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Writes Rohan in a recent article
"I can't see a lot to get hugely excited about with the Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide. I wouldn't be nearly as surprised to see Melbourne improve substantially on its measly four wins, the additions of Chris Dawes, Shannon Byrnes and David Rodan having the potential to make as pronounced a cultural impact as purely one on results."
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Naturally I am biased, but putting my supporting inclinations aside, I'd like to say Conolly has glossed over our trade period in a slightly offhanded way.
From the view of changes very likely to make an impact there have been some significant movements.
Stringer's highlights reel is quite enough to sate supporter's appetite that we chose well. He's good to go from 2013, and will no doubt draw a quality defender when he plays. The return of Morris, a cult hero, has been built up, with a telling double page spread in the Hun. Not surprising it doesn't rate a mention in TheAge; much underrated player ( owing to his playing style and role ) by those who think they are in the know. Adam Cooney with a full pre-season and better conditioning - if fit will make a very big difference to the side.
For fans only, there are other stories to get excited about: Jong and JJ upgrades, Brett Goodes, Lower, Stevens and the return of Liberatore. But putting my Bulldogs hat away again, maybe not much to get hugely excited about for outsiders from a distance if you look at the players as individuals. However, there's significant enough changes to playing staff in all age brackets and if it all fires at once, the potential for some upsets are there; I think even non-Dogs fans would have to agree.
"I can't see a lot to get hugely excited about with the Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide. I wouldn't be nearly as surprised to see Melbourne improve substantially on its measly four wins, the additions of Chris Dawes, Shannon Byrnes and David Rodan having the potential to make as pronounced a cultural impact as purely one on results."
Read more:
Naturally I am biased, but putting my supporting inclinations aside, I'd like to say Conolly has glossed over our trade period in a slightly offhanded way.
From the view of changes very likely to make an impact there have been some significant movements.
Stringer's highlights reel is quite enough to sate supporter's appetite that we chose well. He's good to go from 2013, and will no doubt draw a quality defender when he plays. The return of Morris, a cult hero, has been built up, with a telling double page spread in the Hun. Not surprising it doesn't rate a mention in TheAge; much underrated player ( owing to his playing style and role ) by those who think they are in the know. Adam Cooney with a full pre-season and better conditioning - if fit will make a very big difference to the side.
For fans only, there are other stories to get excited about: Jong and JJ upgrades, Brett Goodes, Lower, Stevens and the return of Liberatore. But putting my Bulldogs hat away again, maybe not much to get hugely excited about for outsiders from a distance if you look at the players as individuals. However, there's significant enough changes to playing staff in all age brackets and if it all fires at once, the potential for some upsets are there; I think even non-Dogs fans would have to agree.
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