Always Right Match Committee - Finals Week 3

[DOG GOD]

Peter Wright kicked 7 against our Keath-less defence. That’s always in the back of my mind.
Dixon will rag doll Gardner/Cordy like they’re playing in their first year.

If ports MC have any sense they will try to isolate Dixon with his opponent.

[comrade]

Peter Wright kicked 7 against our Keath-less defence. That’s always in the back of my mind.
Dixon will rag doll Gardner/Cordy like they’re playing in their first year.

If ports MC have any sense they will try to isolate Dixon with his opponent.

Peter Wright kicked 3 of those from 60 out, Dixon won't do that. And the others were spoon fed to him after our mids sh*t the bed.

It's going to be tough, no question. But if our mids show up and Stef holds his own, we can turn it into a grind.

Fletcher Roberts and Joel Hamling were key pillars in our 2016 defence that overcame Jeremy Cameron, Lobb, Patton, Toby Greene etc. We can do it again.

[bornadog]

Cordy won’t be on Dixson. Gardner will. In fact, maybe they both will at the same time.

Dixson is capable of good stuff. He’s also capable of rubbish.

We win.

Dixson has not been playing in the goal square of late. He seems to play up the ground a bit. Gardner should go with him.

[comrade]

How do we think the defence will match up?

I think it'll be something like:

Gardner - Dixon
Cordy - Marshall
Williams - Ladhams
Duryea - Fantasia
Wood - Gray
Dale - Rozee

I'm assuming I'm missing someone from Port, they have plenty of mid/forward types that role through.

Going to be tough!

[jeemak]

How do we think the defence will match up?

I think it'll be something like:

Gardner - Dixon
Cordy - Marshall
Williams - Ladhams
Duryea - Fantasia
Wood - Gray
Dale - Rozee

I'm assuming I'm missing someone from Port, they have plenty of mid/forward types that role through.

Going to be tough!

Who's quicker now, Fantasia or Gray?

I'd be inclined to put Doc on the quicker of the two, otherwise I think we're a bit exposed with Dale on Rozee but agree he can't take Ladhams so I guess we've got to hurt the former on the counter.

[bornadog]

How do we think the defence will match up?

I think it'll be something like:

Gardner - Dixon
Cordy - Marshall
Williams - Ladhams
Duryea - Fantasia
Wood - Gray
Dale - Rozee

I'm assuming I'm missing someone from Port, they have plenty of mid/forward types that role through.

Going to be tough!

Ladhams is 202cm.. Who played on him last time?

[bulldogtragic]

Peter Wright kicked 3 of those from 60 out, Dixon won't do that. And the others were spoon fed to him after our mids sh*t the bed.

It's going to be tough, no question. But if our mids show up and Stef holds his own, we can turn it into a grind.

Fletcher Roberts and Joel Hamling were key pillars in our 2016 defence that overcame Jeremy Cameron, Lobb, Patton, Toby Greene etc. We can do it again.

We will need Williams & Wood to be working their tail off to be the +1 too. A not outrageous need down back.

The entire game is midfield dominance the more I look. If we can get it, keep it for long enough and minimise the damage when they have it, then cautious optimism is the order of the day. If we can just get Dunks & Adz close to their best, then our mids bat too deep and can defend and attack in different ways. We just now need good games from the full 22/23. A really good team performance driven by the mids is enough to be playing two weeks later.

[Hotdog60]

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in Adelaide, we shall fight in the center of the field and around the ground, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our right to play in finals, whatever the cost may be.

"We shall fight on the goal square, we shall fight on the center ground, we shall fight on the boundary and in the contested possessions, we shall fight on the wings; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this team or a large part of it were tired and hurting, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the Western Bulldogs, with all its power and might, steps forth to the grand final and win the cup."

[SonofScray]

In a prelim, when the whips are cracking, you know those around BDSM will stand up.

[bulldogtragic]

Ladhams is 202cm.. Who played on him last time?

Not sure. They had 4 talls in the forward line that night. We had just 2 KPDs. At a pinch we can swing Schache back and forth if he’s an issue. I think the lack of clean entries was the best defence that night. Pivotal on Saturday night.

[Grantysghost]

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in Adelaide, we shall fight in the center of the field and around the ground, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our right to play in finals, whatever the cost may be.

