Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

[Mantis]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

Boyd was terrible. Again.

I don't care if he gets the ball 30 times, if 15 posessions are turn overs, what's the point?

He hurts us more than he helps us.

If there was a stat kept for most kicks smothered by the opposition Boyd would be the WR holder.

[chef]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

Yes, there is. As soon as things turn to crap, most posters knee-jerk react to things like the game plan without actually analysing what's going wrong.

Funny, there was no mention of our game plan when we won four in a row. I'm assuming you think the coaching staff said to the players last week - "you know how we played for four weeks, stop doing that".

Who have we beaten over the last few weeks?

[Desipura]

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Can't understand the plaudits for Boyd's game and why our own give him votes for another typical performance of butchering the ball. It is more an example of what's wrong with us rather than what might be working. Yes he gives his all, runs his butt off, but his ball use kills us. We should be demanding much more quality from our midfield leaders. Boyd @ 45% disposal efficiency, Griffen and Cooney @ 50 % is where much of our problem is. Our midfield needs reengineering to move forward.

Agree, and you know what? Losing Ward may enable us to strengthen our midfield. Dangerfield by some reports is homesick and with Craig likely to get the chop, he would be a good fit for us if we get 2 first rounders for Ward. I say offer Adelaide one of them.
Especially if Cooney continues to trouble him. We need a contingency for Cooney, sadly we don't know how much time he has left in the game due to his knee.
We would still have 2 other first rounds to use on a back man or or go down the youth path

[G-Mo77]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

He would have done better than Addison today in the backline, and Higgins for that matter.

Higgins got 104 Supercoach points.

Fortunately they don't take points off for no accountability, would have got a minus figure otherwise.

[ledge]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

Im not going to delve too much into this game if Coons , Griffin and Cross were injured, its a big hole that not many teams would get out of.

[Maddog37]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

Stick a fork in us, we are done.

Play all kids rest of this year and next year and load up in the 2012 super draft.

Make Wallis captain and Libba VC.

Play Cooney as full forward permanently. Move Wood into the midfield starting as a tagger initially.

[LostDoggy]

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Im not going to delve too much into this game if Coons , Griffin and Cross were injured, its a big hole that not many teams would get out of.

Yes , when Cross was knocked out , Cooney pulled up sore towards the end of of the second quarter , Griffen Boyd and Ward were pulled too close to the contests , as has been stated before their roles changed and they were pressured / boxed in without the time/ space to be effective with disposals , Griffen was worn down by the pressure and tired quickly after HT , Libba as the Sub gave us a spark but he also was pulled in too close , our outside choices just simply vanished the fact that we had only 51 marks and only 15 of them contested clearly shows that our structure broke down , too many times in order to find space we went too wide

Next week with Cross a likely out , Cooney rested , Griffen also likely rested or used as the Sub, the MC will have a task to create some links in the Midfield , right now based on form you would say that Wood can perform a wide midfield role to replace Griffen , Libba comes in for Cross , Howard has to considered for a wide midfield role to replace Cooney . So based on that Boyd, Ward and Libba in the engine room with Wood and Howard as the wide men , I would also use Higgins higher up the ground on the defensive side of the centre bounce

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[Sedat]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

How does Craig bird rip us a new one ?

The same reason that the likes of Jay Van Berlo, Kepler Bradley, Luke Vogels, Ed Sansbury, Marty McGrath, Daniel Bandy, Nigel Fiegert, etc.... have ripped us a new one in the past. No other club has such a rich history in making battlers and flat-out spuds look like the second coming of Wayne Carey

[Happy Days]

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You need to win the ball to actually have game plan and that was something we were unable to do today.

When it's seen that your midfield is a strength and they get pantsed you're up the creek without a paddle.

The midfield got slaughtered, but what did you make of our kick-out tactics? (serious question btw).

It seemed to me that we were trying to create a quick transference of play out the back, and even though we didn't seem to win one of these contests all day, we stuck to it.

[LostDoggy]

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The midfield got slaughtered, but what did you make of our kick-out tactics? (serious question btw).

It seemed to me that we were trying to create a quick transference of play out the back, and even though we didn't seem to win one of these contests all day, we stuck to it.

I wonder how much of a factor the small, tight ground played in our kickout strategy??

[GVGjr]

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The midfield got slaughtered, but what did you make of our kick-out tactics? (serious question btw).

It seemed to me that we were trying to create a quick transference of play out the back, and even though we didn't seem to win one of these contests all day, we stuck to it.

Whatever the rationale, sticking to it all day seemed like madness. Would like to see the stats for how often we retained possession.

[LostDoggy]

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I wonder how much of a factor the small, tight ground played in our kickout strategy??

Hudson does not do enough in this area. Simply does not take enough contested Marks.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

So disappointed by this season. Still, maybe we should be pessoptimistic.

At least we didn't drag ourselves into the finals only to be whalloped. Better to start re-building now.

[giaco]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

The same reason that the likes of Jay Van Berlo, Kepler Bradley, Luke Vogels, Ed Sansbury, Marty McGrath, Daniel Bandy, Nigel Fiegert, etc.... have ripped us a new one in the past. No other club has such a rich history in making battlers and flat-out spuds look like the second coming of Wayne Carey

Very good but you forgot David Mensch and Daniel Metropolis.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2011 - R18 Western Bulldogs vs Sydney

Still too angry to post much after going to the SCG yesterday.

Just astonished at how far this team has fallen in two seasons.

Don't be fooled by the final score - that was a ten goal + belting. Swans were very inaccurate and dominated play.

We were only competitive for only half of the second quarter.

Good news is that most of the defenders were really good under that bombardment - Except for kick-ins. Wood really surprised and Williams was really assured. Markovic good.

Boyd's awful disposal is difficult to really appreciate on TV but a few rows back from the fence at the 50 metre arc gives a really good view of his pointless kicks.

Moment of the afternoon was our guys kicking the pill to Dollhouse. Only problem was that he was the one Dog up against Mumford of all players and another pretty tall Swan.

We have the awareness and decision making of a squashed cane toad.