Recent content by Gollo

Pace is important, but the ball travels far faster in the air than on the ground, and even faster back the other way if you turn it over going inside 50. This is the primary reason why I think Macrae is a more valuable midfielder than, say, Treloar. Ads may accelerate much quicker than Jack, but...

Might not be a popular argument but I reckon in hindsight the recruitment of Treloar was one of the most destructive decisions for our team balance in recent memory. Love him, but primarily responsible for exit of Dunkley and (it looks like) Macrae, despite being less impactful than either.

The problem is that the minimal impact on matches (from Daniel and Macrae) is entirely avoidable. They could be being played, and would almost certainly be impacting matches more than half of the team. But Bevo is putting up the argument that "We have to evolve and we have to make sure we get...

Frankly, I think a lot of this falls on Bevo as well. The problem doesn't stop at small forwards - we have had an inside mid crisis (too many) since 2021 and yet it was Bevo's decision alone to convert Caleb Daniel, a functionally excellent defender with and without the ball, into another inside...

Yep because Bigfooty is the place where no one rants and everyone contributes to their team's results :thumbsu:. What is this site for if not mouthing off about things that we think are ludicrous?

I'm out. I simply cannot forgive the decision to hand Jack Macrae the green vest. Bevo, you are a walking contradiction. Congratulations for leading a Grand Final club into a rebuild of your own creation in three years. Leave the club, Jack, all power to you. Never enjoyed watching a Bulldogs...

I think thats the group Bevo is referring to. Pretty rich to suggest that it’s good team management to let Gallagher and Sanders (as promising as they are) prevent Macrae and Daniel from access. He’s speaking as if we are embarking on a rebuild. Absurd.

“Jack has still got to build and today at VFL level is probably enough evidence that he’s pretty ready to step up… we’ll work out what the shuffle is. Because of the five inside mids who play though there, none of them did anything wrong, so it becomes a bit of a team balance type decision as...

A very quick rebuttal of a couple of outrageous selection choices. A bit of a blessing how obvious the underperformance was.

A bit late on this but returned to BF immediately after hearing about Coffield's trade request to the Dawgs. Made my day. Was distraught when we missed out on him in 2017 and unimpressed with our Naughton selection (haha!). His career has not exactly gone to plan but I reckon he's a beast, come...

Probably the lowest I have ever felt in my relatively short life as a Dogs fan. The St Kilda loss in rd 2 held that mantle but I think it’s now been topped. I have long been optimistic about the team but feel pretty shattered today.

Rowell deserves 16 votes for each of those clearances, he is that good it is nuts. For context, the most clearances any Bulldog has ever been recorded to have in a game is 14 (incl. Bontempelli and Macrae this year). Naughton was frustrating but in all fairness he got no separation all night...

Feel quite strongly about this - Dunkley is a bottom 10% kick in the comp and given the state of our inside 50 entries that can be really painful. He is undoubtedly an elite contested ball winner, tackler, and overhead mark for his position, but personally I don't think he is as crucial to our...

I sincerely hope the club commits to investigating any involvement Bevo may have had in the incidents outlined in the report. The stories are heartbreaking and stink of systemic racism - we can't continue to abide by Indigenous players being profiled, exploited, and manipulated. I have always...

Dunkley is an A grade footballer whose competitiveness, overhead marking, ball-winning and tackling have been influential for a number of years and it is always unfortunate to lose high-quality talent, but it's not unreasonable to swing this in a positive light. He is a bottom-10% kick in the...