Western Bulldogs Family Day -2016

[Mofra]

Re: Western Bulldogs Family Day -2016

Lynch was the standout recruit at the early training session I saw. Natural footballer with a good skill set including marking.

The draft watchers all noted he was super skilled both sides of the body and judges the ball well but is very, very outside.
If he ends up approaching the style of Murphy/Cameron off the HBF I couldn't care if he's so outside he lives in a tent.

[SlimPickens]

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Yep, and that's how it looked in person. It was enough to be able to notice from some distance away. Dunkley at 189cm seems about right, Adams at 187cm seems realistic.

Adams is clearly taller than 190cm and so is Dunkley. I'd say they are both around the 192-3 mark.

[LostDoggy]

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Adams is clearly taller than 190cm and so is Dunkley. I'd say they are both around the 192-3 mark.

At the Combine (which precisely measures every individual to the tenth of a centimetre), Adams measured 193 and Dunkley 189. Given they are similar now, it seems more probable that Dunkley has grown than Adams has shrunk.

[Maddog37]

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Saw Adams today and he looks like a half back flanker. Definitely not key position size IMHO.

Lynch was very impressive but did get nailed in tackles at times.

[Bulldog4life]

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Saw Adams today and he looks like a half back flanker. Definitely not key position size IMHO.

Lynch was very impressive but did get nailed in tackles at times.

A number of key backs are not huge. Scott Thompson of North is 193cm same size as Adams. When we recruited Adams I remember reading he "plays" tall for want of a better explanation.

[Mofra]

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A number of key backs are not huge. Scott Thompson of North is 193cm same size as Adams. When we recruited Adams I remember reading he "plays" tall for want of a better explanation.

Really? I heard the exact opposite - he plays at his height or below, not taller.
Collins was the opposite - plays taller than his height.

[Bulldog4life]

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Really? I heard the exact opposite - he plays at his height or below, not taller.
Collins was the opposite - plays taller than his height.

If the scouting reports on Adams are right, he may well be at the kennel for a while yet. The 22 year old had a standout year in the WAFL in 2015, his combination of speed and power allowing him to cover opponents of all shapes and sizes.

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2015-12-04/adams-royal-flush

Looks like we both are right.

[LostDoggy]

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Really? I heard the exact opposite - he plays at his height or below, not taller.
Collins was the opposite - plays taller than his height.

What I have heard about Adams is that he can play tall or small. At the combine his 20 metre sprints were 2.9 seconds, so he can cover ground in spurts, but his standing vertical leap was outstanding (76 cm) meaning he can cover guys a few centimetres taller, given his leap and his strength.

He also reads the ball well in the air so he should be good to cover anybody around the 196 size, the 200 cm types will be tough though, you'd have to think.

From the weekend though, it appears his endurance and disposal skills may be big queries as to his ability to fill an AFL role at this stage.

[Bornadog]

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A number of key backs are not huge. Scott Thompson of North is 193cm same size as Adams. When we recruited Adams I remember reading he "plays" tall for want of a better explanation.

They struggle against the monster forwards. Have alook at how many 200cm young guys coming through - GWS, GC and even our Tom Boyd. I may be wrong, but don't know why we recruited him.

[Bulldog4life]

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They struggle against the monster forwards. Have alook at how many 200cm young guys coming through - GWS, GC and even our Tom Boyd. I may be wrong, but don't know why we recruited him.

Time will tell BAD. I was actually happy about his recruitment. Based on purely what I read about him.

[ratsmac]

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I heard Dunkley is actually 192.3cm, not 189cm.

Omg not again.

lol I think we might have to take matters into our own hands and rock up to training with our tape measures and demand a recount (or should I say re-measure)

[GVGjr]

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I'm not that concerned if Adams is 191cm, 192cm or 193cm because if he can play at the AFL level he will figure out a way of playing within the limitations of his height. His athleticism didn't look that flash on Saturday and that's the area I'd like to see some improvement with despite the fact that he tested well at the combine. It's early days for him. If he plays 8 senior games he's had a good first up season with us.

[GVGjr]

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They struggle against the monster forwards. Have alook at how many 200cm young guys coming through - GWS, GC and even our Tom Boyd. I may be wrong, but don't know why we recruited him.

Height is a bit over rated with the way we set-up our back line. A few cm's won't really matter. Hamling is 194cm and performed pretty well last year. Roberts is 196cm and did OK but lacks the stamina and running power required. If he improves in that area he will be good for us.
The point is you don't necessarily need to have 198cm defenders with the way we zone in the back line. It would be nice but we shouldn't use it as an excuse.

[ratsmac]

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Height is a bit over rated with the way we set-up our back line. A few cm's won't really matter. Hamling is 194cm and performed pretty well last year. Roberts is 196cm and did OK but lacks the stamina and running power required. If he improves in that area he will be good for us.
The point is you don't necessarily need to have 198cm defenders with the way we zone in the back line. It would be nice but we shouldn't use it as an excuse.

Good point you make. With the way we set up last year we were able to get a 2nd defender giving a chop out in the marking contest more often than not which is the ideal scenario.
And if it's Wood coming over the top it doesn't matter if the forward is Aaron Sandilands!

[always right]

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They struggle against the monster forwards. Have alook at how many 200cm young guys coming through - GWS, GC and even our Tom Boyd. I may be wrong, but don't know why we recruited him.

I recall you being pretty upbeat when we drafted him. Now you're expressing doubts after one intraclub match. I just don't get it.