WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R10 2020

[Bornadog]

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I thought Bevo's coaching was brilliant tonight, unfortunately some players let him down.

[Happy Days]

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That game was immensly frustrating and our efforts at entering the forward line were diabolical and our defenders were kinda shown up and even still we were two horrible JJ unforced self owns from winning the game against the top side away.

I really liked McLean's game. He gave a really poor effort chasing Byrne-Jones after Jonas' first intercept mark and after that was on, bringing the sort of heat that we are desperately lacking. He might be a solution after all. Lloyd and Wallis were pretty nice too.

But van damn Bruce was awful. I get that we made some sort of effort to have the ball deliberately brought to ground to play to the other forwards strengths, but he didn't look anywhere near it in any single marking contest all night. There should be a mandatory league wide rule that if the ball hits you in the numbers in a marking contest from the front position you can't play the next week. It happened to Bruce twice so do the math.

[SonofScray]

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

I'd pay it every time, to be honest. However! He did push Cordy in the back it seemed.

[Eastdog]

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https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/788701/gallant-bulldogs-pipped-by-power

Gallant Bulldogs pipped by Power
The Bulldogs have fallen by 15-points to the league-leaders Port Adelaide in a hotly contested encounter at the Adelaide Oval.

A third quarter lapse has cost the Western Bulldogs victory against ladder leader Port Adelaide in a spirited contest at Adelaide Oval on Monday night.

The Bulldogs were the superior team for three of the four quarters, but conceded four-straight goals in the third term, which ultimately proved to the be the difference.

The Dogs were left to lament a dominant first half which yielded just three goals from 25 inside 50s, which came off the back of a strong midfield performance.

But the Power lifted in the premiership quarter, taking the lead and stretching out to a 23-point advantage.

From there, it was always going to be difficult for the Bulldogs to claw their way back away from home.

The Dogs fought out the game admirably with eight scoring shots to three in the last stanza, and had their chances to snatch victory, but eventually ran out of time.

Tom Liberatore was outstanding in a losing cause, ending with 25 disposals, 20 of which were contested – the most of any player in a single match this season. He also had seven tackles and four clearances.

Jack Macrae led all comers for possessions with 28, while skipper Marcus Bontempelli had a game-high eight clearances to go with his 22 touches.

The loss leaves the Bulldogs with a 5-5 record, ahead of a five-day break and a test against another top four opponent, the Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba this Saturday night.


PORT ADELAIDE 1.2 3.2 7.5 8.7 (55)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 2.5 3.5 3.6 5.12. (42)


GOALS
Port Adelaide: Dixon 2, Gray 2, Farrell, Ladhams, Powell-Pepper, Wines
Western Bulldogs: Lloyd 2, McLean 2, Weightman

BEST
Port Adelaide: Butters, Wines, Ladhams, Rockliff, Gray, Amon
Western Bulldogs: Liberatore, Macrae, Smith, Wallis, Bontempelli, Dunkley

INJURIES
Port Adelaide: Nil
Western Bulldogs: Nil

[Prince Imperial]

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Ricciuto aka Crusty the Clown was there.

Wouldn't expect anything else from him. Great footballer but a peanut.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

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Terrible two days for Melbournians. We are all feeling it. Locked down with no end in sight. Footy is one of the rare things we still have left as a great distraction. Something to look forward too. A win would mean so much for us all to get us excited about this festival of footy. Feeling so flat.

Dig deep number 38, dig deep. I feel you're pain. We're all going to come out of this including our footy team 1500 km's away.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

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2 goals 5 behinds in the last. You have to say that we shot ourselves in the head.

Some very gettable goals too. For me the moment was Richards to make it two in a row.......misses

To be fair to Rusty, he copped a big knock on his knee early but played on.

[FrediKanoute]

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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.

I am going to keep defending Bruce till the cows come home. He creates a contest so the ball comes to ground. The problem is he cannot do it alone. I that was Naughton out there today we would screaming for him to be put back in the backline. Naughton/Bruce only work if you have another tall. We needed Schache or Lew Young in there tonight to take the pressure off them. Its a pretty easy game if you are a defender knowing that the only man flying for the ball is Bruce.

