I hope to see a Triangl logo on Western bulldogs merchandise soon - as a platinum partner sponsorship!
The Horse certainly has the kanga now to do it!
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I hope to see a Triangl logo on Western bulldogs merchandise soon - as a platinum partner sponsorship!
The Horse certainly has the kanga now to do it!
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Time in forward half - differential +5:25 (1st) N/A
Scoring accuracy 60.9% (2nd) 58.3%
For a young and fairly inexperienced side, the Western Bulldogs can hold their heads high knowing they rarely cough up the ball when they aren't under pressure. Young midfielder Jack Macrae had another stellar year in 2014, and was the club's most efficient player, averaging 19.6 effective disposals per game. Veteran Matthew Boyd and Charles Sutton medallist Tom Liberatore were the next best, averaging 17.4 efficient disposals per game. Under former coach Brendan McCartney in season 2014, the Bulldogs played a highly contested game style so it's no surprise they led the competition in groundball-get differential. Liberatore was the Bulldogs' No.1 contested player, and was ranked seventh overall in the league, while the likes of Luke Dahlhaus and Boyd consistently work hard at ground level to win the ball to the Dogs' advantage. – Nat Edwards
WESTERN BULLDOGS
CLUB AFL AVERAGE
Time in forward half - differential +5:25 (1st) N/A
Scoring accuracy 60.9% (2nd) 58.3%
For a young and fairly inexperienced side, the Western Bulldogs can hold their heads high knowing they rarely cough up the ball when they aren't under pressure. Young midfielder Jack Macrae had another stellar year in 2014, and was the club's most efficient player, averaging 19.6 effective disposals per game. Veteran Matthew Boyd and Charles Sutton medallist Tom Liberatore were the next best, averaging 17.4 efficient disposals per game. Under former coach Brendan McCartney in season 2014, the Bulldogs played a highly contested game style so it's no surprise they led the competition in groundball-get differential. Liberatore was the Bulldogs' No.1 contested player, and was ranked seventh overall in the league, while the likes of Luke Dahlhaus and Boyd consistently work hard at ground level to win the ball to the Dogs' advantage. – Nat Edwards
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Interesting , for all those that want to banish Boyd. To my eyes is still a very good AFL player.
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But he gets it avg 30ish times so from 17.4 efficient ones there are 13.6 that are shite. That's why people crack the shits
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Yeah ok , but the grunt work and hard running cant be underestimated. He does have some shockers ( most weeks ) I will agree,
But watch Heppell play and tell me he is any better , Nobody dos'nt think he is a good player ?
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I think it depends on where the shite ones occur. Often boydy will turnover a kick right as the team is marching forward and it goes back over our heads before there is a chance to get back. It is more obvious with an inexperienced line up. Boydy still butchered it during our go,den run but he had mates who could cover for him hence no one really complained. Having said that, we have more ball butchers now than we had then so that make it look even worse for Matty
Sorry, you can't convince me Grassman. A player of his experience shouldn't turn the ball over like he does ........ his turnovers are simply horrid!
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I think they are awful too. I'm just trying to be fair.
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Boyd was not in the top 100 players for average clangers in 2014. The category was led by Dustin Martin and Gary Ablett, followed closely by the likes of Lance Franklin, Trent Cotchin and Nat Fyfe.
Boyd will be more important than ever next season. I have full confidence that it will also be one of the most influential years he will ever have in our jumper.
Off topic but during our first nab cup game I saw Boydy run up and pull honeychurch aside at a quarter time break. He spent a good few minutes explaining the previous passage of play that honey was involved in. Was very warming to know that guys like him are leading our club.
As you can see, I love Boydy. Mess with him mess with me.
Off topic but during our first nab cup game I saw Boydy run up and pull honeychurch aside at a quarter time break. He spent a good few minutes explaining the previous passage of play that honey was involved in. Was very warming to know that guys like him are leading our club.
As you can see, I love Boydy. Mess with him mess with me.
