Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

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  • GVGjr
    Moderator
    • Nov 2006
    • 44634

    Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

    Sweet did okay but English was the better player on the day. The difference wasn't great though and English should have torched him given he's played just 18 senior games.
    Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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    • jeemak
      Bulldog Legend
      • Oct 2010
      • 21825

      Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

      In a lot of ways a ruck is only as influential as his midfielders, or the opposition's will allow him to be. In Sweet's case both ours and Ports made him look really effective early.

      Not saying he didn't have some decisive taps, but they were only half the story today.

      That doesn't get Tim off the hook though. He should have been prepared for Sweet to want to make a statement and he was too soft in the early parts of the game. If he doesn't get his head into the game he's doing both us and himself a disservice.
      TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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      • Happy Days
        Hall of Fame
        • May 2008
        • 10142

        Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

        English cooked him you guys are crazy. There is plenty of other real shit to be mad about.
        - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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        • SonofScray
          Coaching Staff
          • Apr 2008
          • 4234

          Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

          Sweet helped wit h the good start but didn’t have a huge influence beyond highlighting just how little aggression Tim invests into the game.
          Time and Tide Waits For No Man

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          • Bornadog
            WOOF Clubhouse Leader
            • Jan 2007
            • 66700

            Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

            Originally posted by Happy Days
            English cooked him you guys are crazy. There is plenty of other real shit to be mad about.
            My big issue on the day is the midfield. Rozee, Butler and Wines completely took control. Rozee's first quarter with 18 disposals, finished us off
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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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            • Go_Dogs
              Hall of Fame
              • Jan 2007
              • 10152

              Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

              It was so weird when Darcy started in the centre square for the first contest. When has a club ever done that?

              English got the points, Sweet was effective in the middle, Port’s entire midfield made ours look slow and second rate. We should’ve been more powerful and experienced and beaten up on them, instead we seemed overawed by the next tier of the comp coming at us. And not for the first time.

              Good on Sweet, but he won’t be their first ruck when they’ve got a full list.
              Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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              • Bornadog
                WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                • Jan 2007
                • 66700

                Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                Originally posted by Go_Dogs
                It was so weird when Darcy started in the centre square for the first contest. When has a club ever done that
                Was a strange move to try and unbalance Port, but didn't work. Darcy doesn't have the strength to be a ruckman yet.
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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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                • Hotdog60
                  Bulldog Team of the Century
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 5904

                  Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                  It one of those things if it came off, brilliant bit of coaching but it didn't so wear the result.
                  Don't piss off old people
                  The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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

                    Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                    Originally posted by Hotdog60
                    It one of those things if it came off, brilliant bit of coaching but it didn't so wear the result.
                    Reliable not Remarkable.

                    Sorry - this one was one of those ideas that should absolutely been talked about but you don't do it in a critical game.

                    You have only ONE CHANCE to make a first impression - and your ruckman does that at the first CBD of the day...
                    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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                    • jeemak
                      Bulldog Legend
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 21825

                      Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                      Originally posted by mjp
                      Reliable not Remarkable.

                      Sorry - this one was one of those ideas that should absolutely been talked about but you don't do it in a critical game.

                      You have only ONE CHANCE to make a first impression - and your ruckman does that at the first CBD of the day...
                      I said somewhere this was the game English was looked in the eyes and told he needs to dominate his underling physically and aerobically from the outset.

                      We were way to clever for ourselves with whatever bullshit the Darcy move was, discussed at length or otherwise.
                      TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                      • Bumper Bulldogs
                        Coaching Staff
                        • Apr 2008
                        • 2967

                        Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                        Did Sweet win Oort this game against the Hawks and do what English couldn?t?
                        BB.

                        Looking forward - Naughton, Darcy and JUH. It will be the envy of everyone.

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                        • Hotdog60
                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 5904

                          Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                          The difference is one has heart and the other doesn't
                          Don't piss off old people
                          The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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                          • Rocket Science
                            Coaching Staff
                            • Oct 2007
                            • 4852

                            Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                            A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.
                            BORDERLINE FLYING

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                            • The Bulldogs Bite
                              Hall of Fame
                              • Dec 2006
                              • 11245

                              Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                              Originally posted by Rocket Science
                              A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.
                              Just needs another preseason I reckon.
                              W00F!

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                              • JanLorMill
                                WOOF Member
                                • Feb 2023
                                • 1688

                                Re: Sweet Jesus: Should Jordan Sweet be our first ruck?

                                Originally posted by Rocket Science
                                A real shame the arse dropped out of the market for English.
                                Maybe someone would have upped us if we offer 750 or less?

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