MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

[Remi Moses]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

Thought you liked some of those; the ref didn't play enough stoppage time, it was a penalty, etc....

Settle down Europa MINNOW Club

[LostDoggy]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

This game is akin to a lactose-intolerent person drinking a litre of full cream milk - fraught with danger!!

Our season started with promise back in Round 1, then the dreams turned to nightmares when the Pies took us to the town.

Will this be "Revenge of the Nerds" or "Nightmare on Elm Street"? Which Bulldogs team will turn up? Will they be switched on? Will they be working for each other? Will it be every man for themselves, or "all for one, and one for all"?

Gotta win this one - if only so we can stop those ferals!! Plus my IT manager is a Collingwood supporter, and I don't know if I can go another week without getting IT support (couldn't face him if we lost!!)...

Fingers crossed we don't play Eagleton, and go with one of the young boys - Eagle needs some more time at Willy. Hope they also play Everitt.

[ledge]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

This game is akin to a lactose-intolerent person drinking a litre of full cream milk - fraught with danger!!

Our season started with promise back in Round 1, then the dreams turned to nightmares when the Pies took us to the town.

Will this be "Revenge of the Nerds" or "Nightmare on Elm Street"? Which Bulldogs team will turn up? Will they be switched on? Will they be working for each other? Will it be every man for themselves, or "all for one, and one for all"?

Gotta win this one - if only so we can stop those ferals!! Plus my IT manager is a Collingwood supporter, and I don't know if I can go another week without getting IT support (couldn't face him if we lost!!)...

Fingers crossed we don't play Eagleton, and go with one of the young boys - Eagle needs some more time at Willy. Hope they also play Everitt.

Talk about plugging your hero

[mighty_west]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

Talk about plugging your hero

Oh, you should wait till you see him bring out the big Minson wig on game day!

[Ghost Dog]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

What is going on with Callan Ward these days? He would be really useful to have.
Liam Picken will be really important in this game.
After seeing our poor effort against Essendon, we definitely need more of these smaller, faster players. More speed.

[Mantis]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

What is going on with Callan Ward these days? He would be really useful to have.
Liam Picken will be really important in this game.
After seeing our poor effort against Essendon, we definitely need more of these smaller, faster players. More speed.

Have a read of posts #26 & 27 in this thread for answer.

[LostDoggy]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

Just reviewing my own preview with the benefit of hindsight:

[[*]
DANGER! DANGER!
Harry O’ Brien and Nick Maxwell – the twin towers down back. Both big, strong and super-athletic, both read the play well, both have good disposal skills. If these guys are unaccountable, they will run the ball out 30 times and set up 20 scoring shots off their own boots. WHAT TO DO? We just have to play through their opponents as often as possible, who have to move around like buggery to keep them honest. Fev towelled up Maxwell last week when Nick wouldn’t pay him any respect.

GIVE THESE GUYS THE BALL
Heath Shaw – this bloke can’t kick. Teams get scared because he gets the ball a lot and runs fast, but if you corral him and make him run to the wings (which is where he likes to go anyway) instead of straight up the ground, he’ll turn it over.---

Well, we chose to tag Shaw (with Gia no less) instead of these two guys, and they killed us.

[*]OPTION 4, Huddo rucks, Minnow plays 60% upfront, Hahn dropped for a runner: My preferred option. Hahn isn’t offering much up forward that Minnow wouldn’t be able to anyway, but we get a quality second ruck option without having to sacrifice either Williams or Everitt, PLUS we get extra run.---

Looks like the match committee agreed with me on the day as Hahn eventually got dropped back and Minnow stuck up forward, and Lake came up a few times too. We may as well bite the bullet and at least get some value out of Hahn's current position by either bringing in a proper tall defender to allow Lake to spend more time up forward, a swingman like Everitt who can play upfront and down back to swing around with Lake, or an extra runner -- Ward/Wood/Reid -- to get on top in the middle.

[*]On the rebound – Lake, Harbrow, Gilbee and Hargrave aren’t running the ball out as much as they used to. This seems to be part of the defensive game plan. This is fine, but if Maxwell and O’Brien run out unimpeded, it will be ugly.---

Again, I'm not the match committee, and maybe Malthouse had a magic plan to get Harry O and Maxwell free, but it doesn't take a genius to see that these guys have been their main men coming out the back. Everyone else has been letting Shaw run around getting his possessions because he doesn't hurt you, but we decided to tag him and let these guys get free instead.

VERDICT
A draw. No, the Dogs by 12 points after letting the Pies get out to a 32 point lead. No, I really have no idea at this point.
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Well, if the Pies' lead HAD only gotten out to 32-points, we would have overrun them in the end. Maybe. We only turn up when the game is officially over.

[Mantis]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

^^^

What about my point on Pendlebury?... You know the bloke who was B.O.G. yesterday.

[LostDoggy]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

^^^

What about my point on Pendlebury?... You know the bloke who was B.O.G. yesterday.

Yep. And Swanny didn't exactly have a quiet one either.

I can't even think about the game -- makes me feel sick. Did some of those guys even have an opponent? Boydy's and Crossy's supercoach scores look massive but seriously, you would rather they break even with their opponents over 4 quarters than letting them run around doing whatever they like for 3 quarters before showing up and pumping up the stats in junk time.

[Doc26]

Re: MATCH PREVIEW: Round 11, 2010 -- Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

Yep. And Swanny didn't exactly have a quiet one either.

I can't even think about the game -- makes me feel sick. Did some of those guys even have an opponent? Boydy's and Crossy's supercoach scores look massive but seriously, you would rather they break even with their opponents over 4 quarters than letting them run around doing whatever they like for 3 quarters before showing up and pumping up the stats in junk time.

Agreed Lantern.

Pendlebury and Swan did cut us up. The contradiction being that Boyd and Cross were widely acknowledged (by me as well ) as being in our best 4 which is troubling. Why would say a Harbrow be judged so poorly based on his first half performance on Davis and yet Boyd and Cross rewarded as being in our best four with the damage that Collingwood's midfielders did to us when it mattered most.