AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

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  • Twodogs
    Moderator
    • Nov 2006
    • 27664

    #16
    Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

    Originally posted by merantau
    I really dislike both teams but will be rooting for St Kilda. Can't stand the talk about "the GWS franchise winning 3 out of the next five" (McAvanney speculating just now). I want to see them crash and burn like cheap plastic.

    KB keeps calling them the Winx of the competition. There is an obvious flaw in that logic. Winx has never lost and has a houseful of trophies and cups and stuff and GWS have never actually won anything.


    Nada.
    They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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    • bulldogtragic
      The List Manager
      • Jan 2007
      • 34289

      #17
      Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

      Originally posted by Twodogs
      KB keeps calling them the Winx of the competition. There is an obvious flaw in that logic. Winx has never lost and has a houseful of trophies and cups and stuff and GWS have never actually won anything.


      Nada.
      If the comp was smart, the clubs would gut GWS with the AFEL unable to do anything. North have the right idea with Kelly, us to a lesser extent with Boyd (as ours was a reactive strike, but a strike).

      Make huge cash offers on their elite talent. Years and dollars the player can't say no to. Refuse to trade in any meaningful way with GWS. If Kelly accepts and North don't trade, he gets there in the psd without any doubt. If they lose 6-8 of their gun players for little back, then let's so how they are going to cover them with ageing players like Gryphone, Lids & Mzungu who have trouble getting on the park.
      Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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      • bulldogtragic
        The List Manager
        • Jan 2007
        • 34289

        #18
        Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

        Umpires love GWS. I thought it was anti-dogs last week, but maybe it was pro-GWS umpiring.
        Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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        • Remi Moses
          WOOF Member
          • Jan 2009
          • 14785

          #19
          Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

          GWS playing on their own terms again .

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          • bulldogtragic
            The List Manager
            • Jan 2007
            • 34289

            #20
            Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

            I wonder if the media narrative about how the 2018 GWS Premiership being done and won might change...
            Last edited by bulldogtragic; 05-05-2017, 10:22 PM. Reason: Tie Poh
            Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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            • comrade
              Hall of Fame
              • Jun 2008
              • 18093

              #21
              Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

              Dogs bashes up the Giants. Saints couldn't have got them at a better time.
              Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.

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              • Topdog
                Bulldog Team of the Century
                • Jan 2007
                • 7471

                #22
                Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                Saints absolutely smashed them in the last qtr and a bit

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                • bulldogtragic
                  The List Manager
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 34289

                  #23
                  Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                  I still like Koby's attack on the ball and man. A shame his skills and decision making aren't at the same level. For his sake I hope he doesn't get done for his sling tackle.
                  Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                  • Remi Moses
                    WOOF Member
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 14785

                    #24
                    Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                    The ball jyst pings out of their back half to easily

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                    • GVGjr
                      Moderator
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 45026

                      #25
                      Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                      Impressive result by the Saints. They've been super aggressive with their tackling and they run forward with numbers.
                      Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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                      • Topdog
                        Bulldog Team of the Century
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 7471

                        #26
                        Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                        Originally posted by bulldogtragic
                        I still like Koby's attack on the ball and man. A shame his skills and decision making aren't at the same level. For his sake I hope he doesn't get done for his sling tackle.
                        He has no chance of getting off for that one.

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                        • The Bulldogs Bite
                          Hall of Fame
                          • Dec 2006
                          • 11344

                          #27
                          Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                          GWS still yet to impress me this year.
                          W00F!

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                          • soupman
                            Bulldog Team of the Century
                            • Nov 2007
                            • 5131

                            #28
                            Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                            Originally posted by The Bulldogs Bite
                            GWS still yet to impress me this year.
                            I have big doubts on them. When they are up and going they are gods. But under pressure if you make them pay (which we failed to do last week) you are a big chance, and I am completely unconvinced by their depth. For all the high draft picks playing in their reserves we have seen through their performances at Carlton that maybe 1 in four is actually half decent. If they get injuries, which they finally seem to be getting, their lack of depth is going to be exposed.
                            I should leave it alone but you're not right

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                            • Bornadog
                              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 67308

                              #29
                              Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                              Originally posted by bulldogtragic
                              I wonder if the media narrative about how the 2018 GWS Premiership being done and won might change...
                              Media carried on about how good they were and hot favourites for the flag, blah blah blah. I think they have been believing their own publicity and thinking how good they are. Really should have knocked them off last week.
                              FFC: Established 1883

                              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                              • Remi Moses
                                WOOF Member
                                • Jan 2009
                                • 14785

                                #30
                                Re: AFL Round 7, 2017 Discussion

                                They tend to go all Hollywood when things are on their own terms .
                                Heath Shaw had a mare , and that's a thing of beauty

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