WB Game Day V Hawthorn R22 2021

[Grantysghost]

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The double chance is no where near guaranteed, in fact I’d say it’s line ball right now. We dropped 3% today and are only 6% ahead of Brisbane. If Brisbane win both games like they’re expected to do, and we drop next week, there’s are very good chance the % flips and we end up 5th.

Yes I think it’s a coin toss now. Bombers week one wouldn’t that just top it aaaallllllllll off.

On a positive note I thought Bailey Dale was very good again.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion but we’ve been up for a very long time and were bound to have a flat patch. Timing is terrible. Injuries have hurt. We are all midfield and far too heavy in there. But… we will have a double chance.

This is more than a flat patch. We’ve been uncompetitive for 6 of 7 weeks. Kicking 5 goals against the 15th side isn’t a flat patch. I’ve been dubious about our form for much of the season. I always suspected this underbelly. But never in my worst nightmares did I think it was this bad. There’s no coming back from this.

[josie]

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion but we’ve been up for a very long time and were bound to have a flat patch. Timing is terrible. Injuries have hurt. We are all midfield and far too heavy in there. But… we will have a double chance.

Will we have a double chance? Thought we could drop to 5th.

[jeemak]

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Terrible. Apparently you can tackle players without the ball now.

There's absolutely nothing to take away from this game. We looked listless, helpless. Didn't see a hard tackle or body spoil all day. It's not so long ago that we were treated like rag dolls in a final against GWS, offering no resistance physically. This game shows we haven't fundamentally changed as a team, we're still prone to rolling over without so much as a whimper. Losing contested possessions against this mob is unacceptable.

The unpaid deliberate, the tackles without the footy, the mark not paid, the non-holding the ball decisions just made an already frustrating day more frustrating.

If this is how the season fritters away then I'm questioning the leadership and cohesion at the club.

[bulldogtragic]

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Will we have a double chance? Thought we could drop to 5th.

Yep. If we lose next week and Brisbane win both and the 6% is worn away. Yep. Elimination Final vs Essendon. And I can’t think about that. It hurts.

[LostDog]

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Agreed

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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The unpaid deliberate, the tackles without the footy, the mark not paid, the non-holding the ball decisions just made an already frustrating day more frustrating.

If this is how the season fritters away then I'm questioning the leadership and cohesion at the club.

Leadership is the right word. I’m not seeing it anywhere.

[jeemak]

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This is more than a flat patch. We’ve been uncompetitive for 6 of 7 weeks. Kicking 5 goals against the 15th side isn’t a flat patch. I’ve been dubious about our form for much of the season. I always suspected this underbelly. But never in my worst nightmares did I think it was this bad. There’s no coming back from this.

How can you be uncompetitive for six of seven weeks when you win four times in that period?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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If west coast drop out of the 8, we’ll be the worst team heading into the finals on recent form. By a mile. Everyone will position themselves to play us.

[Bornadog]

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Will we have a double chance? Thought we could drop to 5th.

We have to lose next week and Brisbane need to win by around 8 goals each week

[Grantysghost]

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The unpaid deliberate, the tackles without the footy, the mark not paid, the non-holding the ball decisions just made an already frustrating day more frustrating.

If this is how the season fritters away then I'm questioning the leadership and cohesion at the club.

The ruck Jeemak explain it to me. Banking on a 34 yr old who apparently every Lions fan I spoke to at Ballarat knew was cooked? English is so talented, but a complete liability in the ruck.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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How can you be uncompetitive for six of seven weeks when you win four times in that period?

We were uninspiring against bottom placed north.
Lost to Sydney.
Uninspiring against a horrible Gold Coast.
Did enough to beat a falling Adelaide.
Essendon made us look silly
Hawthorn embarrassed us.

I don’t just look at wins and losses. I’ve been concerned for a while.

[comrade]

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We have to lose next week and Brisbane need to win by around 8 goals each week

Given they play the Pies and Eagles at the Gabba, that’s a big possibility.

[Grantysghost]

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We have to lose next week and Brisbane need to win by around 8 goals each week

Well if we lose by 60 points I think it would be less right? I’ll do some figures and report back

[jeemak]

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The ruck Jeemak explain it to me. Banking on a 34 yr old who apparently every Lions fan I spoke to at Ballarat knew was cooked? English is so talented, but a complete liability in the ruck.

All I can tell you about the ruck is that Bevo won't play one unless he really likes them. In lieu of that we rely on our midfielders to be accountable to neutralise the football, roll one up and then move the ball forward cleanly.

If our midfielders don't do that we get exposed. If we butcher the footy we get exposed. Today we had both of these issues and paid the price.