Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

[merantau]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

I thought he played a decent game - certainly got a lot of hit outs and used his body well.

[Happy Days]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

I thought he was excellent but he was up against literally nothing so in a weird way I kind of expected it?

Interested to see how we move forward from here.

[soupman]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

Not going to read to much into it, Brett Goodes would have had a decent day in the ruck yesterday.

He performed as well as could be hoped though and I expect him to have 4-5 games under his belt by the end of the season which should be a good sample size to see whether or not he is worth persisting with.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

Sweet at age 23 showed a lot of maturity in his ruck work which was a big factor in our first half dominance.
Looks a strong prospect to become our number one ruck man, going forward.

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

It’s Jord O n Not Jordan.

Mmmm, Hubble yep.

[Vred]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

Want to give props to Sweet for having a damn half-decent game against Carlton, not only kept their ruck basically neutralized but also hit the scoreboard for us.

More I see of Sweet the more I'm liking the idea of Sweet English combo going forward.

[boydogs]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

He was OK, I think Pittonet had the better of him especially early, but he was competitive

[Bornadog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

He was OK, I think Pittonet had the better of him especially early, but he was competitive

Sweet did some good things in the last. It was only his second game, but he is progressing.

[Mofra]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

Who really knows if he will be a long term proposition but he's shown enough to earn himself a contract and main list spot.
Rucks do take a lot longer.

[Happy Days]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

Pittonet really schooled him on follow up work, but agree that he was much better after half time. His skills, one awful kick notwithstanding, look pretty sharp too.

He needs to work on being less contest-to-contest (which will hopefully be a tank issue and not a footy IQ one), but he’s got some ability for sure.

[1eyedog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

Sweet did some good things in the last. It was only his second game, but he is progressing.

Agreed. He managed to get his hands on it a few times in the middle as well and was a link in some of our centre clearances.

think there is something to work with. I like that he's a massive unit and strong. He is considerably bigger than Martin.

[westbulldog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

Not going to read to much into it, Brett Goodes would have had a decent day in the ruck yesterday.

He performed as well as could be hoped though and I expect him to have 4-5 games under his belt by the end of the season which should be a good sample size to see whether or not he is worth persisting with.

Your first point is overly harsh on Sweet and inaccurate imo.

fwiw I agree with your second point.

[azabob]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordan Sweet

Your first point is overly harsh on Sweet and inaccurate imo.

fwiw I agree with your second point.

not to speak on soupaman behalf this comment was in relation to the GCS game where they had no recognised ruckman not after the Carlton game.

[jeemak]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

It's early doors but he did quite well for a second gamer and a few more like that should see him retained on the main list which is good reward for effort considering where he started.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Jordon Sweet

Give me a better start for a rookie list ruck kid in his first 3 Games:

Disposals 26 (8.7 average) - 77% Efficient
Marks 5 (1.7)
Goals 1 (0.3)
G/Assists 1 (0.3)
Behinds 0 0
Tackles 12 (4.0)
Hitouts 66 (22.0)
Clear. 7 (2.3)
Inside 50s 7 (2.3)

Vs Suns, Carlton (Pittonet), Port (Ladhams & Dixon)

The kid’s going to be alright. He goes all day, smart taps and uses smart taps of the ball to release teammates when grabbbing it would mean tackle and repeat stoppage. And he’s never been a losing team, so we should never drop him.