Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Listened to the game on ABC radio. Thrilled to listen to four quarters of committed hard footy which put us on top all day.

At the end of the game, they had a hard time describing who were the best Dogs players - there were so many of them they said.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Thoughts on Austin, Wallis and Cordy today?

[Greystache]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Thoughts on Austin, Wallis and Cordy today?

Austin- Solid, spoiled well and took some nice marks. He's pushing for a permanent spot

Wallis- Outstanding, won the ball in close beautifully and used it with composure. Best game of his career and could pool Brownlow votes.

Cordy- Second half was very good, took some nice contested marks and looked like he belonged out there. His missed shot at goal was a horror though.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Austin- Solid, spoiled well and took some nice marks. He's pushing for a permanent spot

Wallis- Outstanding, won the ball in close beautifully and used it with composure. Best game of his career and could pool Brownlow votes.

Cordy- Second half was very good, took some nice contested marks and looked like he belonged out there. His missed shot at goal was a horror though.

Thanks.

Seems like our "Great Teacher" new coach actually is that, with younger players improving.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Thoughts on Austin, Wallis and Cordy today?

Austin is mobile for a defensive tall , clean hands off the ground , does have the odd problem with an experienced forward out positioning him , for example against Dawes he tried to change direction as the ball came in and Dawes pushed forward and marked in the goalsquare , against Edwards he tried to stay side on and Edwards found him to be a bit stronger than he looks , the main thing with young Mark is he is prepared to keep hustling even if his opponent gets the upper hand and if the ball hits the ground he's very good at getting his body in the way to either tap it out or handpass and thats why he had 7 1% stats , he may have only made one tackle but his job was to shut Edwards down and he did just that

Wallis just keeps improving , I thought he might have been the Sub but with Cooney out it seemed that he took Adams job but he played a bit closer to the contest , very solid stats , his two main improvements are his field vision and reading the play , several times he paused as he rushed a player to make sure he could make the tackle stick and he had 8 tackles for the match , he's getting better with body positioning at the contest so he can get to the ball first , for a young kid of only 20 ( I think he,s 20 ) he's got a future thats for sure

Cordy has been thrown from pillar to post for a while now , packing on the kilos and his body having to adjust , injuries and confidence slumps , since he came into the side to play forward he's been solid but not outstanding , his field vision is still a little short and he can be a little impatient with the ball but he's in the side to provide a contest and against North he gave just that , his 4 contested marks were almost a carbon copy of big Kosi the other night , Ayce is still young and the big fellas take some time but we are prepared to take the journey with him

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[Sockeye Salmon]

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I think it went about the 26 minutes mark. Seemed to go early but play rarely stopped during the quarter. Was it only 2 goals scored in the 4th?

I was watching on TV and listening to the radio. The commentator said "we've played 9 minutes in the last" and the countdown clock said 12 minutes to go. The clock barely stopped for the first half of the quarter.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Austin is mobile for a defensive tall...



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Thanks for that - it's a bit hard to get a grip on these things with a radio call.

Lucky me in Sydney - under the new TV deal I get to watch every Swans and GWS match, and not much else.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day 2012 - R7 Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne

Oh hear hear. the amount of times I pumped my fists in the air and shouted his name were numerous.
Had a fantastic game today and so balanced under pressure. Such a great mark for his size.

B Mac is using him in a smarter way IMO. He might have a few years in them old legs yet!

[LostDoggy]

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I dont care what people think about Cross, but he is far and away the hardest, most courageous player I've ever seen.

Totally agree - he was terrific and saved certain Norf goals a couple of times that I can recall. So courageous!

The whole team was fantastic and it just seems to me that what Macca is preaching is starting to click - they are playing for one another as a team, great intensity at the ball and wow, it's great to look at! Tough Bulldogs, finally I believe we are on the right track!