Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Anyone pick Hudson first goal?? Not me!

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Hasn't our dwarf forward line gone well so far?

I suppose the guys' kicking back up the field hasn't helped much.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Why is Gia even out there...he is NOWHERE near match ready...wouldve rather Reid or Everitt. Skills are TERRIBLE, tackling ressure was a joke in the 1st qtr and we really let an opportunity slip in that last 10 mins where we had alot of the play and couldnt score with pretty much no focal point.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

A dismal 1st quarter pressure wise, which saw us behind the 8 ball, and as much as we improved this in the second quarter, our non functioning forward line looms large as a big problem into the second half.

We need to make sure we do not let Geelong kick the first couple in the 3rd, and find some semblance of a workable structure inside 50.

If we have similar amount of the play that we did in the 2nd quarter, but we cannot scoreboard reward then we are in big trouble.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Hope Gilbee has a good chiropractor - haven't seen such a good coat hanger since my rugby league watching days.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Well save for a massive last quarter surge, we are gone.
We just cannot contain Geelongs midfield, or run from defense.
Griffen's inclusion looks to be a bad call, instead of being a plus for us he's been a liability.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Gia and Griff shouldnt be playing. Both have NO running power whatsoever.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Well save for a massive last quarter surge, we are gone.
We just cannot contain Geelongs midfield, or run from defense.
Griffen's inclusion looks to be a bad call, instead of being a plus for us he's been a liability.

Agreed - looks real under done.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Gia and Griff shouldnt be playing. Both have NO running power whatsoever.

Gia hasn't done well, but he has some mates.

Our decision making is poor - we look mentally soft.

[Missing Dog]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Lots of players not going well - Hill, Gia, Griff, Johno spring to mind. I imagine there will be plenty about needing a tall fwd but our fwd line works when blokes work hard and lead. WHile its hard to tell from tv it doesnt look like much of that happening. Cooney, Eagle, Ward get pass marks from me so far but not too many others spring to mind. A good 3rd quarter from Aka.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

I certainly wasnt fooled by Geels last month and neither were the bookies...they were favourites for a reason. Call ours stage fright, call it what u want. Just not good enough, and with a non defunctional fwd line against the best defense, we were always gonna struggle. Not hard enough at the ball. Thru the middle when we're going fwd the place is congested. When the cats come thru the middle its like our players are on the wings. Gotta pray that Bris win after watching this, otherwise it could be straight sets for us....hope we dont get blown away in the last.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

I don't understand why we let Ablett run free, he has absolutely killed us, yet noone has sat on him.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

I certainly wasnt fooled by Geels last month and neither were the bookies...they were favourites for a reason. Call ours stage fright, call it what u want. Just not good enough, and with a non defunctional fwd line against the best defense, we were always gonna struggle. Not hard enough at the ball. Thru the middle when we're going fwd the place is congested. When the cats come thru the middle its like our players are on the wings. Gotta pray that Bris win after watching this, otherwise it could be straight sets for us....hope we dont get blown away in the last.

I thought that the Cats were out of sorts when we last played them but got shouted down. That win was fool's gold.

When did we last beat Carlton?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Positives.

We had our chances, despite not playing well.
At least we are not coming off a belting heading into next weeks' game.
I think we can regroup for next week and come out snarling (pardon the pun).

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day - QF2 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong

Margin flattered us IMO. At least we didn't give up. Outplayed for most of the game. Not good enough.