Game Day Dogs vs Saints @ Marvel 7.20pm AEST

[fitzroybowiedog]

Naughton is an absolute enigma.

They'll be studying him for years.

 

[JohnnySteel]

It has officially clicked for sanders. Now let’s hope we can keep him out of tassie’s grasps.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

But you were talking about using English as a FWD/Ruck.
We have secondary ruckman (Darcy/Lobb), but swinging English fwd just doesn't fit when you have all that tall timber already.

I legit said I wish we had a back up ruck so we had the option now of using English forward. What else do you want from me haha

 

[Bulldogs85]

For anyone that missed it I want to cry

 

[WAbulldog]

Great effort by West there, unfortunately Naughton couldn’t finish it off.

 

[glenashley]

Really unacceptable for a key forward to kick like Naughton does.

Gonna cost us games!

 

[TheBont]

sam getting injured means what now with jamarra ? ugh

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

I legit said I wish we had a back up ruck so we had the option now of using English forward. What else do you want from me haha

Lachlan Smith?

 

[threenewpadlocks]

MSD the VFL's best ruck?
Don't know if Smith is ready, maybe Buku short term as he can play 3rd def/fwd

We're 33-18 in clearances and people want to take out the ruck that's helped us achieve that?

 

[W W Biscuit]

Sam Darcy has been compared to Paul Salmon. Salmon did an ACL in 1984 when he was absolutely flying. His team, Essendon, went on to win the premiership.

Glass half full?

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

I legit said I wish we had a back up ruck so we had the option now of using English forward. What else do you want from me haha

I'm just defensive of Tingles. I love him.

 

[Angak]

I'm still shocked. Shame

 

[Golden_6]

sam getting injured means what now with jamarra ? ugh

Absolutely nothing.

How could he look his teammates in the eye right now? A disgrace to the jumper.

 

[Mutt]

All of those posters who behaved like Chicken Little in the first quarter, you can give yourselves an uppercut right now.

 

[X_box_X]

For anyone that missed it I want to cry

Genuine empathy there from Egan. He did well to hold it together.

He'd know more than most how devastating an injury can be. In a parallel universe he'd be a triple premiership player. Instead he got injured in the final round of 2007 and never played again. He was All Australian that year too.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Lachlan Smith?

Haven't seen him this season. He showed promising signs last year but looked seasons away from AFL level

Was that outclassed by Crossley that we had to use Gardner in the ruck. Maybe he is Bevo's answer?

If Smith is ready I'd be shocked and excited. When he is 22/23 I'm excited to see what he'll bring

 

[Bulldogs85]

Absolutely nothing.

How could he look his teammates in the eye right now? A disgrace to the jumper.

I wouldn’t want to play with him

 

[doggie dog]

sam getting injured means what now with jamarra ? ugh

It would be amazing if he could get his nose off a plate.
But to actually put his big boy pants and be the player we need.

 

[Dogs Rule]

sam getting injured means what now with jamarra ? ugh

Means he should feel ashamed of himself tonight.

 

[Hobdog]

The sideways movement tests usually provide a pretty good idea of whether it’s an acl sadly. The scan just provides that confirmation but also looks at additional damage within the knee.

 

[pappy]

Lachlman and drawer test is usually very accurate. Scan will confirm it. Time to build the body up Sam and gear up for next year. Thilthorpe is a good example.

 

[Bald Headed Flog]

We’re utterly destroying an opponent who have actually looked decent so far this year.

And yet I don’t care. Darcy likely doing his ACL just killed all the enthusiasm I had for this season.

Arguably our 3 most important forwards all now probably gone for the season. You can’t recover from that

 

[TheScriptorWL]

sam getting injured means what now with jamarra ? ugh

Nothing. It appears we've put the case to the AFL to have him delisted. Even if he was of sound mind to play, still wouldn't make an appearance until Round 15,16 or 17 for fitness reasons. And I wouldn't want him playing anyway, Chuck Croft down there.

 

[dergert]

We are destined to never have a functional forward set up. Feel like quitting football

 

[doggie dog]

We're 33-18 in clearances and people want to take out the ruck that's helped us achieve that?

No, Timmy can't ruck the whole game, Sam was the back up.
That option is now gone, who is going to step up to give Timmy a breather