Game Day - Bulldogs vs Tigers

[LostDoggy]

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I am not feeling confident - but will be very happy to be proven wrong!

Dogs by 5 points
First Goal to Minson
BOG - Brad Johnson

[Happy Days]

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Dogs by 40
Hahn 1st goal,
Boyd BOG

[Scorlibo]

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Dogs by 23
First goal to Cooney
Cooney BOG.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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WTF is going on. This is a pathetic start. Skills are horrendous.
Eade is going to go NUTS at quarter time.

[LostDoggy]

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Wow, horrible game so far. I've put it on mute, too.

[Go_Dogs]

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Yes, don't look switched on at all. Some terrible execution and decision making. Not enough people running and the forward set up looked all but non-existent initially.

Going to need to play a lot better than that to win this one.

[Dry Rot]

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So who was reported?

[Dry Rot]

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Pretty ordinary game to watch so far.

Some of the young guys have done well: Higgins, Picken, Hill and Ward IMO.

[Bornadog]

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Much better quarter, could have had another two on the board with Aker running into an open goal and Griffen missing an easy set shot.

[Go_Dogs]

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So who was reported?

Picken. Nothing in it. Deledio should get reported for his actions too imo.

[Dry Rot]

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Picken. Nothing in it. Deledio should get reported for his actions too imo.

Thanks. He and Addison are a nasty little pair.

[Go_Dogs]

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Thanks. He and Addison are a nasty little pair.

Addison was great today. Really attacks the ball and puts his head over it. His disposal and decision making were also very good. Going to be a pretty handy player.



Overall it was a pretty impressive 3 Qtr performance. Everyone did some good things at times, but no one really stands out as a dominating player.

Minson was good as was Hudson.

Cross and Boyd their usual selves.

Griffen and Higgins did pretty well, both using their explosive pace and disposal well.

Akermanis is just a smart player. Runs to good spots, chooses the good options.

Hill did some nice things today - but still at times need to lift his intensity w/o the ball.

Lake did very well - hope the knock he copped isn't too serious.

Tiller was handy, Johnson went alright.



On to a pretty tough month now with a game against the Eagles out west, Carlton, Saints and Adelaide away too. If we win 3 of those 4 we're positioning ourselves very well for the second half of the season.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I thought it was overall and ordinary performance skillwise for the majority of the game.
Lowlights included:
* No goals in the opering quarter 0.6.
* Sloppy kicking highlighted by at least 4 out of bounds on the full when not under pressure. Some of the cuplrits who made some awful errors by foot were Griffen, Hargrave, Tiller and Cooney.
* Some poor decisions off the half back area, often just bombing it to 2 or 3 on one contests, instead of trying to maintain possession and run through the zone.

I thought Griffen, Cooney, Boyd and Cross were wasteful often with their disposals.

The only highpoint and saving grace with us today was our workrate, contested ball work, pressure skills and Richmond's even worse disposal.

In addition Aker's goalkicking, Addisons toughness, Higgins smart play, Lake's dominance down back plus Hill's silky skills and Minson's good ruckwork were big reasons why we were able to get what proved ultimately to be a game winning break during the 3rd quarter.

Kudo's also to young Picken for taking another scalp in Deledio to follow on from that of Harvey's last week.

Glad that we kept working hard and eventually were able to apply scoreboard pressure, which saw Ricmond wilt further, but overall not happy with the way we played.

[LostDoggy]

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Just got home after the game.

Was dying for us to kick another one to push the margin past 50, because I think that would have sealed it for Wallet's career. As it is, he'll be hanging on by the skin of his teeth, and will definitely be gone if they lose to the Dees next week. The Dogs played like crap for long periods of the game, yet won by 8 goals.

Anyone remember the start of the year when they were supposed to EASILY make the 8 and push for the 4, along with Carlton? I love it, absolutely love it.

Suffer in your jocks, Tiger scum.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Bit of an ordinary performance but good signs that a number of players were down and we still came away with a pretty healthy win.

Cooney and Griffen were terrible today. Disposal was bad. Cross/Boyd hardly better for the most part. Hahn and Minson were very disappointing at times too.

Hill was best on ground for mine. He was fantastic in the air, on the ground and applying pressure - his best game for the club IMHO.

Addison was right up there too. His attack on the ball first class. Pressured the opposition non-stop both on the ground and in the air. Took a great, strong grab and his disposal was exceptional. Close to our best.

Aker was dynamic too. He's such a clever player and rarely makes a mistake. Very clean and precise. Turned it on for a few minutes and blew Richmond away.

Although it wasn't a polished performance, can't help but walka way encouraged. Still a LOT of improvement to come.