NAB Dogs v Dons Match Overview

[bulldog]

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Overall a pleasing effort considering we had 8 of our best 22 out mighty please with Jarrad Grant he is going to excite us and frustate us for the next decade and Easton Wood is going to play alot of senior footy this year.

[LostDoggy]

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A good hit out for a good cause and great to see the new blood.

Never concerned about the result, all focus is on rnd 1, getting the best side and getting guys ready.

Great to have addisons hardness back.
Callan Ward and Higgo are class.
Grant took some great grabs. All the young guys showed a bit.
Harbrow will be renamed hunger.
Wight was, is and will be one of the most frustrating players to have in your side. I rate skipper far higher than Cam.
I have been a big of him but the eagle will struggle, bit late to be trying to develop the right boot too mate.

[westdog54]

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Addison and Callan both looked sharp tonight. For two players who haven't the most skill in the side, they work within their limitations very well. Particularly Callan - he knows his limits with his ball useage. Both should have good years IMO.

Addison's skill level has actually improved and he looked sharp tonight. Won a few hard contests, his tackling is bone crunching and he looks fit.
Excited about both of these players prospects this season, they add something different but very valuable.

Addison took a hell of a saving mark in the last qtr too.

Watching him last night got me thinking "Wasn't this the bloke who we thought couldn't kick last week? You'd have thought he and Gilbee had swapped jumpers at times last night.

Grant gave us a pretty good show (minus his kicking of course), to the point where an Essendon supporter leaned over and asked me "did this guy play last year? He'll be a star." And that first tackle, beautiful. Most impressive.

Ward confirmed his potential as a 200 game player, and Wood made Clayton look like a genius all over again. Pity about O'Shea...

[Mofra]

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Watching him last night got me thinking "Wasn't this the bloke who we thought couldn't kick last week? You'd have thought he and Gilbee had swapped jumpers at times last night.

I was thinking the same thing - his field kicking has improved out of sight.

I didn't think Skip was too bad last night, but all my defending of Cam Wight over the past couple of years will come back to haunt me. The big fella has all the endeavour in the world, but simply isn't as good as other options on our list and his first 10 minutes of gametime were like some sort of horror movie.

I was quite imporessed with Gia last night (except for that shocking miss in the 3rd). His work in traffic to get a clean possession out is brilliant.

I was impressed by the rookies - Picken in particular. I thought he was unlucky a couple of times but he goes in hard & shows the sort of endeavour a younger Matthew Boyd did. A worthy back-up as an inside midfielder, although it is worth remembering we have Cooney & Griffen to slot straight back into last night's midfield line up.

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Wood, Ward and Higgins were the real positives for me. Higgins is definitely ready to take a big step forward, the other two were very impressive also. Grant showed flashes of potential, Stack was quiet, Picken stuck to his job, O'Shea struggled, Wight was dreadful. I thought Skipper was handy - some pos, some neg.

I think the criticism of Eagle is harsh. I thought he provided the run and carry we lacked last night.

I didn't think either of Hill or Harbrow were great, they each did some ok things, but made too many mistakes.

Disappointed that the backline, and particularly Lake, were not better switched on at times

Overall we were I felt sharper by hand, but not as sharp by foot. The half-forward/forward line did not seem to function at all

[Go_Dogs]

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Ended up being at the game myself, over in melbs for a festival tomorrow.

Was a great atmosphere, and my seats were right were all the guys who weren't playing were.

I was generally pretty happy with the performance. There were some good signs from a lot of the younger guys. Generally the game seemed to have a lot of flooding, poor skills, and was pretty scrapy.

I thought Grant was great, his chase down and a few of his grabs were real highlights. First time I had seen Wood in action and he's a powerful unit. Used the ball pretty well.

Higgo and Ward looked great too. I think we've really got a strong and dynamic midfield group heading forward.

And considering the calibre of player we had missing, it was a good hit out.vIt was quite amusing seing how excited the dons supporters got over what will probably be the most meaningfuol game they play in all year.

[Bulldog Revolution]

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It was quite amusing seing how excited the dons supporters got over what will probably be the most meaningfuol game they play in all year.

They really were pumped about it weren't they?

For some reason that filled me with confidence

[G-Mo77]

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I'll get to hear about it at work tomorrow they're a funny lot they get just as over excited as Richmond supporters do which I should add already have the 2009 cup. I copped a bit last year after they belted us in the NAB cup and again on the lead up to the regular season game were they would beat us again because of that result. I really didn't hear from them to much after that.

[comrade]

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I'll get to hear about it at work tomorrow they're a funny lot they get just as over excited as Richmond supporters do which I should add already have the 2009 cup. I copped a bit last year after they belted us in the NAB cup and again on the lead up to the regular season game were they would beat us again because of that result. I really didn't hear from them to much after that.

I still hear about the first time we played them last season when they apparently had us on toast before McVeigh went down with an injury and we only just got over the line....by 5 goals.

Seriously, Essendon fans are a special breed - as previously mentioned, the roar from their fans after the game was hilarious. Pathetic, but hilarious.

[G-Mo77]

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I still hear about the first time we played them last season when they apparently had us on toast before McVeigh went down with an injury and we only just got over the line....by 5 goals.

Yep, got that excuse too.

My silence usually riles them up more. I just let the results do the talking and just smile.

[Missing Dog]

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Ended up being at the game myself, over in melbs for a festival tomorrow.

Was a great atmosphere, and my seats were right were all the guys who weren't playing were.

I was generally pretty happy with the performance. There were some good signs from a lot of the younger guys. Generally the game seemed to have a lot of flooding, poor skills, and was pretty scrapy.

I thought Grant was great, his chase down and a few of his grabs were real highlights. First time I had seen Wood in action and he's a powerful unit. Used the ball pretty well.

Higgo and Ward looked great too. I think we've really got a strong and dynamic midfield group heading forward.

And considering the calibre of player we had missing, it was a good hit out.vIt was quite amusing seing how excited the dons supporters got over what will probably be the most meaningfuol game they play in all year.

I would have thought that a groan more appropriate, was in between a heap of these overzealous morons thought I would be Ill.
When BJ got that free kick in the last quarter I thought they would lynch the umpires even though they got an armchair ride most of the night .
Happy overall lot to look forward to lets hope these kids develop sooner rather than later

[Born & Bred]

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Gia and Harbrow both running into open goal in the 3rd quarter and missing. That was horrendus and there is no excuse for that in the AFL.

[hujsh]

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Really happy with how it went.

Type of match where i got more enjoyment out of Lloyd hitting the post that Johnno's goals.


Picken really is just backup. The balance of Cross and Boyd with players like Cooney Griff, Higgins etc is the right one IMO. Picken with those two may be too much.

Still early days and it's only the fist time I've seen him though so I may be wrong.

[LostDoggy]

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the essendon fans really got into it it. fair enough, it was a close match and it was the first match of the year so footy fever was high. the people around me though were estactic. jumping around and high fiving like they won the GF. mexican wave was fun.

[LostDoggy]

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the essendon fans really got into it it. fair enough, it was a close match and it was the first match of the year so footy fever was high. the people around me though were estactic. jumping around and high fiving like they won the GF. mexican wave was fun.

Same here, we had Essendon fans all around, I was getting ex-static at the end when Addison marked it in the defensive 50, when mcphee completely missed everything and lloyd hit the post but the roar when they won..im jus looking at them like Hmm...let the baby have his dummy and suck it too..