VFL 2024 VFL Thread

[BallaratBulldog]

Lobb

 

[Mojorisin]

Freijah so impressive, the clear standout in terms of AFL transition

along with his kicking, he has good strength, will sit under a ball, strong hands, little bit of mongrel, lots of ticks,
anyone seen enough of him to judge his pace?

More an endurance athlete rather then one who focuses on speed but he isnt slow and can also slip though traffic.

 

[Mojorisin]

Good skills and smarts too. Is he tall enough for kp?

191cm, long term he is a tall wingman which we've been crying out for.

 

[Wizard17]

Gone to sleep here

 

[BallaratBulldog]

four goal to one quarter against bit concerning after so much domination

 

[DognBones]

Very ordinary 3rd quarter; lots of fumbles and turnovers. Forward line in particular allowing too many easy outs. Midfield also well beaten.

 

[bresker]

Punchy Gardner

This hands were made for punching
And that’s what I will do
One of these daus I’ll take a mark
But punching’s what I do

 

[Bulldogs85]

Classic Bulldog Quarter

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Craig Peters and Ben Cavarra

25

Ben Cavarra

Age

28

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

3.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

3.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

3.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

1.0

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

goal early.

 

[ScragCity]

Are we winning, son?

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Daniel burns his teammate who would have had an open goal and scores a point

 

[dogwatch]

18 shots to 9 and we are only 14 points up.

And that's without counting total misses like Lobb's.

 

[Unorth]

Bedendo, Buss and Freijah all impressive.

 

[NthBondiDoggies]

Amazing how even in VFL - we look the better team but seem to have very little positive energy. So many players just going through the paces.

Dogs completely took foot off the peddle and now Box Hill back into it.

Really shows that Lobb - when the pressure is on him doesn’t lift - made a couple of really bad errors being fit and then missed at least one goal - out in front on a bit of angle and kicked out on the full - anyone can do that but it is the lack of aggression across the whole game that we can be critical of.

Sanders the same - he is playing OK but looks like either his confidence is down or doesn’t care. He will be fine and is just a young fella in his first half of his first season. I have no problem with him at all - we need to give him a break on the expectations that his is Selwood from game one (he did have a mouthwatering first game but kids = inconsistency and that’s ok) and let him develop and he will be a star - just back the match committee that this level is not ready for consistent AFL yet.

Friejah looks a cut above the rest of the Bulldogs. Most promising of the youngsters.

Croft getting eaten by Ethan Phillips (who looks fantastic) who is not even playing on him but coming across from covering Lobb - who is making that easy.

Keath started ok but Busslinger has been more visible since half time and doing some good things but painfully Gardner is probably getting the most since half time but just shows his decision making deficit over and over again. Besides Freijah he looks even worse.

On the open questions:

- wing: Poulter looking poor - covering ground but easily pushed off it

- small forward: McChicken and Artie both very quiet

- mid season draft. Bianco was probably BOG early on and gets the ball but just makes so many mistakes. Spicer very quiet.

- Daniel - not killing it

- Bedendo - just seems lost.

ATM next in would be Friejah, then Scott and Sanders.

 

[Fossie 32]

191cm, long term he is a tall wingman which we've been crying out for.

How tall do kps need to be?

 

[dogwatch]

Smart goal from Bedendo there. He guessed right that it would spill over the back and he burned his opponent on the burst.

 

[Wizard17]

Craig Peters having a very good qrt so far

 

[Bald]

Nice fight back from BH but on top again. They're a good outfit at this level the Hawks so whilst it's annoying we haven't put it to bed earlier, it probably is only due to poor conversion.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Spicer shows up and goals. That should do us.

 

[Al dente]

Lobb

should never play again after this performance

 

[BallaratBulldog]

should never play again after this performance

I do worry Darcy might wear down later on. Don’t want his injuries to continue to reoccur. Still needs some size/strength.

 

[dogwatch]

Kudos to the commentators for at least admitting they are Hawks supporters.

Great play from Freijah again to grab the mark and spot up Lobb. Who totally misses again.

 

[Wizard17]

Friejah has got to be close to a debut

 

[weltschmerz]

Freijah in for Gallagher next week. Gags could do with a spell and Freijah looks ready.

 

[Fossie 32]

Good punch Gardy