Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

And we thing WS will be bad, they will beat us

You must think they will be bad if you are taking away Greater from their name.

I think we will smash GWS because we are utter flat track bullies.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

59 point lead , I just hope we don't completely drop off or this will get really ugly, Kennedy on track to get 12 or more

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[JohnGentStand]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

God I hate losing
Even so , this is disgusting.....absolutely no leadership, and I mean by example
Who do we have on our list that could be that player? S.O.S.

good goal Sherman!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

This is the most embarrassed I've been as a supporter for some time.

Something is rotting inside our club.

[GVGjr]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

The way the Eagles have been able to score quickly is impressive. I had them penned as a bottom 4 side this year and have got it very wrong.

[comrade]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

Something is rotting inside our club.

Yep, most of the guys drafted in 1999-2001. We've been up for a long time now but these guys haven't adjusted to the modern game (and it will only get worse until our kids come through).

Whether Eade is the man to bring them through and develop an innovative game plan that takes the competition by storm remains to be seen.

[MrMahatma]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

You must think they will be bad if you are taking away Greater from their name.

I think we will smash GWS because we are utter flat track bullies.

We certainly are flat track bullies.

Classic dogs this is. Beat a young team in a shoot out, then come up against a well drilled, disciplined, bigger bodied team, and get completely destroyed.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

I know this is going to sound like a crack at the club but after 3 top 4 finishes and a president saying we had the side to go further I can't buy that we are a team in transition evening allowing something for injuries.
If we are, then a fair portion of this is of our own doing.

Agreed.

How we attacked the trade period etc showed we believed our list was very much a top 4 list. We've had a few key players down and/or not playing, but our performance has been ordinary.

I think on balance our list is still quite good, and I have some confidence in the kids we have coming through. Problem is, most are some way off being consistent performers. Our senior core has not been good enough over the past few years and again we have a few too many who can't consistently perform to the level required.

[ReLoad]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

This is so sad, we are just making up the numbers.

So i think its pretty clear now, that its cleanout time, with GWS coming in its a super crap time to rebuild, going to be damn hard work for a few years now

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

The way the Eagles have been able to score quickly is impressive. I had them penned as a bottom 4 side this year and have got it very wrong.

What do you think has been their big improving factor?

[GVGjr]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

Interesting times.

The media blow-torch I suspect will be applied tomorrow, with a week of soul searching to follow. I can almost hear Mark Robinson talk about Eade's situation next year already

How many times can the club go down the sole searching road? Rocket has already had to defend a couple of times that the desire and commitment by the playing group was still there.

The explanation of this performance by Rocket and Smorgo will be a critical component of how we approach the balance of the season I would think.

[SlimPickens]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

The way the Eagles have been able to score quickly is impressive. I had them penned as a bottom 4 side this year and have got it very wrong.

They have been very impressive, absolutely smashing us. Willing to tackle, pressure and run. I can't believe how poor we have been in almost every clearance situation.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

This is the most embarrassed I've been as a supporter for some time.

Something is rotting inside our club.

Last week Eade said to them to go out and play the way you like to play, attacking and with flair, change things up from the gameplan we've been trying to implement.

It looks lto a casual observer ike this week, now that Eade believes the players had go their mojo back, they've attempted to go back to the original game plan.

The players are either unwilling or unable to do it, or the plan is not tactically sound.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

We certainly are flat track bullies.

Classic dogs this is. Beat a young team in a shoot out, then come up against a well drilled, disciplined, bigger bodied team, and get completely destroyed.

Eventual success will only come from tough decisions by playing the young players and being prepared to sacrifice success to get experience into the group.

Unfortunately this would mean the old blokes need to go ..... but our club history shows that we aren't good at that and therefore we will continue to meander along.

[The Pie Man]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE

The way the Eagles have been able to score quickly is impressive. I had them penned as a bottom 4 side this year and have got it very wrong.

Agreed - as bad as we look, a lot of it has to be put down to how good West Coast all of a sudden are.

How many of us tipped the Eagles today? I did - I was realistically seeing another 'honourable' loss, more hoping for a W