Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Looks like a rugby player in the interview on the site. Thick neck and looks bulked up already. Possibly from having a number of lower body injuries?

Fairly serious looking brace on his left lower leg too.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Fairly serious looking brace on his left lower leg too.

Maybe that's why Hawthorn turned him up.

[1eyedog]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Tweedie.

Build is genetic. His old man is very solid. Will provide a write up about him soonish.

[Eastdog]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Welcome to the premiers Tristan.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Welcome aboard The Ride Tristan.

[boydogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Why did Hawthorn not take him?

Foot problem apparently

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

I guess their medicos are working full time on Jaeger. We have the luxury of great surgeons and elite sports science services, and no rush on playing him. Another long term investment.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Foot problem apparently

So now we have two Stringers? Excellent.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

We have access to the equipment and sports medicine experts at VU sports science department too so we are better placed than most clubs to deal with problems like poor blood flow to injured joints.

VU helped a lot getting Libba and Macrae back in time for the finals.

[Sedat]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

I guess their medicos are working full time on Jaeger. We have the luxury of great surgeons and elite sports science services, and no rush on playing him. Another long term investment.

We have ridiculous depth right now so I really like the philosophy of stockpiling talented players with an eye on the medium and longer term.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

We have ridiculous depth right now so I really like the philosophy of stockpiling talented players with an eye on the medium and longer term.

Great isn't it. Only equaled by the fact we also have a bucketload of salary cap banked for the option of big free agents or trades to go with our young list. How long until the AFEL essentially fund GWS to steal JMac & Dal...

[KT31]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Great isn't it. Only equaled by the fact we also have a bucketload of salary cap banked for the option of big free agents or trades to go with our young list. How long until the AFEL essentially fund GWS to steal JMac & Dal...

Didn't they have a crack at Dal last year and he stuck with us to see the job threw ?

[Mofra]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

So we'll have 2 LTI's, for arguments sake if he's good enough to play Seniors in Round 1 he can play and follows the same rules as the other rookie listed players?

Yes - plus from mid season teams can play a rookie without needing to have someone on the LTI list.
Our cat B rookie listed (Dion Johnstone) was taken by Melbourne in the draft otherwise we would have taken him too

[Mofra]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

We have access to the equipment and sports medicine experts at VU sports science department too so we are better placed than most clubs to deal with problems like poor blood flow to injured joints.

VU helped a lot getting Libba and Macrae back in time for the finals.

They also saved Easton Wood's career by spending a whole summer basically re-teaching him to run so he didn't destroy his hamstrings.

He's had a decent couple of seasons since that summer

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Tristan Tweedie

Hasn't he just. Just think if Callan Ward had said no to GWS then their contingency plan was to throw a stupid amount of money at Easton Wood instead. Whoever was giving them information on which players on our list to go hard at knew the list intimately.