Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

[SonofScray]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Freo are a good side, the way they set up had our players tripping over their brains trying to figure out where to deliver the ball. A stark contrast to last week.

[always right]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Forward line and defence Mantis?

Process of elimination young man.

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Process of elimination young man.

Both need work.

[boydogs]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

I think in the end our skills let us down badly as once more we were found out when the pressure was on.

They were worst early on when the speed and intensity was at its peak. DE% was 46 to 74 around quarter time, then 66 to 70 near the end.

[Eastdog]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

They were worst early on when the speed and intensity was at its peak. DE% was 46 to 74 around quarter time, then 66 to 70 near the end.

That's a positive with that stat.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

The goal umpire! Get well soon buddy. That looked very very painful. I heard on the radio he's actually a doctor and diagnosed his own ACL. Bloody Picken, who else

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Pleasing that we didn't get blown out of the water, but there is no doubt Fremantle took their foot off the pedal halfway through the third. Having said that, last year we copped many beltings so it was nice that we avoided that today.

Might get shot down for this a little, but the biggest disappointment for mine was the senior core of Griffen, Higgins, Murphy and Giansiracusa. Griff still struggles to shake tags which is incredibly disappointing,

Overall, I think it's a good learning experience for us. I was pleased with the likes of Libba, Cooney, Wallis, Young, Dahlhaus, Smith, Minson and Stevens but our senior and best players were ordinary and that really hurt us.

Good post TBB

I thought JJ fought back well in the second half, as did Goodes

Jones was patchy - did some good things but hasn't clunked any of the forward 50 grabs I though he would have yet, but he is creating goals through attacking the ball so well most of the time, and is generally jumping at the footy.

I liked the switch of Morris onto Pav - I think the coaching staff got the timing right on this one, even though Morris wasnt in great touch today

I spent quite a lot of time watching Griffen and Crowley and really couldn't question Griffens work rate, he just came up against one of the best stopper going around, against a team that were very good defensively. Keep in mind that Crowley is so good that G.Ablett jnr feels the need to trash talk him on twitter.

A lot of our players struggled with the pressure of Freo, our decision making and skill execution, but like many others I liked that we hung in the game, and never quit. Minson, Libba, Smith, Wallis, Stevens consistently put their heads over the footy and competed. We werent disgraced and would have beaten a few other sides today was my feeling. There is still plenty of work to do. We need to find some superstars but we look closer to having a better functioning team.

[westdog54]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

The goal umpire! Get well soon buddy. That looked very very painful. I heard on the radio he's actually a doctor and diagnosed his own ACL. Bloody Picken, who else

Looked very untidy on the replay. Umpires just aren't built to withstand that kind of collision.

[always right]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Looked very untidy on the replay. Umpires just aren't built to withstand that kind of collision.

Is anybody?

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Game Day - R2 Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Round 2 consolidated the perception of round 1 as a turning point. We now need to turn players over to give everyone on the list a season's chance to prove or hang themselves.