NAB Cup - Round #1 - Bulldogs vs Giants and Magpies

[GVGjr]

I'm not a fan of this format but we have been starved of football for too long so it will have my undivided attention tonight.

I'm interested to see how Hargrave performs tonight but mainly I will be focused on the likes of Smith, Dickson, Howard and Panos.

What are your expectations from this first outing in 2012?

[the banker]

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I am interested in how he sets us up, especially forward.
Minson, Roughead and Cordy performances around the ground
Excited to see Libba and also have a look at Smith, Talia and Dickson

[Bornadog]

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I am hoping we are not embarrassed by getting beaten by GWS, otherwise the only interest is in the inexperienced players and seeing how they perform.

[AndrewP6]

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My expectations are no one gets hurt. OK, I'm also interested to see what Smith and Dickson can do.

But mostly that no one gets hurt.

[Maddog37]

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I want to see how Griff, jones and Dollhouse look. To me they are the exciting players on our list playing tonight.

Keen to watch Libba too. He is just brilliant and so natural.

[Go_Dogs]

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My expectations are for a fairly scrappy couple of games and I don't think we'll see anything too out of the ordinary. I actually think we'll win both games but that doesn't mean much given the opposition.

The main points of interest for me will be seeing the new/inexperienced players in action, seeing how some players go in different positions and seeing how we go fitting a number of taller players into the side and how they rotate, where they rest etc.

[Greystache]

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Like many others I will interested in how Smith goes, I'll also be interested to see if Jones is genuinely our primary target in the forward line and whether the players look for him first every time.

I'm also interested in seeing our game plan in action. Despite having watched a lot of the preseason, I'm still not sure what our approach is going to be.

[Eastdog]

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Good to have the footy back. For me Ill be seeing how the new recruits go and hope that we don't get any injuries and setbacks as AndrewP6 said. Does anyone know if Matthew Panos will feature tonight.

[Ghost Dog]

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Win. every game we can, Nab or regular season. Bring on a new Era of Dogs dominance!
By the way, how crap are Hawthorn NAB jersey and Richmond's also?

[LostDoggy]

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By the way, how crap are Hawthorn NAB jersey and Richmond's also?

Yes and People are complaining about ours. It's the same basic design as our regular one instead adding silly emblems or animals and it's still all our colours instead of having to add white.

[JohnGentStand]

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BRING IT ON ! excited to see Dickson and hopefully Panos too.
I would also love to see something from Cordy to suggest he could play a role this year.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Interested to see how Cordy plays. Looked like he belonged in the intra club, this is the perfect chance to show that again against two weakened sides in the NAB cup.

Also eager to see Panos, Dickson and our forward structure.

[cinder]

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I thought someone was joking on Woof when they posted something about 'Easton Ward' in another thread. I noticed the AFL have actually published we have a player of that name playing tonight!

WESTERN BULLDOGS
1. Jarrad Grant, 2. Robert Murphy, 3. Mitch Wallis, 4. Daniel Cross, 5. Matthew Boyd, 8. Patrick Veszpremi, 10. Easton Wood, 12. Tom Williams, 13. Daniel Giansiracusa, 14. Clay Smith, 16. Ryan Griffen, 19. Liam Jones, 21. Tom Liberatore, 22. Dylan Addison, 23. Jordan Roughead, 25. Ryan Hargrave, 26. Zephaniah Skinner, 27. Will Minson, 29. Tory Dickson, 30. Christian Howard, 32, Michael Talia, 37. Lukas Markovic, 40. Luke Dahlhaus, 42, Liam Picken, 48. Matthew Panos, 49. Ayce Cordy

[divvydan]

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From WB Twitter, Grant and Williams to sit out first game, Howard and Panos to be subs for first game. There should be two others missing first game.

[jazzadogs]

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Howard and Panos subs for game 1. Williams and Grant will only play game 2. from Twitter


Edit: divvydan beat me to it. Here is the (link) if anyone wants to follow.