Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

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  • mjp
    Bulldog Team of the Century
    • Jan 2007
    • 7363
    #1

    Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

    Just finished watching the game.

    I don't understand a lot of things but I do understand this. If Lever is allowed to float around, he is going to take intercept marks. You need to play with an elbow IN HIS BACK. Don't lead - he reads it better than you. Don't double back into space - he reads it better than you. STICK YOUR ELBOW IN HIS BACK.

    Like - how hard is it. When you are playing against someone like Lever, telling players to lower their eyes etc is great in theory...but then the pressure comes and he marks it. Instead, just stick your elbow in his back and every time he jumps for the ball he has some serious heat on him. He is forced to compete, not allowed to be the 3rd man.

    Sure, it wasn't our night, but we can at least do this. And I know if we are sitting on Salem then sitting on Lever as well might make it 'hard' but he impacted so many times....
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
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    • DOG GOD
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • Jul 2007
      • 6545
      #2
      Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

      Originally posted by mjp
      Just finished watching the game.

      I don't understand a lot of things but I do understand this. If Lever is allowed to float around, he is going to take intercept marks. You need to play with an elbow IN HIS BACK. Don't lead - he reads it better than you. Don't double back into space - he reads it better than you. STICK YOUR ELBOW IN HIS BACK.

      Like - how hard is it. When you are playing against someone like Lever, telling players to lower their eyes etc is great in theory...but then the pressure comes and he marks it. Instead, just stick your elbow in his back and every time he jumps for the ball he has some serious heat on him. He is forced to compete, not allowed to be the 3rd man.

      Sure, it wasn't our night, but we can at least do this. And I know if we are sitting on Salem then sitting on Lever as well might make it 'hard' but he impacted so many times....
      Agree. I don’t understand how teams can allow him just to float like you say. If it’s obvious to you MJP, why not the MC ? By watching the game, what was the thinking of the MC regarding Lever ?
      I will never see #16 the same!!

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        • bulldogtragic
          The List Manager
          • Jan 2007
          • 34289
          #3
          Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

          Brisbane took the advice Mike. Working well.
          Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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            • G-Mo77
              Bulldog Team of the Century
              • Apr 2007
              • 9876
              #4
              Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

              I'd rather someone put a knee in his back. I don't mind Melbourne but just can't take this bloke.

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                • comrade
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 18030
                  #5
                  Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                  Just stick a bloke on him all game and don't give him more than a foot of space.
                  Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.

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                    • Hotdog60
                      Bulldog Team of the Century
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 5905
                      #6
                      Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                      Originally posted by comrade
                      Just stick a bloke on him all game and don't give him more than a foot of space.
                      May be we should have moved Cordy forward
                      Don't piss off old people
                      The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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                        • Grantysghost
                          Bouncing Strong
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 18959
                          #7
                          Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                          Originally posted by G-Mo77
                          I'd rather someone put a knee in his back. I don't mind Melbourne but just can't take this bloke.
                          Oi oi easy now gov'na.
                          BT COME BACK!​

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                            • chef
                              Hall of Fame
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 14618
                              #8
                              Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                              Originally posted by Hotdog60
                              May be we should have moved Cordy forward
                              Knee to the back of the head?
                              The curse is dead.

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                                • jeemak
                                  Bulldog Legend
                                  • Oct 2010
                                  • 21826
                                  #9
                                  Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                  Trying not to kick to him (or May) would have been the starting point.
                                  TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                                    • Testekill
                                      WOOF Member
                                      • Jan 2015
                                      • 2327
                                      #10
                                      Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                      Just plow into him and May at every contest, make them hesitant.

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                                        • bulldogtragic
                                          The List Manager
                                          • Jan 2007
                                          • 34289
                                          #11
                                          Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                          Anything you want to add MJP?
                                          Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                                            • jeemak
                                              Bulldog Legend
                                              • Oct 2010
                                              • 21826
                                              #12
                                              Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                              What I've seen with these guys is that they're really good at pushing forwards higher up the ground, pulling back to take the ball that's been kicked too full/ long.
                                              TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                                                • Bornadog
                                                  WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                                                  • Jan 2007
                                                  • 66705
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                                  As Comrade has mentioned, Hawthorn made sure the high ball didn't come in so that Lever and May didn't have the opportunity to take intercept marks. We need our forwards to lead and our mids/wingman to hit the players on a leading chest.

                                                  This game should be ideal for Weightman and Garcia to mop up the spoiled balls and snap some goals. With rain forecast, our smaller forwards need to do the job.
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                                                  Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                                                    • GVGjr
                                                      Moderator
                                                      • Nov 2006
                                                      • 44636
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                                      Originally posted by bornadog
                                                      As Comrade has mentioned, Hawthorn made sure the high ball didn't come in so that Lever and May didn't have the opportunity to take intercept marks. We need our forwards to lead and our mids/wingman to hit the players on a leading chest.

                                                      This game should be ideal for Weightman and Garcia to mop up the spoiled balls and snap some goals. With rain forecast, our smaller forwards need to do the job.
                                                      I would have thought Weightman was a more mark and kick type player than a crumbing one
                                                      Lets hope they can both adjust
                                                      Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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                                                        • Topdog
                                                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                                                          • Jan 2007
                                                          • 7471
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Jake Lever - Stick an elbow IN HIS BACK!

                                                          Originally posted by GVGjr
                                                          I would have thought Weightman was a more mark and kick type player than a crumbing one
                                                          Lets hope they can both adjust
                                                          Weightman has shown that he is pretty good at both but has certainly kicked more from marks.

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