Favourite fringe bulldogs

[jeemak]

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Aza I think it was Andrew Nicholls? He did a great job on Sav Rocca in a drawn game
Big guy of 196cm

The Bevo deliberate game...…..

[Twodogs]

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Aza I think it was Andrew Nicholls? He did a great job on Sav Rocca in a drawn game
Big guy of 196cm

Dermie was playing for Collingwood and kicked a point that was paid a goal. Or did he kick a goal that was paid a point?

Anyway the game shouldn't have been a draw.

[Daughter of the West]

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Favourite fringe of mine has to be DFA.

The mop of hair, the cute grin, the bucketloads of heart but not the talent to match, the turning circles of a Mack Truck.

Played out the 2010 prelim with broken ribs too (although, it now kind of pales in comparison to Dale Morris and his broken back...).

[bulldogtragic]

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Dermie was playing for Collingwood and kicked a point that was paid a goal. Or did he kick a goal that was paid a point?

Anyway the game shouldn't have been a draw.

Waverley Park I'm pretty sure. Dermie turned and kicked the ball as hard as he could from point blank 1 metre out, except that he put it about a metre or so through the behinds. The goal umpire must have shut his eyes or flinched, and he paid it a goal. One of the worst goal umpiring decisions ever. Dermie went on the Footy Show (I think it was) and freely admitted how bad the decision was.

[josie]

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Any love for Redpath? Loved his bull in a china shop ferocity. Think he was popular amongst players too as he made them feel protected. Like DFA had the turning circle of the QE2. A pretty good kick for goal and not too bad as backup ruck. Possessed Bulldog tenacity to come back from 2 or was it 3 knee recos. I always got excited when Big Red was selected. He was important in a few of those 2016 games that made us make the final 8 (away game against Port comes to mind - he played like Wayne Carey that arvo). Feel he was Hard done by with umpires few times and possibly the solar suspension had a bit to do with curtailment if his career. I made up a “Free Redpath” small banner during one of his suspensions and got a few supporting comments about it.

On Ya Big Red!!

[Bornadog]

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Any love for Redpath? Loved his bull in a china shop ferocity. Think he was popular amongst players too as he made them feel protected. Like DFA had the turning circle of the QE2. A pretty good kick for goal and not too bad as backup ruck. Possessed Bulldog tenacity to come back from 2 or was it 3 knee recos. I always got excited when Big Red was selected. He was important in a few of those 2016 games that made us make the final 8 (away game against Port comes to mind - he played like Wayne Carey that arvo). Feel he was Hard done by with umpires few times and possibly the solar suspension had a bit to do with curtailment if his career. I made up a “Free Redpath” small banner during one of his suspensions and got a few supporting comments about it.

On Ya Big Red!!

One of the worst Tribunal decisions of all time: I don't count the Chris Grant suspension, as that was AFL Operations - has never happened before or since.

[Remi Moses]

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DFA of modern times for me
Boumann, still can’t believe clarkson wanted him at hawthorn
Does the great Kingsley Hunter qualify?
Simon Cox in the 90’s , has the breakthrough year in 97 then went back to the status fringe quo
Brian Perrin for us older farts , had his own fan club with a sign “ bring back Brian Perrin “ The great man Zeno also

[Twodogs]

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DFA of modern times for me
Boumann, still can’t believe clarkson wanted him at hawthorn
Does the great Kingsley Hunter qualify?
Simon Cox in the 90’s , has the breakthrough year in 97 then went back to the status fringe quo
Brian Perrin for us older farts , had his own fan club with a sign “ bring back Brian Perrin “ The great man Zeno also

I reckon that his fan club had two banners. One said "Put Brian Perrin in the Seniors" and the other said "Keep Brian Perrin in the seniors" One day he came into the side as an emergency but his fan club had only bought the "Put Brian Perrin in the seniors'' sign so they didn't know what to do.

[Twodogs]

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Waverley Park I'm pretty sure. Dermie turned and kicked the ball as hard as he could from point blank 1 metre out, except that he put it about a metre or so through the behinds. The goal umpire must have shut his eyes or flinched, and he paid it a goal. One of the worst goal umpiring decisions ever. Dermie went on the Footy Show (I think it was) and freely admitted how bad the decision was.

Yeah I was sitting at that end. It was 1995 just before halftime.

We made the eight that year with a % of 91.5 and we only won 11 games.

[EasternWest]

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Favourite fringe of mine has to be DFA.

The mop of hair, the cute grin, the bucketloads of heart but not the talent to match, the turning circles of a Mack Truck.

Played out the 2010 prelim with broken ribs too (although, it now kind of pales in comparison to Dale Morris and his broken back...).

DFA of modern times for me
Boumann, still can’t believe clarkson wanted him at hawthorn
Does the great Kingsley Hunter qualify?
Simon Cox in the 90’s , has the breakthrough year in 97 then went back to the status fringe quo
Brian Perrin for us older farts , had his own fan club with a sign “ bring back Brian Perrin “ The great man Zeno also

My people. There's dozens of us! Dozens.

[choconmientay]

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Not sure if they are anyone favorite:
Andrew Hooper (Debut in an AFL Semi-final)
Brodie Moles (Anyone remembers the long bomb to no one in particular )
Mitch Honeychurch & Nathan Hrovat (their fate are similar)

[Bulldog4life]

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Any love for Redpath? Loved his bull in a china shop ferocity. Think he was popular amongst players too as he made them feel protected. Like DFA had the turning circle of the QE2. A pretty good kick for goal and not too bad as backup ruck. Possessed Bulldog tenacity to come back from 2 or was it 3 knee recos. I always got excited when Big Red was selected. He was important in a few of those 2016 games that made us make the final 8 (away game against Port comes to mind - he played like Wayne Carey that arvo). Feel he was Hard done by with umpires few times and possibly the solar suspension had a bit to do with curtailment if his career. I made up a “Free Redpath” small banner during one of his suspensions and got a few supporting comments about it.

On Ya Big Red!!

Yes plenty of love from me for Big Red. Underrated for mine. Great lead for a forward and an accurate kick from close in. Agree that the players walked a bit taller when Red was in the team.

[josie]

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Talking about fringe players-I just watched dogs vs lions round 5 2016. Thought Tom Campbell played ok. Always felt he should have been given more chances. Tried his guts out, if he had of kicked straight could have had 3 to 4 goals, instead got 1. Then again North did not play him much in seniors last year with Goldstein still a good ruck. Hope he has more chances with North when games start this, or looking more likely, next year. Still got a soft spot for Big Soup. His second efforts for a big bloke were pretty good. Did not fit the mobile big man mantra we like.

Is it coincidence that Bevo seems to have a bit of a track record of rucks falling out of favour; Minson, Campbell, Roughy and Trengove?

[Twodogs]

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The mark Les takes at 0.25 is classic Lal. The way that those three Geelong defenders are all standing around and pointing fingers at one another is a classic sign that Les Bamblett has been on the plot.

And at 1:00 Weston thnks "keep it away from Beasley, keep it away from Beasley. Holy shit that's Les Bamblett I've slapped it to"

[jazzadogs]

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I'm not sure if anyone on here has ever seen the website Sporcle? I came across it via a new Twitter account called @AFLquizzes, which links to a bunch of football related quizzes. I then searched 'western bulldogs' to see if there were other Bulldog-related, and there were a few I liked.

Here's an example - name every player that played a game for the Bulldogs between 2000-2009. I got 66/88 which I was disappointed with. Link