Brisbane Lions V Western Bulldogs - 2021 1st Semi Final

[Eastdog]

Margin: Bulldogs by 2 points
First goal: Josh Schache
Best on ground: Marcus Bontempelli

[bulldogtragic]

No Hipwood & McStay. That helps us with Keath, Gardner as KPDs. Wood, Williams, Dale, Duryea & Dale.

If Dunks & Treloar turned the corner today. That’s big if it has.

‘The Hybrids’ (copyright) (Young/English/Schache) needs to handle the ruck and forward against Marcus Adams as their #2 key defender. Andrews on Naughton. We might be able to stretch them.

Loud crowds against us, seem better than no crowds.


Dogs by 13
FG Treloar (running through 50)
BOG Keath (blanketing Daniher)

[Mantis]

Given our players will be confined to their hotel room whilst in Qld we’re asking for the game to be played during the day.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Given our players will be confined to their hotel room whilst in Qld we’re asking for the game to be played during the day.

Very reasonable request

Its protecting the integrity of the competition plus health and welfare of the athletes versus TV ratings - I wonder what will win out?

[Mantis]

Very reasonable request

Its protecting the integrity of the competition plus health and welfare of the athletes versus TV ratings - I wonder what will win out?

Talk is the game will be played at 4.45pm... going to be a long day of sitting around waiting, but this is the world we're living in.

[bulldogtragic]

Talk is the game will be played at 4.45pm... going to be a long day of sitting around waiting, but this is the world we're living in.

I wonder how early we are allowed to arrive? If we could get there late morning or midday it might not be too bad.

3PM would not be close to fair.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I wonder how early we are allowed to arrive? If we could get there late morning or midday it might not be too bad.

3PM would not be close to fair.

I think I read somewhere (and also heard Bevo say it) that we've got to fly to Brisbane on Friday....and be cooped up within the hotel til game time. There was at this stage not even gym access.

[1eyedog]

Talk is the game will be played at 4.45pm... going to be a long day of sitting around waiting, but this is the world we're living in.

What's the earliest time before game time we can get to the ground? I can't find anything in the rules about it.

[bornadog]

Talk is the game will be played at 4.45pm... going to be a long day of sitting around waiting, but this is the world we're living in.

I hope the club is strongly protesting this.

[MrMahatma]

I hope the club is strongly protesting this.

Well, the alternative is probably 7:30pm night match isn't it? That's what the Semi final has been for the past 20 years. So, it isn't great, but it's better than the alternative (I guess....?).

Twilight matches at the Gabba suck a bit though. The sun is unbearable to one end for the first quarter.

[Ozza]

I hope the club is strongly protesting this.

4:45pm timeslot was at our behest. CH7 agreed to it (from how it was reported - CH7 could have held firm and said - no, contract says Saturday night you play saturday night - but they were happy to move to a 4:45.

The AFL are working with the QLD Govt to see what can be done to give the players slightly more freedom while in QLD.

[jeemak]

Very reasonable request

Its protecting the integrity of the competition plus health and welfare of the athletes versus TV ratings - I wonder what will win out?

Well when you put it as plainly as that, you know TV rights any day of the week!!!

[angelopetraglia]

What kind of bulls&$@ is this!!! Play it somewhere else if we can’t even leave our rooms!!!!




The time for the Western Bulldogs’ semi-final in Brisbane is yet to be confirmed due to the quarantine requirements for the visitors.

The Bulldogs will stay in Tasmania until they fly to Queensland on Friday, but because they’ve been in Victoria, they’ll have to stay in their hotel rooms upon arrival.

With that in mind, the Bulldogs would prefer their semi-final to be played as early on Saturday as possible - potentially in the day, which would mean the first afternoon semi-final since 2001.

“I think the AFL are trying to look after the clubs who are playing. And one of the considerations is, when we’re flying to Brisbane, we won’t be able to leave our hotel room,” Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge said.

“So when we fly in Friday, and we’re obviously playing Saturday. We’d like to think that game is earlier than a night game, otherwise we’ll be in the hotel the whole day. We’ll deal with, but ideally you’re not. So we’ll see what happens.”

[bulldogtragic]

The 426 negative tests per player and staff in two weeks is too much of a risk?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

The 426 negative tests per player and staff in two weeks is too much of a risk?

Insanity. The game shouldn’t be played there under such tight rules. It’s a massive legup for the lions. This season just hasn’t had a level playing field. The lions and power will carry an asterisk with them wherever they go this season.