WB Game Day V Port Adelaide R10 2020

[Bullies]

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Bruce came back in very ordinary condition after the first ISO break and it showed. He has played catch up since and you can't do that at this level. He is paying for it now. If you look at the condition he was in when we played Port in the pre season game they are two different players.

[Vred]

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Despite another loss (don't get me wrong, they put me in a mood for the next few days) we're talking about the top of the ladder here, the team alot of people are touting as GF contenders this year, the fact that we played so well and even had them beaten for 3/4th of the game is a good thing.

Yes, we are young, yes, we have list issues, our forward line is in *!*!*!*!ing shambles, we have star players who are making under 12's skill errors, but honestly I was happy with what was put out by the team last night, minus a 10 minute period in the third.

If we can ajust and fix the forward line, we might just be able to take Brisbane out at home.. Not holding my breath, but it's a possibility.

[azabob]

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

That is seriously dark.

[Vred]

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That is seriously dark.

Game day thread, I don't think we're in THAT bad of a spot, we've beaten some good teams this year, and considering the lack of training, the change to peoples lifes, corona, all that jazz, we could be going way worse.

[azabob]

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Game day thread, I don't think we're in THAT bad of a spot, we've beaten some good teams this year, and considering the lack of training, the change to peoples lifes, corona, all that jazz, we could be going way worse.

Comrade has a point though.

As a club we have not fired a shot since October 2nd 2016.

[comrade]

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Game day thread, I don't think we're in THAT bad of a spot, we've beaten some good teams this year, and considering the lack of training, the change to peoples lifes, corona, all that jazz, we could be going way worse.

Our slogan for this season should be: Bulldogs 2020...it could be worse.

[SonofScray]

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

We are wasting it. Or it has already been wasted.

[Bornadog]

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Bruce came back in very ordinary condition after the first ISO break and it showed. He has played catch up since and you can't do that at this level. He is paying for it now. If you look at the condition he was in when we played Port in the pre season game they are two different players.

At least someone on hear acknowledges Bruce's condition. I have been calling him over weight, but maybe I should have been saying out of condition.

[EasternWest]

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At least someone on hear acknowledges Bruce's condition. I have been calling him over weight, but maybe I should have been saying out of condition.

This doesn't make any sense. Most everyone has been calling him overweight.

[Bornadog]

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This doesn't make any sense. Most everyone has been calling him overweight.

Well a few have questioned me on this.

[comrade]

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This doesn't make any sense. Most everyone has been calling him overweight.

Lol I think most of my posts in the month after the ISO break were variations on 'damn Bruce is fat'.

[Happy Days]

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Riewoldt on the pre-show for one of our games mentioned that Bruce had made a habit of coming back to pre-seasons in less than stellar condition. Can’t imagine current circumstances would be ideal for a player with such a mindset.

[EasternWest]

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At least someone on hear acknowledges Bruce's condition. I have been calling him over weight, but maybe I should have been saying out of condition.

Well a few have questioned me on this.

That's quite the difference.

Regardless, you're right. Bruce's endeavour is good but his lack of conditioning means his ability to actually play under fatigue is poor.

We can't afford to drop him IMO, but he desperately needs to improve his fitness - and I'm not sure how possible that is in the compressed format.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Riewoldt on the pre-show for one of our games mentioned that Bruce had made a habit of coming back to pre-seasons in less than stellar condition. Can’t imagine current circumstances would be ideal for a player with such a mindset.

As frustrating as Bruce is right now - and I reached boiling point last night - he's not THIS bad.

Come pre-season he needs to put in the yards and develop chemistry with other forwards and I'm confident he'll be much more productive in 2021, but I hope we learn (we never seem to) that he NEEDS support. Yes - Naughton is preferred but if he's injured, it HAS to be Schache or it HAS to be Young.

[Missing Dog]

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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.

Can we please get 2 or 3 players that can kick straight at goal. Seriously 5 goals 12 is ridiculous, the game should have been all but over in our favour in the first quarter, it may be time to release habitual point kickers and try and get some accuracy from somewhere, the guys who keep kicking points are useless to us.