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Are the Bulldogs gawn? They have a nightmare run home.
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THe way St. Kilda have handled us in recent years I'd put that one in red
Need to win our next 2 to be any chance.
Our injuries/ suspensions to key players at present are clearly hurting us. Murphy and Cross are in our best 5, Griffen and Eagleton in our best 10 or 12. All are running types and are irreplacable especailly with the style of play we choose.
We clearly have deficiencies, we lack a good mobile ruckman and tall forward, our defence although poor yesterday is improving, but if we had these 4 players in our team on a regular basis we would be a far better team and would not through in performances like yesterday.
Our injuries/ suspensions to key players at present are clearly hurting us. Murphy and Cross are in our best 5, Griffen and Eagleton in our best 10 or 12. All are running types and are irreplacable especailly with the style of play we choose.
We clearly have deficiencies, we lack a good mobile ruckman and tall forward, our defence although poor yesterday is improving, but if we had these 4 players in our team on a regular basis we would be a far better team and would not through in performances like yesterday.
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45% would be generous or have they found a couple of decent tall defenders since we last played them.
and if so why didn't they play on Petrie
Watching them yesterday, too many of them are selfish, soft and lazy. The blokes that aren't get visibly pissed off with the passengers. They really don't look like a unit ATM. Not sure if it's just me reading too much into little things, but I don't think Aker and Johnno can stand each other. Johnson is a champion, but he cheated yesterday and was absolutely giving it to teamates up field for various reasons.
Darcy is just about gone, and apart from Harris, they don't have one quality tall on the park. Guys like Boyd, West, Harris, Morris etc must get a little tired of busting their arse each week and not having everyone do the same.
And Eade was pansted yesterday. As was whoever their midfield coach is.
Darcy is just about gone, and apart from Harris, they don't have one quality tall on the park. Guys like Boyd, West, Harris, Morris etc must get a little tired of busting their arse each week and not having everyone do the same.
And Eade was pansted yesterday. As was whoever their midfield coach is.
You have stated this opinion on a few threads.....I think you have been reading too many newspapers. The media likes us because when we are up & about we play exciting open football, but it has been proved time & again that hard contested footy generally wins the premiership.
Yeah, you may be correct in saying that we are "overrated", but after the performance we put up yesterday, I would think that the Rd 22 rematch may find our our guys feel they have something to prove.
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the bulldogs have definately got something goin on behind the scenes... with players out last year their was a real desire to all have a red hot go, but now it almost feels like they are relying on others to do the hard work.. johnson cant dominate each week and with the power house in cross out, west has got the world on his shoulders. not to mention griffins spark. yesturday was terrible and a big mark or chas down from matty robbins or a break the line and goal from griffin was what the dogs needed. we cant expect darcy, murphy and hahn to just take off from where they were before their injuries. ill say this now and tag this message.. WESTERN BULLDOGS PREMIERS 2008.
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It really depends if your glass is half full or half empty. One might see it as a nightmare draw, Eade probably sees it as an opportunistic draw. They play a lot of sides who are also playing for a top 8 spot so fate is still in their hands, they dont play gumby sides so they don't have to hope teams above them have to lose to someone else, they can actually put some points on the board AND deny points to those above them at the same time.
We have won 19 out of the last 23 at the Dome and have 8 out of 9 in the run home, that gives us a good chance. The toughest game is against the Saints as they seem to have our measure in the last few years.
We still have some good players to come back in as well which will help us and Grant now has one game under his belt and will be better for the run home.
People forget we are currently playing four teenagers plus a 20 year old in his 4th game
To come back in, Eagleton, Cross, Griffen and Murphy. We also have some back up players in case of other injuries such as Minson, Skipper, Robbins, Faulkner, McDougall.
We still have some good players to come back in as well which will help us and Grant now has one game under his belt and will be better for the run home.
People forget we are currently playing four teenagers plus a 20 year old in his 4th game
To come back in, Eagleton, Cross, Griffen and Murphy. We also have some back up players in case of other injuries such as Minson, Skipper, Robbins, Faulkner, McDougall.
so some rate bulldogs to beat port as probable?
50/50 in my opinion
if port come to play (read fix last quarter fade out) then i rate us as a huge chance to beat the bulldogs comfortably
50/50 in my opinion
if port come to play (read fix last quarter fade out) then i rate us as a huge chance to beat the bulldogs comfortably
Based on your 12 games to play finals theory, the Dogs have to win 5 from their last 9 which is about the same ratio of where they are now (7-6).
Port aren't travelling that well & the Bombers are a week to week proposition. the Cats & the Eagles are playing really good footy at present so you'd have to mark them down as losses.
The Saints & the Dees are definitely beatable but the Crows at Arctic Park is a tough assignment.
They can roll the Hawks so I reckon it might come down to them needing to beat the Kangas in the last round to make it.
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Pretty harsh I would have thought, we're pecentage out of finals with 9 games to go. Obviously right now we've been the 9th best team but theres still 9 games to go and we'll probably be back in the 8 next week.
We haven't had a great season but we do have the cattle to play finals and win finals. Not to be a legitimate contender, but we have a better side on paper last season when we did play and win finals footy. And we have beaten 3 out of the top 4 teams which shows that on our day we're capable of being a very good team. We've just been too inconsistent
I think we'll get in there because to be honest I think its far from a nightmare draw. Some good teams in there but 8 out of 9 at the ground we are best at, where even though we haven't been playing particularly well teams have struggled to beat us at. We are a good side at home.
I'd back them in 6 of those games and give them a good chance in the other three, seeing as they play Geelong and WC at the Dome.
Simple equation in my opinion.
If Port win this week, they will make the 8. Bulldogs lose, they will not.
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Solid post. i think you might be right about it coming down to round 22. The dogs are definitely a chance to make it but their inconsistency this season does worry me. my gut feeling is they will scrape in
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So, you think you can beat a team with an awesome defence like Geelong, but lose to a side that has lost most, if not all, of it's key defenders like St.Kilda? Yup, that makes sense.
We always struggle against StKilda lately. We've already beat Geelong once
If it comes down to r22 I'd be confident of making it. We had Archer's 300th last weekend, but im pretty sure Johnno's 300th is scheduled for r22 against North
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Any coincidence that Akermanis and Everitt are at teams who have seemed to off peak form all year?
Cross, Griffin out will hurt them over the next 6 weeks, they just dont seem to be clicking, but if they can win 3/4 or something similar and get their mojo gameplan back, they'll be dangerous. Big if though.
Cross, Griffin out will hurt them over the next 6 weeks, they just dont seem to be clicking, but if they can win 3/4 or something similar and get their mojo gameplan back, they'll be dangerous. Big if though.
Aker is a cancer on that club
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Stick to selling suits me thinks.
Johnson is selfish
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Stick to selling suits me thinks.
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Explain to me why you are nonperforming then smart ass.
Hypes up to oblivion.
Is it the above reasons or have you just been found out?
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We have underperformed. All bulldog supporters will admit that.
We havent played a whole game of football yet. Played quarters here and there. Will beat those soft Cats AGAIN when we play them.
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