Three Things I've Learned - Round 16 Edition

[Hot_Doggies]

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1. Our forward line is not reliable enough to kick consistent scores and too dependant on heroic freak goals

2. Koby Stevens is incredibly important to our side and a genuine gun

3. The red kit needs a bullet in it

A genuine gun??

Good solid AFL player might be closer...

[Happy Days]

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Our forward line would function a whole lot better if we didn't miss quite simple set shots.. The misses by Redpath, Stringer and to a lesser extent Grant are inexcusable.

Kind of what I said?

[Mofra]

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Would this opinion change if Roberts & Hamling were in the line-up and not on the sidelines due to injury?

I think relying on the two of them is a big risk - I'd love more depth in KPD posts. Roberts has never played a full senior football season at any level, misses games every year due injury.
I like Hammers - I think he will make it - but not sure he is a genuine no 2 defender as yet.

[Mofra]

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1. Too much negativity when it was only an 8 point loss, without the Redpath miss and the Grant turnover we win, give the kids some slack.

Our expectations are higher. Good, I like that.
Even with kids I hate the near enough is good enough" mentality. The players hate losing.

[westbulldog]

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But next year I celebrate 60 years as a supporter so, with permission, I'm cutting myself a bit a slack too!

Well said merantau, we are of the same vintage, may there be many more bulldog years !

[1eyedog]

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If anything winnable games are the worst, particularly when we dominated as we did in the 3rd and couldn't capitalise.

I still think we'll make finals, but I don't believe we'll "make up the numbers".

The biggest problem is that West Coast, Hawthorn and Fremantle are so far ahead of everyone else its not funny.

When it counts at the MCG the Hawks are so far in front of WC and Freo its not funny.

1. The slog and ultimate euphoria of the win in Cairns took it out of our young list

2. Redpath has his leading patterns right. This takes time to learn and because he has learnt them he provides a good leading option up forward and should stay in.

3. I thought our ability to stay in the contest through sheer will (Read Wally and Dahl) was really pleasing. No more capitulations. Our biggest test of the second half of the year comes this week.

[mjp]

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I am not going to go 1-2-3 but here goes:

- Starting the 3rd q with both Redpath and Boyd on the bench was a really, really good idea. We got some repeat entries and should have put ourselves in a dominant position in q3.

- Starting the 3rd q with both Redpath and Boyd on the bench was a really, really DUMB idea. We got some repeat entries but at one point in time we had 18 entries for 2 goals whilst Geelong had 3 entries for 3-goals.

Why did we go from playing two talls which wasn't working to playing NO talls (and why does it keep trying to auto-correct talls with 'balls') which wasn't working either. Couldn't we have just gone with a one-tall, five small, 2-in / 4-out setup and at least give ourselves a chance of kicking a goal?

[boydogs]

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2. Barring Mitch Wallis' attack on the contested ball, we aren't absolutely ferocious and ruthless enough in the midfield at the moment.

We've got too many out now

[merantau]

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But next year I celebrate 60 years as a supporter so, with permission, I'm cutting myself a bit a slack too!

Well said merantau, we are of the same vintage, may there be many more bulldog years !

I'm banking on another 34 at least. When we both make it I'll buy you a beer or three!

[GVGjr]

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Our forward line would function a whole lot better if we didn't miss quite simple set shots.. The misses by Redpath, Stringer and to a lesser extent Grant are inexcusable.

Agreed, Dickson aside we don't get great returns.
Grant is almost at the point where he should play on at all times expect if the siren goes.

[Twodogs]

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Our expectations are higher. Good, I like that.
Even with kids I hate the near enough is good enough" mentality. The players hate losing.

I'm not overly keen either.

Agreed, Dickson aside we don't get great returns.
Grant is almost at the point where he should play on at all times expect if the siren goes.

Ive seen him at training walk around the arc of the 50 taking set shots every ten metres. Drilled all of them. How can't he convert simple set shots like that.

[LostDoggy]

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Just an observation, in Q3 and Q4 when kicking towards the shaded area it was very hard to distinguish Geelong players in that dark Guernsey and we often seemed to kick it straight to them. I don' think the players were aware they were there half of the time!

[Murphy'sLore]

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Geelong in camouflage, Bulldogs playing in red… surely it doesn't help with those automatic reactions? Surely on some level the players are conditioned to look for the royal blue, it must just take a split second to adjust to looking for red? Or is that ridiculous?

(Never played team sport, happy to be corrected.)

[1eyedog]

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I think relying on the two of them is a big risk - I'd love more depth in KPD posts. Roberts has never played a full senior football season at any level, misses games every year due injury.
I like Hammers - I think he will make it - but not sure he is a genuine no 2 defender as yet.

Agreed. I think he is suited to the Ryan Hargrave 3rd defender role, albeit a tall one.

I would also like to bolster our key back stocks. I have doubts on Talia making it, Roberts is injury prone and I just don't think Roughie is a full back.

[Twodogs]

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Geelong in camouflage, Bulldogs playing in red… surely it doesn't help with those automatic reactions? Surely on some level the players are conditioned to look for the royal blue, it must just take a split second to adjust to looking for red? Or is that ridiculous?

(Never played team sport, happy to be corrected.)

You tend to go by short colours in close and jumper colour long. I did anyway.