2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

[Twodogs]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

Turn it off 20 minutes into the first quarter and go to bed.

[always right]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

8 points.....another bad loss?

We weren't great but managed to hit the lead midway through the last quarter. Really missed Morris today.

[Bornadog]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

8 points.....another bad loss?

We weren't great but managed to hit the lead midway through the last quarter. Really missed Morris today.

and Roughead

[The Underdog]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

I'll preface this by saying that Jones was absolutely terrible today however after being really good for 3 weeks as a deep forward I wonder how the addition of Campbell & Dickson to the forward set-up affected him. After 3 games of playing with purpose he looked completely lost & he's a player who if he loses confidence early seems to really struggle all day.

[AndrewP6]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

8 points.....another bad loss?

We weren't great but managed to hit the lead midway through the last quarter. Really missed Morris today.

Just going on the comments here, haven't seen any of it.

[always right]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

I'll preface this by saying that Jones was absolutely terrible today however after being really good for 3 weeks as a deep forward I wonder how the addition of Campbell & Dickson to the forward set-up affected him. After 3 games of playing with purpose he looked completely lost & he's a player who if he loses confidence early seems to really struggle all day.

I think the most disappointing aspect was his lack of intensity. Have really liked his work ethic in recent weeks but today was a big step backwards. Will be interesting to see if the MC stick with him next week.

For those who have been pushing for him to go back.....today we learned why this hasn't happened before today.

[always right]

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Just going on the comments here, haven't seen any of it.

The positive is that we found a way to hang in there and get in a winning position when they were well on top.

[jeemak]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

I thought it was a bad loss, irrespective of our coming back and finding the lead.

We handed easy goals to them all game, through either a lack of concentration when executing skills and effort.

There have been too many times this year where we haven't worked hard enough for long enough and the second and third quarters today were a great example of that issue affecting the result.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

Really disappointing result. We stuffed up too many chances and gifted some easy goals. Adelaide appeared to get the rub of the green in the last, but really, that loss is on our effort level and our execution. Some absolutely woeful decisions with ball in hand.

I'm going to add a bit more later.

[anfo27]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

You're right, it was a terrible loss. Not worth watching Andrew. That 3rd quarter was some of the worst ball movement i've ever seen from any side.

[Bornadog]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

Adelaide were a younger side than us today in both games and player age, but far better balanced than what we are.

MC seems like they can't get the balance right.

[Mofra]

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You're right, it was a terrible loss. Not worth watching Andrew. That 3rd quarter was some of the worst ball movement i've ever seen from any side.

Started about halfway through the second, some of the most timid football I've ever seen - we just didn't present or want to move the ball forward.

Despite all that, it was missing easy chances at goal that killed us. We had 3 shots on goal in the first few minutes of the 3/4 for a return of 0.2. Hitting the post twice in 2 minutes in the last as well, Dickson who is normally a gun set shot missed one he would have normally kicked - bad kicking is bad football.

[soupman]

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Despite all that, it was missing easy chances at goal that killed us. We had 3 shots on goal in the first few minutes of the 3/4 for a return of 0.2. Hitting the post twice in 2 minutes in the last as well, Dickson who is normally a gun set shot missed one he would have normally kicked - bad kicking is bad football.

Absolutely and how often have we missed golden chances this season to be punished from the kickout with another goal.

We need to get much better at taking our chances, and hurting the opposition when they don't take theirs.

[lemmon]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

Adelaide were a younger side than us today in both games and player age, but far better balanced than what we are.

MC seems like they can't get the balance right.

One of the biggest myths in footy is that we are a young side, it's simply not true in terms of age or games played. Some of the decision making was just ludicrous at times and we desperately miss Morris.

[anfo27]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 6 - Western Bulldogs V Adelaide

Started about halfway through the second, some of the most timid football I've ever seen - we just didn't present or want to move the ball forward.

Despite all that, it was missing easy chances at goal that killed us. We had 3 shots on goal in the first few minutes of the 3/4 for a return of 0.2. Hitting the post twice in 2 minutes in the last as well, Dickson who is normally a gun set shot missed one he would have normally kicked - bad kicking is bad football.

It was frustrating to watch. Posters bang on about players missing or umpires or bad match ups but bottom line is it doesn't matter how good the names are that are out there or aren't out there if you're not prepared to work then you get nowhere.

There were a number of times we had the ball & we were just confused on what to do & where to go because nobody was prepared to work their backside off to give a team mate an option. Then conversely when Adelaide had the ball we just allowed them to chip it all the way forward, thinking that giving your opponent a metre is an acceptable defensive effort.

Yeah we missed Morris & Roughead but we missed confidence more.