Dogs v Roos in Ballarat

[LostDoggy]

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32 mins gone
North by 7

[bulldogtragic]

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*choke* ?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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How can we let Thomas boot seven goals?

[LostDoggy]

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Goal
Game over..

[comrade]

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9 goals to North in the last qtr and we went in with an extended bench.

Doesn't say a lot for our fitness.

Cooney with 4 goals a big positive however.

[LostDoggy]

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13 Point win to North.
9 Goal final quarter to them.
Defense seemed lost really..

[Go_Dogs]

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9 goals to North in the last qtr and we went in with an extended bench.

Doesn't say a lot for our fitness.

Cooney with 4 goals a big positive however.

Not too sure about that. I'm sure we would have been monitoring game time today pretty heavily which wouldn't have helped with the rotations and running out the game. The result is largely irrelevant anyway. Cooney in good touch, Minson same, Libba and DJ firming as Rd 1 players. Gilbee a concern, as is our backline generally if we have to go in undermanned in the season proper.

Those at the game, how did Barlow go, and what sort of role?

[always right]

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Only a practice match but anytime a team kicks 9 goals against you in a quarter there are concerns.

[choconmientay]

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Couldn't be there at the game. Thanks for all the updates guys. For me, a lost is not all that bad. Sometime a lost is a better lesson to learn for all the young players out there today. Also, we now know that we have a lot to work on until the season proper ... but not much times until then though.

[GVGjr]

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Disappointing to hear.

I'm guessing the Williams as ruckman experiment has been a failure?

It's a poorly thought out experiment.

Some good and bad signs today

[comrade]

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It's a poorly thought out experiment.

Some good and bad signs today

Did Barlow get a run in the ruck?

[LostDoggy]

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Thanks for all the updates guys. Shame about the result. Wouldnt want anymore 9 goal last quaters this year. As they say its good to get it out of the system early. Good the hear that cooney played a good game. How did Gilbee end up going?

[comrade]

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A tough hit out with good signs from Cooney, Libba, Griffen, Minson etc is a real positive. Would much rather that than finishing up with a rout against Brisbane or GWS for example.

Our back line without Lake is a huge worry. I think we need to throw Markovic in there just to give us some extra height, especially against Essendon who will probably play Ryder/Hille deep with Bellechambers rucking after a very good pre-season campaign.

Interested to hear from those that attended how our tackling pressure was. Greystache mentioned the Roos were walking through the middle in the last qtr - hopefully that didn't occur all day.

[LostDoggy]

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Is Hall a concern so close to round one? Would have thought he would have kicked a few today on lowly opposition. Did they not go to him, was he out of sorts, or just out classed?

[Missing Dog]

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Is Hall a concern so close to round one? Would have thought he would have kicked a few today on lowly opposition. Did they not go to him, was he out of sorts, or just out classed?

Hall would be the last of our concerns considering he did quite well in the other games. Our back line and pressure would probably be the big concerns.