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    Official Club Stuff Stand Alone VFL Team announced - Footscray Bulldogs

    Perhaps the AFL flag might be beyond us this year, but the VFL one we might have a shot at. When you consider these players plus those trying desperately to break into the seniors, we might be a pretty tough team to play against.
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    And bye the bye, even though Lower was not the most talented player to ever grace our list, I think he was the right bloke at the right time for the right amount of time when you consider the aggression he brought to the team. I think the younger players may have learnt a thing or two from him...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    :thumbsu:. Made the hairs on the back of my neck bristle.
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    Non-AFL chat thread

    Not a great tennis watcher but a match I remember was Tsonga absolutely demolishing Nadal in a semi final a few years ago. I doubt whether Rafa had ever been beaten like that before or has ever been beaten like it since. Come to think of it, I doubt Tsonga had ever played like it before or...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    Funny how it works with genetics sometimes. Perhaps his mother also brought some height into the equation. What's interesting to ponder is whether we would have drafted Cordy under the current regime (first round anyway) from a physical perspective. Would the current team have forseen and worn...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    I'd be happy enough to have a fit Williams in the forward line, probably at CHF. Then it's down to Jones or Campbell. Campbell is a better kick, better in the ruck and likely to improve his marking and general forward game again this year. Is Jones' marking, leading and forward craft that much...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    Agreed. The game is also more aerobically demanding and even full forwards won't have the luxury of staying at home or dropping off their man defensively when they tire which, if Jones' reported lack of aerobic capacity is correct, could well happen in his case. Both Williams and Jones in the...
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    Mega Thread Trade and List Management discussion

    In looking at our recent draftees and their different attributes and accompanying speculation/analysis I'm reminded a little of Bart Cummings and what he said about So You Think when questioned about why he bought him at the yearling sales. "Any good judge of a horse couldn't miss him". Plenty...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    What sort of build was his father do you know? And at what rate did he develop?
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    Mega Thread Trade and List Management discussion

    On McCrae, the fact he has a sidestep at all is a better fallback position than most players will have when put in a difficult position. He is competent on his left already. Most players will only ever have their preferred boot to get out of trouble. McCrae is already effectively 1 up. How many...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    Do the Lumumba.
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    This is my favourite pic. He's clearly going for the ball like he should......
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    Mega Thread Trade and List Management discussion

    :pI'm having the same trouble with this new phone I have. Think I'll disable it.
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    Mega Thread Trade and List Management discussion

    If I'm not mistaken they were playing with a Sherrin that day and not a horse. They would not play with a horse of course unless of course they could source a horse and force a horse but that's another tail. Marked and goaled it is of course. I remember I yelled myself hoarse. Spellers' remorse:)
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    Non-AFL chat thread

    Lookn good BRG.
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    Non-AFL chat thread

    Put some old carpet or an off cut of wall board over your shower base while tiling (sweep all the grit off first). That thin film of plastic won't stop dents if you drop a tile or something on it. And maybe think about wet sealing the floor and up the wall to just above the first tile. Can buy...
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    News Western Bulldogs Offseason 2013-2014

    Love to beat (or more recently the notion of beating) the cats on the field but feel an enormous debt of gratitude to them off it (special mention to Tom Harley). We've raided your cupboard, particularly of coaching prospects, and of course Macca honed his skills and probably both learnt and in...
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    List Mgmt. Current Contract Lengths

    Very good to see our retention and acquisition rate on the improve (from nowhere to somewhere good in short order). I'm sure the players can see where we're heading and believe that it's achievable. But I also wonder whether we've sharpened our pencil a bit off balance sheet as it were. I know a...
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    That's not how I remember it
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    The Pre season training thread 2013/14

    Perhaps we should play big Jack in defence in the return match. But with instructions to just play the "ball" of course. But it is a game, things happen quickly, mistakes are made, heads are mistaken for footballs, people lose half a season through the resulting injuries etc etc but the game...
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    Player Positional Changes in 2014

    A big call but I'm inclined to agree with you.
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    Top 3 Improvers and Decliners

    Yeah I get your reasoning DW. So I think it's a combination of factors. The possibility that they see enough in training etc that we don't to make them think they're worth persevering with and the possibility that no-one else took their fancy. I also think that a big list turnover, rookie or...
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    Top 3 Improvers and Decliners

    I can think of a couple reasons why that decision may have been made. The talent available outside may not be perceived to be any or significantly better than the talent/potential those 3 have. Those 3 have been in the system under Macca for 2 seasons so the accumulated knowledge and training...
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    Hypothetical - The "What if ........" thread

    Couldn't disagree more. Look at it from the coaches point of view. You need to have multiple what if scenarios to combat/counter events that are outside your control. In the case of Minson, it's not a matter of wishing it to happen, but as unpleasant as the scenario may be, it has to at least be...
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    Hypothetical - The "What if ........" thread

    Oh yes, and Merry xmas btw to all:p
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    Hypothetical - The "What if ........" thread

    Will Minson does his ACL in Round 1 next season!:eek: What do you do? There are another 23(?) rounds to go and Ruck 1 is gone for the season. Who gets the gig and what impact does that have on that player and alternate structures or programs that may have been in place for him? Does Campbell go...
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    Review The Dogs in 2013 - A Statistical Look

    I agree. A context is required given that the stat a particular player may acquire in a particular instant of a game is in the wider context of the respective teams' game plans and the simultaneous actions of every other player on the ground at that moment. Our game is fluid, unlike baseball (a...
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    Review The Dogs in 2013 - A Statistical Look

    I'm enjoying the split on whether Roberts is best up forward or down back. I'm in the down back brigade partly because of the creativity you refer to and also what I believe is an ability to read the play and make decisions. CHF is the dilema and he's a candidate but I'm sticking with him down...
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    Review The Dogs in 2013 - A Statistical Look

    Hats off to you Dannnnnnnnnn, a fantastic read and very stimulating. It's going to take days (weeks) to digest all this. A couple of off the top observations with no real depth of thought to it at the moment but a player who I thought really developed and delivered this year was Dahl. He copped...
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