Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Dahlhaus, Picken and Morris = Bulldog warriors

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Great photo merantau. While Murph wish he could be out there he still is happy.

[merantau]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Murph will be back next year - rest on me. As Arthur Daley used to say: "I can feel it in me waters."

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Murph will be back next year - rest on me. As Arthur Daley used to say: "I can feel it in me waters."

He deserves his 300 but ultimately its up to Bob what he decides but if he decides not to play on there should be a big farewell match for him. Would love him to still be around the club in some capacity in the future.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I think Redpath had a very good game and if he slotted those two gettable goals he would be getting more praise. From the TV coverage it looked like he was chasing well to put on some pressure.
If Redpath can become a bulkier version of Dickson we could do a lot worse.

[ratsmac]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Has Redpath got anything to worry about with the MRP you think when he opened up Wellingham's head in the last quarter? He seemed to take his eyes off the ball and elbow Wellingham's head. It happens so fast he should get away with it but he might be in strife.

[azabob]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Has Redpath got anything to worry about with the MRP you think when he opened up Wellingham's head in the last quarter? He seemed to take his eyes off the ball and elbow Wellingham's head. It happens so fast he should get away with it but he might be in strife.

To me it looked one action. Redpath did two great spoils in the last few mins to make sure the ball was bought to ground rather than west coast marking it.

[whythelongface]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I think we have really unearthed a couple of absolute gems this season. It started with Adams, I still can't believe he's turned out of nowhere. We would have celebrated recruiting him from a rival club and happily given him a 3 year 1m+ contract. And Williams has slotted in like he's been in the team for years.

Spot on TD. Adams is a gem and has come to us just at the right time. The fact that our recruiters/list manager were able to identify him shows that they really are on the ball in being able to identify talent.

[Mantis]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

We are so bloody frustrating in that we make so many basic errors and miss so many goals, but when you sit back for a minute and have a look how young we are it's no bloody wonder.

We had the 3rd least experienced team on the field in the comp this week (ave. 71.6 games) - MELB 64, BL 71.3.. Compare this to Nth - 151.3, Haw - 125.6, Geel - 120.8 & Syd 105.

We had 5 players who had played 100 games or more, WC had 15.

We had 11 players who had played less than 50 games, only GC had more - 12.

So to be sitting 4th and gaining much needed experience in big games and tense monments isn't a bad thing at all.

Whilst I'm at it another young side on the rise (well at least that's what the media tell us) St.Kilda had an average games played of 93.2 on the weekend, the side that pulled their pants down had an average game played of 79.. The re-build is going well down at Seaford.

[Mofra]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

Whilst I'm at it another young side on the rise (well at least that's what the media tell us) St.Kilda had an average games played of 93.2 on the weekend, the side that pulled their pants down had an average game played of 79.. The re-build is going well down at Seaford.

To biggest worry for St Kilda is the amount of work that Riewoldt and Montagna put in.
Throw in Fisher (a late out yesterday) and they have a bit of pain ahead.

We're tracking ok(ish) without Murph and need to find replacement for Boyd & Morris which will be difficult but we will find our veterans easier to replace, especially considering our next captain plays in the back half and Bevo basically put together Hawthorn's defensive system.

[always right]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

We are so bloody frustrating in that we make so many basic errors and miss so many goals, but when you sit back for a minute and have a look how young we are it's no bloody wonder.

We had the 3rd least experienced team on the field in the comp this week (ave. 71.6 games) - MELB 64, BL 71.3.. Compare this to Nth - 151.3, Haw - 125.6, Geel - 120.8 & Syd 105.

We had 5 players who had played 100 games or more, WC had 15.

We had 11 players who had played less than 50 games, only GC had more - 12.

So to be sitting 4th and gaining much needed experience in big games and tense monments isn't a bad thing at all.

Whilst I'm at it another young side on the rise (well at least that's what the media tell us) St.Kilda had an average games played of 93.2 on the weekend, the side that pulled their pants down had an average game played of 79.. The re-build is going well down at Seaford.

For such a young team I love how we don't play conservative. Yesterday we were excellent at constructing play and getting the ball into better positions. Sometimes we are going to make errors.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I've read that we don't score enough yet to be considered in the statistical region of a premiership contender. There was a graph by champion data on twitter.
Only 1 out of 17 of the last premiers has won the big dance while having our scoring average.
But we have some players to come back, and if we keep winning games it's ok. The fwd line will gel.

[Missing Dog]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I've read that we don't score enough yet to be considered in the statistical region of a premiership contender. There was a graph by champion data on twitter.
Only 1 out of 17 of the last premiers has won the big dance while having our scoring average.
But we have some players to come back, and if we keep winning games it's ok. The fwd line will gel.

Which is where I think Crameri could have been the difference.

[Twodogs]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I've read that we don't score enough yet to be considered in the statistical region of a premiership contender. There was a graph by champion data on twitter.
Only 1 out of 17 of the last premiers has won the big dance while having our scoring average.
But we have some players to come back, and if we keep winning games it's ok. The fwd line will gel.

A couple of years under Eade we were right in that scoring range I think.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: Game Day Round 11 2016 - Western Bulldogs V West Coast

I've read that we don't score enough yet to be considered in the statistical region of a premiership contender. There was a graph by champion data on twitter.
Only 1 out of 17 of the last premiers has won the big dance while having our scoring average.
But we have some players to come back, and if we keep winning games it's ok. The fwd line will gel.

This can easily be fixed. Our current average is 91 points per game and we have played 5 of the other 7 in the current top 8.
An improvement in our conversion of set shots could easily add 12 to 15 points to our average score. We would then be in the zone.

The next 11 games include 7 against teams in the bottom 10. We just need to score big in a few of those to bolster our goal scoring confidence.