[Danjul]

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I know that I have used this already but it shows tonight’s result was predictable.

The back six are good, but short. Dixon is 200cm and 105kg. None of our six are one on one possibilities. Does Port exploit that weakness. If so, Do we counter their advantage by having 4 of the backmen jump against him. That didn’t work out well last week because it leaves opposition crumbers to hurt us.

It will be interesting to see how it goes.

on the second point, Bruce kicked goals when Naughton was absent . He worked well with Schache who played well as an effective decoy and got some goals himself. I think the team needs Naughton, Bruce needs someone who makes the opposing players think twice about loading up on him. It wouldn’t hurt to tell our guys to stop kicking it over his head.

Both points say the team is crying out for height. Preferably someone who can prop up English too.

So what did we do? Reward Weightman for his 4 possessions last game with another. And he gets 5 .

The frantic game plan which scrambles the ball forward for a negligible return burns the players out by halftime. And then the opposition moves ahead. Who didn’t see it coming. I know many will take comfort from the fact that we ‘could have won ‘ but we didn’t and never were going to.

[FrediKanoute]

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To be fair to Rusty, he copped a big knock on his knee early but played on.

Had that been Gowers running into an open goal and missed they way Richards did we would have crucified him....let him rise up again 3 days later and crucified him again.....

The point is - kick that goal - whoever the player is and its a 12 point game with momentum.

[FrediKanoute]

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I know that I have used this already but it shows tonight’s result was predictable.

The back six are good, but short. Dixon is 200cm and 105kg. None of our six are one on one possibilities. Does Port exploit that weakness. If so, Do we counter their advantage by having 4 of the backmen jump against him. That didn’t work out well last week because it leaves opposition crumbers to hurt us.

It will be interesting to see how it goes.

on the second point, Bruce kicked goals when Naughton was absent . He worked well with Schache who played well as an effective decoy and got some goals himself. I think the team needs Naughton, Bruce needs someone who makes the opposing players think twice about loading up on him. It wouldn’t hurt to tell our guys to stop kicking it over his head.

Both points say the team is crying out for height. Preferably someone who can prop up English too.

So what did we do? Reward Weightman for his 4 possessions last game with another. And he gets 5 .

The frantic game plan which scrambles the ball forward for a negligible return burns the players out by halftime. And then the opposition moves ahead. Who didn’t see it coming. I know many will take comfort from the fact that we ‘could have won ‘ but we didn’t and never were going to.

I don't often agree, but on this occasion I think you have nailed it........

[Bornadog]

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I am going to keep defending Bruce till the cows come home. He creates a contest so the ball comes to ground. The problem is he cannot do it alone. I that was Naughton out there today we would screaming for him to be put back in the backline. Naughton/Bruce only work if you have another tall. We needed Schache or Lew Young in there tonight to take the pressure off them. Its a pretty easy game if you are a defender knowing that the only man flying for the ball is Bruce.

Bevo mentioned last week that Bruce is measured in different ways, and you have nailed what he is meant to do - if you can't mark it, bring it to ground.

[soupman]

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Bevo mentioned last week that Bruce is measured in different ways, and you have nailed what he is meant to do - if you can't mark it, bring it to ground.

Surely the bar is set higher than that? We could wheel Aaron James out and he'd be just as effective in that role.

Bruce is our only key forward and one of our few accomplished forwards, he needs to contribute more than just getting in the way.

I'm all for bringing in another tall, sure it might help Bruce out but it also offers us someone who might contribute a bit more positively to the sides efforts going forward and actually earn a shot.

[comrade]

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So if Bruce is measured on bringing the ball to ground and/or giving our smalls opportunities, he also failed miserably given the Port defenders intercepted all night.

[angelopetraglia]

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So if Bruce is measured on bringing the ball to ground and/or giving our smalls opportunities, he also failed miserably given the Port defenders intercepted all night.

On any measure. Impossible to defend Bruce’s game tonight.