Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

[Grantysghost]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Bevo

JOD played his role as a forward well tonight. Lobb had an ankle and was not covering the ground as well as he normally does. Buku was insurance for us tonight.

I just watched the press conference.

That was the Bevo I remember. He was superb.

Interesting the plan for Buku was just as insurance as we had some very sore talls. Seems like the bye can't come soon enough.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Here's a thought.

They stopped Marcus. We let Neale do whatever he wanted.

Marcus, go run with Neale. Berry goes to Bont, we get a loose. They have to think.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Also the two byes thing.

Yes, bad however the Lions did start their season a week earlier than us.

[JanLorMill]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

I just watched the press conference.

That was the Bevo I remember. He was superb.

Interesting the plan for Buku was just as insurance as we had some very sore talls. Seems like the bye can't come soon enough.

The Buku sub option was puzzling to me. Insurance as a tall? His defensive game is iffy at best and if we play Jod forward he is our 6th tall option there?
If they were going to pick him. Play him

[Grantysghost]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

The Buku sub option was puzzling to me. Insurance as a tall? His defensive game is iffy at best and if we play Jod forward he is our 6th tall option there?
If they were going to pick him. Play him

I agree especially with the Lions height. One of Hipwood or Daniher got off the chain all night. I get part of the issue was upstream but JOD back Buku on Caleb off makes sense to me.

[D Mitchell]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Why didn't we swing O'Donnell back when Keith was off?

No Naughton, no Darcy, no Weightman, Lobb spending time 'round the ground as ruckman and with a bad ankle.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

I just watched the press conference.

That was the Bevo I remember. He was superb.

Interesting the plan for Buku was just as insurance as we had some very sore talls. Seems like the bye can't come soon enough.

If we need insurance we probably should be sitting them out altogether.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

No Keith next week, Hammy

[mighty_west]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

No Keith next week, Hammy

Congrats to Buss on making his debut!

[whythelongface]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Congrats to Buss on making his debut!

Can?t come soon enough. Good game to make his debut. Freo forwards are ok without being outstanding

[mighty_west]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

My thoughts, was screaming for a few positional changes as things clearing weren't working, Liam Jones doing what he does and leaving his man gave them an easy option up forward, we handed Hipwood's form back on a platter, because he CAN play and last night proved it even though he's one of the leagues most inconsistent players, he can turn it on and once he got going his confidence was on.

We HAD to have another tall back and JOD would have been a good option, Bont was being taken out of the game in the middle so play him at CHF and go with what has worked over the past few weeks with a more unpredictable centre bounce mid set up, the fact Libba was also out of sorts big time put too much pressure on Treloar and whoever else was being rotated, West, Sanders, Gags and Garcia had to be given more time in the guts and would have given us Jamarra, Lobb/English and Bont as our key forwards with Keath, Jones and JOD down back, would have been a much better structure for mine.

Nothing against Libba but it was as though we went back to our old selves again with no dare and looking shaky in the middle.

[azabob]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

I went along last night as I do to each home game.

By far last night was the most lethargic we have been all season.

We were well and truly beaten in all areas of the game. Lions were tougher in the contest, quicker in transition and overall more polished. It was very noticeable how bigger and more athletic both Daniher and Hipwood were and they took advantage. All game we were out numbered when the ball hit the ground, when the ball was in transition and where the ball ended up either in our 50 or their 50.

Purely from a numbers perspective you could argue that Dale and Treloar had solid games but for mine they did not impact the game. Liam Jones game also hard to judge, a heap of intercept marks, but clearly had goals kicked on him. Last night again reinforced how slow both Jones and Keath are when the ball is on the ground within a 1 to 2 meter radius - it is like they are on an ice rink. Coupled with Bramble we can be very shaky when the ball is in our defensive 30 meters.

A lot of angst towards Lobb but for mine English had just as much impact on the game - sweet FA.

