Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

[BulldogBelle]

R 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

There are two awards that you can vote on, once the game is completed.

Voting closes each Tuesday at 8.00pm.

The first one is for the Joe Marmo Medal for the best players on the ground.

There are 4 votes allocated and it's a 4 for the best and of course 3, 2 and 1.

and

The second award is for the Ron James Medal for the best 2 pups on the ground.

2 Votes allocated - 2 being for the best pup and 1 for the runner-up
Remember the cut off age for a pup is 22 as at the 1st of January, 2012.

Pups available for selection –

Ayce Cordy, Luke Dahlhaus, Tom Hill, Andew Hooper, Christian Howard, Liam Jones, Thomas Liberatore, Matthew Panos, Daniel Pearce, Fletcher Roberts, Jordan Roughead, Clay Smith, Michael Talia, Jason Tutt, Mitchell Wallis.

Rookie's – Tom Campbell - (elevated), Alex Greenwood, Jason Johannisen, Lin Jong, Jack Redpath.
* Mark Austin - (elevated) (23yo – if elevated he’s not eligible for pup selection due to pup cut-off age)

Need to know more - The history of the WOOF Player Awards

[Missing Dog]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Dahlhaus
3. Griffen
2. Picken
1. Libba

2. Dahlhaus
1. Libba

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

Marmo

4. Minson - absolutely dominant, but none of our midfielders could take advantage
3. Lake - 11 marks tonight and looked switched on tonight.
2. Dahlhaus - 4 goals -
1. Picken - sneaks in due to his 13 tackles, battled hard, but Murphy still eventually won the battle as the match wore on and Carlton got on top.

James
2. Dahlhaus
1. Tutt

I just couldn't find any votes for our midfield (apart from Picken) as that's where the game was lost as we failed to gain any ascendency from the dominance of Minson in the ruck. Griffen and Boyd were influential early, but none of our midfield fired a shot after half time.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4 - Dahlhaus
3 - Griffen
2 - Wallis
1 - Libba

2 - Dahlhaus
1 - Wallis

[Missing Dog]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

MarmoI just couldn't find any votes for our midfield (apart from Picken) as that's where the game was lost as we failed to gain any ascendency from the dominance of Minson in the ruck. Griffen and Boyd were influential early, but none of our midfield fired a shot after half time.

This is just my opinion, I thought Minson's tap work was poor and quite a few of his taps gave Carlton some space to run on to which ended in a score/inside 50 to them. This is why I didn't give him any votes.

I agree the midfield could have done better though.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Dahlhaus
3. Picken
2. Libba
1. Griff( he has to kick those running goals, not good enough

2. Dahlhaus
1. Libba

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

This is just my opinion, I thought Minson's tap work was poor and quite a few of his taps gave Carlton some space to run on to which ended in a score/inside 50 to them. This is why I didn't give him any votes.

I agree the midfield could have done better though.

Fair enough, I thought our guys repeatedly did a very poor job after the first quarter of positioning themselves. In the first quarter Griffen especially was able to get free, but the Carlton coaching box responded and were very effective in not allowing Griffen and Boyd to get to the tap, and Libba and Wallis in particular were very poor in not blocking their opponents. I thought Minson did his part, and did it very well.
McCartney post game also made the same point about our midfielders not anticipating and reading the play and not blocking for each other. My immediate thought was that this is probably because he has repeatedly told them to focus entirely on cracking in. It's a bit hard for our midfielders to both focus solely on cracking in as well as lay blocks for a teammate.

[westbulldog]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Dalhaus
3. MInson
2. Griffin
1. Lake

2. Dalhaus
1. Libba

[Bornadog]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Minson
3. Dahl
2. Griffin
1. Lake

2. Dahl
1. Libba

[Missing Dog]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

Fair enough, I thought our guys repeatedly did a very poor job after the first quarter of positioning themselves. In the first quarter Griffen especially was able to get free, but the Carlton coaching box responded and were very effective in not allowing Griffen and Boyd to get to the tap, and Libba and Wallis in particular were very poor in not blocking their opponents. I thought Minson did his part, and did it very well.
McCartney post game also made the same point about our midfielders not anticipating and reading the play and not blocking for each other. My immediate thought was that this is probably because he has repeatedly told them to focus entirely on cracking in. It's a bit hard for our midfielders to both focus solely on cracking in as well as lay blocks for a teammate.

Perhaps I am a little harsh on Minson then, my expectations were pretty high this game given who he was up against.

[Sedat]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

Marmo:

4. Cross - The forgotten man on woof. Was excellent yet again tonight.
3. Griffen
2. Dahlhaus
1. Minson

James

2. Dahlhaus
1. Liberatore

[G-Mo77]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Minson
3. Dahlhaus
2. Picken
1. Griffen

2. Dahlhaus
1. Wallis

[AndrewP6]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4. Minson
3. Dahlhaus
2. Picken
1. Griffen

2. Dahlhaus
1. Wallis

This for me too.

[jazzadogs]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

4 Griffen. Only Scotland ahead of him on the ground tonight.
3 Cross
2 Dahlhaus
1 Lake

2 Dahlhaus
1 Wallis

Like others, I was disappointed with the quality of Will's hit-outs. Quite a few smacks forward which didn't seem to be communicated to our players, and numerous others that landed in Carlton hands. Might have been to do with midfield positioning, hard to tell from level 1.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 17 - Western Bulldogs vs Carlton

Perhaps I am a little harsh on Minson then, my expectations were pretty high this game given who he was up against.

No I don't think so, I with you Bulldogsman. For a more experienced guy that got his strength I was very disappointed that he didn't push forward a Koch goals, nor did he burn him around the ground.

He did play OK and I tossed up giving him one vote but favored Libba as I thought he gave us a lot mor around the ground.

Appoligise to Cross who I thought put his body on the line and save are butts quite a few times.