Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

[Remi Moses]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Just a heads up , next week is the TV game

[ledge]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Does this mean you would drop Campbell?

Don't see the problem with having one of the interchange being a tall and rotating.

[Bornadog]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Don't see the problem with having one of the interchange being a tall and rotating.

In your post you wanted Minson, Roughy, Redpath and Campbell.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

How is Goetz going?
Is he improving or putting in the effort required in games?

[Sedat]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Ledge loves Redpath so I take his comments with a grain of salt, but a lot would have to change for Big Red to be useful in our team.. He is very much a lead up player and we haven't been spotting up targets all that well this year..

Who happens to have poor hands in a marking contest - not a good mix for a key forward with limitations in his game. I like Big red - he's gotten every ounce out of his natural ability - I just think his ability won't quite make the cut at AFL level. Would love to be proven wrong.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Who happens to have poor hands in a marking contest - not a good mix for a key forward with limitations in his game. I like Big red - he's gotten every ounce out of his natural ability - I just think his ability won't quite make the cut at AFL level. Would love to be proven wrong.

He's not a pack marking forward he's a mobile leading forward.
If we bomb kicks on his head with 3 defenders converging then yeah he's not great, but who is.

Problem is we play dumb to our forwards and don't play to their strengths.

I don't know why we think we can't play with Boyd and Redpath up forward. With a bit of time they would compliment each other, and give us that extra option as we seem to always be a tall short with rotations.

[always right]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

I don't know how anyone judges the performance of our big blokes in games played at the Whitten Oval. Without the protection of the outer stand the place is almost always blowing a gale and judging the flight of the ball is a nightmare. Ruckmen and key forwards must have mixed feelings playing there I imagine.

Personally I don't go there anymore. The windy conditions simply don't make for attractive footy to watch. It's a shame because the work they've done on the ground and facilities is first class.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Who happens to have poor hands in a marking contest - not a good mix for a key forward with limitations in his game. I like Big red - he's gotten every ounce out of his natural ability - I just think his ability won't quite make the cut at AFL level. Would love to be proven wrong.

Whilst I tend to agree, I'd rather see Redpath there than Roughead given we also are without Crameri and Boyd.

Our forward half is incredibly stagnant right now; Dickson was caught too far up the field v Norf, Stringer wants the long ball over the back to take mark of the year and that's about it. Campbell has actually got on the end of a few when he's moed around but his set shots have been deplorable. At least we know Redpath kicks well.

I think we really need a lead up forward right now and Jack is the obvious candidate, albeit he may not be good enough at AFL level.

[Twodogs]

Re: Round 4 - Footscray Bulldogs v Werribee Tigers

Yep. Not being good enough for league footy certainly put the kaibosh on my career. I was elite in everything else.