Recent content by Big_minnow

Beveridge took a basket case to a premiership in two years, then had to rebuild on the fly having us back in finals within 2 years, and contending again in 4. In multiple seasons we have responded after poor runs of form or injury to reset and go again, (2016, 2019, 2020, and 2023) Showing...

Of course getting match fit includes more than slow running, but I guarantee all the best runners in the afl are doing off season running plans that contain plenty of easy miles. Long easy running is a key component of any running based fitness discipline except the shorter sprints, there's no...

I'm not having a go at Stringer here necessarily, if what he says is true and no one taught him how to build a fitness base through long easy running then it reflects poorly on our club if anything. I just find it absolutely staggering in the professional era someone could play the sport without...

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/essendon-bombers/afl-2022-jake-stringer-weight-loss-offseason-training-essendon-bombers-news/news-story/f05bab81366e33c36836351969a0b197 Speaking on the How They Trainpodcast, the Bombers livewire opened up on the hard work he put in last summer that led...

Yeah the narrative around the the Bulldogs and our free kick differential is frustrating as 'neutral' supporters are clearly influenced by it and apply that lens when viewing our games and confirm there biases as a result, then tell the opposition supporters that they were screwed over...

More scrutiny than a missed call warrants, but going frame by frame this is the furthest out the ball gets before Rich traps it in, this is 100% holding the ball having dived over the ball Dale must ensure it clears the tackler. Basically every review that has been posted shares this view, and...

This is holding the ball every day of the week, doesn't matter if Rich is keeping the ball from spilling out the onus is on the player who dived on top of it to get it out. Plenty of missed calls and correct decisions that people are complaining about, no need to claim a blatant free kick isn't...

It sucks that an economic framework has been demonised and twisted into some vague boogie man that's destroying society. Regardless of your opinions on capitalism and economic theory, society should be able to discuss and debate the virtues of different economic systems, without people thinking...

When discussing Marxists are we discussing people who believe in the teachings of Karl Marx or 'Culture Marxists' which is a right wing conspiracy theory and favourite talking point of ring wing pundits...

Spot on here, vaccine passports are a risk mitigation tool, not a fool proof plan for COVID eradication. Of course you could be vaccinated and asymptomatic and spread the virus, but the consequences of this happening once everyone's vaccinated is orders of magnitude less. Also should go without...

Overnight - PM’S CALL ON NO JAB, NO ENTRY POLICY Prime Minister Scott Morrison appears to have endorsed the idea of ‘vaccine passports’ being required at major sporting events in 2022. Despite Australia’s bungled vaccine rollout so far, there remains an expectation all Australians would have...

Bulldogs winning a game through efficiency, how the turn tables!

I think the angst over JUH non-selection speaks to how consistently good our drafting for first picks has been, where they consistently impact in their first season, its natural for people to expect a no.1 pick to make an impact immediately. 2014 - Toby McLean 2015 - Josh Dunkley 2016 - Tim...

Up until around 17/18 we had McCartney as list manager who left for the Giants, he did a good job keeping the core young group together, while Simon Dalrymple (recruiting manager since left for Sydney) was highly rated amongst dogs fans for his success with draft selections. I believe they...

Thought I'd post before this thread gets derailed by troll posts. I love this fixture, I think it's awesome that the dogs and GWS players have a genuine dislike of each other, provides a bit of theatre for both sets of supporters. Also there's now some media attention given to the rivalry...