JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

[Ozza]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

I went along. Hard to get excited about a pre-season game, coming off the end of last year!

Dahlhaus, JJ, Libba and Cloke all played well. Hard to judge players though given that playing % time were all over the place. Add to that, that it was very windy (as always) at the ground, which affected the standard. Will be interesting to see what the outcome is for Roughy. TC is looking a strong chance to be no.1 ruck for round 1.

Credit where due to those responsible for setting up the ground. Was done a lot better than in the past, with food/beverage & toilets not being too long a wait (exception being for coffee - with only one coffee machine - the coffee line was out of control).

[Mofra]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

One thing that worried me about recruiting Clokey. They used to say that you weren't washed up as a full forward until you'd found your way to Footscray.

We had a long list - but I like to think Hall broke that tradition. Was good for a couple of years for us, while Cloke cost virtually nothing and is playing for unders.

Hopefully Redders recovers in that time and we can find a young KPF in this years' draft to start to develop.

[Twodogs]

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We had a long list - but I like to think Hall broke that tradition. Was good for a couple of years for us, while Cloke cost virtually nothing and is playing for unders.

Hopefully Redders recovers in that time and we can find a young KPF in this years' draft to start to develop.

Man. I was counting them off in my head trying desperately to think of a counter argument to Jako and Cook and all the rest of the fattening full forward brigade. Forgot all about BBB-he kicked 80 odd one year didn't he? I guess that Richard Osborne wasn't a bust either but not really a tradional full forward.

[Mofra]

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Man. I was counting them off in my head trying desperately to think of a counter argument to Jako and Cook and all the rest of the fattening full forward brigade. Forgot all about BBB-he kicked 80 odd one year didn't he? I guess that Richard Osborne wasn't a bust either but not really a tradional full forward.

I thought Simon Minton-Connell had his moments with us too, when he wasn't sharing the FF spot.
Still never saw him mark above his head.

Does Chops Rickman count? Played VFA before coming to the Bulldogs didn't he?

[Bornadog]

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I thought Simon Minton-Connell had his moments with us too, when he wasn't sharing the FF spot.
Still never saw him mark above his head.

Does Chops Rickman count? Played VFA before coming to the Bulldogs didn't he?

Left us and then went to Willi. Only played 11 games for us - would you believe.

[Twodogs]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

I thought Simon Minton-Connell had his moments with us too, when he wasn't sharing the FF spot.
Still never saw him mark above his head.

Does Chops Rickman count? Played VFA before coming to the Bulldogs didn't he?

Came to us from Preston from memory. But he was only 18 or 19 so I don't even know if he played seniors there.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Left us and then went to Willi. Only played 11 games for us - would you believe.

Chops kicked 6 goals against North at Arden st. in one of those games too.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Left us and then went to Willi. Only played 11 games for us - would you believe.

Chops kicked 6 goals against North at Arden st. in one of those games too.

[Twodogs]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Chops kicked 6 goals against North at Arden st. in one of those games too.

1984. The last time we played the cow *!*!*!*!ers at Arden street after 100 years of continuous competition there. Chops played on Keith Greig all day but I thought he kicked 7. I might be wrong. We had a big win. Maybe chops kicked 6 and we won by 7.

[Bornadog]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

1984. The last time we played the cow *!*!*!*!ers at Arden street after 100 years of continuous competition there. Chops played on Keith Greig all day but I thought he kicked 7. I might be wrong. We had a big win. Maybe chops kicked 6 and we won by 7.

He did kick 6 that day and only 10 overall in his 11 games

It feels as if Chops played a lot more games, but then again my memory is not that good.

[Mofra]

Re: JLT - Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

This is why Woof is great. Learn something new every time I vaguely remember a player and mention their name.

[Bornadog]

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