What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread

[Mutt]

Damn, my fellow North mates will go in to full scale meltdown soon.

What do you think the hate for Bontempelli is all about Boris? Is there a genuine fan-based rivalry building between our two clubs, or is it something else? Serious question...I'm not bating you.

 

[Del165892]

View attachment 254844 The media goo fest continues! It's reaching catastrophic levels.

God why did I even bother reading this shit. Barrett simply cannot pass up the opportunity to take subtle shots at our club and kick Tom Boyd when he is down. Nice injury troll by Barrett taking a shot at Boyd because he played VFL last week after missing 4 weeks with a shoulder injury. Then basically implying Bob will only come back for one season. God I wish Bevo had choked the life out of that little worm.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Damn, my fellow North mates will go in to full scale meltdown soon.

Yassssss, will enjoy the reading more than the actual article (which was crap).

 

[Libba39]

View attachment 254844 The media goo fest continues! It's reaching catastrophic levels.
From the flog Damien Barrett of all people.

The words horse, gate and bolted come to mind.

 

[Libba39]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

 

[compact72]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

Rohan Connolly is an absolute muppet. Ever since his cry for Essendope, I've ignored him completely

 

[TempletonTheRat]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

take your rose coloured galsses off - Talia is close to the best KPD going around

 

[Cadillac]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

Morris is well ahead of Talia.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

What do you think the hate for Bontempelli is all about Boris? Is there a genuine fan-based rivalry building between our two clubs, or is it something else? Serious question...I'm not bating you.

Took me a while to twig but pretty sure most of the recent hate is because Bont spoke up about the Thomas coat hanger a few weeks back

 

[Trent85]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...k=2bd970b18f3e880a49799df65ffb19d2-1465356341

 

[Bont2Bruce]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

Nick Maxwell did his AA team on SEN yesterday and had Hunter on a wing but no other Dogs players. Several callers wanted Morris, but apparently Grundy beat him to the "lockdown" position.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

You'd think our contested possession dominance has an impact on not conceding scores as much as our actually good defence?
Think about it - a contested possession is a possession that both teams have the opportunity to win - so by winning contested possessions you're preventing the opposition from winning the ball. Therefore, if you look at our stats, we're conceding the least points because at the same time we've also conceded the least inside 50's in the competition. Our actual defence is only part of the reason.
That being said, I'd have Morris in the All-Australian team to this point in the season.

 

[Unorth]

View attachment 254844 The media goo fest continues! It's reaching catastrophic levels.
From the flog Damien Barrett of all people.

"Incredibly, Boyd, recruited in 2014 from GWS by the Bulldogs' president Peter Gordon as an act of vengeance against the Giants when they stole Ryan Griffen, would be receiving at least $1 million more than Bontempelli in 2016 salary.

Boyd played in the VFL last weekend"

I was wondering where the real Damian Barrett had gone, then I read that uninformed, forced dig in the article and realised he never truly left.

 

[jdz101]

"Incredibly, Boyd, recruited in 2014 from GWS by the Bulldogs' president Peter Gordon as an act of vengeance against the Giants when they stole Ryan Griffen, would be receiving at least $1 million more than Bontempelli in 2016 salary.

Boyd played in the VFL last weekend"

I was wondering where the real Damian Barrett had gone, then I read that uninformed, forced dig in the article and realised he never truly left.

What a pathetic article. Regurgitated basic stats to back up the usual AFL media reactionary hyperbole. "He's a star. He's cooked. They're a premiership contender. Their season is over." Heard it all before. The tune literally changes in 2 week cycles.

Puts unneeded pressure on a 20 year old kid who is an absolute stud, but doesn't need Gary Ablett and Joel Selwood comparisons just yet.

I knew as soon as I saw his name there was going to be a Tom Boyd diss in there aswell. Click-bait rubbish. Not even journalism.

 

[Cadillac]

What a pathetic article. Regurgitated basic stats to back up the usual AFL media reactionary hyperbole. "He's a star. He's cooked. They're a premiership contender. Their season is over." Heard it all before. The tune literally changes in 2 week cycles.

Puts unneeded pressure on a 20 year old kid who is an absolute stud, but doesn't need Gary Ablett and Joel Selwood comparisons just yet.

