Round 8 Match Preview - Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast Suns

[Go_Dogs]

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I don't know why I am feeling this way - maybe the fact it is in Darwin and I keep reading about the Suns' players who WONT play that convinces me we are walking into an ambush.

First off, great work on the preview WD54.

I know exactly what you mean mjp. This is the type of game we traditionally lose after a strong performance against the odds the week before. We should win, and win comfortably, whether we will? Hopefully the focus on maintaining a manic intensity with and without the ball will continue. If the intensity is there, we'll overwhelm the Suns pretty quickly.

[Eastdog]

Re: Round 8 Match Preview - Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast Suns

Great preview westdog54. This match is one we should win and quite comfortably. We better make sure we are on song from the start.

[F'scary]

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good preview, thank you westdog54. Like others posting before, I am worried about us taking our foot off the pedal following our excellent win last week.

[westdog54]

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I will be shocked and more than a little outraged if we lose this one with them minus Swallow, Bock and Harbrow. They basically don't have a backline to speak of. As West Dog says it should be a 8-10 goal victory.

You can now add Brennan to that list.

I'd now have Griff go head to head with Bennell and make him really work.

[LostDoggy]

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Enjoy the game Hobdog, any sightings/info is much appreciated

Wish I was up there, enjoy the game.

If you are going to training, love to read a report.

No worries guys. The fellas usually stay on the Esplanade where I work so probably see them walk past. I'll head to training for about an hour and report back. I've also got a gig to the Chief Minister's welcome function at Parliament House tomorrow after work so might chat to a few of the guys there.

[Bornadog]

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I don't know why I am feeling this way - maybe the fact it is in Darwin and I keep reading about the Suns' players who WONT play that convinces me we are walking into an ambush.

Its because you have been following the Doggies for too long

[jeemak]

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Excellent profile. Great read.

I think if can maintain the level of pressure we've been able to show over the last two weeks we're in for a ten goal victory. As long as all goes well and they show the form they have to this point of the year we'll be fine.

AFL football is funny though, if we drop five to ten per cent, and they play our of their skins the turnaround in fortune will be swift, and they'll potentially do us over.

Eventually GC will click and they'll start winning games consistently. It won't happen this year, though after this game I'm going to struggle to post what I have above with any certainty.

[Axe Man]

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I wonder if the fact that Gold Coast have Port at Metricon next week may work in our favour? Whilst I don't think they will give us an easy match and would consider themselves a chance against us, it would be hard for them not to have one eye on next weeks game where they will probably go in as an even money bet or even slight favourites.

[LostDoggy]

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It will be interesting to see where we position Dickson this week with Jones back at the 50m arc , he said last week that his role was to get closer to goal , he moved well and had Spud Firrito tied up , he read the ball quickly and it only took about 10mins to adjust to the lights

It could be Gia on the edge of the goal square and Dickson in the hole behind Jones with DJ and Grommet as the crumbers / midfield rotation

Its a fairly wide ground so we could see Cordy moving up to the wings

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[LostDoggy]

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Hi guys,

Went along to training but unfortunately by the time I got there they were finishing up on the ground. A few guys were doing some individual stuff and others were talking and signing autographs etc. From a personal prespective, I was impressed with the size and condition of some of our young guys. Even the guys who look small on tv eg Dahl are actually pretty big units in the flesh!

There's quite a bit of red, white and blue floating around the city, which is great to see!

[Bornadog]

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Hi guys,

Went along to training but unfortunately by the time I got there they were finishing up on the ground. A few guys were doing some individual stuff and others were talking and signing autographs etc. From a personal prespective, I was impressed with the size and condition of some of our young guys. Even the guys who look small on tv eg Dahl are actually pretty big units in the flesh!

There's quite a bit of red, white and blue floating around the city, which is great to see!

Any chance that Zeph may play?

[LongWait]

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Any chance that Zeph may play?

First emergency it seems.

[Bornadog]

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First emergency it seems.

Was wondering if there will be a last minute change.

[EasternWest]

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Was wondering if there will be a last minute change.

Hope not. Not for Skinner anyway. I think it sends the wrong message and smacks of tokenism if a guy who is not playing well enough at VFL level gets a game on the basis of it being in Darwin/Indigenous round.

I'd love for Zeph to play on his merits alone. I wouldn't have thought McCartney would be the type of guy to gift games though.

[LongWait]

Re: Round 8 Match Preview - Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast Suns

Was wondering if there will be a last minute change.

Wouldn't surprise would it? Planets are aligning.