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

Bevo

Tonight we could not move the ball from our backend. That's the game. Up until two weeks ago we had given up the least score in the competition from the defensive area from our ground. Tonight we turned it over 24 times and Hawthorn score 8.4 which is world record scores. Some were so blatant we could not defend them.

(Bevo spot on. 100% where we lost the game.)

[macca]

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

Connor McDonald kicked 3 goals tonight. Where has he come from ?

He was on their rookie list a few years ago. He is clealry talented enough to play in this team.

What is wrong with our player development?
This kid has come from nowhere and has outscored JUH today.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

Why the fluctuation again? That is what we are working on to iron it out. To maintain momentum or stop it when there is spike against us.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

We are still optimistic we can win more than we lose. It was only a few weeks ago that we were coming at Geelong. We need to say the course and search for our next win.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

The morale is OK. They boys took a hit when Baz went down. But we are pretty healthy. We are undefeated at state level. There are some pretty good signs there. But the blend in our team of youth and experience isn't too bad. We are not executing well enough. The outcome at the moment is that we can't win the close ones.

[jazzadogs]

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

Connor McDonald kicked 3 goals tonight. Where has he come from ?

He was on their rookie list a few years ago. He is clealry talented enough to play in this team.

What is wrong with our player development?
This kid has come from nowhere and has outscored JUH today.

He was pick 26 in the 2021 draft. Same draft we got Darcy, Arty and Cleary.

[macca]

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

Bevo

Why the fluctuation again? That is what we are working on to iron it out. To maintain momentum or stop it when there is spike against us.

Is Caleb Daniel out, not helping with the kick out accuracy?

Or we don't have enough marking talls to present at half-back on the 50 m arc ?

We really struggled tonight to win it on the 50 m opposition arc. Maybe give it a year for Darcy grow in strength to be that option.

Our wingman don't offer this option.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

The competition is tight. You only have to blatantly turn over the ball like we did tonight and you are vulnerable.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

We gave up too many easy ones. We didn't have enough delay on turnover. The boys hung in there but the damage was done prior to hitting the lead.

[azabob]

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

Bevo

The morale is OK. They boys took a hit when Baz went down. But we are pretty healthy. We are undefeated at state level. There are some pretty good signs there. But the blend in our team of youth and experience isn't too bad. We are not executing well enough. The outcome at the moment is that we can't win the close ones.

Supporters morale is not.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

I'm not going to hang JJ out to dry, there were a handful of other really telling ones that cost us as much as that one. It is a real shame, as we persevered when we were not playing well. We hit the front. But credit to Hawthorn, they came again.

[angelopetraglia]

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

Bevo

We didn't get beaten by what we knew. We curbed Newcombes influence with McCrae. We made sure Amon didn't have the influence across half back. We saw Ginnivan as a danger and we took care of him.

So we took care of a lot of things we planned for. But we didn't plan for 24 back half tunovers and giving up 8.4 from them and that is the game. Forward half turnovers is how every club wants to play and we give them credit but there was a lot that were blatant skill errors.

[bulldogtragic]

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

I don’t want to hear it anymore.

[jazzadogs]

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

Bevo

The morale is OK. They boys took a hit when Baz went down. But we are pretty healthy. We are undefeated at state level. There are some pretty good signs there. But the blend in our team of youth and experience isn't too bad. We are not executing well enough. The outcome at the moment is that we can't win the close ones.

In December last year?!??!!?!!!!! Why is that still relevant to morale?!?!?

[angelopetraglia]

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

In December last year?!??!!?!!!!! Why is that still relevant to morale?!?!?

He said morale isn't an issue.