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  • GVGjr
    Moderator
    • Nov 2006
    • 43890
    #1

    Ranking the forward lines

    Code sports have ranked the forward lines for each side. Link
    Is this a balanced list? Who surprises you?

    1 - Brisbane
    2 - Adelaide
    3 - Carlton
    4 - Geelong
    5 - Collingwood
    6 - GWS
    7 - Western Bulldogs
    Expert votes: 70

    The names look pretty good but the results, like most of the rest of the Dogs side last year, were just average.
    The Dogs were 10th for points, ninth for points off turnovers, 13th for scores from stoppages and 11th for accuracy. Bang average.
    Aaron Naughton is a very good forward who isn?t great. Rory Lobb can disappear or dominate. Jamarra Ugle-Hagan needs to kick straighter but looks like a star and Cody Weightman is among the best small forwards in the game.
    The pieces are there, with Sam Darcy itching for game time as a pack-marking forward-ruck. Right across the ground, Luke Beveridge just needs the pieces to fit better.
    Key stat: Just four players have kicked at least 40 goals in each of the last three seasons: Tom Hawkins, Charlie Cameron, Taylor Walker and Aaron Naughton.

    8 - Port Adelaide
    9 - Sydney
    10 - Gold Coast
    11 - Melbourne
    12 - Richmond
    13 - St Kilda
    14 - Hawothorn
    15 - Essendon
    16 - Fremantle
    17 - North Melbourne
    18 - West Coast
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    • bulldogtragic
      The List Manager
      • Jan 2007
      • 34316
      #2
      Re: Ranking the forward lines

      And Charlie Clarke.
      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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        • Go_Dogs
          Hall of Fame
          • Jan 2007
          • 10072
          #3
          Re: Ranking the forward lines

          I’m surprised Adelaide is so high. Maybe I’m not giving them enough credit.
          Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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            • GVGjr
              Moderator
              • Nov 2006
              • 43890
              #4
              Re: Ranking the forward lines

              Originally posted by Go_Dogs
              I’m surprised Adelaide is so high. Maybe I’m not giving them enough credit.
              That's the one that surprised me. Is Walker, Thilthorpe Rankine, Fogarty and perhaps Rachelle much better, if at all, than our forwards?
              Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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                • Go_Dogs
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 10072
                  #5
                  Re: Ranking the forward lines

                  Originally posted by GVGjr
                  That's the one that surprised me. Is Walker, Thilthorpe Rankine, Fogarty and perhaps Rachelle much better, if at all, than our forwards?
                  Agree.

                  Walker has been a great player for a long time but must be due to slow down. Not sure Thilthorpe moves the needle. Rankine and Fogarty are flashy players and excite, however I don’t consider them consistent contributors. Rachelle a way to go.

                  I’d back our forwards over theirs collectively, although we lack a genuine small crumbing forward.
                  Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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                    • Dry Rot
                      Bulldog Team of the Century
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 6422
                      #6
                      Re: Ranking the forward lines

                      The Crows are an interesting one.

                      I thought they might be a bolter this year, but know very little about them.

                      What is their defence and midfield like these days?
                      The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.

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                        • ShibbyUp
                          WOOF Member
                          • Jan 2024
                          • 21
                          #7
                          Re: Ranking the forward lines

                          Adelaide had the most shots at goal out of anyone last year I believe

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