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  • jazzadogs
    Bulldog Team of the Century
    • Oct 2008
    • 5839

    #1

    What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

    And why is it Tim English taking a kick in with 45 seconds on the clock, cantering through the defensive 50 like a headless giraffe, when he could have simply not done that.

    Please tell me: what have you seen that is dumber than what happened today? Bonus points if it is not Bulldogs related, as it will ease the pain.
  • bulldogtragic
    The List Manager
    • Jan 2007
    • 34289

    #2
    Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

    Pass. You win.
    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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    • EasternWest
      Hall of Fame
      • Aug 2009
      • 10119

      #3
      Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

      Originally posted by jazzadogs
      And why is it Tim English taking a kick in with 45 seconds on the clock, cantering through the defensive 50 like a headless giraffe, when he could have simply not done that.

      Please tell me: what have you seen that is dumber than what happened today? Bonus points if it is not Bulldogs related, as it will ease the pain.
      Kinda Bulldogs related, but pretty farking dumb. I saw a guy today watch five minutes of our game on one tv the walk through to another room where the same game was on another tv and he looked at the screen then turned to another guy and said "who's playing?".

      That's pretty dumb.
      "It's over. It's all over."

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      • bulldogtragic
        The List Manager
        • Jan 2007
        • 34289

        #4
        Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

        Originally posted by EasternWest
        Kinda Bulldogs related, but pretty farking dumb. I saw a guy today watch five minutes of our game on one tv the walk through to another room where the same game was on another tv and he looked at the screen then turned to another guy and said "who's playing?".

        That's pretty dumb.
        Worse. This is the impact the this team has on the neutrals/ the general public… no wonder journos won’t write anything about this side.
        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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        • Grantysghost
          Bouncing Strong
          • Apr 2010
          • 19367

          #5
          Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

          Originally posted by jazzadogs
          And why is it Tim English taking a kick in with 45 seconds on the clock, cantering through the defensive 50 like a headless giraffe, when he could have simply not done that.

          Please tell me: what have you seen that is dumber than what happened today? Bonus points if it is not Bulldogs related, as it will ease the pain.
          Headless giraffe haha gold
          BT COME BACK!​

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          • 1eyedog
            Hall of Fame
            • Mar 2008
            • 13387

            #6
            Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

            Originally posted by jazzadogs
            And why is it Tim English taking a kick in with 45 seconds on the clock, cantering through the defensive 50 like a headless giraffe, when he could have simply not done that.

            Please tell me: what have you seen that is dumber than what happened today? Bonus points if it is not Bulldogs related, as it will ease the pain.
            100% should have been the long target up the guts. One of the weirdest things I've seen on a footy field.
            But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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            • 1eyedog
              Hall of Fame
              • Mar 2008
              • 13387

              #7
              Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

              Originally posted by EasternWest
              Kinda Bulldogs related, but pretty farking dumb. I saw a guy today watch five minutes of our game on one tv the walk through to another room where the same game was on another tv and he looked at the screen then turned to another guy and said "who's playing?".

              That's pretty dumb.
              Lulz
              But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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              • Bornadog
                WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                • Jan 2007
                • 67688

                #8
                Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                45 seconds to go English was in goal square, no time to waste just get the ball and go.
                FFC: Established 1883

                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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                • The Bulldogs Bite
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 11407

                  #9
                  Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                  Originally posted by 1eyedog
                  100% should have been the long target up the guts. One of the weirdest things I've seen on a footy field.
                  HE should have been the target.

                  The dumbest thing is the fact HE took the kick in to begin with.
                  W00F!

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                  • jeemak
                    Bulldog Legend
                    • Oct 2010
                    • 22149

                    #10
                    Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                    Yep, with the game clock stopped he just needs to sprint down the guts and let someone else kick the ball in.

                    Lever's meltdown in the final last year was pretty epic.
                    TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                    • Sedat
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 11601

                      #11
                      Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                      Originally posted by bornadog
                      45 seconds to go English was in goal square, no time to waste just get the ball and go.
                      Richards was next to him and should have demanded the ball, which was the exact same play 2 minutes earlier that resulted in a coast-to-coast goal for us. Both players are equally culpable - it's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen from a professional footy team, and it shows we are too often a talent based team instead of a system based one.

                      We suck at doing the little things.
                      "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                      • Grantysghost
                        Bouncing Strong
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 19367

                        #12
                        Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                        Originally posted by Sedat
                        Richards was next to him and should have demanded the ball, which was the exact same play 2 minutes earlier that resulted in a coast-to-coast goal for us. Both players are equally culpable - it's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen from a professional footy team, and it shows we are too often a talent based team instead of a system based one.

                        We suck at doing the little things.
                        I don't get the angst, apart from it looking strange he moved the ball half the field, I doubt the Hawks were set up the same way as the Richards kick out also.
                        BT COME BACK!​

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                        • azabob
                          Hall of Fame
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 15481

                          #13
                          Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                          Originally posted by bornadog
                          45 seconds to go English was in goal square, no time to waste just get the ball and go.
                          Doesn't the clock stop when a kick in is taken?
                          More of an In Bruges guy?

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                          • Grantysghost
                            Bouncing Strong
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 19367

                            #14
                            Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                            Originally posted by azabob
                            Doesn't the clock stop when a kick in is taken?
                            In accordance with Law 10.5.2, the time clock does not run until the player kicking in has brought the ball back into play – either by kicking or being called to play on.
                            BT COME BACK!​

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                            • bulldogtragic
                              The List Manager
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 34289

                              #15
                              Re: What's the dumbest thing you've seen on a football field?

                              Originally posted by azabob
                              Doesn't the clock stop when a kick in is taken?
                              Yep. All he needed to do was put the ball on the ground in the square, wait for a good kicker to run back to pick it up, and sprint up the ground. That easy.
                              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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