WB Game Day V Gold Coast Suns R8 2020

[The bulldog tragician]

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I reckon Ed did ok. He gives us something different. He’s never going to be a massive accumulator. Not sure if he’s in fwd line, not wing, at present? Gee I miss being at the games. Listening to The Morons is doing my head in.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Agree. His efforts throughout game were not up to it. What would Maclean and other wave thinking if he gets another game? I’ve seen enough.

Did anyone else think umps were about GC biased in last half of last quarter? Missed Wallis free kick, some questionable HTB against us. Maybe I’m paranoid?

Yeah thought that too. Seemed suss

[Rocket Science]

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For anyone feeling like Gowers is being unfairly maligned the coach himself just casually potted him in the post-game presser.

[SonofScray]

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I actually thought Billy had endeavour tonight. Probably too kamikaze at times. Committed his body and crashed packs. Was lucky not to give away a few more free kicks. He is unpredictable. It was a hard night for a forward. I’m not ruling him out forever. But gee whiz, that last kick was stupid football.

He is a dumb footballer. Undisciplined, fumbles, frequently lets the ball spill to the wrong side of the contest. Bites off more than he can chew, that last kick a case in point.

I don't enjoy piling on players. The only player I've ever really hated is Shaun Higgins. I don't hate Billy, he's a good lad. But he's also all the things above. It's like a compulsion, it's written in the stars that he will do something stupid with the footy.

Even his point was almost swept up coast to coast, could have kicked a match winner! A reverse King Midas.

[angelopetraglia]

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Libba covered more ground than anyone tonight. He has come back so strong. Just immense again tonight. Always have faith when he is at the stoppage.

[whythelongface]

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Agreed. And he did a few things tonight that might just get me off his back.

Hit a target or two that he hadn't previously, and that goal....was sublime body use and quick thinking and highly skilled.

There were some really good efforts from him. One in particular on the wing where he used his body to contest a mark, brought the ball to ground and beat two opponents to break free and handball to Porter, who was then able to kick long to the top of the goal square.

Bevo seems to like what Ed brings to the table. That goal was reward for his effort.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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For anyone feeling like Gowers is being unfairly maligned the coach himself just casually potted him in the post-game presser.

What did he say?

[Twodogs]

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We won guys. Let's talk about that.

I'm getting a bit sick of the pile onto Billy Gowers.

[jazzadogs]

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I can't believe Bont took, and hit, the option of Wood on the boundary. A 50m kick that needed to be pinpoint to be marked, within 10% to get a throw-in and anything less probably intercepted and thrust back forward. It was sublime skill.

[1eyedog]

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Imagine if the ball was slingshot from half back all the way inside 50 and they kick the winning goal. Billy's lucky Bont worked back to take the settler.

Correcto mundo. I would have destroyed the lounge room.

[Happy Days]

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I can't believe Bont took, and hit, the option of Wood on the boundary. A 50m kick that needed to be pinpoint to be marked, within 10% to get a throw-in and anything less probably intercepted and thrust back forward. It was sublime skill.

Bont is the best kick in the league. Was an outstanding effort to mark the ball in the first place but was so relieved that he was the one that marked it because you just knew it was hitting a Bulldog chest far, far away.

[Ozza]

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I can't believe Bont took, and hit, the option of Wood on the boundary. A 50m kick that needed to be pinpoint to be marked, within 10% to get a throw-in and anything less probably intercepted and thrust back forward. It was sublime skill.

It was a completely audacious kick, which with the game on the line, only Bont would execute perfectly. I reckon if Bont tries that kick in the second quarter it doesn't come off....but with the game on the line he nails it. The bloke, well - kid really, he's 24 years old - how many times has he taken that sort of mark or made the big play for us? He's made the winning or saving play more times than any bulldog in my lifetime, and God/EJ willing, we get to watch him for 8-10 more years.

[jeemak]

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I'll be honest, I didn't enjoy that game at all. It gave me the feeling that too much caffeine does.

[Ozza]

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I'll be honest, I didn't enjoy that game at all. It gave me the feeling that too much caffeine does.

Like what you did there.

[Bornadog]

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How good was Wallis in that last quarter, just threw himself at the ball several times, pure desperation. One passage where the ball was in the middle of the ground and he had at least three efforts that kept the ball in dispute.

I felt our desperation in the last 10 minutes won us the game.