constantly took whoever his opponent was to spots where he couldn't influence the game or contests. For instance Keath's goal wouldn't have gone through if Josh and his opponent were both standing on the goaline. Naughton was our go to man. Josh took whoever would have been third man up against Aaron out wide.
The shot he had in the first quarter was a howler though.
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I thought he played quite a good team game. He constantly took whoever his opponent was to spots where he couldn't influence the game or contests. For instance Keath's goal wouldn't have gone through if Josh and his opponent were both standing on the goaline. Naughton was our go to man. Josh took whoever would have been third man up against Aaron out wide.
That bar is so low it's in the basement.
Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
He's a wily one our coach. Basically dusting off the Tom Boyd dossier here ...
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Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
Isn't it too hard to say he isn't working hard enough with the extra kegs when its on tv?
Re: Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce
Sadly he seems a bit shit. Not the player i thought he was.
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Sadly he seems a bit shit. Not the player i thought he was.
A Saints colleague of mine said you will ride the roller coaster with him. Good some weeks, poor others
Said there was too big of a gap between his best and worst performances
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Sadly he seems a bit shit. Not the player i thought he was.
What help has he had tonight? Schache has been a spectator and with no Naughton to help in the air Bruce has been flying against 2-3 decent tall defenders.
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What help has he had tonight? Schache has been a spectator and with no Naughton to help in the air Bruce has been flying against 2-3 decent tall defenders.
I actually think he's at least tried to impact every contest tonight.
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What help has he had tonight? Schache has been a spectator and with no Naughton to help in the air Bruce has been flying against 2-3 decent tall defenders.
Not just tonight, i know he beat up a weak side last week but hes been a bit shit all season.
Maybe i just expect too much out of him.