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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Bailey Dale looking superlative at HBF.
    Reading of play, skilled kicking and marking with good decision making.
    I doubted he would make it but looking like a natural at his no position HBF.

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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    I hope those who speculated that he may have 'shirked' a contest, also noticed him bodyline the footy very late in the game which prevented the Eagles getting the footy for another inside 50.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    I hope those who speculated that he may have 'shirked' a contest, also noticed him bodyline the footy very late in the game which prevented the Eagles getting the footy for another inside 50.
    I did notice that. But we also know a ground level contest is a lot different to an aerial one. The latter is a lot scarier. Like I said though, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt in the one I saw.

    btw is this a contract year for Bailey?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    I did notice that. But we also know a ground level contest is a lot different to an aerial one. The latter is a lot scarier. Like I said though, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt in the one I saw.

    btw is this a contract year for Bailey?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    I did notice that. But we also know a ground level contest is a lot different to an aerial one. The latter is a lot scarier. Like I said though, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt in the one I saw.

    btw is this a contract year for Bailey?
    Are you referring to when Stef Martin marked it? If so, I was only watching Stef, as he had his name on it well before because I remember saying 'gotta be you Stef' as nobody else was going to get there.

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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    I hope those who speculated that he may have 'shirked' a contest, also noticed him bodyline the footy very late in the game which prevented the Eagles getting the footy for another inside 50.
    Potentially very harsh but I was counting that as a flinch. He fumbled it in the end, maybe a bit of technique because he did look to go in quite hard but he has fumbled lots of ground balls in the past and this was similar. I need to have another look, it was a great attack but if he took his eyes off at slightly as the contact cane that’s exactly what he did a few times against Melbourne.

    Definitely a harsh view but stands out in a team of clean ground level players plus you’re probably looking for it slightly as he has history with it.

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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    Are you referring to when Stef Martin marked it? If so, I was only watching Stef, as he had his name on it well before because I remember saying 'gotta be you Stef' as nobody else was going to get there.
    Yeah that one. Funny that. I was only watching Bailey and said 'you gotta get this Bailey. This is your moment to test yourself'. Then he went halfway up and backed out of the contest. When I watched the replay I thought ok maybe Stef told him to leave it. Who knows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    Yeah that one. Funny that. I was only watching Bailey and said 'you gotta get this Bailey. This is your moment to test yourself'. Then he went halfway up and backed out of the contest. When I watched the replay I thought ok maybe Stef told him to leave it. Who knows.
    May have depended on our respective views of it. I was L2 Aisle 33, so was Stef was right in my eye line and from where I could see the ball was landing, he was the only one getting there for us.

    I just found it on kayo, hard to tell what was happening on tv. From the weird way he finishes, I can only assume he's been called out by Martin. He looks closer to Stef then what it looked like from the opposite side of the ground.

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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Quote Originally Posted by 1eyedog View Post
    I have just two minor issues where he didn't go. One was going back with the flight of the ball, albeit with a pack forming behind him (still, he could have easily marked it and it slipped through his fingers (because he was going back, but I'll give him that one)).
    I'm not saying this was his intention (and don't recall the incident you are referring to) but I am going to use this to segue into a semi related topic.

    If we can start getting some defenders that don't always fly for the aerial ball we will be better for it. We have had so many instances where every defender we have in the vicinity of the footy flies for the mark/spoil not only combating each other but leaving us with no one on the ground. If guys like Dale can pick and choose when they fly then we will be much better for it.
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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    I really like what he’s bringing to the backline. He is poised and calm. The thing that’s always been an issue, him fading out of games and being unsighted for periods of a game, less likely to happen. As for breaking the lines, his kicking is so good it can gain us 50 metres ... more important than what sometimes happens with JJ, of a run and a bomb. Together with Daniel and Williams we now have 3 good ball users coming out of defence.
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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Quote Originally Posted by soupaman View Post
    I'm not saying this was his intention (and don't recall the incident you are referring to) but I am going to use this to segue into a semi related topic.

    If we can start getting some defenders that don't always fly for the aerial ball we will be better for it. We have had so many instances where every defender we have in the vicinity of the footy flies for the mark/spoil not only combating each other but leaving us with no one on the ground. If guys like Dale can pick and choose when they fly then we will be much better for it.
    There was a good example last week, with 3.30min left on the clock, when the WC player at the back picked off the ball falling off the pack. He was standing on his own as they all flew up for the ball mand turned around and put them back in front.
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    Re: Bailey Dale to backline

    Quote Originally Posted by The bulldog tragician View Post
    I really like what he’s bringing to the backline. He is poised and calm. The thing that’s always been an issue, him fading out of games and being unsighted for periods of a game, less likely to happen. As for breaking the lines, his kicking is so good it can gain us 50 metres ... more important than what sometimes happens with JJ, of a run and a bomb. Together with Daniel and Williams we now have 3 good ball users coming out of defence.
    You can add Duryea to the good ball user and I can see Scott has a great left foot as well and will be an asset in years to come as he gains experience.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    You can add Duryea to the good ball user and I can see Scott has a great left foot as well and will be an asset in years to come as he gains experience.
    In the replay I realised what an important role Duryea played. He was really important at critical times as he was against Collingwood when the match tightened. Let’s hope he remains injury free as I think his impact has been underestimated (by me at least)
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    Quote Originally Posted by The bulldog tragician View Post
    In the replay I realised what an important role Duryea played. He was really important at critical times as he was against Collingwood when the match tightened. Let’s hope he remains injury free as I think his impact has been underestimated (by me at least)
    I agree with you re Duryea but I'm wary of putting my faith in anyone that looks like Ramsay Bolton.
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    I agree with you re Duryea but I'm wary of putting my faith in anyone that looks like Ramsay Bolton.
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