Dogs v Roos in Ballarat

[LostDoggy]

Re: Dogs v Roos in Ballarat

At least they might stop whinging for a moment or two.Had SEN on late last night and you guessed it a Norf whinge . One of them was complaining about Norf not being on Friday nights and to many Foxtel games!! Complain Complain Complain.

Destiny is in their own hands!
If they get bums on seats, and numbers up on membership, then they wont be complaining wouldnt they!

[LostDoggy]

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Practice match, no injuries, try a few things, you beauty. Pickens probably the only player that doesn't get that idea and that's ok by me.

Two weeks to go.

[Hotdog60]

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The Bulldogs site has listed Gilbee as a hamstring, going on reports here he was below par did anyone at the game notice him feeling for the hammy?

Also Giansiracusa (ankle).

[stefoid]

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In the last quarter both Hudson and Minson went off the field. Also Cooney and Morris were off. During this time Williams contested the centre bounce while Barlow was stationed at Full Back. After the bounce Williams went to FB and Barlow followed the ball contesting the boundary throw ins. This practice continued for between 5 to 10 minutes. During this time North got its run on and Thomas kicked a few goals. Williams and Barlow would have had at least 4 to 5 ruck contests each. Thomas was giving Gilbee a bath.

Petrie played well and probably beat Williams, but he wasn't the difference. We were well on top at 3/4 time so I would argue that up to that time the backline had not been a liability. It was Thomas who cut us apart because no defenders were staying on the ground. Hudson et al returned to the fray and we got back on top and then a couple of terrible skill errors (actually one terrible skill error and one failure to man up) by Boyd plus Minsons free reversal handed the game to North.

We were on top for 85% of the game. Stack wasn't great but he probably was the best of our defenders. Picken only has one gear, crazy hard and I don't think he lost a contest. I though Hill was good all game, both back and forward. I think the criticism of Djerkurra is a bit harsh. And I thought that Barlow did some good things as a link man, but his disposal early was terrible and he is not a key defender.

Cheers

Is Gilbee done? Whats up with Gilbs?

[Grantysghost]

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Our midfield pressure is a worry, with defenders getting pinged for relatively nothing these days the pressure has to be applied as opponents are attempting to enter their 50 to spoil the entry.
I went yesterday and was specifically looking for this and our forward pressure for improvements on last season. I thought the forward pressure was ok and we managed to create at least one turnover and goal to Grant in the second that i recall, however as posted earlier the midfield other than Ward didn't apply enough defensive pressure yesterday it was way too easy for North to go inside 50 which they appeared to do at will.

Good signs from Cooney, Grant, Jones, Minson, DJ and Libba though. Our skills under pressure appeared rushed which was a credit to Norths workrate which was superior to ours.

Dont know if Williams is going to be that other key back we need unfortunately, and the worry is Lake will be unfit for rd1. Have seen his leg up close, has some serious scars on the inside of his knee which made me realise the magnitude of what he carried last season at the end.

We would have locked that game down in the regular season and held on i think the result is not really a concern.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Quote from Brad Scott in this morning's Age:

"You would think at three-quarter-time we were going to get overrun, but our players stood up,'' Scott said, while pointing out that the Bulldogs left Barry Hall off at the end and ''probably could have put the foot on our throat if they'd really wanted to"

[azabob]

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Interestingly in media reports Eade was very disappointed in the backline, no mention of the midfield group.

Yet nearly all, if not all posters who went to the game said the midfield was by far the worst performed on the ground.

Something we can only speculate on is that possibly the backline wasn't following instructions?

Or is he saying one thing to the public and another thing behind closed doors?

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Interestingly in media reports Eade was very disappointed in the backline, no mention of the midfield group.

Yet nearly all, if not all posters who went to the game said the midfield was by far the worst performed on the ground.

Something we can only speculate on is that possibly the backline wasn't following instructions?

Or is he saying one thing to the public and another thing behind closed doors?

There is another possibility.

Perhaps Eade knows more about football than internet forum posters?

[azabob]

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There is another possibility.

Perhaps Eade knows more about football than internet forum posters?

Surely not?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Dogs v Roos in Ballarat

Practice match, no injuries, try a few things, you beauty. Pickens probably the only player that doesn't get that idea and that's ok by me.

Two weeks to go.

Best perspective so far

[Grantysghost]

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There is another possibility.

Perhaps Eade knows more about football than internet forum posters?

But half the fun is pretending to be the coach, and that we know we're talking about ! The other thought i have is maybe the coaches don't always tell it as it is.... If he didn't mention the way Brent Harvey racked them up and was incredibly damaging all day internally or externally (in relation to midfield defense) I would be surprised.

[Bornadog]

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In the last quarter both Hudson and Minson went off the field. Also Cooney and Morris were off. During this time Williams contested the centre bounce while Barlow was stationed at Full Back. After the bounce Williams went to FB and Barlow followed the ball contesting the boundary throw ins. This practice continued for between 5 to 10 minutes. During this time North got its run on and Thomas kicked a few goals. Williams and Barlow would have had at least 4 to 5 ruck contests each. .

This was an experiment that Eade had planned to try out. Sounds like it didn't work that well, but then again, I wasn't there and depends on the objectives he was trying to achieve.

[LostDoggy]

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The Bulldogs site has listed Gilbee as a hamstring, going on reports here he was below par did anyone at the game notice him feeling for the hammy?

Also Giansiracusa (ankle).

Yes, the Age listed these 2 as having injuries? Any news? Perhaps that's why Gilbee wasn't playing well.

[comrade]

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Gilbee's injury may save the MC from having to make a difficult decision. Without seeing the game on the weekend, it seems that his negatives (tackling, defensive pressure) are now outweighing his positives (precise kicking).

[Before I Die]

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This was an experiment that Eade had planned to try out. Sounds like it didn't work that well, but then again, I wasn't there and depends on the objectives he was trying to achieve.

We did lose the clearances during this time, but it was made to look much worse due to poor defensive work. Thomas was on fire, however, whenever the ball hit the ground he was metres in the clear. Gilbee kept getting drawn to the aerial contest and each time he was unable to punch the ball far enough clear. Thomas just stayed down and cleaned up.

I should have mentioned earlier that young Libba was good. Clean hands, great vision and also very neat by foot. At the moment I don't see how he cannot be in the Round 1 team.

I was hoping for the "Zephi Show" but it didn't eventuate. Though having said that, I felt he was ignored on a number of occassions when he was free. This may have been a case of him running to the wrong positions or me just hoping he would be used when really there were better options