Game Day - R4 Adelaide V Western Bulldogs

[LostDoggy]

Re: Game Day - R4 Adelaide V Western Bulldogs

He looks a very nice player. He has time and likes to take the game on. He needs to be a little bit careful though, there's going to be much more video footage of him in the future and can't just do the same baulking move every time he gets the ball like he was able to in junior footy.

Something Greystache posted during Macrae's Willy v Coburg game.

Was thinking about this when he made two Crows players look stupid with his "step". The one at the end before his delivery to Stringer was awesome.

[Rocco Jones]

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Don't want beat on him but Gia simply looks finished.

[Remi Moses]

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As soon as the opposition breaks even we get murdered on the spread .

[The Doctor]

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Very nice goal Macrae. Okay our two best highlights today have come in the last quarter from Stringer and Macrae

It's great to see young players show some flair and use their natural instincts. I wonder though how long before this is educated out of them.

[The Underdog]

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Anyone else reasonably happy with Tutt's game? Worked hard to put pressure on, one of the few to try & break lines. Not saying he was great but showed enough improvement in the areas he needed to, to get another shot next week.

[Bornadog]

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Anyone else reasonably happy with Tutt's game? Worked hard to put pressure on, one of the few to try & break lines. Not saying he was great but showed enough improvement in the areas he needed to, to get another shot next week.

Wasn't a great game but I think he deserves another week

[Rocco Jones]

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Ironic game from Tutt. Defensively great but offered next to nothing going the other way.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

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When you are out-coached on match day by Brett Ratten coaching a virtual Preston Bullants team, safe to say match-day is not your strong suit.

He's obviously a good football person but the cut and thrust of match day appears well beyond him at this early stage of his senior coaching career

We are better than what has been shown in the past two weeks. Losing Murphy and Dickson were savage losses today. There has been some positives so far with the return of Cooney and Morris, the good drafting of Goodes Young and Lower together with Macrae and Stringer. We need to find one or two good small crumbing forwards which has now become a feature of the better teams. The experiment of Cordy as a key forward hasn't worked and our forward structure needs a rework. This is going to be a tough year. I do have faith in BMcC but can understand your frustrations.

[Ghost Dog]

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I'm not anti McCartney, and I hope the media don't just circle because the heat is somewhat off Neeld and they need a new target.
However, I really want to be convinced that the 'cracking in' mantra isn't his only football idea, and that he has some cogent strategies to play football that hang off that.
Because, yet again we clearly cracked in, and won contested footy, broke about even in tackles, and clearances, yet we were once again comprehensively belted, embarrassingly slow.
My point is if 'cracking in' is the preeminent tenet of his football gameplan, then we are in some serious trouble.

If we had a half decent forward line that could convert the opportunities, everyone would be singing his praises.

[The Underdog]

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Ironic game from Tutt. Defensively great but offered next to nothing going the other way.

So he was Tory Dickson

[Bornadog]

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We are better than what has been shown in the past two weeks. Losing Murphy and Dickson were savage losses today. There has been some positives so far with the return of Cooney and Morris, the good drafting of Goodes Young and Lower together with Macrae and Stringer. We need to find one or two good small crumbing forwards which has now become a feature of the better teams. The experiment of Cordy as a key forward hasn't worked and our forward structure needs a rework. This is going to be a tough year. I do have faith in BMcC but can understand your frustrations.

Dickson has been woeful the last two weeks and if it wasn't for his injury (mind you it was towards the end of the game anyway), he should have been dropped, so no loss today.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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In an effort to cheer everyone else up I will simply say this. It could be worse:

You could have been there (apologies to those that were also there).
It could be your only "home" game of the year.
Your wife could be a Crows supporter.
You could have been the only one in the ground that forgot their poncho.

[jeemak]

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Don't miss many Bulldogs games, though it seems I should be glad I didn't have an opportunity to watch this one!

Will probably choose to do homework over watching the replay, as I trust the common themes among various opinions on this board to reach some conclusions that will keep me doing other things.

[G-Mo77]

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In an effort to cheer everyone else up I will simply say this. It could be worse:

You could have been there (apologies to those that were also there).
It could be your only "home" game of the year.
Your wife could be a Crows supporter.
You could have been the only one in the ground that forgot their poncho.

I feel better.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Game Day - R4 Adelaide V Western Bulldogs

In an effort to cheer everyone else up I will simply say this. It could be worse:

You could have been there (apologies to those that were also there).
It could be your only "home" game of the year.
Your wife could be a Crows supporter.
You could have been the only one in the ground that forgot their poncho.

Mission Accomplished. Thanks for being a team player !