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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
Thought the same looked to the skies and thought ''Oh F***''
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
I agree with a lot of what has already been said. We sorely missed Dale Morris today.
Harry O'Brien seemed to have nobody on him for most of the match and just had the run of the field.
Moles should have played, and I don't think Johnson should have. (Sorry Suz32!
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I think Murph was one of our better players. How good is he?Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
Did anyone see what happened with Shaggy and Medhurst? Couldn't see what happened from were I was sitting. Should we be worried?Comment
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[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
Just off topic ('cause the topic is p*****g me off!)... Before the game, I passed Jamason Daniels, Stackalicious, and Paul Dimattina...[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
Does anyone know what the clearances were like?
I was at the game and everytime it looked like we were going to get a clearance, we just fumbled it and the pies pounced on the footy and made us pay big time! And what happened to the tackling pressure that we applied SO WELL in our nab cup matches! There was minimal today...
We were our own worst enemy this arvo imo...Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
I know you can't tell much from 2 minutes of highlights, but Collingwood seemed to kick a number of 'soft' goals. I guess once I have seen the game I can look for the lead up work, but it seemd Didak and Davis were un-apposed on quite a few occassions.
Never good to lose the first one, but there is still plenty of time to re-find our mojo.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
I actually thought Leigh Brown was really good for them today. Not so much his play, but his demented aggression caused a few of our players to second guess themselves, which was a big asset for them.
Look, I'm not pleased by how we played, but there seems to be some observations here that are predicting doom and gloom. I think we were simply outplayed and outcoached by a team that was more up for the game than us.
We weren't great, sure, but that's part of footy. The challenge now lies with our coaches and players to assess where we were caught short and rectify it.
For mine, I rate Collingwood. They don't have as much talent as some of the better teams, but they work hard. I think that Malthouse gets the best out of his players (see above comment re: Leigh Brown) and they're always good to go.
Anyway, shoot me down or what have you but I for one am not too concerned. We got beaten by a good team, one that will surely go close to top four, and it's up to us to respond next week.
Oh, FWIW I thought Murphy was good for us. Boyd's disposal let him down a bit, but his ability to get his hands on it is amazing and the rate with which he disposes of it is incredible. And I thought Everitt tried hard enough to hold his spot. Some of our other guys had games to forget (as have already been discussed by plenty of others) but hopefully they can assess them and forget them.
It's a long road. Hold fast!
"It's over. It's all over."Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
Still confident he will improve, but he did make a lot of mistakes today.
Our back line was very inexperienced when you look at it, Williams, Everitt & Addison all down there to start the game. Between the 3 of them, there would only be about 100 games of footy under there belt. Really hits home at how much Morris is missed, and how much footy the likes of Williams, Everitt etc.. still need.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
I have a question with what looked like a mark by a collingwood player in our goal square but was called a point, shouldnt it have been a mark or a goal? how was it a point?Bring back the biffComment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
I agree with much of what has been written here already, but it seemed to me that we lacked the application the Pies had in terms of getting players around contested situations. It just seemed to me that the Pies always had 1 or 2 out the back and a couple out the side and the front of the packs. It was as if they had more blokes on the field. We on the other hand, struggled to clear out of traffic because we didn't have teammates sitting behind and outside contests ready to receive and clear.
I think the only guys that can hold their heads up for a good performance today were Murphy and Everitt. All our other players were down on their usually high standards in one way or another.
I think we lacked another inside midfielder today, (Ward to come straight back in when fit), and an outside receiver which means Eagle should come straight in as well. I think we missed Eagle as too often we were lacking a player who was able to sit outside in space , link up in chains of play and cover some metres with penetrating kicks.
It is only round 1 and may be a glitch, but geez its frustrating that we are a serious premiership contender and yet still susceptible to these types of losses.... I mean Collingwood were the better team today and hungrier, but we are not a 6 goals worse side than them.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R1 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
That was either touched off the boot and therefore never a mark (and then a point when he strayed over the goal line) or when the ball was 'caught' it was deemed to have not travelled the required distance, and then the player has backed over the line and out of play, conceding a rushed behind.
I too was (and remain) confused by the incidentFloat Along - Fill Your LungsComment
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