Pride of the litter

[GVGjr]

Pride of the litter



MITCH Wallis says the only thing better than being drafted by the Western Bulldogs would be seeing Tom Liberatore selected alongside him.

And Tom Liberatore, who can hardly wait until November's national draft, says landing at Whitten Oval would be a "dream come true".Together the sons of club greats Steve Wallis and Tony Liberatore are set to form the Bulldogs' next-generation engine room in years to come.

They have been together through primary and secondary school, a premiership with the Calder Cannons and in starring roles at Vic Metro.

And with the national draft only months away, it is quickly becoming apparent just what a bargain the father-son selections will be.

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[comrade]

Re: Pride of the litter

Great article - I'm sure I'm not the only one who got a bit excited reading that.

Looking forward to seeing them in action in a few weeks.

[chef]

Re: Pride of the litter

In a compromised draft, we have two sons of legends(who are also great kids) coming to our club.

How lucky are we

[LostDoggy]

Re: Pride of the litter

To be sure, it warmed me 'eart to read this - not one, but two sons of guns! I so look forward to seeing them play in the red, white and blue!

[Bulldog Revolution]

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What a great article - very excited to have two sons of guns firmly on the radar

[The Coon Dog]

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Just wondering, can we trade our first round pick & use our 2nd & 3rd round picks......Whoops! Wrong forum!

Can't wait to see the numbers 24 & 39 going around again!

[GVGjr]

Re: Pride of the litter

Wow, that's pretty exciting. The midfield will look pretty good in 2012 (not that it doesn't look good now).

[comrade]

Re: Pride of the litter

Just wondering, can we trade our first round pick & use our 2nd & 3rd round picks......Whoops! Wrong forum!

Can't wait to see the numbers 24 & 39 going around again!

Or...

Ive checked the rule and the Bulldogs definitely can't get both players because what if two teams bid in the same round!

[Desipura]

Re: Pride of the litter

Just wondering, can we trade our first round pick & use our 2nd & 3rd round picks......Whoops! Wrong forum!

Can't wait to see the numbers 24 & 39 going around again!

What if we lose Harbrow for a 2nd round to GC, can a team bidding for Libba or Wallis take that pick from us? Only joking.....

[Mantis]

Re: Pride of the litter

Going to be a couple of very handy additions to our team.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes for them to make an impact.

[Desipura]

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We will have prodominantly inside players in Boyd, Cross, Libba, Ward, Picken & Reid on our list.
None of the above you would call quick by foot, I wonder whether that is too many of the same type?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Pride of the litter

This would be amazing news at the best of times, but to happen in a year when the draft is so compromised is absolutely incredible luck.

[Mofra]

Re: Pride of the litter

This is an absolute bargain for us by all accounts, and the fact that they sound hungry in the article makes it even better.

Worth noting that no 10 will be available by 2012 for Lachie Hunter too

[Mofra]

Re: Pride of the litter

We will have prodominantly inside players in Boyd, Cross, Libba, Ward, Picken & Reid on our list.
None of the above you would call quick by foot, I wonder whether that is too many of the same type?

Ward is clean by foot (and played HFF in his first few games for us) and Picken plays an outside tagging role, is quick and gets quite a bit of distance with his kicks so not sure they can be grouped with the others.

Would defer to the TAC watchers for Libba's kicking prowess.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Pride of the litter

Watching these two closely last week, you can see that they are indeed "close" on the field as well.


They were regularly talking to each other and encouraging each other after good deeds.

I also laughed when Libba ran in to join a scrap between a SA player and a Vic Player, and made his thoughts known on the SA players performance so far in that game...