Western Bulldogs Family Day -2016

[Happy Days]

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Daniel, Macrae and Libba in everything. Redpath and Goetz (!!!) have 2 snags, a good effort from Luke after being told to "wake the f*** up" by Minson on the bench after forgetting a rotation.

[jazzadogs]

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I'm getting very excited by what I'm reading on Twitter already.

If I hear one more report about how well Libba is playing, I'm gonna blow up.

[Happy Days]

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For those wondering who is sureing up a round one place out of our key defenders (Roberts and Hamling), don't stress, they've *both* been terrible. Consequently, our forwards have been really good! Redpath has 4 goals now, and Stringer is doing Stringer shit and putting on a show; made who might have been Bailey Williams (there's 34s on both teams with the exact same haircut) look so stupid he might have to retire, and almost kicked an awesome goal straight out of a centre clearance (the midfield talk wasn't just bluster).

Of the new guys, Lynch has been the biggest surprise; he looks so good with the ball in hand, just needs to work on getting more. Adams disposal is....questionable but he's going alright, a LOT better than Hamling, who's had about 6 goals put up on him.

Libba and Macrae still best on with probably Redpath, as much as it pains me to admit. If Bont doesn't get busy I'm gonna ask for my $5 donation back.

[Twodogs]

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Drove past the ground about 9.15 and it looked like an AFL game was starting I'm an hour or so there were so many people milling around. I can't go. It's my mums birthday and I didn't check when I said I'd go. It's lunch at 12 so right when the game is on.

[Happy Days]

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Also interesting to note, whilst it's not surprising we're conserving rotations by having our rucks rest forward (particularly Minson and Roughy), what is surprising is how we've stashed midfielders behind the play to give them a break. Macrae has spent time behind the ball in a rotation with (I think) Stevens, ditto Dahl going forward and switching with McLean.

[Twodogs]

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Will be there with my 3 month old, see how long we last! She has made a few trips to Whitten Oval and seems happy enough. Can't wait to see her reaction to all the nonsense her Dad and mates get up to.

First time I took my son to the footy at Port Melbourne we were watching the game when I felt the tug on my shirt that meant he had a question. I looked down and he looked up with wide eyes and said "dad, a man over there said *!*!*!*!. Twice" I laughed for 15 minutes.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Western Bulldogs Family Day -2016

For those wondering who is sureing up a round one place out of our key defenders (Roberts and Hamling), don't stress, they've *both* been terrible. Consequently, our forwards have been really good! Redpath has 4 goals now, and Stringer is doing Stringer shit and putting on a show; made who might have been Bailey Williams (there's 34s on both teams with the exact same haircut) look so stupid he might have to retire, and almost kicked an awesome goal straight out of a centre clearance (the midfield talk wasn't just bluster).

Of the new guys, Lynch has been the biggest surprise; he looks so good with the ball in hand, just needs to work on getting more. Adams disposal is....questionable but he's going alright, a LOT better than Hamling, who's had about 6 goals put up on him.

Libba and Macrae still best on with probably Redpath, as much as it pains me to admit. If Bont doesn't get busy I'm gonna ask for my $5 donation back.

Why???????

[Happy Days]

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Why???????

Because I've said he's bad so many times that if he's good no one will ever listen to me again.

[Happy Days]

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We're going to be awesome to watch again this year if this game is anything to go by.

[Happy Days]

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Apparently redpath's hurt his quad. A real shame if true, he looked fantastic.

I should add that Suckling is the most outside player in the history of Australia. Like, we already probably knew that, but damn. Not that it's a wholly bad thing.

Dunkley starting to do some stuff, kicked a nice goal after bodying Brad Lynch, who, in turn, got up limping, only to MIRACULOUSLY recover when it came time to get the ball again. To his credit, he ran it up the ground about 80m before spotting up a target; very exciting.

If we get found out this year it won't be for a lack of change in game style. Our level of commitment to playing on at all costs has increased to a near suicidal level. It's incredible to watch but look for some aneurism-inducing moments this year. Once the disposal gets a little less choppy (Dahl put one 10m back into the forward pocket for no apparent reason, for example) this hopefully will be lessened.

Not sure what has been the dominant figure today, Stringer, or JJs hair. Hrovat's been good as a full time forward too.

[Bulldog4life]

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Because I've said he's bad so many times that if he's good no one will ever listen to me again.

That made me laugh.

[Bornadog]

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Thank you for the updates HD, I couldn't make it out there.

[ledge]

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Well I had a great day, ended up sitting next to Tony Liberatore all game in the stand talking tactics, wished him a happy 50th he asked how did you know ?
He said Toms all good and Ollie is doing fine, we enjoyed Redpath but both agreed we play on at all costs and our backlines were horrible all day and might be our main concern this year, but in saying that it was bruise free footy which makes it hard for defenders to hit the forwards hard.
JJ might be good at running off but wow he can make horrible errors.
Goetz could be a very very good pick up and Bont looked like he was just taking it easy.
My wrap up question is.. Was it just a show for the crowd and a bit of a light run ? I tend to think so , definitely no hard hits and a lot of outside run . So happy footy is back I needed the hit.

[Testekill]

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Apparently redpath's hurt his quad. A real shame if true, he looked fantastic.

Sounds like just a knock to the quad and they took him off at the final break as a precaution.

[ledge]

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I will add great crowd and beautiful weather for it.
Plenty of member sign ups I imagine, let's get started !!