Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

It's VFL skill level out there.

Plenty of positives out there too comrade.

Go dogs, first win of the year. The dees came at us a number of times but we held them off.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Haha apologies for the excessive posts but it's the first time in a long time I've been able to watch the game myself without kids, animals, missuses and mates with my iPad on my lap!

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Just one of those games where you had to bite off more than you can chew and chew like hell , damn ugly game and the stats will look ugly as well , first win of 2012 wasn,t a memorable one other than our backline was not in any ones script pre-season


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Disagree. I enjoyed it and will remember it. I thought we did well and despite the condition's there were some good skills and real courage shown. Well done lads. Melbourne annoyed all night with their argy bargy in their forward line. We didn't get sucked in and left them hanging their heads.

[Sedat]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Dahlhaus effort in the 3rd qtr was brilliant - he got flattened by a hip and shoulder in our forward 50, got straight back up and affected a smother to keep the ball in our forward 50, then made another repeat effort and kicked it to the goal square where DJ kicked a goal. He is a gem.

Wallis was alright in the 2nd half. You can see he has a good feel for where the ball will go.

Addison very good again down back tonight. Kudos to him.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

How good was Murphy tonight? 55 meter kick ins on to the chest. Vezpremi was great, DJ. Dahlhaus.

[MrMahatma]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Well - it wasn't the senior blokes who won that for us.

Gia, Shaggy, Boyd all didn't really do much - in Shaggy's case, most of what he did was turn it over.

Some good patches from Sherm, DJ, Dahl, Wallis.

Jones leads pretty well. Our delivery to him is horrendous. If our midfield skills improve he'll get many more goals.

[Sedat]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Vesz kicking skills are very good but he does not like body contact - made quite a few half-hearted efforts to get first to the contest. I can see why he hasn't played many senior games in his career despite his obvious talents.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Vesz kicking skills are very good but he does not like body contact - made quite a few half-hearted efforts to get first to the contest. I can see why he hasn't played many senior games in his career despite his obvious talents.

Agree with this -- pretty much the only disappointing thing about his game. it will need to improve for him to carve out an AFL career, but he did provide some skills out there today.

I thought Wallis was pretty impressive. Few errors, but by and large, he had a solid impact around the contest.

Dahl was good, despite a few fumbles. Cooney was pretty impressive and Sherman's intensity & run was extremely important. I also thought DJ was pretty effective and provided quite a lot out there today.

Roughy did really well at FB and then kicked that nice goal in the last -- good job.

Gia was absolutely woeful and should be dropped, whilst Cross' decision making and skill continues to amaze me.

[comrade]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

I doubt it will happen but both Gia and Shaggy should be given a spell in the magoos. In a bad team, Shaggy's lack of poise is just so blatant and Gia can't get near it unless it's put on a platter with a cherry on top.

Maybe give Talia a crack and bring back Libba.

[Mofra]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

Wallis was alright in the 2nd half. You can see he has a good feel for where the ball will go.

I liked his game - he's clearly a work in progress but he took great steps today, obviously a very smart player who knows where to find the football in congestion.

[azabob]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

How did the back line and Austin perform?

[Bornadog]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

- in Shaggy's case, most of what he did was turn it over.

I thought it was Shaggy's best game and very little turnovers.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

I though Austin looked very good out there and despite being severely undermanned both in experience and in height, I thought as a unit they battled hard. Apart from getting ragdolled by Watts on one occasion, I thought Addison performed very well.

[Bornadog]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

whilst Cross' decision making and skill continues to amaze me.

Clearly you are not a Cross fan and only look at the times he makes an error and judge his whole game on that. I thought he played a very good game and almost best on the ground.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R4 Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne

I thought it was Shaggy's best game and very little turnovers.

Maybe numbers wise, but there were still a few occasions where under very little or no pressure he has kicked it 40-50 metres straight to a Melbourne player. His disposal efficiency was so high due to the fact that on a couple of times late in quarters he got some back and forth cheapies as we tried to waste time.
If we had a full and fit complement down back I could foresee Shaggy being in the frame to get the chop.