GWS V Western Bulldogs R7, Saturday 26/4/25 at Manuka Oval, Canberra at 7.35pm

[weltschmerz]

Coaches votes. Bont plays 3 quarters and gets top votes

7 Marcus Bontempelli WB
5 James Harmes WB
5 Tom Liberatore WB
4 Tim English WB
4 Ed Richards WB
3 Joel Freijah WB
2 Matthew Kennedy WB

Interesting distribution. Something like

Bont: 4, 3
Harmes: 0, 5
Libba: 5, 0
English: 0, 4
Richards: 2, 2
Freijah: 3, 0
Kennedy: 1, 1

Not a lot of agreement

[angelopetraglia]

So Bont has a 10 in game one from 71% game time and then a 7 from 62% game time!!!!!!! 17 coaches votes in his first two games from 66% total game time across two games. Freak.

[angelopetraglia]

This is another possible combination

Bont: 5 + 2
Harmes: 0 + 5
Libba: 4 + 1
English: 1 + 3
Richards: 0 + 4
Freijah: 3 + 0
Kennedy: 2 + 0

[hujsh]

Credit to Tim too getting some coach recognition. Will be a big win if he comes good now that he's locked on on that contract

[bulldogsthru&thru]

So Bont has a 10 in game one from 71% game time and then a 7 from 62% game time!!!!!!! 17 coaches votes in his first two games from 66% total game time across two games. Freak.

I always appreciated the great one, but that 5 week period when he wasn't there now makes me appreciate even more how great he is.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[Grantysghost]

Coaches votes. Bont plays 3 quarters and gets top votes

7 Marcus Bontempelli WB
5 James Harmes WB
5 Tom Liberatore WB
4 Tim English WB
4 Ed Richards WB
3 Joel Freijah WB
2 Matthew Kennedy WB

Has that ever happened before ?

The guy that was subbed gets top votes.

Somebody ask swamp on that cess pool of a platform

[jeemak]

It completely baffles me that in the last quarter after a Davidson kick off the ground, Naughton sticks out an arm (backhand), controls it off the deck and finds West on the turn perfectly (all under hot pressure), and not one of the commentators mind is blown by how awesome that play was.

It's the epitome of why he's underrated. No other big man can do that, it's Chris Grant level amazing.

[jazzadogs]

It completely baffles me that in the last quarter after a Davidson kick off the ground, Naughton sticks out an arm (backhand), controls it off the deck and finds West on the turn perfectly (all under hot pressure), and not one of the commentators mind is blown by how awesome that play was.

It's the epitome of why he's underrated. No other big man can do that, it's Chris Grant level amazing.

It was an amazing trap - I also remember thinking the commentators didn't give him enough credit!

[comrade]

I always appreciated the great one, but that 5 week period when he wasn't there now makes me appreciate even more how great he is.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

We would be undefeated and premiership favourites if he’d played every game.