Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

[boydogs]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Bloody hell RS. What did they have for breakfast?
Fantastic work, you have said it all
I think we will continue our great form and rise above Collingwood who are even and consistent but only workmanlike and not quite premiership material. Their spine Anthony, Cloke, Fraser, Maxwell and Presti doesn't strike fear for mine

[Scraggers]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Great preview RS ... whether we win by one point (and play St. KIlda) or thirty points (and play Geelong) the important thing is we win ... confidence is a huge thing going into finals, and to finish the home and away seson with those three wins would give us great impetus as we move into the business end

[Mofra]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Brilliant review RS, not happy about the W/L sequence at the Dome but we really should be aiming for a 4 goal victory in this one.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Top write up,

Alas i don't think the result will be as big as your review.

[GVGjr]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Super review. Good analysis of both teams.

I'd like think that we're a good chance to win this one. I reckon it will be a pretty tight contest for all of the reasons listed in the review. We'll have to play very well to take 3rd position, Collingwood's form line is pretty impressive.

If we start like we did last week it will go a long way to getting us the right result.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Nice work RS - quality read.

[Raw Toast]

Re: Belated Match Preview: Round 22 - Bulldogs versus Magpies

Great preview RS.

I wouldn't go too defensive in the midfield but we agree that we do need to do something about Swan. I'd be tempted to put Cross on him (if his running power is not under question) - not as a super-hard tag, but for Cross to nullify Swan first and then work off him. Swan gets a lot of handball receives and short kicks to him, and hopefully Cross could really limit this.

Didak cheats alot and burnt us severely with this a number of times last game. He has to be manned up when he slips out to the half-back flank or wing when the ball is in our fifty. I'm sure we'll have a plan for this, and it doesn't have to be his direct opponent, but he's just too dangerous to leave alone.

The other thing the Pies did last time was change their style of attack against us. Normally they use the wings, but against us they cut the ball in much more by hand and smashed through our zone. Fraser was important in this, and he's a big inclusion for them. It'll be interesting to see how much they try to do this again, and how much we reveal of our strategies against it.