3 things learned from Rd1 2023

[GVGjr]

You should all be aware of how this works.
Please list 3 things you have learned from our round one encounter against Melbourne.

[GVGjr]

Lets hear them.

[derb]

We re-signed Beveridge too early.

Our midfield bar Libba do not have a defensive side.

We were told our midfield would be working on kicking to the advantage of our forwards during the pre-season. Either it didn't happent or the players are flat ignoring the coaches. We have reverted back to bombing it on Naughton's head which works about 5% of the time.

[GVGjr]

We re-signed Beveridge too early.

Our midfield bar Libba do not have a defensive side.

We were told our midfield would be working on kicking to the advantage of our forwards during the pre-season. Either it didn't happent or the players are flat ignoring the coaches. We have reverted back to bombing it on Naughton's head which works about 5% of the time.

It's a shocking loss no doubt but we have to maintain the faith. As for Bevo he's not going anywhere and lets see what changes he might make or if he sticks with the original plan.

[Hot_Doggies]

Not all negative, at this stage we have pick one and two in the draft…..

[Grantysghost]

Not all negative, at this stage we have pick one and two in the draft…..

The SUPER draft.

[Grantysghost]

1. Four tall forwards is as dumb as it sounded.
2. Our prep wasn't good enough why we didn't play 2 games is a mystery.
3. Our defence has not improved, in fact it appears to have regressed. Keath and Duryea are cooked. Jones I'm worried about. Bruce... He's a forward.

Special mention : our mids are one paced. Watching a few games guys like Rozee, Horne-Francis, LDU, Oliver, Petracca, Pickett all have incredible acceleration and power. Our guys seem stuck in the mud.

MJP said Bont was too big. May be onto something!

[derb]

Our defence is annoying.. is it poor list management or drafting? Surely they could foresee that it was going to be an issue.

[angelopetraglia]

Our defence is annoying.. is it poor list management or drafting? Surely they could foresee that it was going to be an issue.

I don't think you are wrong. But I don't think our defense was the main issue tonight. Most of those turnover goals were impossible to defend.

[Mutz]

1. Four tall forwards is as dumb as it sounded.
2. Our prep wasn't good enough why we didn't play 2 games is a mystery.
3. Our defence has not improved, in fact it appears to have regressed. Keath and Duryea are cooked. Jones I'm worried about. Bruce... He's a forward.

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised that Bruce held as many marks as he did. Seemed more relaxed playing D.

[Boots]

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised that Bruce held as many marks as he did. Seemed more relaxed playing D.

Yeah and it's harsh on Duryea, he saved our bacon a few times too.

My three:

1) our midfield is not as good as we think it is; even before we lost Dunkley it was slowing down and showing cracks.
2) I'm convinced; we should move Naughton back to defence. It will break the midfield's reliance on dropping it on his head, save us from his bad goal kicking, and let the forward line grow some chemistry with the midfield in his absence. Also, imagine him muscling people out of the way like Stephen May does.
3) We might have traded away too many good players. No single loss was impossible to cover, but wow collectively we've lost too much. It's great we have a clean cultural slate now, but at what cost?

[AshMac]

Same old dogs

1. Rushed long bombs into F50 - so much perceived pressure
2. Tackled players constantly getting a handball away
3. Killed on the turnover

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Same old dogs

1. Rushed long bombs into F50 - so much perceived pressure
2. Tackled players constantly getting a handball away
3. Killed on the turnover

And poor kicking on Goal.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

1. Nothing has improved. It's one game, but the same issues remain - killed in transition, unable to stop momentum, can't convert, poor turnovers. My expectations for this season are at least heavily tempered.

2. Keath is a huge concern. Lost, slow, sloppy, really bad. Thought he might be able to bounce back after last year and getting in a good preseason, but he just looks like somebody who should have retired. A massive fall from 2 seasons ago.

3. Melbourne are the best in it.

[westbulldog]

1. If we don't make several changes to send a message after that pathetic effort then we may as well forget 2023.
2. We have said for years we need a specialist goalkicking coach, we still do.
3. Other than Libba our mids do not defend well enough.