Autopsy Brave Bulldogs go down by 14 points

[stefoid]

Libba is consistently in our top 2 for pressure when he plays. He doesnt lack defensively.

Youd be crazy not to include him in the rotation. Just depends on who else is in there with him

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Libba is a bit of an issue IMO. He's an AA level inside mid but he certainly has his limitations in that he's slow on the spread and hasn't shown he can make any major impact outside of being a midfielder. Replacing Libba with Richards has transformed the look of our midfield overall for the better.

I'm in no way suggesting Libba should be booted from the midfield but if he's going to be in the side, it needs to be as a 70-80% midfielder which means someone has to make way. Does that help the team long term?

It was only two months ago that Libba went head-to-head with the next best contested ball winner in the league and thrashed him comfortably (vs. Rowell in Ballarat). It is absolutely true that pure speed at centre bounces has become a more necessary skill over the last few years, but it doesn't mean that you throw out the value of all other skillsets. It's not an issue at all.

 

[maddog37]

Libba is going to explode when they let him back on the ground.

Injury free, fresh legs

 

[Dogs Rule]

Careful, DR.

The ghost of the 2023 Eagles game still walks among us...

Indeed it does. We all know what happens when we get cocky with this club and its performance.

 

[out of finals]

Bont with 7 coaches votes, didn't expect that to be honest

 

[Bulldogs85]

Coaches Votes

Western Bulldogs v Sydney​

10 Chad Warner

1

Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

(SYD)
7 Marcus Bontempelli

4

Marcus Bontempelli

Age

28

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

10.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.8

5star

CL

4.4

5star

D

18.4

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

8.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

1.8

4star

(WB)
6 Errol Gulden (SYD)
3 Adam Treloar

1

Adam Treloar

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.2

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

15.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

30.3

5star

K

16.3

5star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.3

4star

CL

5.8

5star

D

18.0

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.6

4star

(WB)
2 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (WB)
2 Liam Jones

19

Liam Jones

Age

33

Ht

199cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.4

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

134.5

2star

D

7.6

2star

K

6.1

3star

HB

1.4

1star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.4

2star

MG

116.3

2star

D

9.4

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

(WB)

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Bont with 7 coaches votes, didn't expect that to be honest

Coaches are simply dazzled by his sheer magnificence, whether he plays well or not

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Coaches Votes

Western Bulldogs v Sydney​

10 Chad Warner (SYD)
7 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
6 Errol Gulden (SYD)
3 Adam Treloar (WB)
2 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (WB)
2 Liam Jones (WB)

Bont had 19 contested possessions. Next most on the ground was 12.

We're so accustomed to best-on-ground performances from Bont (he's gotten 3 Brownlow votes 41 times, which is nuts when you consider that's from 112 H&A wins before this season, and 2 votes more often than he does 1) that some of his merely good games go unnoticed. Certainly, was the case when he was ridiculously left out of the 2022 All-Australian team (18.15 player ratings point average that season, 0.02 behind Oliver for 2nd, more than a whole point ahead of 3d average) for Connor Rozee (11.43 average, good for rank 94 on the season). Difference is that Bont only had two matches where he got the 3 Bronwlow votes, so people assumed he had a much worse season that he actually did.

Agree 7 votes is a bit surprising, I wouldn't say he had a better game than Treloar or Gulden personally, but not ridiculous.

 

[perro_loco]

What's the story with tickets for Friday night against Pies? Have they been sold out? Any news.