Thoughts about tonights game.

[AndrewP6]

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Would that cowboy happen to be off broke back mountain! listen good to see your a optamistic member, but i am upset about the performance tonight as i think most supporters will be . We have a hard run in and lets hope we can get hard, tough and premiership worthy with a libba attitude rather than your take it or leave it sit on the fence hope everyone had fun attitude!

I say make a raft of changes this week. Each Bulldogs-listed player currently playing at Willy gets a gig, and that'll fix everything (until Bazza gets here, when things will REALLY get interesting!) Oh, and the sky is falling...

***DISCLAIMER - the author does not really want to make a raft of changes this week. It'd be far too hard, and disruptive to that elusive "team harmony". I'm just typing stupid stuff to get a laugh. To be liked - isn't that what we're all after? That, and a premiership.***

[Dale]

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No I think he's originally from Arizona but moved to Seattle. He may be gay though, not sure, he's only a silhouette.
Don't get me wrong I'm not happy about tonight, but there was enough for me to see the forest for the trees. I still think our best is better than theirs. I also know nobody wins every game and our recent form has been pretty good. Happy for us to show more Libba attitude and not so much of his kicking skills. I'm not sitting on the fence either, I'm just not hanging from a tree. I though our win against North was equally as bad as this loss for the most part, we just happened to win that one.

I agree not so good performance in north game. We have to play essendon, collingwood , Geelong and st kilda. Lets hope we can show them our best football and not the three quarters of crap tonight.

[LostDoggy]

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I'm not sitting on the fence either, I'm just not hanging from a tree.

Pffffff.... geez dude, way to make me choke-laugh on a mouthful of coffee. Talk about a contorted metaphor (not to mention painful, either on the triceps or the testicles..)

Was just in Borneo last week, orang-utans are pretty cute.

[LostDoggy]

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Thanks. I'm kind of like Nathan Eagleton. I don't contribute that much but when I do...

You wind up four times and kick into the man on the mark.

[LostDoggy]

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What happens on the mountain stays on the mountain (no-one told Ang Lee that apparently)

Hey, if the mountain won't come to Lee...

[The Underdog]

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Pffffff.... geez dude, way to make me choke-laugh on a mouthful of coffee. Talk about a contorted metaphor (not to mention painful, either on the triceps or the testicles..)

Was just in Borneo last week, orang-utans are pretty cute.

Thought you'd been quiet.
Didn't spot any tall ones who might be capable of holding down a key position, did you? We apparently need a big gorilla but an orang-utan may cut it.

[LostDoggy]

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Thought you'd been quiet.
Didn't spot any tall ones who might be capable of holding down a key position, did you? We apparently need a big gorilla but an orang-utan may cut it.

Scouting reportcard: good reach, amazing agility, fantastic leap, very, very strong hands. However, tactically naive, patchy response to instructions, no concept of timekeeping, may have problem communicating, and 'ranga' hairstyle suggests loose grooming habits.

Also, may steal teammates' bananas and looks ridiculous in a jumper.

[The Underdog]

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Scouting reportcard: good reach, amazing agility, fantastic leap, very, very strong hands. However, tactically naive, patchy response to instructions, no concept of timekeeping, may have problem communicating, and 'ranga' hairstyle suggests loose grooming habits.

Also, may steal teammates' bananas and looks ridiculous in a jumper.

Up until "ranga hairstyle", I thought you were talking about Tom Williams.

[LostDoggy]

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Up until "ranga hairstyle", I thought you were talking about Tom Williams.

I was. Why, who were you talking about?

[Go_Dogs]

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Tom Williams was someone who I didn't mention in my post on the game day thread, but argh!

Not sure what to make of Tommy. Loses the ball in flight and loses body contact way too easily. Against a semi-decent tall forward, he'd get crushed. He's got a lot to learn and improve on, and not a whole lot of time to do it.

[dog town]

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I think we all need to take a deep breath and not panic here. We have gone down by 1 point to a bloody good side. It's not all doom and gloom and not a bad effort when you consider

* The coaching honours went to Malthouse. They had us on the backfoot from the start and the game was largely played on the pies terms. They had tremendous efficiency up forward and were able to turn us around and get us running back towards our own goal. They got the match ups right down back and our ball use meant they got the ball delivered exactly how they like it. Credit to Eade who fought back well with a few changes in the second half. The pies have shown us a few cards here. All the stats say we should have won it was just the efficiency and game style that the pies played (tactics used) that allowed them to win. Eade will be ready next time.

* 2 consecutive 6 day breaks

*We had far more inside 50's and scoring shots. Our efficiency going inside 50 was down and we didnt hit the targets we normally do but we still managed to beat them for shots on goal. Wont take much improvement in either area to have a different result.

*Did I mention the pies are a very good side? They will take some beating for any side especially when they play at that level. That was the biggest game of the year for them and the intensity they played with showed that. They have multiple dangerous forwards a back 6 that is as strong one on one as any going around. Put that with a very good coach and it is a dangerous mix. I was never confident going into this game. Had all the signs of a Collingwood ambush. I am glad we got that out the way now so we can see where we need to improve. The cats, saints and pies all present a different challenge and we have seen them all now.

[Missing Dog]

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I thought Hill played a pretty good finals series last year and was full of intensity. I don't know what you mean here.

Explain why Welsh and Hahn are in their last seasons.

Simply too slow

[Mantis]

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I'm not about to throw the baby out with the bath water, but a few of my observations:

* We were flat and it seemed to me that was there a lack of passion amongst the group. In the second qtr Gilbee (who must be going through hell) kicked a nice goal to get us within 2 goals. Not one player goes to him. It would have been nice for a few of the players to get to him and show him some support. In the last qtr Callan Ward takes a very courageous mark which results in a goal and only one player goes over to him - not good enough.

* Many of our mids and forwards bludged - Didn't run hard to create an option and didn't chase hard enough when Collingwood had the ball.

* We played into Collingwood's hands by allowing Maxwell to run free. As with other posters it was similar to the Goddard situation against St.Kilda. I am not a big fan of allowing the opposition to play how they like too and we did last night.

* We struggled against a quick mobile forwardline which is a bit of a common occurence.

* The rub of the green didn't go our way.

We have given back the advantage that we had (abit our percentage is still very good) so it will be intersting to see how we rebound next week.

[Go_Dogs]

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We have given back the advantage that we had (abit our percentage is still very good) so it will be intersting to see how we rebound next week.

Crucial game too considering the Saints the week after and we still need to play Brisbane away, Geelong and the Pies again.



When are we going to mature from a side that decides when it's going to turn the switch on, to a side that plays every game like it's important?

[Desipura]

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Collingwood delivered to the forwards with purpose and intent. That's beacause:
1. The delivery was out in front.
2. The forwards were always moving to create an option.

OTOH we delivered high floating balls to contests AND the forwards offered no other option. MAybe the delivery was like that BECAUSE the forwards offered nothing. No leads into space. NOTHING. Its embarassing that Higgins has to go up in a pack to earn a mark: they should be hitting him on the chest out in front.

Whilst you have been a bit too harsh on the side over all, I have to agree with you about our forwards.
Hahn & Welsh were stationary in those 3 quarters which allowed O'Brien & Maxwell to not only spoil but run off them (the disposal to these 2 was no ideal either). At quarter time I was calling for Murphy to go forward as he at least can use his pace to get away from his opponent.
It wasn't until later in the game that Murphy went forward for an extended time that contributed to our comeback.
If only Grant could burn it up at Willi for the next few weeks, he would be a handy inclusion with his use of pace.