Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

We won the clearances 44-28!!!!!

Belted them but watching it live it didn?t feel like that. When we lose clearances they are inevitably put the front and into space.

We did win some good centre clearances that resulted in goals.

But it also highlight our structure and systems are a mess.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

We outscored them from clearances by 45 points. Our best result since 2021.

But we were outscored by 52 points from intercept possessions. Our worst result since 2018.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

They just waited for us to cough it up and punish us.

Under a closed roof in perfect conditions, how do you explain so many blatant turnovers?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

They just waited for us to cough it up and punish us.

Under a closed roof in perfect conditions, how do you explain so many blatant turnovers?

We are not a good football team. We don?t have enough good footballers. Our skills are shit and development kills players futures and coaching won?t helping.

[merantau]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

That was a terrible performance - a non-performance.
It would have been totally unjustified if we had snatched a win at the end.

[josie]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

Melbourne Victory won in an amazing match - went to penalty shootout and goalkeeper Izzo a hero. Just thought I?d mention it for those who support Victory (even if just a tad), so your weekend end ends in a sweet note despite all the doom & gloom for we loyal woofers.

Hope our doggies can salvage some from the season. C?mon boys, dig deep.

[macca]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

We really need to take some lessons from Collingwood. They were close to rock bottom, a laughing stock for their list mismanagement, the racism issues etc yet they were able to completely turn it around and quickly. The time for inaction has passed, the entire club needs to be shaken up and new blood needs to come in and take over.

They even managed to find room for negating forward in Frampton, and a player who could not find a spot on our list in Lipinski!

[jazzadogs]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

They even managed to find room for negating forward in Frampton, and a player who could not find a spot on our list in Lipinski!

It's literally just an updated Bulldogs 2016 with Cordy/Frampton and Biggs/Lipinski.

As a club, we have been through worse. But can we find someone as magical as Bevo to get us out again?

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

Melbourne Victory won in an amazing match - went to penalty shootout and goalkeeper Izzo a hero. Just thought I?d mention it for those who support Victory (even if just a tad), so your weekend end ends in a sweet note despite all the doom & gloom for we loyal woofers.

Hope our doggies can salvage some from the season. C?mon boys, dig deep.

Yes. Melbourne Victory member. I chose to the Bulldogs game over the Victory game. Ha.

[Bullies]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

When we hit the front , and the ball went fwd , the first player tonit was hawks player. I kind thought , our players dont wamt it enough.

JUH body language has been poor. He neexs to work into space more and stop running into other forwards.

I think Marra needs to decide if he wants to be there. I watched him closely and he wasn't interested. At one stage English kicked a goal and every forward went to him except Marra. As you said he wasn't interested in working himself into the game. If things don't go his way the toys are out the cot.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

1:33 left on the clock when Marra takes his kick. The mark is inside 50m. Small to zero angle. He hits the behind post. How?

Even after a poor day, we had moments we could have seized yet didn't show up when it counted.

[Eastdog]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

We just are not that good and that was proven with that performance tonight against a very ordinary side at the moment in the Hawks.

We aren?t going far this year and need a change to the senior coach and also get serious about trading some players out who are not up to it.

Love Bevo for what he did in 2016 and I?ll be forever grateful for the greatest day in our supporting lives but since then it hasn?t been that good except for the 2021 season making a GF which I believe got him that new contract.

Not confident now next week going to the G playing the Tigers but will probably win.

[macca]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

If Hawks had kicked straight, the should have won by 5 goals. They are an ordinary side, and we just made them look better tonight.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

Marra has escaped criticism this year. He's been putrid.

Selfish, lazy and the only consistency in his game is his ability to blow opportunities.

He needs to be challenged.

[josie]

Re: Bulldogs V Hawks - Round 8, 5/5/24 Marvel Stadium 4:00PM AEST

I?m with you Eastdog. So much at stake next week.