WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R10 2020

[Mofra]

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We literally gifted Port 4 goals from horrendous errors in passages of play when Port weren't even threatening. That really hurts.

We did so much right tonight. The result sucks but the effort cannot be questioned at all.

Yep.

We weren't as close in the game as we perhaps thought, but we're not as far away from sorting our problems out as we think.

Imagine a genuine HF gun in our team like Martin. I really think 2-3 players could completely transform this team.

[The Pie Man]

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We had that little faith in Bruce forward that Crozier drifted down

Given the state of our forward line, perhaps it’s a move to consider more often

[The Pie Man]

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Yep.

We weren't as close in the game as we perhaps thought, but we're not as far away from sorting our problems out as we think.

Imagine a genuine HF gun in our team like Martin. I really think 2-3 players could completely transform this team.

Like a gun left footed junior?

[Sedat]

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Footage of Bruce from Adelaide Oval

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It's almost getting to Ben Brown territory, where we need a circuit breaker with Josh. I know he is lacking support but some of his aerial contests were laughable and showed a player horribly out of form and with no confidence whatsoever.

[merantau]

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We may well see this as a lost opportunity. But was it really? We might have won if EVERYTHING had gone right for us in the last quarter. But surely that would just be like stuffing a bri nylon shirt in a dodgy gearbox.
Our goals come as a result of pressure not poise or SYSTEM. We don't have a game plan that stacks up against good teams.
Some of our quality players are well below their best.
The writing is on the wall. I don't think we will make the eight as we surely have to win five out of the next seven and if we lose against Brisbane that becomes 5 out of the last 6.

[Rocket Science]

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Don't mind the look of that up and coming ruckman Macrae. English better watch his back.

[angelopetraglia]

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Dixon took marks from balls he wasn’t entitled to even get a look at. Bruce had a number of chances that literally had his name on the and he couldn’t grab them.

By the way, how cheap was the free kick to man mountain Charlie against dwarf Caleb. Charlie clearly flopped.

[Grantysghost]

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The effort was very good. I thought Mclean played quite well tonight. Was our entries into 50, we played like we had Charlie.
Bruce is constantly in a wrestle he doesn't have the anaerobic ability to separate from the defender. Granted entries were poor but so was he.

[whythelongface]

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We didn't fold. Did we make mistakes? Hell yeah. But we took the game on. I'm just not seeing it's all gloom and doom. I thought McLean and Richards were better tonight. Dunks will be better for the run. On this year's form, that would have been an 8 goal loss in front of their home crowd. I'm looking forward to the Lions.

I agree. Sure there were aspects of our game which sucked and these are recurring aspects, which is disappointing. Certainly can’t fault our effort and looking at the teams we looked significantly younger. Thus there is an upside. We will lose to Brisbane but if we can win 5 or 6 of the last 7 games we can sneak into the finals and anything can happen.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I agree. Sure there were aspects of our game which sucked and these are recurring aspects, which is disappointing. Certainly can’t fault our effort and looking at the teams we looked significantly younger. Thus there is an upside. We will lose to Brisbane but if we can win 5 or 6 of the last 7 games we can sneak into the finals and anything can happen.

This is literally the line our club has been spitting out for a couple of years.

Just because you're young doesn't mean you're good, nor does it entitle us to rapid improvement.

The whole 'lets just get there, once we get there anything can happen' is systematic of our approach to kicking goals ie. Bang it in there enough and hope a couple fall through.

I really don't share in the optimism of this side at all, I actually think we're miles away from being a top 4 side.

[soupman]

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Monday night football, for when getting angry on the weekend just isn't enough.

Bloody hell, this is the vent thread yeah?

Bruce was atrocious. I don't think there has ever been a player to so consistently disappoint me in contests. Even when he does well he should have done better. Legitimately worse than Gowers tonight.

JJ, did some great stuff in the first half and really took them on well. Then made that handball, then that kick. Wtf? Also can he piss off with his shots on the run. He hasn't kicked one on the run for what feels like a decade. That last shot was always going to be a point, although I applaud his creativity this time round.

English, is he ok? I'm sure he was tired but if thats the reason he wasn't on the last few minutes thats pretty poor management by the coaching staff. How do you not have your only ruckman positioned to even turn up for the last few minutes of a game you are still a huge chance of taking?

Easton Wood. C'mon man. I love you. Why you do dis to me? Dumb kicks, no impact whatsoever in defence, I think for each of his first three touches my reaction was surprise that he was playing.

We are so predictably infuriating, all effort, no reward. This game was basically an exact copy of about 10 honourable losses from the last few years. I would like to try something different please.

[comrade]

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I really don't share in the optimism of this side at all, I actually think we're miles away from being a top 4 side.

I'm starting to worry we're going to waste the Bontempelli era.

[Hotdog60]

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I know Sweet may not be ready but with shorten quarters would help him run out the game and it would give us another tall option up forward.
Also he can rotate with Tim in the ruck. English look spent and was moving around at a jog.
I would also make an example of JJ and drop him so the other senior players don't get to comfortable.
Richards can go back to his position.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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It's not just about taking marks. It's about stopping your direct opponent from doing it, too. Failed miserably in that respect.

His lack of fight tonight was embarrassing, one of the worst performances in a Bulldogs jumper for a long time. Worse than Gowers last week, IMO.

Absolutely. Couldn’t agree more. Even just to get the ball to ground would at least be the minimum you’d think (even though we’d have no players in position to get the ground ball).

I suppose what I was trying to say is that we had ZERO quality entries into our 50 tonight. So a Josh Kennedy wouldn’t even have a chance of scoring. And unfortunately most of our games are that way. Yet every other team in the comp seems to at least get 4 or 5 threatening opportunities. Our game plan doesn’t stack up. It clogs the game up with too many numbers around the ball so there is never any clean entry. Unfortunately the few chances we had tonight we completely butchered off half back

[SonofScray]

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Feel like I've watched that game many times over between 2017-2020. Can think of three games v St Kilda, two v Collingwood and perhaps one v Carlton where the scoreboard ground to a halt despite looking in reasonable shape for long stretches.

Bruce was awful. The most damage he did all night was to Bontempelli when he crashed into him three times late in the game up the ground. Can barely raise a trot, leap or kick the footy. Get him on a treadmill and the man shakes quick smart.

Our forward line, excusing King Wally, is a mess and I'm not sure where the improvement comes from. We play this ridiculous high risk, no reward game plan and spend all our tickets on defending and rebounding for no result. If we aren't up for it physically, we get belted. When we are, if we don't hit the scoreboard, games are taken away from us with 10 clean possessions.