Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Good size, ready made player who does the hard stuff but uses it reasonably well also

Welcome Nick, hope you have many career years in the glorious red, white and blue

[Maddog37]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Except for losing Lake haven't we been good through the trade period, draft and now the pre-season draft?

Jason McCartney and his team deserve a slap on the back.

Isn't it a bit early for that call? I hear what you are saying but until they get a kick it is hard to tell.......

[GVGjr]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Isn't it a bit early for that call? I hear what you are saying but until they get a kick it is hard to tell.......

If a plan is well thought out and executed well I think we can call it early. Can you not see an improvement between this end of season and some previous ones?

I don't expect us to be a contender next season but I think we are certainly doing things the right way.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Didn't Lower flatten Daisy Thomas after he smashed a Freo player?

Good get I say.

Time for some pay back.

[azabob]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

If a plan is well thought out and executed well I think we can call it early. Can you not see an improvement between this end of season and some previous ones?

I don't expect us to be a contender next season but I think we are certainly doing things the right way.

I certainly can. It appears we have had a plan how we were looking at the trade, draft and free agency period. As time goes on, Jason McCartney and co will get better at this stuff again.

I certainly can see Stevens, Lower and even Prismall (if recruited) helping on field in the short term (next 1-3 years).

Hopefully we can start seeing improvement on-field as well.

[Maddog37]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

If a plan is well thought out and executed well I think we can call it early. Can you not see an improvement between this end of season and some previous ones?

I don't expect us to be a contender next season but I think we are certainly doing things the right way.

I am very happy with what we have done but still feel we could quite easily have had Dawes and were only saved by Melbourne and we missed on Jack Martin......

[GVGjr]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

I am very happy with what we have done but still feel we could quite easily have had Dawes and were only saved by Melbourne and we missed on Jack Martin......

So did you want us to offer more than what we did for both Dawes and Martin?

From my perspective we had a dip but we didn't go overboard.
I'd expect nothing less from our list manager.

[F'scary]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Didn't Lower flatten Daisy Thomas after he smashed a Freo player?

Good get I say.

Time for some pay back.

That might be why he is known as Nick "Cruel to be Kind" Lower. Sounds logical to me. He is cruel to opposition players to be kind to his squadron members.

He has size (1.89m & 88kg) & experience but is still relatively young (he turns 26 mid season 2013).

[boydogs]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Except for losing Lake haven't we been good through the trade period, draft and now the pre-season draft?

Jason McCartney and his team deserve a slap on the back.

I won't turn this thread into a Lake fight, suffice to say I think that was a good decision as well. Very happy.

[Maddog37]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

So did you want us to offer more than what we did for both Dawes and Martin?

From my perspective we had a dip but we didn't go overboard.
I'd expect nothing less from our list manager.

No I meant we were saved from Dawes by Melbourne..

Really though I am happy and excited by the recruits but they all look shiny and wonderful in the preseason is all I am saying.

[jeemak]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

No I meant we were saved from Dawes by Melbourne..

Really though I am happy and excited by the recruits but they all look shiny and wonderful in the preseason is all I am saying.

I think there's a chance none of Cordy, Grant or Jones will be the player Dawes might turn out to be. Though, I do think they each have the capacity to improve more than he does. Right now however, Dawes would easily be our best option up forward to hold down a key position.

As for the rest of your summation, I agree wholeheartedly. We're clearly building midfield contingencies in to our list to cover the slowing down of Cross and Boyd, as well as adding insurance for players like Stevens, Wallis and Liberatore either breaking down with injury, being lurred elsewhere or suffering from a loss of form. Lower and Prismal seem the perfect players for this, considering who's now available.

As an aside, I don't see the benefit in taking Picken out of the shut down role he's become so proficient at. Part of it is I don't think he's going to be as valuable in a non-negating role, but that's mainly because he's so bloody good at it.

[KT31]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Good get and hope Freo live to regret his delisting.
Down to Prismall or Bate for the last spot on the list.

[Sedat]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Good get. Lower will add flexibility in an area that we need it. Was very impressed with his 2011 season and I think he will thrive under the BMac mantra.

[boydogs]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

Good get and hope Freo live to regret his delisting.
Down to Prismall or Bate for the last spot on the list.

I like how we've got them all down at the club fighting each other for it.

[Sedat]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs Nick Lower!

I like how we've got them all down at the club fighting each other for it.

I remember the 1997 pre-season when Dean McCrae and Paul Dimmatina were invited to train at the club and fight it out for the last spot on the list - they nearly killed each other.