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  • BontlowSzn
    Rookie List
    • Dec 2024
    • 111

    #16
    The implementation of the no third man up rule has cost Bont atleast two brownlows and us another flag or two.

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    • jeemak
      Bulldog Legend
      • Oct 2010
      • 22150

      #17
      Originally posted by BontlowSzn
      The implementation of the no third man up rule has cost Bont atleast two brownlows and us another flag or two.
      Are you trying to incite riots?
      TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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      • Grantysghost
        Bouncing Strong
        • Apr 2010
        • 19368

        #18
        Originally posted by chef
        Naughton would be our best KPD and we'd be a better side with him down back.
        WORD!

        Seriously it's RIGHT IN FRONT OF US !
        BT COME BACK!​

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        • Grantysghost
          Bouncing Strong
          • Apr 2010
          • 19368

          #19
          Can anyone guess mine?


          BT COME BACK!​

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          • SonofScray
            Coaching Staff
            • Apr 2008
            • 4284

            #20
            Originally posted by BontlowSzn
            The implementation of the no third man up rule has cost Bont atleast two brownlows and us another flag or two.
            Took 150 games off of Lin Jong’s career.
            Time and Tide Waits For No Man

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            • SonofScray
              Coaching Staff
              • Apr 2008
              • 4284

              #21
              Originally posted by jazzadogs

              I'd love for you to elaborate on both of these points!

              Was it Schache ahead of Gardner?

              What did we do wrong by Tim Walsh - I thought he had lots of injuries?
              Re: he was cruelled by injuries but we just struggled to bring in and develop any talls at the time. We could have had a 19yr old Wayne Carey and when he didn’t perform immediately we’d have moved him back, then to the twos never to be seen again before recruiting another Trent Bartlett.

              Schache ahead of Gardner, and while I never watched the game again, I recall him playing OK. It was Wood under an injury cloud that I would have left off. He was already compromised and then busted his hand, a liability when we just needed a few meat and potatoes efforts.
              Time and Tide Waits For No Man

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              • jazzadogs
                Bulldog Team of the Century
                • Oct 2008
                • 5839

                #22
                Originally posted by BontlowSzn
                The implementation of the no third man up rule has cost Bont atleast two brownlows and us another flag or two.
                I don't think this is even a hill, just straight facts. The fact it came in when there were issues about congestion as well, when having a third jump up to smack the ball out of the pack was...already clearing congestion??!?? I'll never understand that rule change.

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                • Bornadog
                  WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 67691

                  #23
                  Originally posted by jazzadogs

                  I don't think this is even a hill, just straight facts. The fact it came in when there were issues about congestion as well, when having a third jump up to smack the ball out of the pack was...already clearing congestion??!?? I'll never understand that rule change.
                  I remember in 2017 at a function talking to several players, and they truly believed the rule change was directed at curbing our influence.
                  FFC: Established 1883

                  Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                  • SonofScray
                    Coaching Staff
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 4284

                    #24
                    Originally posted by bornadog

                    I remember in 2017 at a function talking to several players, and they truly believed the rule change was directed at curbing our influence.
                    This era’s flick pass.
                    Time and Tide Waits For No Man

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                    • azabob
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Sep 2008
                      • 15481

                      #25
                      Patrick Bowden… bloody Patrick Bowden. If only he loved football as much as the footy lifestyle.
                      More of an In Bruges guy?

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                      • azabob
                        Hall of Fame
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 15481

                        #26
                        Originally posted by jazzadogs

                        I don't think this is even a hill, just straight facts. The fact it came in when there were issues about congestion as well, when having a third jump up to smack the ball out of the pack was...already clearing congestion??!?? I'll never understand that rule change.


                        Alistair Clarkson is all you need to know….
                        More of an In Bruges guy?

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                        • Bulldog Joe
                          Premiership Moderator
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 5628

                          #27
                          Originally posted by azabob
                          Patrick Bowden… bloody Patrick Bowden. If only he loved football as much as the footy lifestyle.
                          My only issue with Patrick Bowden was why it took so long to trade him out.
                          Life is to be Enjoyed not Endured

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                          • bulldogtragic
                            The List Manager
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 34289

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Bulldog Joe

                            My only issue with Patrick Bowden was why it took so long to trade him out.
                            The Tin Man could’ve had a great career if it was just a game of technical skill and nothing else.
                            Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                            • Mofra
                              Hall of Fame
                              • Dec 2006
                              • 15116

                              #29
                              Bulldogs: We need more non-APS kids on the list, especially kids who do it the hard way to get an AFL chance. We need that in our DNA otherwise we're 'just another club'.
                              Non-Bulldogs: Sampi was held. Leo Barry was lucky.
                              Western Bulldogs: 2016 Premiers

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                              • WBFC4FFC
                                WOOF Member
                                • Mar 2012
                                • 414

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Go_Dogs
                                I’m far too pragmatic to have ever died on a hill BT. But Treloar to spend time back might be my first. No one validate this by checking my posting history - never said anything like McMahon could win a Brownlow I’m sure.
                                Treloar down back has all the hallmarks of when Bevo put Boyd down back.

                                I can see this happening and hopefully because Sanders and Co demand a spot in the middle!

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