Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Watched it.....big anti-climax. Nothing to nail Trump on in that interrogation unfortunately.

As Carl Bernstein said after it, there's no determinations right now and no compulsion for an immediate conclusion. This is just the beginning, and Mueller will do a good job. I did love the fact he engineered the special counsel coming about, as a private citizen, by his selective leak to the NYT. He's a smart fella, Lordy, he's a smart fella.

[Mantis]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

As Carl Bernstein said after it, there's no determinations right now and no compulsion for an immediate conclusion. This is just the beginning, and Mueller will do a good job. I did love the fact he engineered the special counsel coming about, as a private citizen, by his selective leak to the NYT. He's a smart fella, Lordy, he's a smart fella.

Blah Blah Blah!!!!

[merantau]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Bankers
Dahlhaus
Macrae
Adams
Anchors
Team selection
Lack of aggression - I never want to see such passivity again. Meet fire with fire. Sit the instigator on his arse and invite him to get up for a second helping.
So many players down it was like we'd been stricken with a virus. I NEVER want to see that again.

[S Coast Simon]

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Bankers

macrae. Some handballs are incredible
Daniel. Some good hands in the wet
Dal. Tried hard to no avail

Anchors.
MC. Made it even harder than it should have been
team for not helping JJ. And JJ for just taking it. Even in modern day football there is a time when you can get them not quite on guard and you should hit them hard.
Teams primed to take down the reigning premiers. We are getting hit by teams that are being relentless at our boys. 130 tackles by Geelong for f&@$ sake. Are you kidding me. We are being hunted in a massive way. Explains why back to back is so difficult. No team is coming at us a bit relaxed everyone is switched on. Would not surprise me if some boys are really hurting this year. Poor Bont looks buggered. Needs a rest from the attack on him

And thanks AFL for all our big Thursday and Friday night games away you pricks. And for changing a few rules to stifle our game plan. We really appreciate your generosity. We bought back the romance of football last year and delivered a premiership that the whole football world loved and embraced and this is how you say thanks.

thanks for listening

[ratsmac]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

There is no way I was in the right frame of mind to do Bankers and Anchors straight after the game on Thursday night. Too many profanities for the filters to handle. Anyway here's mine....

Bankers
1. Dahl - nothing new here. This little bloke never plays if he can't give his all. His teammates need to take note.
2. Adams - he was trying his best before he hurt himself. His attitude was good. He flew the flag which can't be said of some others.
3. The slap. We had this coming for a while and some close wins had painted over a LOT of cracks. As SCS mentioned above, teams are primed and are ready to hit us hard. That's fine and should be EXPECTED. Yes EXPECTED. What were we expecting this year? Bruise free? Where is our *!*!*!*!ing response? Where is our preparation? Where is game plan B? The coach, the MC, the players all deserved a slap in the face like they received from Sydney and let's hope and pray it will awaken the beast we saw last year. It is difficult to put a finger on why the mindset isn't right because I know they players and coaches would of tried to prepare to be the hunted this year but clearly something is off. A bit of soul searching in a footy sense needs to be had before this season slips away. So there is my banker, The slap, which is actually an anchor disguised as a banker.

Anchors

1. Matty Boyd - they should of chaired him off on Thursday night.
2. Sneaky Matty Suckling - he has been below average all year but then you check his stats and they suggest he was involved more than you think. It's the kick to himself from the goal square that's pumping up his stat sheet surely. He the cherry in top type player but right now we need players that want the fight.
3. JJ - I saw a side of JJ I didn't like the other night. A soft side. It's easy to sit here typing this while I don't have to look over my shoulder for someone trying to take my head off (oh hang on the Mrs is always trying that) but I'm not playing footy for a living and also not signing a contract in front of me because I can get more money at another club (that last bit was a drive by while I'm at it). He layed down like a maimed dog and accepted everything dished out to him without a whimper. I expect more from a Norm Smith medalist.

[boydogs]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Bankers

Daniel has been good since he has returned from being dropped
Macrae was our hardest worker
Adams was good before being injured

Anchors

Bontempelli is in danger of joining Libba in the VFL. Being shutdown now and getting loose with his disposal and shots at goal
Beveridge needs to go back to basics and stop drinking his own bathwater with pseudo-rucks
Johannisen played like he has one foot out the door

[always right]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Johannisen played like he has one foot out the door

A little unfair.......as horrid as he was on Thursday, his form in recent weeks was excellent.

[Bornadog]

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A little unfair.......as horrid as he was on Thursday, his form in recent weeks was excellent.

Spot on.

Also there is some footage of JJ retaliating and getting into a big scuffle, but the umpire ignored it and just threw the ball up. I think JJ tried to just ignore what the Swans were doing, however, what should have happened, is he should have had a back up to run into there guy. Libba would have.

I have changed my mind on JJ being soft, after watching the footage.

[boydogs]

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A little unfair.......as horrid as he was on Thursday, his form in recent weeks was excellent.

Not saying he does have one foot out the door, saying he played like it. No intensity or fight, didn't show that he cared

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Bankers

Daniel has been good since he has returned from being dropped
Macrae was our hardest worker
Adams was good before being injured

Anchors

Bontempelli is in danger of joining Libba in the VFL. Being shutdown now and getting loose with his disposal and shots at goal
Beveridge needs to go back to basics and stop drinking his own bathwater with pseudo-rucks
Johannisen played like he has one foot out the door

Bevo played 2 rucks who were recruited as ruckmen.

[boydogs]

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Bevo played 2 rucks who were recruited as ruckmen.

English is about the 10th best ruck at the club at this stage. He's shown some terrific signs at VFL level but doesn't have the strength to be anything but an outside mid at AFL level

[Ozza]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

For the record - the handful of comments around regarding Bontempelli spending time in the VFL, are quite ridiculous.

Sure he isn't playing right at the top of his game - and didn't have a good night on Thursday. But a bit of perspective please!!

In the worst game he has played in a very long time, he still managed to have our second most score involvements (behind only Stringer) and had MORE THAN DOUBLE the amount of tackles than the next highest tackler for the bulldogs.
The previous game - he had 5 shots on goal.
He is definitely in a period of the yips in front of goal - but is anyone seriously doubting that he won't turn that aspect of his game around?

[macca]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

Bonts was man handled and shepeard off the ball at a lot of the centre clearances in the 2-3 rd quarter . Just drove nuts when he did get not a free off the ball.

[Bornadog]

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Bonts was man handled and shepeard off the ball at a lot of the centre clearances in the 2-3 rd quarter . Just drove nuts when he did get not a free off the ball.

He was also frustrated by the stupid deliberate decisions. The one in the last quarter was just a joke - where he divided forward trying to get the ball and it rolled over the boundary.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Bankers And Anchors - Round 12, 2017 vs Sydney

He was also frustrated by the stupid deliberate decisions. The one in the last quarter was just a joke - where he divided forward trying to get the ball and it rolled over the boundary.

Don't forget the one in the first where he was elbowed in the face, and paid holding the ball. Usually good players Judd, GAJ, Dangerfield, Selwood get a fair run, or more than a fair run. What more does Bonts need to do to get into this club?