Autopsy Roast & Toast v Bulldogs and Changes for Adelaide

[Bojangles17]

Prob only positive was we didn’t get beat by 20G when at half time looked for all money like that was incoming , so fought it out , vlastuin was good and we have some god young players on sidelines , that’s all

 

[sabso]

Only because our snail pace mids couldn't keep up

Flat for Smillie, he’d be our Bont you’d think in a few years but can’t get on the paddock

 

[lalorGOAT]

Reading some of the comments on here...

Have we not been following the same side for the last two years? Have some realistic expectations.

Dogs are one of the biggest flat track bully sides ever. This was always going to happen.

But they will continue to get done by the top sides and wonder why they only have 2 flags in 500 years.

Go tiges!

 

[Bojangles17]

Balta has been so overated on here for years. Yeah he has the odd play that looks great, but he always costs us goals with turnovers and is always way too loose on his opponent. He's just a dumb footballer, Miller has gone well past him. Hasn't even started his 7 year contract yet......

He’s played much better than this , HTF tho does this kinda form keep blight out of the team is a travesty and a poor reflection on coaches

 

[UncleBob]

Tough watch.

Vlastuin BOG.
Needed a few more mates. Miller did a great job.

Will give props to Ross and Macca who put in decent games today.

Mids got smacked by a far better unit.
Might be extreme but I Would be happy to never see Taranto ever again

 

[tiger_tough]

At least we've only got the Crows and Cats coming up

 

[tugga]

I will genuinely cry when Tigga calls it a day.

 

[tigers12]

My outs balta Mansell HRS Ross
Kmac sonsie never again
My ins are whoever is fit and raring to go

 

[Truetiger]

I will genuinely cry when Tigga calls it a day.

Won’t be the only one. Would love for him to get an All Australian position before he does.

 

[Groupie_]

I hope the cfl is happy with our current state

 

[HumanMeatball]

2 weeks.

In : lalor, Hotton

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

I hope the cfl is happy with our current state

I'm not enjoying footy at all this year but still love my Tigers.

 

[lalorGOAT]

At least we've only got the Crows and Cats coming up

One blow out, one surprisingly close but frustrating contest.

 

[sabso]

Footscray would be 3rd if they didn’t get two shocking umpiring treatments. For flat track bullies they’re tracking ok.

 

[of unsound mind]

I'm not enjoying footy at all this year but still love my Tigers.

If you watched Hotton today you would have…that’s the stuff we need to hold onto, let the rest go

 

[richard parker]

back in the hunt




























for pick 1

 

[Groupie_]

If you watched Hotton today you would have…that’s the stuff we need to hold onto, let the rest go

sonsie better

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Going to be hard to make finals from here....

Oh Sandra

 

[_RT_]

Not the game I was hoping to see when I ventured into Marvel this morning, but when you're supporting a team going through a rebuild, expectations aren't always going to be met. I was hoping for a much more intense performance after the Swans effort and for the most part it was nowhere to be seen. Maybe if we got some scoreboard reward from those 1st quarter opportunities the confidence among the group would have been a bit better and they may have felt like they were in the fight, but alas they weren't taken and as a result the Dogs got their game up and going and before we knew it the contest was done and dusted.

Still there was some positives to take out of the day. I liked the way Faull continued to present as an option and while he didn't quite take the marks that he could have early on eventually he grabbed a few and that's something to build on. Didn't mind Brown early on when the ball was coming into our back line repeatedly he stood tall with a couple of fine intercept marks, eventually the weight of numbers and the Dogs ability to adjust to what we were doing defensively meant that those intercept opportunities dried up, but again it is something to build on. Thought Campbell tried hard all day & given the lack of opportunity our medium/small forwards had over the 4 quarters he can be pleased with his game.

I noticed a lot of comments about how poor Balta was playing on Darcy, but prime Rance would have struggled at times with the way the ball was delivered to him on a platter. That's not excusing Balta from a poor outing, just saying that with the ease of entries the Dogs were getting it was only a matter of time before Darcy was able to get his chances to hit the scoreboard and when he did he converted.

Right now where in the part of the season where it's a free swing for us in any game we play against a top 8 contenders, they all have their game styles & structures well and truly settled and are ramping up for the push for finals. Our main focus at present is trying to establish who is a viable long term option and who isn't and it's starting to become a bit clearer who is and who isn't.

Part of our problem at the moment is a number of the next generation aren't available for selection so instead of seeing the likes of Lalor Smillie Hotton Armstrong & Gibcus we're stuck with a few that ideally wouldn't be in the 22, that doesn't mean they should be rubbished by supporters for not playing better, they're out there giving it all they've got, it just simply isn't good enough any more to be best 23 long term. Hopefully over the remaining 9 games we'll get the chance to see some of those next generation talents take the field and give us a glimpse of the future, but right now all we can do is show patience and wait.

Changes for the Crows game don't really matter as it's not going to change the result and in the VFL there wasn't really anybody from the AFL list that really stood out to demand selection. I know there will be calls for Hotton to come in, but the kid just played his first half of footy in over 12 months, the last thing we want to do is rush things and have him get hurt again through soft tissue issues. Give him a few weeks to build up fitness, get Lalor & Smillie back on the field and maybe give them the last 4-5 weeks of the season to play senior footy together. It might not be everyone's ideal scenario, but the fact of the matter is that is where we're at right now.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Remember when we had posters who wanted us to throw big money at Naughton a few years ago? lol

Both are still with us.
Sandra & Hicksy

 

[peternorth]

okay with some time to think and decompress.

I think i have to keep telling myself I did not expect to win a game, and that we have already is great. Expectations exceeded.

So. To take the little wins, that is what we've expected, and reinforce that, what happens to the team weekly? In order to maintain sanity and go in expected to lose and do so (ergo a win), NO CHANGES for next weeks game. Stick with the current 22, and ONLY change if there's an injury.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

adelaide and Geelong the next two up.
Things don't get any easier

We should bring #4 out of retirement vs the cats

 

[tiger_tough]

Oh Sandra

Who the **** is this campaigner that keeps quoting me?

 

[Aeons]

Not too bad.

I felt most of our problems came from a lack of pace in the midfield. The times nank did hit our mids they swarmed us two on one and the ball went straight out the front of the contest. Everything possession after that we fall further out of the contest.

Faull, kicking aside, was good. Lynch, kicking aside was good.

Sonsie and smith wasted another opportunity and were poor.

Banks and Brown were probably my most disappointing though. They are stepping up to play big roles and provide rebound out of defense but they missed targets far too often. Hope they bounce back next week.

the kicker is that we could have had Sam Davidson adding pace in our midfield but decided to invest in Smith. I know who I would rather have right now. I fail to see why Smith keeps getting selected. he is captain vanilla. I want us to go hard for ed richards and his performance today is evidence that he is a gun and probably a better trade target for us than Harley Reid...

 

[ROYCY HART A TRUE CHF]

To be fair that was the best side the dogs have put on the park this season.
I was expecting a 20 goal shellacking !!