People like to focus on the one or two Boydy stuffs up a game and ignore the rest. I'm not sure why. The fact is that every inside mid bar Pendlebury (and Libba) butchers it a bit, even under very little pressure. But the good usually far outweighs the bad.
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It's because the guys like Pendles and Libba, Martin, Fyfe etc. All have some "wow" factor to them. So people get transfixed on that.
Boyd doesn't have that, oftentimes his kicks aren't overly damaging but they still find the target. But there's nothing to distract the viewer from the couple of shocking kicks he makes, and so the focus switches to that.
There's also the established stigma of him being a turnover merchant which is never going to go away.
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Boyd cops too much criticism, he carried the club on his back though some matches as well. He's a ball winner & a leader, we need him to fill Griffens shoes
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There is butchering the ball and then there is handing it over cleanly to the other side after our entire team starts running forward. The pressure he puts on our backline is disgraceful.
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The eye test King, the eye test. I'll always trust what my eyes tell me over stats. And they're telling me boyds disposal absolutely rips this team.
His 2 way running will be big for us this year though. He's important to us, but I'm hoping his position is genuinely challenged this year.
His 2 way running will be big for us this year though. He's important to us, but I'm hoping his position is genuinely challenged this year.
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I am a big believer in the eye test as well fronk , just that I don't see Boyd a lot worse than many other mid fielders in the comp. I am willing to concede his clanger count is up there , but at times it can be put down to exhaustion.
One thing that never gets mentioned is his very , very good disposal to a leading forward or one in space 60 metres away to set up certain goals. The Adelaide game I think last year a perfect example.
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I think his hand balling is excellent. But I do think he undoes a lot of his great work with poor disposal by foot that puts too much pressure on our mids to run the other way (which theyre not quite capable of yet) when they've run hard forward.
Id like to see him kicking the ball less and try and use his creative hands more this season.
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2014-12-17/beveridges-men-locked-in
Probably the wrong thread but Congrats to Hansen on getting the head coaching job for Footscray.
Anyone know much about Craig Jennings?
Edit: found this SEN interview he did early this year
http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2014-12-17/beveridges-men-locked-in
Probably the wrong thread but Congrats to Hansen on getting the head coaching job for Footscray.
Anyone know much about Craig Jennings?
Edit: found this SEN interview he did early this year
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Please don't start me on Boyd again. For once and for all, no one can be critical of his running, his toughness or his love for the club, but as the others have said above, his ability to grab the ball, run 10m, pick out a target 15m away and in the clear and then shin it straight to an opposition player by himself (and most likely out of his team's defensive structure) which then causes a goal against, is extraordinary. It happens all the time.
I guess my summary is that he can make opposition players who are slow to get back, not guarding a man or a space, look extraordinary by kicking it straight to them and letting them stroll into the 50 unmarked.
As I've said a thousand times, if the game was only hand balling, he'd be a star, but his kicking is appalling.
That's my post for the month done
I guess my summary is that he can make opposition players who are slow to get back, not guarding a man or a space, look extraordinary by kicking it straight to them and letting them stroll into the 50 unmarked.
As I've said a thousand times, if the game was only hand balling, he'd be a star, but his kicking is appalling.
That's my post for the month done
If you take 'Boyd' out of that first paragraph I swear you could've been talking about Judd, Dangerfield or Fyfe...Please don't start me on Boyd again. For once and for all, no one can be critical of his running, his toughness or his love for the club, but as the others have said above, his ability to grab the ball, run 10m, pick out a target 15m away and in the clear and then shin it straight to an opposition player by himself (and most likely out of his team's defensive structure) which then causes a goal against, is extraordinary. It happens all the time.
I guess my summary is that he can make opposition players who are slow to get back, not guarding a man or a space, look extraordinary by kicking it straight to them and letting them stroll into the 50 unmarked.
As I've said a thousand times, if the game was only hand balling, he'd be a star, but his kicking is appalling.
That's my post for the month done
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Anyone else think we are a bit too ex bulldog player heavy in the coaching dept?
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I agree , you would think there maybe changes next year, Beverage may not had much say in it coming in so late.
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We're way to Bulldog centric. Beverage needs to go!
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