Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

[jeemak]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

jee what did you see that gives you hope?

Honestly I saw the same game plan and the same outcome.

Underdone players playing like underdone players (two in particular), and a midfield lowering its colours cause me to think there is a really easy way to improve. Especially if the likes of Naughton and Lobb can impact the game more at the same time.

I think we needed to select a couple of players who played badly in McNeil and Khamis but we don't need to select them again, and I'm shuffling things around to get Macrae back into the side, Daniel starting the game, and Keath into the CHB position.

But it all goes back to the engine room, if they can't control the game at different times or level it most of the time we're no chance no matter what our game plan is. That's the same for any team.

[Mofra]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

Underdone players playing like underdone players (two in particular), and a midfield lowering its colours cause me to think there is a really easy way to improve. Especially if the likes of Naughton and Lobb can impact the game more at the same time.

I think we needed to select a couple of players who played badly in McNeil and Khamis but we don't need to select them again, and I'm shuffling things around to get Macrae back into the side, Daniel starting the game, and Keath into the CHB position.

But it all goes back to the engine room, if they can't control the game or level it we're no chance no matter what our game plan is.

Is Keath fit?

I do think we just have to make changes.

[jeemak]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

Is Keath fit?

I do think we just have to make changes.

From reports he played very well yesterday.

[Happy Days]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

Keath absolutely has to come in.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

It's been the same engine room that he's gone with for years.

Throw Richards in, Naughton in for bursts (if it's good enough for Cameron and Geelong it's good enough for us).

You can't keep failing the same way over and over and ignore the coaching.

[jazzadogs]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

37 tackles for the match is not a fair dinkum side.

Incredibly inside 50s were even, 53 a piece. We just got killed in transition.

[Happy Days]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

It's been the same engine room that he's gone with for years.

Throw Richards in, Naughton in for bursts (if it's good enough for Cameron and Geelong it's good enough for us).

You can't keep failing the same way over and over and ignore the coaching.

Daniel actually made a noticeable difference to the mix just by virtue of not being one of the same guys that’s always in there.

What happened to Weightman as this guy?

[Bornadog]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

2 First year players, McNeil never should have been in 7 of his 14 disposals were clangers , Harmes is an ordinary player which was my concern when we recruited him again 5 clangers out of 11, Dud Brown with 6 marks, outstretching Buku - what hope have you got. To top it off, delivery to the forward line, same old

So Frustrating

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

37 tackles for the match is not a fair dinkum side.

Incredibly inside 50s were even, 53 a piece. We just got killed in transition.

That's utterly appalling.

[Bornadog]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

37 tackles for the match is not a fair dinkum side.

Incredibly inside 50s were even, 53 a piece. We just got killed in transition.

They only had 8 more tackles

[ledge]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

I see nothing Bevo can say that can excuse it after his build up .
Even his team selection was badly out of touch.
We all had doubts on a few players not just a couple like usual team selections.
Khamis as CHB, McNeill, Vandermeer . It’s also the players we didn’t name that should have played.
Why is our delivery into the forward line so horrid for years as well ?

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

37 tackles for the match is not a fair dinkum side.

Incredibly inside 50s were even, 53 a piece. We just got killed in transition.

Yes. That?s the issue. We lost the same way we always do. Sides sit back, put numbers behind the ball and make us pay when we inevitably turn it over. They know they don?t need that many more inside 50s to win. This is also against one of the least efficient teams in recent history. We allowed them easy looks all day.

We play the game on the oppositions terms. How they want to play.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

Keath absolutely has to come in.

God HD hes been cooked for a couple of years.

Our defense is a shambles.

Positives were Bramble, Marra and West. Not much else.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

They only had 8 more tackles

That is still +22% more tackles in a game where they had +10% more possessions.

We didn?t get near them all day.

[ledge]

Re: Demons V Bulldogs - Round 1 17/3/24 MCG 1.00pm

What’s the old saying about being mad doing the same thing but expecting a different result ?