Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

[azabob]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

I think it would take me more than 12 weeks of exposed form to say Macrae is the next Hill, Wallis is the next Crowley and Dahlhaus is the next Pearce, assuming Griff, Libba and Cooney are Mundy, Fyfe and Barlow

Not sure you are using the right team or players to make your point. I wouldn't willing swap our blokes you have listed for their blokes you have listed - Fyfe the exception, but not for Griffen or Liberatore.

[azabob]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

His prediction btw was he expects by round 12 to see signs the Bulldogs midfield will be the next powerhouse of the AFL. Not quite what the headline of the thread says.

Correct - BAD would be a good newspaper editor!

[1eyedog]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Not sure you are using the right team or players to make your point. I wouldn't willing swap our blokes you have listed for their blokes you have listed - Fyfe the exception, but not for Griffen or Liberatore.

Of course not neither would I at this stage of their careers but there is no doubt to me that Crawley is currently a better player than Wallis, ditto for Hill. Personally I think Dahl is a better player than Pearce but that's just me. I read the post as who is a better player now rather than which player would I prefer in my team.

[boydogs]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Not sure you are using the right team or players to make your point. I wouldn't willing swap our blokes you have listed for their blokes you have listed - Fyfe the exception, but not for Griffen or Liberatore.

You've got the blinkers on

Personally I think Dahl is a better player than Pearce but that's just me.

As a mid though.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

As West Dog rightly pointed out he did state the "First signs"
Put it this way if I was picking a team to play in a final I'd pick Luke.

[Mantis]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Put it this way if I was picking a team to play in a final I'd pick Luke.

Going on Luke's performances in finals?

[Mofra]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Swan, Pendlebury, Beams... if Ball plays out of his skin or another inside mid puts their hand at the Pies they would surely have the best midfield in the AFL - and on potential GCS look scary.

[1eyedog]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

You've got the blinkers on



As a mid though.

Good question. My answer is yes due to Luke's upside (I think he will play a lot of midfield this year) and also because I don't rate Pearce that highly. He just goes missing way too much and for someone with a beautiful left foot he sure can shank them. But you're right, Luke is largely untested in the middle.

[Bornadog]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Player K HB D M G B T HO I50 FF FA AF SC Thomas Liberatore 12 22 34 1 0 1 10 0 1 2 0 126 142 Luke Dahlhaus 12 17 29 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 83 109 Jackson Macrae 13 15 28 5 0 0 8 0 6 1 0 117 101 Ryan Griffen 19 8 27 1 2 0 6 0 4 1 3 104 94 Marcus Bontempelli 11 11 22 5 1 2 4 1 8 0 1 92 91

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

So we don't need Cooney or Boyd?

140 touches from 5 skilled fellas, no wonder we won!

[Bornadog]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

So we don't need Cooney or Boyd?

140 touches from 5 skilled fellas, no wonder we won!

Add them in and wow.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Add them in and wow.

That a bit mean, how will Smith get any contested footy?

[Bornadog]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

That a bit mean, how will Smith get any contested footy?

In two years time Boyd and Cooney won't be there.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

In two years time Boyd and Cooney won't be there.

So you finish both up next year?

[Twodogs]

Re: Dermot says by round 12 Bulldogs will have the most powerful midfield in comp

Ten tackles from Tom. T.E.N. ten

He's a machine..