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    3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Can't get enough of that Dale steal and goal.
    Bevo has the knack of re-inventing and re-inspiring players at the dogs.
    Rightly noted one of the great positional risk-reward changes in AFL this year.

    For me,

    Baily Dale to Full back.
    Boyd to Full back.
    Picken to Full forward

    What are your top 3 most successful positional changes in Bulldogs history?
    You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost Dog View Post
    Can't get enough of that Dale steal and goal.
    Bevo has the knack of re-inventing and re-inspiring players at the dogs.
    Rightly noted one of the great positional risk-reward changes in AFL this year.

    For me,

    Baily Dale to Full back.
    Boyd to Full back.
    Picken to Full forward

    What are your top 3 most successful positional changes in Bulldogs history?
    You’ve nailed it for mine. The Boyd one would be #1, I thought he was totally cooked (and should have been culled) until he went back and when he tore it up in his last game I was wondering whether we should keep him on for another year.

    Maybe the only one that could bust the door down on this list is Naughton forward.

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Great point Adelaide Connection.
    I'd actually forgotten Naughton was originally a back.
    He's by far the most exciting AFL forward in the game right now.
    and he plays for us. Pinching ourselves.

    Matty Boyd - became such a frustrating player in the midfield with his bombing kicks.
    Wasn't convinced when they moved him back there, but his kicking efficiency was huge that year. A real surprise, not predicted. But it was his general-like ability to organize the defense that really stood out. Very vocal, always focused, rarely beaten.
    I was so proud of him with the medal around his neck in 2016. Many players with more skill and flash have missed out on a final, let alone a medal. I only wish Daniel Cross could have been there.
    You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Zaine Cordy to a defensive CHF in 2016 stopped the intercept marking of our opponents and gave us a real contest in that magic month.
    "I'll give him a hug before the first bounce and then I'll run into my pack and give them orders to rip him apart."

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

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    Zaine Cordy to a defensive CHF in 2016 stopped the intercept marking of our opponents and gave us a real contest in that magic month.
    Good point. Intercept flying knee expert too.

    Caleb Daniel. If you had suggested he would become an elite defensive player when he was drafted, most people would have laughed out loud. Whenever I listen to a game on the radio, and he has the ball, I feel completely calm.
    You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Liam Jones to CHB was a good one.

    Oh. Wait.
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

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    Liam Jones to CHB was a good one.

    Oh. Wait.
    Schache will redeem us.
    Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Stringer to Essendon
    Boyd dedicated second ruck
    Dale HBF

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Forced: Tom Boyd to the ruck at shithouse stadium in Western Sydney and stayed up the ground the next week
    Positional change to another club: Talia, Stringer, McCartney x 2
    Future: Schache to defence
    Medal: Positioned from Bevo onto Bob
    Effectively bad: Bailey Smith to the wing
    Return: Wood back to defence after that forward thing
    Re-made: Wallis forward, wouldn’t get near our mids such is the depth. But re-made himself.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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    Bevo from journeyman player to premiership coach.

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Sent Griffin to the Giants
    Allowed Cooney to have spongy floors
    Told Brendan don't let the door hit you on the way out.
    After that who knew what was going to happen.
    Don't piss off old people
    The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Going back a few decades, Peter Foster from centre half forward to centre half back. Doug Hawkins to the forward line. Jason Watts to the forward line.
    They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Matthew Croft last game as a fwd- kicked 5 goals. Never seen him happier kicking all those goals

    Getting rid of Stringer's influence

    Rob Murphy as spiritual leader ( through injury)

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Robert Murphy to the forward line after being an AA half back
    If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.

    Formerly gogriff

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    Re: 3 Most Effective Positional Changes - Bulldogs

    Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post
    Liam Jones to CHB was a good one.

    Oh. Wait.
    What would be really Rough and surely cause a Head or two to explode would be if a second player left only to become a gun KPD at a time when we were screaming out for one.

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