Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

[Stevo]

i much prefer Lobb in the ruck than Jong, Dunkley, Bont, Hannan, and even Bruce

Doesnt he get bonus points for crashing packs? Lobb cant

[bulldogtragic]

I really backed this trade.

I might have been terribly wrong.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

I really backed this trade.

I might have been terribly wrong.

Ditto.

It's at the point where he should be dropped.

[hujsh]

Throw Bruce forward in the VFL and see how he goes

[bulldogtragic]

Looked angry after 3/4 time. Impacted the game too. But a worrying first three quarters.

[dalek]

I am disappointed in what Rory has shown us so far, this season.

[Bulldog4life]

If Spanger can direct Lobb to lead to the 50 metre arc or just hang around there and the players are aware of this he will kick more goals. Like he did with Freo. We don't need him in the goal square.

[jazzadogs]

In the vital last quarter he had 4 disposals, a huge goal and 6 hitouts from 9 ruck contests. Admittedly it was against Treacy, but those were the periods of games where we have been known to collapse.

I only watched the kayo mini of the first 3 quarters, but I thought he was really important in the last.

[SonofScray]

He is mediocre, but often finds a way to hit the scoreboard or have a few important involvements.

Different eras and iterations of the team, but I wonder how people think he stacks up against what Daniel Bandy offered us back in the day? That’s the player he seems most similar too, to me.

[hujsh]

What's the pass mark for him in terms of goals? Is it 30? He's kinda on track for that. It's not the 36 he kicked last year as a near permanent forward for Freo and the focal point of their attack but are we maybe a bit delusional if we expect the same output?

I agree he has looked poor at times this year but looking at the total goals (14 at the halfway point) maybe he's not doing as bad as we imagined based on the eye test. Or maybe the issue is his ruck work?

[jeemak]

On the eye he really annoyed me yesterday because he refused to impact contests he should have. It really pissed me off. Then in the last he delivered what I want from him, intent and execution from his limited opportunities.

Anyone expecting the same output from him as last year would have to advocate for Marra and Naughton to step aside. Nobody's going to do that (nor am I), so it means the contests he does get to/ opportunities he does get need to really count and that's not too much to ask of someone of his ability and pay grade.

[Hotdog60]

At 3 quarter time I wonder if Bevo put it to him that we needed a bit more from him.

[D Mitchell]

In the vital last quarter he had 4 disposals, a huge goal and 6 hitouts from 9 ruck contests. Admittedly it was against Treacy, but those were the periods of games where we have been known to collapse.

I only watched the kayo mini of the first 3 quarters, but I thought he was really important in the last.

If he had 6 hitouts in the last quarter, then he must have had 7 in the first 3, I'd have thought more. I thought he was good in his ruck stints all game. Frankly, whatever headquarters says and whatever he might prefer, I think he was brought to the club to provide an immediate utility ruckman to back up English (remember Roughead and Boyd ?), presumably Bev regarding Sweet as too one dimensional. He allows English to drop back in defence to take intercepts, go forward and snag a goal and/or take a spell on the bench. In Bev's eyes, that makes him valuable.

[mjp]

I really backed this trade.

I might have been terribly wrong.

You can't be right all of the time! You go pretty close.

[bulldogtragic]

For your Lobb-Position bingo cards,

You can mark off

Ruck
2nd Ruck
FF
CHF
Wing
And today, defence, despite a former FB being in the side not doing much today
VFL x 2


I’m sure when we sold the vision to Lobb having a career best year, this was exactly it.