Only Bontempelli and Ugle-Hagan looked likely to win the game for us. Bontempelli was scragged all night, he got a little help from his teammates but nothing from the umpires - but still managed 19 and 3 quality goals. Williams and Duryea won their positions which is huge considering the onslaught inside D50.

For mine our back 6/7 for the remainder of the year needs to be Jones, Williams, JOD, Dale, Freijah, Busslinger/Khamis, Cleary /Coffield.

Freijah needs to back himself a bit more he has the tools to provide run and carry which I am sure will come. He does remind me of an ex Eagle Andrew Embley. Surprised no one else has made that connection

Our inside mids had a night to forget. Longer term we should be ok but we do need to find out. For the remainder of the season the mix needs to be Bontempelli, Treloar, Richards, Garcia, Sanders, West and Liberatore. I think we bite the bullet and play Gallagher exclusively on the wing and potentially play Freijah on the opposite wing later in the year.

The forward was well, just going. Cannot be too harsh on them with who was missing.

Hopefully we can regroup for next week otherwise Fremantle will put us to the sword through the middle of the ground just like the lions did.

I am somewhat not too fazed with the result last night as it is becoming clearer each week the way we want to play and the changing of the guard.

[Bornadog]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

I went along last night as I do to each home game.

By far last night was the most lethargic we have been all season.

We were well and truly beaten in all areas of the game. Lions were tougher in the contest, quicker in transition and overall more polished. It was very noticeable how bigger and more athletic both Daniher and Hipwood were and they took advantage. All game we were out numbered when the ball hit the ground, when the ball was in transition and where the ball ended up either in our 50 or their 50.

Purely from a numbers perspective you could argue that Dale and Treloar had solid games but for mine they did not impact the game. Liam Jones game also hard to judge, a heap of intercept marks, but clearly had goals kicked on him. Last night again reinforced how slow both Jones and Keath are when the ball is on the ground within a 1 to 2 meter radius - it is like they are on an ice rink. Coupled with Bramble we can be very shaky when the ball is in our defensive 30 meters.

A lot of angst towards Lobb but for mine English had just as much impact on the game - sweet FA.

Only Bontempelli and Ugle-Hagan looked likely to win the game for us. Bontempelli was scragged all night, he got a little help from his teammates but nothing from the umpires - but still managed 19 and 3 quality goals. Williams and Duryea won their positions which is huge considering the onslaught inside D50.

For mine our back 6/7 for the remainder of the year needs to be Jones, Williams, JOD, Dale, Freijah, Busslinger/Khamis, Cleary /Coffield.

Freijah needs to back himself a bit more he has the tools to provide run and carry which I am sure will come. He does remind me of an ex Eagle Andrew Embley. Surprised no one else has made that connection

Our inside mids had a night to forget. Longer term we should be ok but we do need to find out. For the remainder of the season the mix needs to be Bontempelli, Treloar, Richards, Garcia, Sanders, West and Liberatore. I think we bite the bullet and play Gallagher exclusively on the wing and potentially play Freijah on the opposite wing later in the year.

The forward was well, just going. Cannot be too harsh on them with who was missing.

Hopefully we can regroup for next week otherwise Fremantle will put us to the sword through the middle of the ground just like the lions did.

I am somewhat not too fazed with the result last night as it is becoming clearer each week the way we want to play and the changing of the guard.

Good summary Aza. We played 9 players with less than 50 games under their belt to BL 5. I know that is not the ball game, but BL did look stronger and faster than us.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

Can?t come soon enough. Good game to make his debut. Freo forwards are ok without being outstanding

Any teams fwds can be outstanding against our backline. Look at Hipwood for instance.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Bulldogs V Lions - Round 13, 7/6/24 Marvel Stadium 7:40PM AEST

I?m not sure why ?in hindsight? we blame the midfield group but we don?t make any changes until 10 minutes left in the game.
Surly the coaching group can see that Buku sitting on the bench would have helped out the back 6 and allowed further moves to benifotbyhw side

We need to not be so stubborn and be more flexible. This was sto a get table game at 1-2 time but unfortunately at 3/4 time it was not