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  • Throughandthrough
    Coaching Staff
    • Nov 2007
    • 3201

    Player dislike

    I'd rather this thread didn't turn into a player X is crap because he is slow/soft/poor disposal/brain farts/bad hair/greedy/put my sister away/don't like his number/shorts are too tight/shorts are too baggy/one sided/missed a goal in 2003/missed a tackle in 2007 type thread, as we have enough of those anyway.

    I think it's funny/curious/sad how cyber fans decide that they don't like player X and then watch the games everyweek HOPING(?) that player makes the same mistake again so they can jump on here and tell everyone.

    (I'm as guilty as anyone, one player still on our list did something really soft last year, and then did something really soft towards the end of this year, and I was allmost happy that I had proven to myself that I was right, even though I must be wrong)

    I know i'm not the only one who acts that way, but am I the only Woofer to admit it?

    I'm curious as to the thought process when you decide that Player Y is officially no good and should be dropped (what is Eade thinking!!) and delisted immediately.

    Does this process come from peer pressure, a mate at the game points out a flaw in a players game, and then you look for it hoping to see it?

    Does it taint your opinion of that player, in that you allmost hope he has a carp game?

    Does your opinion get built up when they are the regular "bag" player for people on here or at the game from the fans?

    NB Not at all trying to single any posters out, just trying to start a thread.


    PS This is a Simon Minton-Connell free zone.
  • The Coon Dog
    Bulldog Team of the Century
    • Jan 2007
    • 7579

    #2
    Re: Player dislike

    I see where you're coming from & can relate to it.

    I don't mind a player making a mistake, particularly when he's trying to do something positive (say like Harbrow taking the opposition on).

    What frustrates me is when a player makes a poor judgment type of mistake (say he's in defence & tries to mark from behind when the percentages say punch & his opponent marks it) or the mistake is one he's often made & shows no signs of changing.

    I think last season a few of us us were frustrated with Crossy on occasions when he ran into the forward 50 & refused to kick for goal, preferring to stop, wait & dish off.

    One thing I do hate seeing is players identifying a free opposition player & pointing to a team mate to pick the free player up & no one does, then the free player ultimately scarpers off with the ball. Not too sure who cops the blame in this situation.

    The other thing I get frustrated with is when an opposition defender runs off & his opponent refuses to chase.
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    • Hotdog60
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • Aug 2009
      • 5904

      #3
      Re: Player dislike

      My main gripe is when players are free in the corridor and a player has a lack of vision and drives it long only to have the ball spoiled or marked and turned over.

      The free player in the middle is usually 30 meters in the clear and could have plenty of time to setup a forward entry or could run to 50 and have a shot from in front instead of a pocket.

      A a number of occasions this year you would see players calling for it in the open down the corridor and get over looked or just aren't seen. very frustrating
      Don't piss off old people
      The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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      • LostDoggy
        WOOF Member
        • Jan 2007
        • 8307

        #4
        Re: Player dislike

        I am with the TCD I don't mind players trying to make the play but the judgement errors are what I dislike as well.

        What I hate even more is when a player makes the correct call like running out of defense under immediate pressure and kicks the ball 60m clear in to open space (because there is no one infront of him) even though the other team will get the ball. By doing this it allows the defense to reset for the next attack by giving them the time to do so. This is not what frustrates me what gets me is when the old bloke behind me says "oh great kick who was that too" when it was quite cleat what he was trying to do.

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        • Doc26
          Coaching Staff
          • Sep 2009
          • 3087

          #5
          Re: Player dislike

          I hate when a player believes they deserve a spell on the pine straight after kicking a goal

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          • Ozza
            Bulldog Team of the Century
            • Mar 2008
            • 6401

            #6
            Re: Player dislike

            Originally posted by Doc26
            I hate when a player believes they deserve a spell on the pine straight after kicking a goal
            I don't think its really a player choice. I think it just happens to be their turn to be off in the rotation and if they go off after a goal we notice it. It is a bit odd at the time though!

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            • Doc26
              Coaching Staff
              • Sep 2009
              • 3087

              #7
              Re: Player dislike

              Originally posted by Ozza
              I don't think its really a player choice. I think it just happens to be their turn to be off in the rotation and if they go off after a goal we notice it. It is a bit odd at the time though!
              It was tongue in cheek

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              • soupman
                Bulldog Team of the Century
                • Nov 2007
                • 5113

                #8
                Re: Player dislike

                I'm generally pretty positive and understand that the playing styles and ability of different players will affect their screw ups.

