3 things learned from Rd1 2023

[anfo27]

Not that I've noticed.

Need Bevo to smile. Had nothing to smile about last night but maybe next week it can be confirmed. I'm confident his upper chompers are new. He looks like Matt Dillon in Something About Mary.

[Grantysghost]

Need Bevo to smile. Had nothing to smile about last night but maybe next week it can be confirmed. I'm confident his upper chompers are new. He looks like Matt Dillon in Something About Mary.

Ha - he's defintely had them done.

I made a thread a while back was taking the mick.

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...-Bevo-quandary

Who knows mightve accidently knocked them out in the surf.

[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.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

1, Our kicking was really poor, it should tidy up in a couple of more weeks (yes we should have played more practice games)

2, We have to many Forwards, everyone thinks they play forward when we get the ball, we need to keep 18 players out of the forward 50 when the ball is in play, Hannan should have played a tagging role on Lever

3, we really missed West and Cody last night - they balance out our side

[anfo27]

Ha - he's defintely had them done.

I made a thread a while back was taking the mick.

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...-Bevo-quandary

Who knows mightve accidently knocked them out in the surf.

Lol thanks for the thread. Its confirmed then! Those photo's is all the proof i need, they look terrible. It's like George Costanza wearing a piece, you can spot it a mile away. We need a name change though. Instead of Bevo maybe its Heals? after Matt Dillons character Healy in Something About Mary.
Not sure I could take him seriously if I was a player. Wouldn't be able to keep my eyes off them.

[Grantysghost]

Lol thanks for the thread. Its confirmed then! Those photo's is all the proof i need, they look terrible. It's like George Costanza wearing a piece, you can spot it a mile away. We need a name change though. Instead of Bevo maybe its Heals? after Matt Dillons character Healy in Something About Mary.
Not sure I could take him seriously if I was a player. Wouldn't be able to keep my eyes off them.

If it was me, I'd be sniggering like the Romans when they heard the name "Biggus Dickus" in The Life of Brian.

[Stevo]

Effort is everything and we lack it at times.
Skills by foot are important and we miss too many kicks
We went in too tall and is didn't work.

[Stevo]

1. We have few players that can kick into our forward 50 well under pressure. We may get a win vs St Kilda but against the better teams our poor kicking stands out.
2. Our old strength in midfield is no longer able to dominate the opposition (especially the better ones) leaving our defense too much work to do.
3. Plan A did not work, we spent 6 months working on something that failed catastrophically in round 1. It reminds me of that Warren Buffet saying in that "only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked"

Perfectly summed up.

[ratsmac]

1. We aren't nearly as good as I thought we were. I had us finishing top 4 (for no reason other than blind hope) this year but after seeing the same old things that cost us last year still as evident as ever, I worried we won't make the 8.

2. Lobb isn't the answer we were looking for. We needed someone to give Naughts and English a chop out. Well I've seen Schache get dropped after have a better game. Turns out Lobb was carrying an ankle complaint..... well don't ****en play him then

3. I really really really hate Melbourne

[Grantysghost]

I've gpt a 5th learning.

We - as the Footscray/Western Bulldogs are always someones Bunnies.

It was the Cats.
It was the Crows.
It was the Cats AGAIN
Then it was the Aints.
Now.....Its the Demons.

Why can't we be the Shane Warne just for once!

[Boots]

I've gpt a 5th learning.

We - as the Footscray/Western Bulldogs are always someones Bunnies.

It was the Cats.
It was the Crows.
It was the Cats AGAIN
Then it was the Aints.
Now.....Its the Demons.

Why can't we be the Shane Warne just for once!

It's still the Cats too.

[Grantysghost]

It's still the Cats too.

:^{

!

[MrMahatma]

I've gpt a 5th learning.

We - as the Footscray/Western Bulldogs are always someones Bunnies.

It was the Cats.
It was the Crows.
It was the Cats AGAIN
Then it was the Aints.
Now.....Its the Demons.

Why can't we be the Shane Warne just for once!

This is so true.

[Stevo]

We went into the game too tall and by the sounds of things we tried to nurse Lobb through the game. Hopefully the selectors strike a better balance this week.

[Mantis]

I've gpt a 5th learning.

We - as the Footscray/Western Bulldogs are always someones Bunnies.

It was the Cats.
It was the Crows.
It was the Cats AGAIN
Then it was the Aints.
Now.....Its the Demons.

Why can't we be the Shane Warne just for once!

But is it really?.. over the past 6 occasions we're 2-4 and held decent leads in 2 of the losses.

Since the start of 2021 Melbourne have played in 50 matches and lost only 12 so it's not an easy task to defeat them.