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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
I must have been watching a different game to Eade today because I thought Lake was best-on and Minson was excellent.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
Lake's defensive game on Franklin was superb.
However, his disposal and decision making was very poor. He turned it over far too often and at one point instead of kicking down the line, kicked the ball back into Hawthorns F50 to where they clearly had numbers. They got a goal out of it by memory.
His brain fades need to stop. No point winning the ball if you continually turn it over. Spoiled what was a clinic defensive game.
Minson was poor, too. Too slow, gives away stupid frees and butchered kicks/handballs. The only way he'll keep his spot in the side is if Mitch Clark plays for Brisbane.W00F!Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
Thought all had ok games. A few good things. Hahn a goal, Gia set up a few, Williams contested fairly and kicked well for a change. All could of done more. Just a pass in an ordinary game.
Also,Thought Picken and Everitt were good, and Hill layed a few tackles early and took a few good marks.
Although Rioli played well and kicked a few i thought Harbrow played well and was attacking.
Was glad Hawks B graders/snipers did nothing - Bateman/Brown. Oh and throw Buddy into that !!Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
Rocket was annoyed with Lake not following instructions and some lazy kicks out of defense, and Will had a couple of brain fades were one was resulting in a 50 metre penalty.
Will's start to the season has had a few infringements which must be wearing thin with Rocket.Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
On another note, Rioli is brilliant and it's worth paying to watch him play. A lot of players tend to struggle to get themselves up and going after a return game, but he's put in 2 very good performances so far.
He's got to be the quickest player in the comp. He can twist and turn in any direction, hardly losing any pace at all. Harbrow's very quick - but he made Jarrod look slow at times.
One of my favourite players to watch. Not a whole lot we could do to stop him.W00F!Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
Just saw a snippet of the post-match presser; Eade certainly came off the long run with his comments regarding big Will. Publicly putting the acid on a player is a technique he's used before to try and extract better performances.
Will Rocket really pull the trigger and give Minson a spell?Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
It was a tough game today, and I thought that Cooney, Griff, Boyd and Cross played serviceable games, with Boyd just lifting it a notch in the last quarter to assist with clearances at the centre bounce. Gave us first use of the ball, and finally Barry was able to capitalise. Lake seemed pretty good IMO, although it appears that when we lost Shaggy early on, it just unsettled the backline somewhat. I held my breath a few times when Williams and Everitt had the ball in their hands, and I hope that more game time will improve their footy "smarts". All in all, a win (albeit ugly for most of the day) is a win, is a win, and I'm happy to take the four points. At the end of the year, we won't remember the nitty gritty of the game, and history will just show we won! Does anyone know what Shaggy's injury is? Also, did I miss Pickens'? Akers I saw, he put his hand up straight away as he went down.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
I honestly thought we were horrendous for 2 and a half quarters. Not only was our decision making and execution of basic skills terrible but we appeared to lack effort at times. I can think of far to many times where we didnt go quite hard enough or did just enough to get by without fully committing to the contest. I didnt think we had that hard edge to our game at any stage today and the hawks were far hungrier to have an impact in most contests. Good to get a win despite all that.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
I watched it on the AFL website - LINK
He certainly gave Will and Lake a bake.. I guess if players don't follow the coaches instructions it would give you the shits...especially when these 2 are serial offenders.
I thought he was very good in his discussion with Jake Niall and Robbo with their points as well - a good presser IMO.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
Played on Morton for most of the night, but also chopped out Lake & Morris on occasions. Did a serviceable job in my opinion, a couple of errors but didn't disgrace himself at all. Morton had 9 disposals & kicked 1 goal, so he was kept quite.Comment
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Re: Game Day - R3 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
I don't know about how I feel about this game. Don't get me wrong I'm wrapped to get the win I just don't come out with a good feeling about it.
My concerns mainly came from the first half. I thought our second half was quite good, our last quarter was excellent! First up Hawthorn use the zone very well and our boys seemed to really struggle with it. Their decision making was very slow, rarely they tried to break the line with run or quick disposal. Maybe I'm under selling Hawthorn's work but to me this was my main gripe. Secondly I thought a lot of players were lazy. The Hawks zoned and pushed forward quickly, when they had the ball or there was a turn over. Our boys seemed to just stop and stand still waiting for the ball.
All that aside I will put some positives in there.
Crossy and Boyd were fantastic. They worked their arse's off all game won the hard ball, tackled and pressured all day.
Liam Picken was back to his best today. Completely shut down Bateman. A real shame about the injury.
Griffen was very good, one of the few to run with the ball and try to break the zone. One of the best games I have seen from him.
I'll give a shout out to Everitt as well. I've been pretty critical of the kid for a while now but I thought today he was really good. Like Griffen he was one of the few who wanted to run with the ball and when he did it, it seemed to pay off.
4th quarter!! It all seemed to click. They won the ball at the stoppages, pressure was red hot, they moved the ball quickly and efficiently which in turn opened up our forward line for Hall.
Very happy to get away with a win but there is still plenty of work to do.Comment
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) but today you couldn't help but notice Rioli. Very good player, and has great skills.
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