It's OFFICIAL - Barry Hall - Bulldogs Website Announcement

[mighty_west]

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I think everyone should forget about Hall and goal kicking. He's 32 and a little temperamental, and I doubt he'll be kicking "bags" of goals each game.
However you should be looking at what he can 'free up' in the Dogs forward line, and the quality defensive opposition he'll take out of the game. The leagues key defenders will match up on him, which means the smaller forwards and people like big Will (if he sharpens his hands) should have a blinding season next year.
But this all depends on if Hall can holster the guns???

He kicked what, 30 something goals this year from 11 games? Add in our supply to our forward line, where's the Swannies play a more defensive style, i couldn't see [bar suspension / injury] that he couldn't be good for 60 plus.

[Ozza]

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My counters:
4) Take game time from our developing forwards:
This has to be the most riduclous arguments against getting Hall. By having Hall around the club, it will teach these developing kids of what kind of attitude is required to play this game. They can look up to him or have him mentoring a developing tall, imagine Grant/Everitt/Williams competing with Hall for body positioning in a contest. Hall will gobble them up if they bring their pissy princess attitude, or he can quickly show them up as inferior in strength direct them to spend more time in the gym...etc. At the moment no one can really teach/mentor these devoloping talls as good as Hall will because we dont have any.

Apart from this - he will get the best big defender every time - so it not only helps out our regular forwards (Johnson, Hah, Murph) - but it also means that when a Jarrod Grant or Ayce Cordy or even Liam Jones gets a game - they aren't copping a top notch player straight away.

[Desipura]

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I saw him kick 6 goals effortlessly against Lakey in Canberra and was not even in the top 5 players on the ground. The guy can play and with quality midfielders like ours, 50 goals should be attainable.

[mighty_west]

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If things go well for Barry over the 2 seasons, given his hard work on & off, he would be great to perhaps continue on at the club as a forward coach of sorts, to really get the most out of Grant & Jones, Roughead & Cordy throughout their continued development, even whilst he is playing, those younger talls are going to learn so much off him.

A bit like with Aker, and working closely with Cooney, helping him get to that next level, dealing with taggers etc.

[Missing Dog]

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Both Lake and Scarlett said he was the hardest player to play on so for me that will do!!!

[LostDoggy]

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He kicked what, 30 something goals this year from 11 games? Add in our supply to our forward line, where's the Swannies play a more defensive style, i couldn't see [bar suspension / injury] that he couldn't be good for 60 plus.

You're right, the dogs don't play like Sydney. They go long from 50m on the run, they move the ball by hand and kick flowing goals.
But don't get me wrong! He'll be a great asset for the club and will kick more than his share of goals. I just don't see him contending the Colman medal, that's all.
I do agree with you about him developing the younger ones, feed them into the team next to Barry over the next two years and they'll learn more on field than any assistant coach could teach them!

[neodog]

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Kirky was on SEN not long ago and said he was one of the best trainers at the club, really prepared himself well. It was just those unfortunate moments on the ground where he would do something silly that had cost him.

In a way those brain snap gave him forced leave which had the unexpected benefit of better preserving his body in the long run. He is just as dangerous forward this year as during his 11 games.

[soupman]

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This thread is going off. Everytime I click back on the main forum to pick a new thread there is already a new post in here.

[GVGjr]

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I'm pretty happy with us picking up BBBBBH.

I'd long been a believer in our team structure and it's ability to score, even in finals but after watching us fail against the Saints even with our domination for long periods in the middle I've come to the sad conclusion that we do need a power forward to win those games.

Getting BBBBBBH doesn't have to change our primary game plan of spotting up one of multiple mobile leading forwards but it does give us a pretty good plan B. Minson might actually take a grab in the forward line with BBBBBBBH up there as well.

[neodog]

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This thread is going off. Everytime I click back on the main forum to pick a new thread there is already a new post in here.

Barry Hall is the next great white hope - ala Tommy Gun Williams!!!

We are not worried about our backline anymore because we have Brian lake/Morris/Williams.

Our midfield currently has the right mix of inside/outside midfielders and a touch of class and depth coming through.

Our forwards are smart, skillful and outstanding the only thing we lack is marking power. It is universally established that having a power forward with presence is what needed in a tightly contested match where there is minimum space and time for precise passing.

[Topdog]

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Id love to see a BBBBB tshirt

That would be cool!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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That would be cool!

They'd sell quicker than Grand Final tickets!

[LostDoggy]

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Add another B for Beard

[jazzadogs]

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Add another B for Beard

Imagine if he grows one...he truly will be worshipped.

[LostDoggy]

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Great that Barry is coming home to the Doggies - he is a genuine / proven KPP who i think Eade / Williams will be able to get the best out of. Plus he will be great for the young forwards coming up through the ranks.

Great move by the club to be aggressive and get him lined up so quickly.