So how do we beat GWS this week?

[Grantysghost]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

I love it. Gives off old fashion suburban feel, with over 90% Dogs fans there

I tried to get seats at 5pm after work and couldn't get two together.
All the one dollar members grabbed them...

Shit. HOLE.

Oh wait

I understand why people like it with the nostalgia side of things and the hill.

If I want that though I can go to local footy or the VFL.

Dropping two games from Marvel per year is a big stretch to the membership friendship.

[jazzadogs]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

6.23 incoming.

Maybe the wind will blow our inaccurate kicks through the goals...

[comrade]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

Maybe the wind will blow our inaccurate kicks through the goals...

And hopefully stuffs GWS around.

Like every game, this will depend on our pressure and work rate across the ground. If our mids can take control and give us possession inside our forward half, we'll be ok. We match up well on them, there is no reason we can't win. I'd love English back so Lobb can move back into the CHB role but it sounds unlikely. We just need to gut this one out and get it done.

[Bornadog]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

I tried to get seats at 5pm after work and couldn't get two together.
All the one dollar members grabbed them...

I have a two game Ballarat membership with the same seat every game there - get on to it.

If I want that though I can go to local footy or the VFL..

and watch crap footy - no disrespect for local footy, I like it too, but AFL std better fun to watch.

Dropping two games from Marvel per year is a big stretch to the membership friendship.

Club membership building outside of Melbourne - all for the future of the club

[Happy Days]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

The atmosphere at Ballarat is indeed awesome but it’s an undeniable pain in the arse to get to and an annoying subsidy on my membership.

Anyway this will be a good win if we do it. The dog walking we gave them this year seems like a lifetime ago and they just aren’t losing to anyone right now.

[Bigdog]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

1 - I?m guessing GWS will play Bedford on Ed Richards. This actually seems like a good match up from their end. We need to workout how to free up ed. Bar Bont he is our most important mid (possibly player).
2 - Naughton actually got the better of Sam Taylor last time we played. He went to work at ground level and worked him high up the ground from memory. Need to stick with this approach as he could decimate us if we just bomb long all day.
3 - Briggs is going to dominate the ruck against Lobb. Lobb needs to perform like another mid to provide support at the stoppages and use his aerobic capacity to cover the ground. Briggs is hampered with a shoulder so Lobb should try and work this over.
4 - Need to put some work into Brent Daniels. If he has 30 and kicks 3 like last week we are in for a long day. Potentially Gallagher is the one to put time into him.
5 - Someone mentioned earlier that Green has got Duryea every time we have played. I think Duryea struggles aerially with Green. Unfortunately I don?t see another match up (Next year Coffield will be the man). I think JOD and Buku will really need to support Duryea.
6 - Hogan gets a lot of one on one contests as their ball movement is quick. Despite how well both Macrae and Daniel played today, I?d probably play a more powerful runner like Harmes over Daniel to keep up with their gamestyle and stifle their ball movement.

If we get 3-4 of the above right we will win. I expect us to win.

My biggest concern is there is a big wind and they get the better of it.

[Grantysghost]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

I have a two game Ballarat membership with the same seat every game there - get on to it.




and watch crap footy - no disrespect for local footy, I like it too, but AFL std better fun to watch.



Club membership building outside of Melbourne - all for the future of the club

Buying another membership when I invest a healthy amount is like when foxtel introduced ads!

Apart from the cash grab it's a terrible idea. The quality of game there due to the sub standard facility is rarely entertaining. Not to menton accessibility ; if I find it a pain to get to being able bodied then I assume it's a no go for the less fortunate from Melbourne.

One game a year I could cop, but considering we've just gone cap in hand to people I'm finding the continual dilution of my membership a little disincentivising.

Glad you like it though mate as I said I get the attraction from many.

[SonofScray]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

We don’t.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

So if Geelong defeat the Eagles by 10+ goals on their home deck. Which is every chance after I unforntuantely watched them play closely on Sunday.

What will GWS be playing for on Sunday? Top four locked in regardless.

If GWS lose, they will 100% play Sydney in the first week of the finals. No travel. They know the outcome if they lose.

If GWS win, they will play Port away in a final if Port wins. They play a home final against Port if Freo wins.

Do they really have an incentive to win?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

So if Geelong defeat the Eagles by 10+ goals on their home deck. Which is every chance after I unforntuantely watched them play closely on Sunday.

What will GWS be playing for on Sunday? Top four locked in regardless.

If GWS lose, they will 100% play Sydney in the first week of the finals. No travel. They know the outcome if they lose.

If GWS win, they will play Port away in a final if Port wins. They play a home final against Port if Freo wins.

Do they really have an incentive to win?

Clutching at straws! They'll be wanting a win to have a hope of a home final.

We have to bring our best. Finals have already started for us.

[comrade]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

Both sides still hate each other and they have a chance to ruin our year. They?ll be going all out.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

1 - I?m guessing GWS will play Bedford on Ed Richards. This actually seems like a good match up from their end. We need to workout how to free up ed. Bar Bont he is our most important mid (possibly player).
2 - Naughton actually got the better of Sam Taylor last time we played. He went to work at ground level and worked him high up the ground from memory. Need to stick with this approach as he could decimate us if we just bomb long all day.
3 - Briggs is going to dominate the ruck against Lobb. Lobb needs to perform like another mid to provide support at the stoppages and use his aerobic capacity to cover the ground. Briggs is hampered with a shoulder so Lobb should try and work this over.
4 - Need to put some work into Brent Daniels. If he has 30 and kicks 3 like last week we are in for a long day. Potentially Gallagher is the one to put time into him.
5 - Someone mentioned earlier that Green has got Duryea every time we have played. I think Duryea struggles aerially with Green. Unfortunately I don?t see another match up (Next year Coffield will be the man). I think JOD and Buku will really need to support Duryea.
6 - Hogan gets a lot of one on one contests as their ball movement is quick. Despite how well both Macrae and Daniel played today, I?d probably play a more powerful runner like Harmes over Daniel to keep up with their gamestyle and stifle their ball movement.

If we get 3-4 of the above right we will win. I expect us to win.

My biggest concern is there is a big wind and they get the better of it.

Harmes was very good against them earlier this year. I think it'd be a sensible change.

[Bornadog]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

I am more confident to beat GWS in Ballarat than I was on my way to Marvel yesterday. Yesterday I was very nervous as I was thinking about last years West Coast game.

We beat GWS earlier this year when they were still up in the betting as favourites for the flag, although, they had lost the previous two to Sydney and Essendon. When you look at the stats, it was a team effort. Other than Treloar who had 35 disposals, no other player had more than 30 and in fact it was a very even contribution. We smashed them in Stoppage clearance as well as contested Possessions, but they were better in Centre clearances - an area we need to be mindful of.

We kicked 8.22, which we can't afford to do again.

Dogs by 23

[angelopetraglia]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

Clutching at straws! They'll be wanting a win to have a hope of a home final.

We have to bring our best. Finals have already started for us.

So win, they are a 40% chance of a home final (according to the bookies).

Lose and they are almost guarnteed a final in Sydney which is like a home final.

So lose = guarnteed Sydney final.

Win = 40% chance of a home final.

I know what route I'm taking. Conserve players. Don't take risks.

[my plums]

Re: So how do we beat GWS this week?

There is no way they will be tanking the game. They'll be going for it.