WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

[Grantysghost]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Macrae and Smith combined (11+8)had less cba's than Treloar (23).

We did all right at the contest. Won cp, just used it so poorly. Cats on the other hand used it pretty well. Footy iq is high. We need to be kept down a grade


Suns were +40 v Crows cp.

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Kicking down the line is pointless most of the time, I agree and especially against Geelong, but we actually have talls who should be working harder.

There was an instance in the last where Naughton was eighty metres away from the footy and expected the ball to be perfectly kicked to him after not presenting. The ball goes boundary side of the contest and Naughton gets angry at the kicker for allowing an easy mark to Geelong. But, there was twenty metres of clear space boundary side that he should have been working into.

Not sure if it's effort or positioning, but that really got my goat that play.

[kruder]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Gee there was a mass exodus of our supporters from about the 12 min mark of the last quarter. Not a good sign when confidence in the playing group is so low.

We have all seen that episode on repeat. How predictable.

[macca]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Kicking down the line is pointless most of the time, I agree and especially against Geelong, but we actually have talls who should be working harder.

There was an instance in the last where Naughton was eighty metres away from the footy and expected the ball to be perfectly kicked to him after not presenting. The ball goes boundary side of the contest and Naughton gets angry at the kicker for allowing an easy mark to Geelong. But, there was twenty metres of clear space boundary side that he should have been working into.

Not sure if it's effort or positioning, but that really got my goat that play.

Naughton's judgement is poor, the way I read it. as a fwd you need to work your guts off to present and be there for the 40-50 m kick, the shorter the kick , statistically it would be high percentage to execute. Naughton is not a natural forward.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Liam Jones. Three touches. Zero intercepts. Basically unsighted all night. They just removed him from the game.

[GVGjr]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Not sure what to make from Geelong going down the guts from kick ins so many times.
Is this a ploy they've used a few times before this season?

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Liam Jones. Three touches. Zero intercepts. Basically unsighted all night. They just removed him from the game.

I actually wondered if he was playing shitfaced at times tonight.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Gigacz from Twitter:

Last two weeks for the Western Bulldogs…

WB
55 shots
21 goals
38% accuracy

Opposition
46 shots
28 goals
61% accuracy

[angelopetraglia]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Just watched the Bevo presser. He was a deflated man. Flat. Incredibly frustrated with our kicking skills and goal conversion. I felt like he had a game plan to win, but the boys just didn’t execute.

[GVGjr]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Just watched the Bevo presser. He was a deflated man. Flat. Incredibly frustrated with our kicking skills and goal conversion. I felt like he had a game plan to win, but the boys just didn’t execute.

Hard to argue with that. It's not Bevo's fault if players don't execute the required skill level during the game but it becomes harder to defend if he and the MC continues to select them.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Hard to argue with that. It's not Bevo's fault if players don't execute the required skill level during the game but it becomes harder to defend if he and the MC continues to select them.

Yep and it's not a two week problem. It's been an issue from day one and got worse.

[jeemak]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

His presser was pretty shallow because you can't just keep saying we butchered it to every single question but one or two.

Must be pretty frustrating to have to front up after that, and accept that players who can execute when they have heads in the game often fail to rock up and actually do that every week.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Gigacz from Twitter:

Last two weeks for the Western Bulldogs…

WB
55 shots
21 goals
38% accuracy

Opposition
46 shots
28 goals
61% accuracy

This to entrench ourselves in the top four. Just shat the bed with a problem that hasn’t improved for a decade. Can’t say we should be shocked. A footy department with millions and plenty of coaches, we we still butcher it led by our captain.

[Grantysghost]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Liam Jones. Three touches. Zero intercepts. Basically unsighted all night. They just removed him from the game.

He was tight on Hawkins, as you say though they rarely bomb it to a contest.
Such a clever side.
Midfield pressure was ok too they just don't panic and dump it.

[JanLorMill]

Re: WB Game Day V Geelong R12 2023 Sat 3/6, 7:25PM - Marvel Stadium

Just watched the Bevo presser. He was a deflated man. Flat. Incredibly frustrated with our kicking skills and goal conversion. I felt like he had a game plan to win, but the boys just didn’t execute.

He picks the players that let him down.