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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    While I tend to agree, he just has a bit to prove before he makes the best 22 in my opinion. The good part is he will likely get plenty of opportunities to prove his value which Young struggled to get from the MC.

    With a few days to go in the trade period it will be intesting to see what we might add to the mix.
    He's definitely saying the right things regarding his aspirations with us. I truly think that he is the first player to say he decided on us because he wants to be a premiership player.

    There were players like Hall and Akermanis but they were different. They wanted to be that missing link that might have snuck us a flag but O Brien wants to play a part in a team and IMO is a real chance of getting a medallion.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by Smads57 View Post
    Listened to his interview on SEN with Bob and Andy and thought he spoke well when questioned around how he can improve at the Dogs. He seemed quite upbeat about having a focus as a backline player versus having to kick goals up fwd (for Hawthorn).
    Considering we had 6 players in the GF in Hannan Schache English JJ Weightman and Naughton who kicked a total of two goals between them there is an urgent need to radically improve our attack. We may well find O’Brien spending more time forward.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Apart from the shanked kick that resulted in a goal and a contest where he almost out positioned himself against Riewoldt I thought he was ok. He should benefit from a little more freedom when playing alongside Keath and Gardner/Cordy.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    Apart from the shanked kick that resulted in a goal and a contest where he almost out positioned himself against Riewoldt I thought he was ok. He should benefit from a little more freedom when playing alongside Keath and Gardner/Cordy.
    I agree, and the good part he will improve from that outing.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Ideally Timbo plays as the intercepting tall, I think he'll be at his best as that role once Keath is back in the team.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by Testekill View Post
    Ideally Timbo plays as the intercepting tall, I think he'll be at his best as that role once Keath is back in the team.
    We were pretty vocal about wanting him to play that role. I thought his disposal has been a bit shaky for the first game and a half, getting better with more gametime.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    We were pretty vocal about wanting him to play that role. I thought his disposal has been a bit shaky for the first game and a half, getting better with more gametime.
    He had that delayed start to the season and should be better going forward. With Keath out he needs to support Gardner
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Playing game 100 today
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    He definitely was not our worst today. I would say in general the backline was not responsbile for the loss. If you look at the inside 50m lopsided count they did a good job to keep us in the game.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    He definitely was not our worst today. I would say in general the backline was not responsbile for the loss. If you look at the inside 50m lopsided count they did a good job to keep us in the game.
    Agree, I thought the backline in general held up, except for allowing those couple of little blokes to get easy marks.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    He definitely was not our worst today. I would say in general the backline was not responsbile for the loss. If you look at the inside 50m lopsided count they did a good job to keep us in the game.
    He will get better to.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    He was good yesterday overall. Not sure how much growth he has for us this year - particularly if we’re playing him as our first KPD.

    We essentially threw him a lifeline as he was being delisted at the hawks. They don’t delist good players.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    Quote Originally Posted by angelopetraglia View Post
    He definitely was not our worst today. I would say in general the backline was not responsbile for the loss. If you look at the inside 50m lopsided count they did a good job to keep us in the game.
    I also thought he was the only tall to compete well in the air where the Crows dominated the aerial contests I had the pleasure of sitting next to his parents at the match who travel down each week from Mt. Gambier to watch him play.
    Apparently we beat off Port Adelaide for his signature.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs, Tim O'Brien

    It was refreshing to have an interceptor on our side for a change
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