I knew as soon as I saw his name there was going to be a Tom Boyd diss in there aswell. Click-bait rubbish. Not even journalism.

As soon as the Ablett vs Stringer comparison came out, jakey hasn't been at his best. Let's hope the same doesn't happen to Bont. I swear they do this shit on purpose just to **** with us.

 

[jdz101]

As soon as the Ablett vs Stringer comparison came out, jakey hasn't been at his best. Let's hope the same doesn't happen to Bont. I swear they do this shit on purpose just to **** with us.

I suspect with Jakey having the extremely pregnant mrs that was just about to give berth and the other little one had a bit more to do with his form recently but I know what you mean.

Just undue pressure for the sake of trying to swindle some readers midweek.

 

[immortalmike]

I suspect with Jakey having the extremely pregnant mrs that was just about to give berth and the other little one had a bit more to do with his form recently but I know what you mean.

Just undue pressure for the sake of trying to swindle some readers midweek.

Has been struggling with a couple of niggles as well. Think his second half of the year will be better than his first.

 

[dogwatch]

Rohan Connolly is an absolute muppet. Ever since his cry for Essendope, I've ignored him completely

It might make sense actually. We love the zone defence and how all our defenders buy into it. It enables us to achieve more on the field than looks possible on paper. Other clubs might have better personnel but we have better team defence.
Also we have had well documented injuries so only a few (eg Morris) have played every game.
That's not a slight on our individual defenders who have all played well, but really with their injuries you could hardly expect Suckling, Murphy, JJ, Adams, Wood and maybe even Boyd to be in contention. Hunter plays more as a wingman so who does that leave? Morris and Biggs?

 

[compact72]

Anybody just hear on MMM that Wood went to Hawthorn medical to see how they treat the hamstrings and that Bev wasn't happy about it? Or did I get it all wrong

 

[Ozil]

Anybody just hear on MMM that Wood went to Hawthorn medical to see how they treat the hamstrings and that Bev wasn't happy about it? Or did I get it all wrong

You did.

Clubs exchange information all the time, even just in conversation. Our medicos have spoken to Hawthorn's medicos since Wood did his hammy.

Media put 2 and 2 together and came up with 5 - i.e. 'Dogs go to Hawks for help'. Nothing in it.

 

[MJ_Dogs]

So we should be undefeated if we kicked the gettable goals in our losses!!

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/sta...s/news-story/412000efb3bf418c2596d17bc7883b02

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

So we should be undefeated if we kicked the gettable goals in our losses!!

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/sta...s/news-story/412000efb3bf418c2596d17bc7883b02

Goes without saying

 

[Del165892]

And Rohan Connolly has put up his all Australian team. Best defense in the league and not a single entry in the backline? I'd take Adams ahead of Talia any day of the week.
Hunter the only inclusion on the bench.

Not surprised. We have too much even contribution for individuals to stand out too much. Week to week different players step up. Look at our midfield, no genuine superstars (yet) but we have the deepest midfield in the league. Our second tier mids shit on everyone elses. I think Bont will be AA at the end of the year. Easton might miss too much to make it. Jake could make it with a huge second half of the year. Morris should be in there but wont. JJ would have likely been AA if not for missing half the year.

 

[Del165892]

Anybody just hear on MMM that Wood went to Hawthorn medical to see how they treat the hamstrings and that Bev wasn't happy about it? Or did I get it all wrong

What are you smoking?!

 

[Del165892]

As soon as the Ablett vs Stringer comparison came out, jakey hasn't been at his best. Let's hope the same doesn't happen to Bont. I swear they do this shit on purpose just to **** with us.

He was at his best vs Adelaide and close to his best against West Coast. Honestly I dont think he has been bad all year apart from the GWS game. We have been asking too much of him due to our injuries. We are moving the ball a lot slower than we used to which allows opposition to flood the forward line and denies him one-on-ones. Also the absence of key forwards and Dickson and Crameri for a lot of the year has made his job incredibly hard. Having Dickson and Redpath fit and playing and getting some consistency in the forward line will help. Getting JJ back to help with the quick transitions will also help him immensely. Also love his work when we send him into the guts. Always has a huge impact at stoppages.