Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Plan...forward line??

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Gutted. Do all the hard work to get back from the impossible. 20 down, 12 min to play and they had kicked the last 4.

Gutsy as to come back and get 7 points up. We should have killed the game. We missed shots and did not take our chances. Had the momentum and the ball in our forward line with 3 min to play. Can't believe the stuff up with stack at CHF that gifted them that goal.

Would have been a remarkable win, but now a devastating loss.

2-2 with the Pies next week.

[GVGjr]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I guess that is fair enough, but that was a really good game against very good opposition.

I feel better about the season now than I did before the bounce...

I tend to agree but it will be a mountain to climb if we get well beaten next week.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Feel the same.
Can't see getting a win against Collingwood. Needed the 4 pts today.

I can't see us getting within ten goals of them.

[ReLoad]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

WTF. simply WTF.

Possession footy anyone? helllooooooooooooooo.

Well there sure as hell will be some changes this week.

[EasternWest]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I guess that is fair enough, but that was a really good game against very good opposition.

I feel better about the season now than I did before the bounce...

Very hard to make a judgement on our skill level given the obvious humidity there. Showed a bit in the end, and I guess that's important.

Can't help but think if we'd had a bit more intensity earlier we could have won by a few goals, but Freo over there is a tough ask.

I'm not satisfied with the loss, in any way, but at least we had a bit of ticker. Some questions still need answering though.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Gutted. Do all the hard work to get back from the impossible. 20 down, 12 min to play and they had kicked the last 4.

Gutsy as to come back and get 7 points up. We should have killed the game. We missed shots and did not take our chances. Had the momentum and the ball in our forward line with 3 min to play. Can't believe the stuff up with stack at CHF that gifted them that goal.

Would have been a remarkable win, but now a devastating loss.

2-2 with the Pies next week.

Maybe that's why we only make prelim finals.

Need to win games like this IMO.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Maybe that's why we only make prelim finals.

Need to win games like this IMO.

Absolutely.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I guess that is fair enough, but that was a really good game against very good opposition.

I feel better about the season now than I did before the bounce...

I really am sick of that line. Sorry, I really do respect you and get where you are coming from but I am well and truly over the 'we just lost to quality opposition' thing.

People have a go at us for playing poorly in big games. Overall we don't but as we did tonight, it's that final 5% that just lets done the great efforts of the other 95% of the game.

We do the wonderful work to get us into positions to win against quality and then crumble.

[Sedat]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I guess that is fair enough, but that was a really good game against very good opposition.

I feel better about the season now than I did before the bounce...

Same to be honest. Absolutely shattered that we didn't get the points but Subi is a tough road trip and we handled the zone press game style tonight better than we've ever had. Hate the loss but like how we played against the zone. We'll win more than we lose if we bring that sort of intensity and structure to the table. Giving up a 7 point lead in time-on hurts like hell.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Nah, not taking this one at all. I've been glass half full all season but this has pushed me over. This was a terrible loss. Freo couldn't have played any worse in this game and we still found a way to lose this game when we should have blown them out early.

Terrible loss! I'm finding it hard to take positives out of this at this stage apart from the 20 point hole they clawed out of.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I guess that is fair enough, but that was a really good game against very good opposition.

I feel better about the season now than I did before the bounce...

Not having been involved in a football team before, I don't know how a team losing a game like this, being up by 7 with under 5 minutes to go, will feel? Is this likely to make them feel more confident or less confident?

[The Pie Man]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I tend to agree but it will be a mountain to climb if we get well beaten next week.

This was my fear looking ahead to this game - sure it was an enthralling last quarter, but that doesn't help our ladder position moving forward.

Despite showing some heart, I'm VERY pessimistic about 2011

And seriously Cooney, WTF?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Gee, I think I'm going to hate the bye (especially this early in the season). No excuse, but it makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R5 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

It would be nice if Cooney was able to slot that goal! Wasn't a very difficult shot. He hasn't done much this year to be honest. Has he put 4 quarters together this year yet?

What was with some of our players decision making? It was horrid all night. We also had terrible skills.