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[Grantysghost]

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Thank God for that. Here I was panicking.

Good to know we've got it under control. Ladder position is not the be all and end all people.

Well, not when you've traded away your first pick.

[G-Mo77]

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Well, not when you've traded away your first pick.

I try to forget that but each week I'm reminded of this. Ooooof

[jeemak]

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Kane wants to keep taking it to cliche hysteria with his well worn hits on the Dogs. Nathan Buckley with the opposite. Actualy decent analysis and pragmatic. Bucks worth listening to in regards to this.

https://dcs.megaphone.fm/NTETP988655...2-31909454a314

I don't know how someone can use Darcy as an example of how amazing our list is, even JUH is still in the development phase of his career and is going to be inconsistent.

As for Buckley, as an ex-senior coach I don't know how he copes with his opinion being tossed aside so readily by the likes of Cornes. At some point you'd be telling the dickhead to just shut up and listen.

[Grantysghost]

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I try to forget that but each week I'm reminded of this. Ooooof

It's a kick to the nether regions that's for sure.

[Grantysghost]

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I don't know how someone can use Darcy as an example of how amazing our list is, even JUH is still in the development phase of his career and is going to be inconsistent.

As for Buckley, as an ex-senior coach I don't know how he copes with his opinion being tossed aside so readily by the likes of Cornes. At some point you'd be telling the dickhead to just shut up and listen.

Because they know it's contrived theatre.

[angelopetraglia]

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Because they know it's contrived theatre.

It is for one, but Bucks appears to take some pride in what it says and it being remotely accurate and actually informing the listeners. Cornes knows his role is just chief provocateur.

[angelopetraglia]

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Western Bulldogs president Kylie Watson-Wheeler backs Luke Beveridge after Hawks loss Jon Ralph

The Bulldogs slumped to 3-5 after losing to the bottom-four Hawks on the weekend, but club president Kylie Watson-Wheeler and board member Luke Darcy continue to back the coach.

Western Bulldogs president Kylie Watson-Wheeler has backed the security of coach Luke Beveridge’s job but made clear the clash against Hawthorn was “a game we all definitely expected to win”.

After the Dogs lost another close game to a club out of finals contention Beveridge made clear he believed he had the trust and connection with his playing group.

In the last 13 games the Dogs have lost all five clashes decided by a single-figure margin, with a top four finish likely a pipedream given his side would need to win 12 of their final 15 home-and-away games.

Dogs chief executive Ameet Bains said recently the club’s hope was to contend for the premiership this year and Watson-Wheeler agreed finals had been the stated goal this season.

But as she echoed Beveridge’s mantra about a list evolution she made clear the club planned to honour his contract despite the 3-5 start to the season.

“Yeah, he’s contracted until the end of next year, we are really focused on working together with the coaching group and we have had a lot of coaching changes as well so we are settling that in,” she said.

“We are focused on supporting the group we have and really ensuring we are giving them everything they need to bring that positive result on the field.

“I think you need to watch what is happening on the field consistently and what is happening within the walls of the club. Everything I see, I see and feel that connection and we are in a bit of a phase of evolution within the team and determining how we can manage to deliver that high performance that we have the ability to do on a consistent basis.”

Watson-Wheeler’s semi-regular ABC spot came on the morning after the club’s dispiring loss to the Hawks but she made clear nothing would change in the club’s backing of Beveridge.

Beveridge said earlier this year the club’s all-encompassing review over summer had not been about his coaching but about “freeing me up to progress things in the coaching and management space”.

Board member Luke Darcy made clear last August he was a Beveridge man.

“100 per cent he is (the man). And all the evidence would suggest that,” he said.

“Sometimes the commentary outside can border on disrespectful at times when you talk of someone with the history and record that he has, he has changed the whole paradigm of coaching in many ways. His record has been extraordinary. He has been an extraordinary leader of that football club. He has been an incredibly positive, successful person. Our football club in 10 years has never had a more successful period. This deathriding of coaches, I am uneasy with that.”

Wheeler-Watson said the club had not expected to lose to Hawthorn.

“Certainly it was a game we all definitely expected to win so we are all disappointed and frustrated within the club, all levels of the club,” she said

“As of course are our fans and we really understand that. What has been interesting this season for us is we have had three convincing wins and two convincing losses and then we have had three losses where we were right up at the line and just couldn’t find what we needed to jump over that and last night was one of those games. As a club we continue to connect to determine what we need to do to make sure we can win those games.”

“I think the reality is when you think about the evolution of your football team and the game and where you are at you need to improve upon the previous year. Given we just missed out on finals last year making finals is an improvement. But at our best we are very very good. We just need to maintain that and bring our best more than we are at the moment.”

