Welcome to the Western bulldogs Billy Gowers

[Bornadog]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

He's not in the same class, but does anybody else see a little bit of Jim Edmond in the way Gowers plays?

Yeah I do. Jimmy was a pretty good mark for his size as is Gowers, and the way he goes into packs does remind me a bit of Jim.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

He's not in the same class, but does anybody else see a little bit of Jim Edmond in the way Gowers plays?

I was thinking that the other day. Edmond was a lot stronger but Billy has a lot of similiar attributes. I could see Billy being right up in Gubby Allen's face that time Allen had the World's all time biggest brain fart and passed the ball to Simon Beasley in the goal square when the whole idea was to keep the ball away from the opposition gun full forward and the goalsquare. The way Jimmy Edmond was doing.

He also goes up for pack marks all the time. He goes the mark of the year route and always drops them but regardless he still goes up

Are you talking about Billy or Stringer? Stringer spent a couple of years trying to take the mark of the year after he dropped one against st Kilda.

[hujsh]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

Are you talking about Billy or Stringer? Stringer spent a couple of years trying to take the mark of the year after he dropped one against st Kilda.

Stringer. Gowers is solid and holds his marks but I wouldn't consider him to have a massive leap to get up on top of the pack

[ledge]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

Disagree with the bolded. Stringer is quick, quicker than Gowers. We all know it. If that was Stringer playing on in the Carlton game he'd have had the space to get the kick off at goal.

He also goes up for pack marks all the time. He goes the mark of the year route and always drops them but regardless he still goes up

When Stringer was younger he did it all but the last two years he waddles when chasing, he hangs out the back and his athleticism has dropped a lot in my view.
Gowers is a couple of years younger and looks like he wants to be an AFL player , Stringer takes it for granted.

[Sedat]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

I hope media street can stay away from Billy. He's going well and improving each game but he needs to keep working as hard as possible to get the best out of his career. He's not the finished article by a long stretch.

Very happy with the rate of improvement so far and I hope it can continue - he'll get himself a much deserved new contract and list upgrade if he does.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

I hope media street can stay away from Billy. He's going well and improving each game but he needs to keep working as hard as possible to get the best out of his career. He's not the finished article by a long stretch.

Very happy with the rate of improvement so far and I hope it can continue - he'll get himself a much deserved new contract and list upgrade if he does.

Too late, he was on The Sunday Footy show a couple of weekends back. Or the c7 version.

[MrMahatma]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

Gowers is an inexperienced player on the upward trajectory. He's rough around the edges. Makes loads of mistakes (double 50 anyone?), isn't a great shot at goal.

I think given his apparent determination and work ethic, he'll become a decent player. But not long after Stringer was drafted he was an AA and most of us thought he was a once in a generation player. Stringer has 5x the natural talent of Gowers.

We didn't win that trade, nor did Essendon. Schache is also behind Gowers at the moment.

Stringer is a disappointment. Gowers looks like being a surprise, and that Shache isn't a disappointment.

[Testekill]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

Gowers is an inexperienced player on the upward trajectory. He's rough around the edges. Makes loads of mistakes (double 50 anyone?), isn't a great shot at goal.
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Second 50 was Lipinski

[westdog54]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

Second 50 was Lipinski

Yep, can't stand that Gowers is still wearing flack for a 'double 50' he was only partly responsible for.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

What was the second fifty actually for?

[Bornadog]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

What was the second fifty actually for?

He ran past the man on the mark within 10 metres

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

He ran past the man on the mark within 10 metres

Mustn't run through the exclusion zone. We are still a million miles ahead on those fiftys after JJ ran through Tom Scully's in the middle of the ground late in the prelim.

[Testekill]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

The 10m exclusion zone is far too heavy a punishment; it should be 25m but you can't even trust the umpires to figure out 10 metres let alone 25.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

The 10m exclusion zone is far too heavy a punishment; it should be 25m but you can't even trust the umpires to figure out 10 metres let alone 25.

I asked about umpires estimating how long 50 metres was and whether they trained in depth perception or whatever it that allows you to guess distances and was told, for what it is worth, that each cross section of cut grass is ten metres so the umpire just has to count off five of them.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Welcome to the Westernbulldogs Billy Gowers

I asked about umpires estimating how long 50 metres was and whether they trained in depth perception or whatever it that allows you to guess distances and was told, for what it is worth, that each cross section of cut grass is ten metres so the umpire just has to count off five of them.

They must have problems counting to 5 then. Sometimes they give 30 metres, sometimes 60, or anywhere in between....