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If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
It had more of an informal hitout feel than a full blown intraclub match. Defence was lacking a bit at times and the intensity was down a little, but there were some good signs.
As Webby said, Redpath was a standout, led strongly, marked well, and kicked beautifully. Could've got somewhere around 5-7 goals. Dickson was also very dangerous up forward and kicked one goal from almost a full ground run. Campbell also marked very strongly and looked good. Boyd was pretty quiet and didn't present the way you'd like to see.
Hamilton and Daniel were both noticeable for the rookies, and I thought Mclean and Webb did a couple of nice things without standing out.
Overall it was pretty scrappy.[COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
I can't count. Missed much of the first half with my kids in the jumping castle. Once the air was out of their tyres, I watched most of the second. Thought I spotted him nab one in the first. Maybe it was Boyd... Even better!
Nonetheless, I think our opposition this year will need to debate who their no. 1 defender goes to. That's a very good thing. I think you'd have to send your top gun to Redders at present.Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
One that caught the eye was Lucas Webb. Good size and clean by foot. Not particularly quick, but he looks a player.Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
Great to hear Redpath did well. We look much better now up forward. Our midfield I hope can do well and give good delivery for our forwards. The defence is more the concern now. How did J Grant go?"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
Thought Grant showed a bit today he has so much class his hands are elite.Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
The trend in here was that he was not AFL standard, I'm not ragging on anyone I thought the same as well. He looked good last week and by the sounds of it was good today. He's a lovely kick at goal so at Etihad he shouldn't have any trouble going the distance from long range. We needed him to step up and so far he has, I hated the thought of Boyd doing it alone at his age with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Keep it up Jack!Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
Caught most of the game. Took me a while to figure out who was who.
Hard not to be impressed with Redpath. Took contested marks, took them on the lead, took them pushing forward from the ruck. The most impressive thing for me was the work rate and willingness to compete for marks. Was a particular contest where he ran his arse off across the middle of the centre square to push wide to the wing to present. He saw that he had a mismatch and ran to space. The kick was a bit off and he dropped a one hander but it was a good sign. He also created a number of goals by crashing packs. Defenders were clearly struggling to go with him body on body. To temper that I thought the defensive aspects of the game were well down which made things easier. In the Richmond game our back 6 were all zoning off protecting space and cutting off attacks. In todays game it was almost as though they were instructed not to do that. Obviously spreading the best 6-8 defenders between 2 sides would have an impact too.
In contrast to Redpath I didn't think Boyd presented and demanded the footy as much as he should have. Seemed to float around a bit. Wasn't many times where he just lead out one on one and had the ball kicked to him. When the ball did come to him in the air he was largely stationary and would go to get 4 or 5 steps before the contest. The defenders would block his path and he wouldn't get to it. Wasn't expecting much of him to be honest at this stage but would be good to see him really having a crack at it. This could be a touch unfair and he may have been playing a role I am not aware of. Got to call it as I see it though. Also didn't play huge minutes. Maybe 2 and a half qtrs on and off.
Campbell took some very big grabs. We just need him to be able to take a few on the lead when forward. Took 2 or 3 huge contested grabs.
Caleb Daniel did some very nice things. Can cut in and out of traffic to release by hand or foot. Keeps the ball in our hands very well. Where he is for round 1 I am not sure but he certainly found the ball when on. Didn't spend much time in the center square and seemed to be lining up on a wing .
Macrae seemed to be the dominant player for the red team.
Stringer not as dominant as a forward as you would hope. Yet to see any of the powerful bursts of last year. Possibly adjusting to a few new things. Still serviceable.
Murphy noticeably more vocal setting standards and positioning players behind the ball at stoppages.
Darley pretty impressive I thought. Kept getting on the end of defensive build ups and was quite often the kicker. Also out marked Dahlhaus and others a couple of times.
Mids were mainly Jong, Wallis, Dahlhaus, Hunter and a mixture of others. Stringer was in there for a few bounces.
Honeychurch actually played quite well. Good at halving contests he is out of position in. Lead up at the ball well when resting forward.
Didn't watch him that closely but Johannisen got quite a bit of it and set up a couple of goals. Seemed to be receiving it through the middle a fair bit when we were rebounding.
Dickson must have kicked 3 or so. More effective than Stringer really. The blue team had Boyd, Redpath, Stringer and Dickson which might indicate how the forward line is shaping up at the moment. Grant mainly on a wing for the blue team or a high half forward.
Wallis seems to be working on his forward craft a bit when resting. Even when on the ball seems to be pushing to space and presenting as a marking option more often.
Hamilton moves well. Definitely has something just a matter of how he develops.
Webb used the ball well a few times. Hit Redpath on the lead with a low left footer at one stage.Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
We have quite a few who are pretty good by hand. Grant is quite good at holding the ball until he can release someone. Just didn't get enough of the ball in other ways for mine. I like him forward where his small bursts of creativity hit the scoreboard.Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
It was a decent hit out today for a number of players. I focused a bit more on the youngsters and liked the games of Webb, Hamilton, McLean and Daniel. Redpath has really come along well and was impressive. Campbell clunked a couple of marks and JJ was getting a bit of the ball.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Re: Family Day and Intra Club - 7 March 2015
I didn't find McLean until really late. How did he go? I didn't realize there was a list of numbers for each team floating around.Comment
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