3 things learned from Rd18 vs Sydney Swans 2023

[bornadog]

Not really the forward lines fault last night and nothing another tall would have fixed. Lobb wasn't going to stop them kicking willy nilly or over possessing it.

McCartin ended up on JUH but would have taken Lobb if he was playing - JUH doesn't have the strength to compete with a Macartin.

[JanLorMill]

McCartin ended up on JUH but would have taken Lobb if he was playing - JUH doesn't have the strength to compete with a Macartin.

Not sure about that. Rampe went to Darcy. Rampe is no slouch either. JUH is going to get the best defender if he plays like last week.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

1. It occurred to me today just how much free time people that don't follow sport have on their hands.

2. And also just how much less anxiety they must experience.

3. And that they will probably live much longer lives than the rest of us.

[angelopetraglia]

1. It occurred to me today just how much free time people that don't follow sport have on their hands.

2. And also just how much less anxiety they must experience.

3. And that they will probably live much longer lives than the rest of us.

Ha. Yes. True. Last night got to me. Not sure why. But I really felt that loss. When you think deeply about it is absolutely absurd to care about something you have no control over and in the context of life matters little. But this game does crazy things to us.

I didn't sleep well. I had to be up early. I could not concentrate properly all day. Only did the tasks that required little brain power. Deep focus difficult things were gone. I spent way too much time on Woof. The Dogs poor performance robbed me of a productive day!

Your post made me think about one of Tim Urban's post "Why Sport Fans are Sports Fans" https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/03/sport...orts-fans.html

The entire piece is a worth a read. But a few paragraphs below.

"A bunch of strangers in their 20s and 30s are paid to play games against each other that have no real world consequences, and you?ve decided that you care a ton about this. There are teams that must win and teams that must lose, and players that must play better than other players?and this is all critical."

"Then, every 30 years or so, this team you so badly want to win actually wins! 30 years and thousands of hours of time and dedication and finally, the ultimate goal is achieved?and then what happens? Some major change in your life? No, you go stand on the street and yell things, and then people start rioting, which makes no sense because they?re happy. Then you spend a few days reading articles about the great victory, buy a t-shirt, and go on with your life. That?s it. That?s what it was all for. Like I said, it?s an odd phenomenon."

[muzzyahoy]

1. In my 45 years of supporting the Bulldogs the No.1 thing the club has always struggled with is convincing itself that VFL players are AFL players. Baker, O'Donnell, O'Brien, Vandermeer, A.Scott, Hannan, McNeil, Garcia, Gardner are all VFL players that continually get games. O'Donnell is the only one that may turn into something. The rest are all evidently lacking in either skill, size or ability to think thru the game, aka a bunch of 2's.
2. We need an assistant coach reset at the very least. The club should be all over S.Dew right now to come in and play a Don Pike type role. Bevo's message may be getting old and stale
3. Our backline is unfixable. We have too many offensively minded players playing down there and thru the midfield. They have all the drive and determination when going forward, then lose all composure when teams then go on the rebound, hence leading to multiple goal onslaughts by almost every opposition we've played this year so far. Over thinking offense and under thinking defensive is a team's curse in any sport

[D Mitchell]

Ha. Yes. True. Last night got to me. Not sure why. But I really felt that loss. When you think deeply about it is absolutely absurd to care about something you have no control over and in the context of life matters little. But this game does crazy things to us.

I didn't sleep well. I had to be up early. I could not concentrate properly all day. Only did the tasks that required little brain power. Deep focus difficult things were gone. I spent way too much time on Woof. The Dogs poor performance robbed me of a productive day!

Your post made me think about one of Tim Urban's post "Why Sport Fans are Sports Fans" https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/03/sport...orts-fans.html

The entire piece is a worth a read. But a few paragraphs below.

"A bunch of strangers in their 20s and 30s are paid to play games against each other that have no real world consequences, and you?ve decided that you care a ton about this. There are teams that must win and teams that must lose, and players that must play better than other players?and this is all critical."

"Then, every 30 years or so, this team you so badly want to win actually wins! 30 years and thousands of hours of time and dedication and... finally, the ultimate goal is achieved?and then what happens? Some major change in your life? No, you go stand on the street and yell things, and then people start rioting, which makes no sense because they?re happy. Then you spend a few days reading articles about the great victory, buy a t-shirt, and go on with your life. That?s it. That?s what it was all for. Like I said, it?s an odd phenomenon."

Bolded bit. But those hours could have been wasted on futile activities like home maintenance, extra qualifications, more work in your business / 2nd job / preparation for work the following day / community work.

[Bulldog Joe]

Bolded bit. But those hours could have been wasted on futile activities like home maintenance, extra qualifications, more work in your business / 2nd job / preparation for work the following day / community work.

Sort of brings to mind the George Best quote when asked what he did with the money he was paid.

It was something like

"I spent some on wine and women and the rest I just wasted"