It's OFFICIAL - Barry Hall - Bulldogs Website Announcement

[boydogs]

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Eade: "15 mins in the ring with barry...GO!!!"

14:59 of that would be spent on the canvas

[Dry Rot]

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I very dubious that Hall is what we need ... but as I said on another thread, I trust Eade et al.

What worries me is the amount of people on WOOF calling Hall the messiah ... I am not saying he is not a good footballer, but I think his age combined with his agro and the fact that he is un-proven in OUR structure, I think a more cautious approach is required.

And before I am attacked for my opposing opinion about Hall, I too have followed the Dogs for 40 years and never seen them play in a grand final ... I too was hurting on Friday when we fell short again ... and I too think we need to find a way to take that next step ...

I just don't think Hall is the Messiah

Interesting post to bookmark, I fear. Especially around late H&A and finals time.

[Missing Dog]

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Hall will be good for the 40-50% of the time we bomb it to the teeth of goal. People talk about our "forward structure" but I seem to remember more than an occasional game where we saying "we have no forward structure". IMO he's worth the risk, he'll take a KP defender with him and thats gotta be good for Aker, Johno, Hahn, Gia, Murphy and Higgins, aside from the 3 per match he could boot himself.

[Desipura]

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

Even if he turned out to be a failure (unlikely), I would not be bagging him just in case he hunts me down.

[LostDoggy]

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They are going to finally get there man.

For those of you in the know - can you confirm that they have been trying to get him for the last 2 seasons?

[LostDoggy]

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Big Bad Beautiful Bustling Bulldog Barry - The B7 Unit

I agree with the Big, Bad, Bustling Bulldog Barry, but beautiful?????

[Mantis]

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For those of you in the know - can you confirm that they have been trying to get him for the last 2 seasons?

We enquired last year, but as Barry was contracted we would have had to have given up too much so we didn't take it any further. Hall was also keen on a move at that point in time.

[LostDoggy]

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[QUOTE=James Cuming;117979]Barry Hall = Vitamin B!

I'm happy for the club to be taking a risk with him.

I'm hopeful that one or two of our young tall kids will get a boost from him as well. maybe next year we can have our own twin towers.

Agree, I'm hopeful that he will be able to give the young 'uns a few tricks about how to play on the forward line. He is a risk, but from memory, Eade had him under control as his coach in Sydney?? (I stand corrected if my memory is wrong) I think this year proved that we need a tall marking forward, especially in the finals. I used to bag him something terrible, so now I'll need to learn to love him

[LostDoggy]

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Thanks Mantis. My memory is not what it used to be!

[neodog]

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I've been wondering about this as well.

Whether he makes an immediate impact the way Rawlings did (although with very little to come from following matches) or if he struggles the way Aka did after having the last half of the season away from his club could be vital to our chances next year.

In terms of our structure he has the ability to lead as well as all our medium forwards and can be the guy we bomb to instead of Hill so I imagine that aspect should be fine.

Exactly, did everyone remember how Hill was pushed out by Hurn and Glass like 10 times against the Weagles this year? Now can you imagine Hurn/Glass licking their lips when they try to push BBBBBBBH off the contest.

[neodog]

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I agree with the Big, Bad, Bustling Bulldog Barry, but beautiful?????

Beautiful football with the dogs, compare to swan lockdown style?

[Missing-Dog]

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I think BBBBBBBBBH is going to teach the younger bigger guys a thing of two about training hard, body positioning and aggresion
at the footy

Williams, Jones, Boumann, Cordy etc are all going to benefit from his prescence

I'm hoping that a change of environment will have a positive impact on some of his previous anger related issues

BRING ON 2010......I'm so excited!!!!!

Spot On. Throw in Grant and Roughead as well.

[BulldogBelle]

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Exactly, did everyone remember how Hill was pushed out by Hurn and Glass like 10 times against the Weagles this year? Now can you imagine Hurn/Glass licking their lips when they try to push BBBBBBBH off the contest.

Agree

When Aker started with us, ie in 2008 he wasent at his explosive best, probably due to the fact that he didnt manage his trajing properly when he was in football exile, and maybe we didnt manage his training properly when he came to the club

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH is a totally different player, and I'm confident that a player him who would rely less on his speed and endurance and moreso his strength, he should be able to make a positive impact straight away

He wont be our saviour, but if he can kick more than 50 goals in 2010 I would be over the moon

[AndrewP6]

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Interesting to note, there is a FAQ on the Dogs site "Who is Barry Hall" - The "answer" being the link to the statement re: Hall nominating ours as his preferred club.