                Nathan Eagleton is obviously the first player to come to mind for this topic, and it is understandable that it happens as he does go missing in about 30-40% of the matches he plays in. The thing is once one person points out a regular mistake you notice it more often, come to expect it and it basically bulds up to being this major incident when really it's somethign which happens 10 times a game. An example would be Will Minson flying for a mark and getting spoiled, meaning everyone goes "bloody Will catch the thing" when really that happens throughout the match to both the good and bad players.

                I find it interesting how big an emphasis is put on players "hardness" though in regard to supporters liking them/disliking them. If a player throws himself at the footy supporters tend to forgive their mistakes, but a player who receives the handball and gets run down because his teammates don't protect him gets savagely attacked.

                Just thank god we aren't like some of Europe's soccer leagues where players have reason to fear for their life if they miss a penalty or cause a major turnover.
                I should leave it alone but you're not right

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                • Sockeye Salmon
                  Bulldog Team of the Century
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 6365

                  #9
                  Re: Player dislike

                  I hate it when supporters bag a player when they have no idea as to what instructions the player has been given.

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                  • EasternWest
                    Hall of Fame
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 10002

                    #10
                    Re: Player dislike

                    I hate it when supporters expend their energies niggling other supporters and trying to rile them. I only go to support my team, and if you can only enjoy the game by annoying other supporters, you're there for the wrong reasons.
                    "It's over. It's all over."

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                    • The Coon Dog
                      Bulldog Team of the Century
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 7579

                      #11
                      Re: Player dislike

                      Originally posted by Sockeye Salmon
                      I hate it when supporters bag a player when they have no idea as to what instructions the player has been given.
                      I think we could all be guilty of that from time to time.
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                      • Doc26
                        Coaching Staff
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 3087

                        #12
                        Re: Player dislike

                        Originally posted by dfa4pm
                        I hate it when supporters expend their energies niggling other supporters and trying to rile them. I only go to support my team, and if you can only enjoy the game by annoying other supporters, you're there for the wrong reasons.
                        With you on this. Further, I detest opposition supporters who elect to bag our players. Nothing gets my back up more and stretches my resilience not to take them on as if they're abusing family.

                        Happens too damn regularly. Unfortunately our allocated seting row is the last of a bulldog friendly zone and what we get each week in the row behind us can be anything.

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                        • Guest

                          #13
                          Re: Player dislike

                          Annoys me when the opposition kicks for goal and only the shorties get back on the line. Also dislike the lack of crumbers in the forward line when the ball is bombed in (due to the fact our crumbers are playing as a KPP and are flying for the mark) and the many occasions that we fail to have a player on the boundary side at throw ins. I also don't like it when a player is on the telecast and they zoom in and blows a nostril rocket.
                          Man, reading this thread confirms that the Bulldogs are ruining my life. I should probably stay home in future and rearrange my sock drawer.

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                          • EasternWest
                            Hall of Fame
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 10002

                            #14
                            Re: Player dislike

                            Originally posted by NoParkingOnMatchDays
                            Annoys me when the opposition kicks for goal and only the shorties get back on the line. Also dislike the lack of crumbers in the forward line when the ball is bombed in (due to the fact our crumbers are playing as a KPP and are flying for the mark) and the many occasions that we fail to have a player on the boundary side at throw ins. I also don't like it when a player is on the telecast and they zoom in and blows a nostril rocket.
                            Man, reading this thread confirms that the Bulldogs are ruining my life. I should probably stay home in future and rearrange my sock drawer.
                            Ha ha great post. I don't like spitting on the field either. I'm not an elite footballer (if only!) but I played plenty of footy and never needed to spit. Some AFL players seem to even spit as they talk!

                            When you're done with your socks you can come and do mine.
                            "It's over. It's all over."

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                            • Missing Dog
                              WOOF Member
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 8501

                              #15
                              Re: Player dislike

                              I get frustrated when we have gone man on man all over the field yet there is clearly one player who is letting the whole chain down. For some reason he is the only player that hasn't picked anyone up and it takes him a good 2 minutes to realise he's the only one.

                              Further on that same point, I also dislike it when the player who hasn't manned up decides to run to an opponent 2 metres away who already has one of our players on him and it just means he is covering his own backside and making his team mate find the actual loose player somewhere on the field.

                              I also hate when a player plays for a free kick when he could still have an effect on the immediate contest, instead of competing he turns to the umpire and allows the opposition to clear the contest far too easily.

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