Game Day 2012 - R3 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda

[Mofra]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R3 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda

Skinner also makes a case as a FF but that would only work properly if he had Dalhaus riding shotgun to rove spilled marks

Skinner looked a mile off it in the VFL today.
Hill looked good but is very raw.

[Mofra]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R3 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda

My brother-in-law did a coaching course just recently and a section focused on the mechanics of kicking, the instructor said that Clay Smith has the worst action he has seen in his time.

It's hard to disagree on tonight's performance.

Makes you wonder how it has not been fixed given he was an elite junior and presumably had some very astute coaches in the last two years.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I think a lot of people are avoiding the big white elephant sitting in the corner ...

I have heard nothing about McCartney ... Last year virtually every loss was Eade's fault ... Eade wasn't doing this or Eade wasn't doing that or what was Eade thinking ????

IMO McCartney got a free ride today ... We got rid of Rocket for ???????

I think the board themselves need to take a fair portion of the blame.
I think it was clear to many last year, not least our coach at the time, that we were in for some tough times ahead, and that we needed to prepare for pain, and focus on getting through this period with a plan to rebuild.

The club instead opted to spin the fans the line that all we needed was a change of coach and a 'resfresh'. No doubt concerned about the impact a statement like this would have on memberships.
This has contributed to many fans being led to believe that our hopes for the season were better than they really were.

No doubt this will impact our membership figures for the rest of the season, I just hope the false hope doesn't have an even more detrimental impact on next season's too.

[LostDoggy]

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We need to start afresh. Build a side around Roughy, Cordy, Williams and the Dollhouse.
Cooney, Gia, Higgins, Hargrave, Lake, Wood,.............As I say to my Dogs, get out of the House!!!!

[Sedat]

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I do worry about our decision to play a spare man in defence - our forwardline is just not good enough to play a man short.

Right here and now, Liam Jones has the worst job in the AFL. On his lonesome, getting sat on by 3 defenders, subjected to crap delivery into forward 50.

[LostDoggy]

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Skinner looked a mile off it in the VFL today.
Hill looked good but is very raw.

Yes , our options are a little thin , we need to keep the pressure off Jones or the poor bloke will burn out and we just don,t have some available in form firepower

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[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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My brother-in-law did a coaching course just recently and a section focused on the mechanics of kicking, the instructor said that Clay Smith has the worst action he has seen in his time.

I hate focusing on it, and I really wish the boy success, as it's not his fault we picked him so high. I am however very annoyed with our selection of him with our first pick. Surely hard at it types who can't kick are the realm of a rookie pick not your prime selection in the draft.
It just adds to our underwhelming early round drafting over the past decade in general.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Right here and now, Liam Jones has the worst job in the AFL. On his lonesome, getting sat on by 3 defenders, subjected to crap delivery into forward 50.

I think we've given the lad a difficult task. It doesn't help that he doesn't run anywhere near enough to the right spots though either. And that's not a criticism of him, I accept it takes several seasons for this to come naturally. But it makes it all the more bewildering why we would put him at even more of a disadvantage by playing a spare man behind the ball, thus allowing the opposition to double team him all night.

[LostDoggy]

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I know posters have mentioned this earlier but it's just so obvious i'll mention it again..

5 blokes hunting the ball like maniacs, either giving away a stupid free kick or gathering possessions and turning it over.

Getting killed on the spread time and time again because we have 5 players surrounding where the ball WAS.

We are in trouble.

[angelopetraglia]

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Deplorable.

Absolutely no resolve when under pressure. Our skills under pressure were non-existent. How many times did we handball it straight to them for a goal?

As bad as I have seen. Two goals half way through the last quarter. Tonight's performance reminded me of the dark, dark days of the Peter Rhode era.

Gutted.

[Missing Dog]

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I've been saying it all summer but i was a lone voice. Also see my previous post re macca's facetious focus on ballwinning. I also spoke strongly against smith's selection... some have been saying that he had an okay kick but they must be watching a different player to me. As ive said many many times about that selection, what the hell did we need another bull at the gate, crap decision making, rubbish kicking, hardarse dumb ballwinner for? Like we needed our midfield IQ to go down any more?

You were never alone. There were a few others saying it including myself. I was really disappointed come draft day when we recruited Smith and I'm even more disappointed now. It's hard to see the logic in it.

[Dry Rot]

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You were never alone. There were a few others saying it including myself. I was really disappointed come draft day when we recruited Smith and I'm even more disappointed now. It's hard to see the logic in it.

Well, aren't we lucky we did so well with Howard then?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R3 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda

Rohde era -- but possibly worse -- all over again.

Agree with everything that has been said. We look clueless, slow and just plain dumb. Who cares if you win the key indicators but turn it over like that?

What's more worrying is how disgruntled our fan base already is. A LOT of people left early into the third, and long before the final siren.

As a club, on the whole, I fear we're in deep water.

[Rocco Jones]

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What's more worrying is how disgruntled our fan base already is. A LOT of people left early into the third, and long before the final siren.

I left at HT to go to the bar and watch the GC game.Really think I could have used that time more effectively...

[Missing Dog]

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Well, aren't we lucky we did so well with Howard then?

Our recruiters can be just as dumb as our footballers.