"We shall fight on the goal square, we shall fight on the center ground, we shall fight on the boundary and in the contested processions, we shall fight on the wings; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this team or a large part of it were tired and hurting, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the Western Bulldogs, with all its power and might, steps forth to the grand final and win the cup."

History will be kind to us because we intend to write it!

[josie]

Brilliant Hotdog. Loved it. Send this to the club. Bevo should make the boys watch the recent Gary Oldman portrayal of Churchill which was very good indeed - took about stirring up the boys!!

[Vred]

I, Vred, stand here today, humbled by the task before us, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our Western Bulldogs ancestors.

We are in the midst of a crisis. The Dogs are at war against a far-reaching storm of disturbance and deluded fans thinking we pay umpires. Our ruck-stocks are badly weakened: a consequence of bad luck and irresponsibility on the part of list management, but also on the collective failure to make hard choices and to prepare for a new, MAD game.

Today, I say to you, that the challenges are real, and they are many. They will not be easily met, or in a short span of time, but know this, Dogs fans: they will be met. In reaffirming the greatness of our club, we understand that greatness is never given, our journey has never been one of shortcuts. It has not been for the faint-heated, or who seek the easy way out. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the rookies, the creators of mad plays. For us, they toiled on the field, endured the grind of training. Time and again, these men struggled, and sacrificed, so that we might ... WIN.

We remain the most powerful underdogs in the AFL, our players no less inventive, and skills no less needed than they were last week, or the weekend before, or the week after. Starting Saturday, we must pull on our jumpers, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of winning.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest our defensive system cannot tolerate too many outs. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what the Dogs have already done, what free men can achieve when skill and heart is joined to common purpose.

And so, to all the people who are reading this speech, from the grandest cities, to the small villages where JJ was born, know that the Dogs are a friend to every man, who seeks the future of winning and success.

What is required of us now is a new era of barracking. This is the price, and the promise, of Western Bulldogs membership. The Dogs, in the face of common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words: YES, WE CAN.

Let it be said by our children's children, that when we were tested by opposition forward lines, when we were forced to quarantine, to travel, to not eat, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter, and we carried forth that great gift of victory to be delivered.

Thank you. God bless, and God bless The Western Bulldogs

[merantau]

Brilliant Hotdog. Loved it. Send this to the club. Bevo should make the boys watch the recent Gary Oldman portrayal of Churchill which was very good indeed - took about stirring up the boys!!

"Port Adelaide have sown the wind; now let them reap the whirlwind."

[merantau]

I, Vred, stand here today, humbled by the task before us, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our Western Bulldogs ancestors.

We are in the midst of a crisis. The Dogs are at war against a far-reaching storm of disturbance and deluded fans thinking we pay umpires. Our ruck-stocks are badly weakened: a consequence of bad luck and irresponsibility on the part of list management, but also on the collective failure to make hard choices and to prepare for a new, MAD game.

Today, I say to you, that the challenges are real, and they are many. They will not be easily met, or in a short span of time, but know this, Dogs fans: they will be met. In reaffirming the greatness of our club, we understand that greatness is never given, our journey has never been one of shortcuts. It has not been for the faint-heated, or who seek the easy way out. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the rookies, the creators of mad plays. For us, they toiled on the field, endured the grind of training. Time and again, these men struggled, and sacrificed, so that we might ... WIN.

We remain the most powerful underdogs in the AFL, our players no less inventive, and skills no less needed than they were last week, or the weekend before, or the week after. Starting Saturday, we must pull on our jumpers, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of winning.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest our defensive system cannot tolerate too many outs. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what the Dogs have already done, what free men can achieve when skill and heart is joined to common purpose.

And so, to all the people who are reading this speech, from the grandest cities, to the small villages where JJ was born, know that the Dogs are a friend to every man, who seeks the future of winning and success.

What is required of us now is a new era of barracking. This is the price, and the promise, of Western Bulldogs membership. The Dogs, in the face of common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words: YES, WE CAN.

Let it be said by our children's children, that when we were tested by opposition forward lines, when we were forced to quarantine, to travel, to not eat, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter, and we carried forth that great gift of victory to be delivered.

Thank you. God bless, and God bless The Western Bulldogs

Stirring stuff Vred. Gets the blood pumping. This one is going to be BIG! Can't wait for it to start. Go Dogs!