Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

[jeemak]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Bevo said he lost his footing and stumbled. Not sure that's the same as saying he tripped, but it did look like his forehead became too heavy for him for a few moments.

[EasternWest]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

It’s because Essendon are crap

Ding ding ding ding

If Tim English was tough he’d be Tim Scottish.

His lack of appetite for a physical contest is killing us.

I chortled.

[Uninformed]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Two six day breaks in a row anyone??

[azabob]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Two six day breaks in a row anyone??

Huh?

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Two six day breaks in a row anyone??

Well it is going to be three in a row on Thursday night. But we play Saints off a five day break and they are playing interstate too.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

A player doesn't show this level of concern for a player who stumbles due to his ankle. Parish was right next to him and obviously was very concerned. Look at the position of Libba's head too.

p.s. kudos to Darcy Parish

[westdog54]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

A player doesn't show this level of concern for a player who stumbles due to his ankle. Parish was right next to him and obviously was very concerned. Look at the position of Libba's head too.

p.s. kudos to Darcy Parish

Agree x2. Parish was all class here.

[Danjul]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

[QUOTE=Sedat;896897]I totally get the gnashing of teeth around Bevo - last night was incredibly poor. But we have completely revamped our on-field operations, as well as implement (with mixed results so far to be fair) a turnover game plan with emphasis on speed of ball movement and also being able to better defend the ground when we don't have the ball. Bevo would rightly be getting absolutely belted if he stuck to the same formula/game plan that has reaped such mediocre results the last 2 years and kept gifting gamed to the likes of Macrae, Daniel and Dale irrespective of form. I'd rather he get belted trying something new and more contemporary with the way footy is played in 2024.

Macrae was one of our best players last night. The only one who could consistently get the ball into a teammates hands in a good position.

I don?t get the criticism of him. Without Macrae we wouldn?t have been as ?close? At the end. I think his was the catalyst for both our first and last goals.

All the new contemporary stuff is propaganda. When do we see some substance? Last night showed nothing worth having. Run fast aimlessly seems to be the only development..

So we managed to beat West Coast. If Macrae had been given a full game we would have beaten Geelong. That debacle still has not been addressed. Except for a few most have no idea of what to do with the ball when they get it. That is the problem.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

I just saw the Libba stumble. That was a black out.

[1eyedog]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

I totally get the gnashing of teeth around Bevo - last night was incredibly poor. But we have completely revamped our on-field operations, as well as implement (with mixed results so far to be fair) a turnover game plan with emphasis on speed of ball movement and also being able to better defend the ground when we don't have the ball. Bevo would rightly be getting absolutely belted if he stuck to the same formula/game plan that has reaped such mediocre results the last 2 years and kept gifting gamed to the likes of Macrae, Daniel and Dale irrespective of form. I'd rather he get belted trying something new and more contemporary with the way footy is played in 2024.

Bevo's greatest strength and also greatest weakness is his unwavering loyalty to the players. Clearly he is challenging some of the senior core to adapt and get better, and he is also fast-tracking development of the next wave. It all blew up last night against a dog-hungry rabid opponent, but I'm not going to criticise the change in methodology. I personally never want to see the antiquated stoppage/dirty clearance/territory game plan which relied on 2-3 superstars giving their absolute maximum output week on week just to cobble together enough wins to finish in the also-ran 7-11 bracket.

I've refrained from overtly criticising English the last couple of years, even though I could see from as far back as 2019 that he was likely never going to be that stoppage beast ruckman we thought we drafted in 2016, and that his lack of interest in engaging physically with his opponent and holding his ground was going to be incredibly costly in big games (which it has been on too many occasions to go over again). Last night was just a more blatant example of a typical Tim English game against ruckmen who love to body at the contest. It was meek, inept and completely lacking in leadership from someone who should have his big boy pants on by now and compete like hell at every stoppage to make an impact. He is so gifted athletically but we still haven't worked out how to harness these gifts, and we have invested 5 and a bit years now on gifting him games as our no 1 ruckman in the forlorn hope that we are fast-tracking him to become the next Simon Madden with age/experience. It is not going to happen - we need to seriously evaluate the sunk cost we have already invested into him and what the market is prepared to pay. I cannot cop the thought of over $1m of our salary cap being tied up with someone who still has so many question marks in his set/preferred position.

Agree 100% but the Fox Footy crew believe he is close to terms with us so we all may have to cop it for at least the next couple of years.

[1eyedog]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

I just saw the Libba stumble. That was a black out.

Yeah fainted apparently, no concussion.

[The Underdog]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

I just saw the Libba stumble. That was a black out.

Full Zaine

[EasternWest]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Full Zaine

Full Libba in the gutter.

[chef]

Re: Bulldogs V Bombers - Round 5, 12/4/24 Marvel Stadium 7.40PM AEST

Full Libba in the gutter.

At least Parish didn't go full Christian Howard and bolt off.