[bulldogtragic]

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How did 10 month old Luke Darcy comments make that article?

[SonofScray]

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Western Bulldogs president Kylie Watson-Wheeler backs Luke Beveridge after Hawks loss Jon Ralph

The Bulldogs slumped to 3-5 after losing to the bottom-four Hawks on the weekend, but club president Kylie Watson-Wheeler and board member Luke Darcy continue to back the coach.

Western Bulldogs president Kylie Watson-Wheeler has backed the security of coach Luke Beveridge’s job but made clear the clash against Hawthorn was “a game we all definitely expected to win”.

After the Dogs lost another close game to a club out of finals contention Beveridge made clear he believed he had the trust and connection with his playing group.

In the last 13 games the Dogs have lost all five clashes decided by a single-figure margin, with a top four finish likely a pipedream given his side would need to win 12 of their final 15 home-and-away games.

Dogs chief executive Ameet Bains said recently the club’s hope was to contend for the premiership this year and Watson-Wheeler agreed finals had been the stated goal this season.

But as she echoed Beveridge’s mantra about a list evolution she made clear the club planned to honour his contract despite the 3-5 start to the season.

“Yeah, he’s contracted until the end of next year, we are really focused on working together with the coaching group and we have had a lot of coaching changes as well so we are settling that in,” she said.

“We are focused on supporting the group we have and really ensuring we are giving them everything they need to bring that positive result on the field.

“I think you need to watch what is happening on the field consistently and what is happening within the walls of the club. Everything I see, I see and feel that connection and we are in a bit of a phase of evolution within the team and determining how we can manage to deliver that high performance that we have the ability to do on a consistent basis.”

Watson-Wheeler’s semi-regular ABC spot came on the morning after the club’s dispiring loss to the Hawks but she made clear nothing would change in the club’s backing of Beveridge.

Beveridge said earlier this year the club’s all-encompassing review over summer had not been about his coaching but about “freeing me up to progress things in the coaching and management space”.

Board member Luke Darcy made clear last August he was a Beveridge man.

“100 per cent he is (the man). And all the evidence would suggest that,” he said.

“Sometimes the commentary outside can border on disrespectful at times when you talk of someone with the history and record that he has, he has changed the whole paradigm of coaching in many ways. His record has been extraordinary. He has been an extraordinary leader of that football club. He has been an incredibly positive, successful person. Our football club in 10 years has never had a more successful period. This deathriding of coaches, I am uneasy with that.”

Wheeler-Watson said the club had not expected to lose to Hawthorn.

“Certainly it was a game we all definitely expected to win so we are all disappointed and frustrated within the club, all levels of the club,” she said

“As of course are our fans and we really understand that. What has been interesting this season for us is we have had three convincing wins and two convincing losses and then we have had three losses where we were right up at the line and just couldn’t find what we needed to jump over that and last night was one of those games. As a club we continue to connect to determine what we need to do to make sure we can win those games.”

“I think the reality is when you think about the evolution of your football team and the game and where you are at you need to improve upon the previous year. Given we just missed out on finals last year making finals is an improvement. But at our best we are very very good. We just need to maintain that and bring our best more than we are at the moment.”

9 games in a row where the deciding margin is 14 points or less we have lost.

[Bornadog]

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9 games in a row where the deciding margin is 14 points or less we have lost.

That tells me we don't have the quality of players to finish off a game.

We again played 8 inexperienced players yesterday (0 to 50 games) - but many not up to it, or still learning their trade.

[angelopetraglia]

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That tells me we don't have the quality of players to finish off a game.

We again played 8 inexperienced players yesterday (0 to 50 games) - but many not up to it, or still learning their trade.

Yes. But our opponent yesterday had 9.

[Grantysghost]

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Melbourne had 5 under 10 games.

[Bornadog]

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Yes. But our opponent yesterday had 9.

but they had 7 in the 50 to 100, to our 2

In the 0 to 50 - As I said in my comment, ours aren't up to it, whereas Hawks are

[azabob]

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Assuming 13 wins puts you in finals contention we need to win ten of our last fifteen games.

Breaking the remainder of the games into blocks of five highlights how tough our run home is.

We play ten games against current top 8 teams.

Richmond (away), Giants (away), Sydney (home), Pies (away at marvel), Lions (home)
Dockers (home), North (away at marvel), Port (away), Carlton (home), Geelong (away),
Sydney (away), Melbourne (home), Adelaide (away), North (home) Giants (home)

I would suggest we are favourite against North (twice) and 50/50 V Richmond this week.
Kinda depressing.

[mjp]

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Well, not when you've traded away your first pick.

In all seriousness, did we have a real choice with this?

I mean, I feel like it's revisionist history (somewhat) because my recollection is that everyone was on board with this when it happened!