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  • Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Bulldog Team of the Century
    • Jan 2007
    • 8896

    Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

    This is the Round 5, 2024 edition of the weekly Bankers and Anchors thread. Once this afternoon's game against GWS has concluded post your nominations for:

    The Bankers = 3 guys/aspects of the game that we banked on to do the right thing during the game
    The Anchors = 3 guys/aspects of the game that weighed us down by their errors or poor play

    Please limit it to no more than three of each player or aspect of the game, but feel free to make honourable/dishonourable mentions. As usual try to make it constructive criticism.

    Try and restrict it to individual players rather than aspects of the overall match - I will allow more freedom now as the thread seems to be going down more of the aspects of the game path so you can have 3 for each made up of aspects of the game and individual players.

    The thread is named in honour of a popular WOOF Contributor, The Banker, who passed away on 22/04/2012 after a six month battle with cancer.
  • bulldogtragic
    The List Manager
    • Jan 2007
    • 34316

    #2
    Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

    B

    Keeping them to 6 goals, and only two goal kickers
    Beating a good opponent away from home
    Four quarter effort


    A

    Bloody posters
    Bloody goal kicking
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    • Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • Jan 2007
      • 8896

      #3
      Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

      Bankers

      1. Naughts- showing some real leadership on field, was doing everything to try and influence every contest either with ball in hand or harrassing
      2. Ed's move to the guts was not something I had on my bingo card of things to call out this year.

      3. Darcy, its just so easy to understand how jealous other club's have been of our father son and NGA largesse...suck it, for once something rolls our way luck wise for a change.

      Anchors

      Goalkicking
      Officiating
      I thought some of Cleary's moments he'd like to have again. He also did some good things too, but I would really like to see him put out a performance that highlights his AFL attributes.

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      • GVGjr
        Moderator
        • Nov 2006
        • 44314

        #4
        Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

        Originally posted by bulldogtragic
        B

        Keeping them to 6 goals, and only two goal kickers
        Beating a good opponent away from home
        Four quarter effort


        A

        Bloody posters
        Bloody goal kicking
        7 rushed points wasn't there?
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        • bulldogtragic
          The List Manager
          • Jan 2007
          • 34316

          #5
          Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

          Originally posted by GVGjr
          7 rushed points wasn't there?
          A few. Still 8.22
          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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          • GVGjr
            Moderator
            • Nov 2006
            • 44314

            #6
            Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

            Originally posted by bulldogtragic
            A few. Still 8.22
            Just getting full value on two of those six posters would have really changed the game earlier for us.
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            • Mofra
              Hall of Fame
              • Dec 2006
              • 14868

              #7
              Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

              Bankers

              Richards. Is already a 'complete' midfielder
              Naughton = workrate
              The kids all showed quite a bit

              Anchors

              Marra's kicking. From bad to awful.
              Goal post thickness. I demand a review!
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              • Bornadog
                WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                • Jan 2007
                • 66135

                #8
                Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                Bankers

                1. Treloar - started and finished the game so well and a very consistent performance

                2. Macrae - the conditions suited him, and he accumulated

                3. The backline, looked a bit flaky, but they held it together.

                Anchors

                1. Marra - he needs to work on the goal kicking

                2. Johnno - what are you teaching them

                3. Umps - the game has changed thank you AFL for wanting to stuff up a great game
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                • azabob
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 15207

                  #9
                  Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                  Bankers

                  Darcy’s best game for the year. Honestly most weeks he has beaten up the third defender who is normally a lot smaller. Tonight some of the contested grabs in the wet against big men such as Briggs and Himmleburg is next level.

                  Our all ground defensive set up is the best I have seen since early 2021.

                  Our best win for a long time, we just kept coming and putting the pressure on.
                  More of an In Bruges guy?

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                  • bulldogtragic
                    The List Manager
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 34316

                    #10
                    Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                    Credit to the umpire overruling Naughtons non free in the last. How an umpire 10m away with a clear view didn’t pay it was disgusting really. But I guess that extra umpire saw the shithouse decision and overruled it despite knowing the controlling umpire had no excuses for not paying it.
                    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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                    • The bulldog tragician
                      Senior Player
                      • Apr 2013
                      • 1972

                      #11
                      Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                      Bankers
                      1. Treloar having a wonderful season.
                      2. Dale more and more influential as the game went on
                      3. Sam Darcy is sooo special. The same sort of feeling that the kid Bontempelli gave us. No 10 jumpers might start outselling those of the skip.
                      Anchors
                      1. I dunno, I’m unconvinced by Cleary.
                      2. Bevo, what do you see in Bramble? He is the poorest user of the ball with lowest footy IQ I’ve seen in our colours for a while.
                      3. James Harmes. Just stop being useful and giving value to the side. Now I’ll have to keep the embarrassing avatar.
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                      • GVGjr
                        Moderator
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 44314

                        #12
                        Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                        Originally posted by The bulldog tragician
                        Bankers
                        1. Treloar having a wonderful season.
                        2. Dale more and more influential as the game went on
                        3. Sam Darcy is sooo special. The same sort of feeling that the kid Bontempelli gave us. No 10 jumpers might start outselling those of the skip.
                        Anchors
                        1. I dunno, I’m unconvinced by Cleary.
                        2. Bevo, what do you see in Bramble? He is the poorest user of the ball with lowest footy IQ I’ve seen in our colours for a while.
                        3. James Harmes. Just stop being useful and giving value to the side. Now I’ll have to keep the embarrassing avatar.
                        You certainly do if we knock over the Swans
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                        • The bulldog tragician
                          Senior Player
                          • Apr 2013
                          • 1972

                          #13
                          Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                          Originally posted by GVGjr
                          You certainly do if we knock over the Swans
                          Taking one for the team.
                          [url]www.bulldogtragician.com[/url] A blog about being a lifelong fan of the Dogs and our quixotic attempt to replicate 1954. AND WE DID
                          Author of [URL="http://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/mighty-west"]"The Mighty West: the Bulldogs journey from daydream believers to premiership heroes[/URL]"
                          Twitter @bulldogstragic

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                          • EasternWest
                            Bulldog Team of the Century
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 9993

                            #14
                            Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                            Originally posted by azabob
                            Bankers

                            Darcy’s best game for the year. Honestly most weeks he has beaten up the third defender who is normally a lot smaller. Tonight some of the contested grabs in the wet against big men such as Briggs and Himmleburg is next level.

                            Our all ground defensive set up is the best I have seen since early 2021.

                            Our best win for a long time, we just kept coming and putting the pressure on.
                            Darcy might actually be the real deal. He just looks right.
                            "It's over. It's all over."

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                            • azabob
                              Hall of Fame
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 15207

                              #15
                              Re: Bankers & Anchors: Rnd 10, 2024 vs GWS

                              Originally posted by EasternWest
                              Darcy might actually be the real deal. He just looks right.
                              I reckon you are right. He also appears to be a fierce competitor and has that streak of aggression needed.
                              More of an In Bruges guy?

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