Review Bulldogs cruise to 91-point victory over Bombers

[grassman75]

Nice little bonus this week is that I have B Dale in my DT side. 154 ain't nothin to sneeze at!

Downside - he's not my captain

He should have scored over 200 SuperCoach points. If it was Ablett or Daicos he would have. Over 1000m gained and 49 touches not sure at what efficiency. Bailey Sniff only got 700m, 30 touches and more clangers yet scored higher

 

[maddog37]

Bailey Dale

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Bailey Dale

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.6

4star

MG

117.4

2star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

3star

MG

117.4

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

4star

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Cops shit from external sources beyond his control. Says nothing and then lets his football do the talking. Kudos young man.

Astro.

Out of form but I have total faith in him to work through it. You can’t be on top of your game all the time and it will click at some point.

Artie Jones

The long game and developmental patience may yet pay off. Still a tantalising prospect imho.

Freijah

Can’t teach what he has but when it is off it looks terrible. Prefer he continues to take the game on but first option is the vest option most times. Jack Macrae went through this process early days.

 

[Floridog]

Naughton has always had trouble judging a ball kicked straight at him. 90% of the time he runs too far under it and it sails over his head. The only times he marks when leading straight at the kicker is when it's kicked low enough or short enough so that it is impossible for him to run under it. He is excellent when coming from the side though.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Yeah Freijah had a hint of cockiness about him and had a string of minor blunders which could have been costly in a different game. Just kept trying to do too much when there was a better option.

All players go through it so I’m sure he’ll be fine, but pretty sure he would have been given some firm feedback about it.

He seemed uncharacteristically hesitant a few times. Not attacking the ball with vigor. Carrying some kind of injury, or a drop in confidence?

 

[my plums]

Sure. But then when he does get a perfect kick he still drops it.

The guy used to have some of the strongest hands in the game. What happened? He's currently a shadow of what he was at his peak. I love the guy but it's crazy how out of form he is right now. Credit to him that he still keeps fronting up and giving 100% effort but we really need him to remember who he was.

"Why can't he be the King I know he is; the King I see inside?"

He’s been ok this year. Couple good games, couple horrible ones. Dropping some sitters for sure though. Since Darcy went down I guess he is getting the best defender so there is that as well.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Nah, it’s payback for the constant reminders of your 16 flags won in the 40s with 6-8 teams.

Hey now, those 6-8 teams were totally stacked with talent.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

We've been there plenty of times.

The only solution is to self lubricate. After half time self medicate.

I actually have a soft spot for the Dogs. I am originally from Warrnambool and my grandma down there used to live next door to the father of Jane (Libba's wife at the time). So we actually got to hang out with Tony one time at our place and he also invited us into the change rooms after a game against the Lions in Brisbane. Absolutely tope bloke.

 

[Bald Headed Flog]

I really hope Libba makes AA this year, he is playing some of the best footy of his career.

It's been a long time, but this year genuinely feels better than 2013/2014 Libba. He'd have to be one of the first selected at this point

 

[Spiritof82]

West was recovering from a broken Jaw

If he had of had 2 broken legs he still would've put in a better performance than JUH

 

[Norm De Guerre]

We’re going pretty well but not well enough where a guy who had 11 score involvements is going to make way for anybody. Gone are the days when we’re reliant on an individual to get us over the line by kicking a bag.

Give me the cricket scores and spread of goal kickers that we’re seeing right now than a Coleman medalist reliant forward line any day.

 

[BigFloppa]

We’re going pretty well but not well enough where a guy who had 11 score involvements is going to make way for anybody. Gone are the days when we’re reliant on an individual to get us over the line by kicking a bag.

Give me the cricket scores and spread of goal kickers that we’re seeing right now than a Coleman medalist reliant forward line any day.

11 score involvements as a forward when your team has 37 total scores isn't really that impressive.

I'm also glad we are not reliant on a key forward to kick bags for us either. The question for me is whether Naughton is giving us more than someone in the VFL currently would. Right now it's close between him and Gardner for mine. Gardner would take more marks but Naughts is probably stronger in the ground ball contests. If I had to pick between Naughton and Buku then it'd be Buku in a heartbeat based on current form.

 

[Dogs 13]

That’s the second best thing I’ve seen this season (behind Libba chasing down Hill).

That same game West’s tackle, harassing and stripping Hill of the ball is seriously underrated.

 

[grassman75]

If he had of had 2 broken legs he still would've put in a better performance than JUH

Hindsight is a wonderful thing

 

[grassman75]

11 score involvements as a forward when your team has 37 total scores isn't really that impressive.

I'm also glad we are not reliant on a key forward to kick bags for us either. The question for me is whether Naughton is giving us more than someone in the VFL currently would. Right now it's close between him and Gardner for mine. Gardner would take more marks but Naughts is probably stronger in the ground ball contests. If I had to pick between Naughton and Buku then it'd be Buku in a heartbeat based on current form.

It’s the VFL. surely you saw enough Gardener in his time in the AFL to know that he’s solid but panics too much

 

[spindles11]

We were sat on level 2 so can see/hear the on field chatter and it was good to see when McNeil burnt another dogs player and (can’t remember who it was) and bont, libba and Kennedy went to him to remind him of the team first rules that seem to be really clear atm. I feel like at times in the past we’ve been devoid of on field leaders but there’s a lot out there atm

 

[Norm De Guerre]

11 score involvements as a forward when your team has 37 total scores isn't really that impressive.

Really? What a odd take in search of a supporting argument.

Other than Richards with 13. 11 was an equal game high in our side and as expected they were all players running riot through the midfield.

Ive just rechecked and Naughton had 10 Score involvements. Not 11. My mistake.

Khamis had 8.

I'm also glad we are not reliant on a key forward to kick bags for us either. The question for me is whether Naughton is giving us more than someone in the VFL currently would. Right now it's close between him and Gardner for mine. Gardner would take more marks but Naughts is probably stronger in the ground ball contests. If I had to pick between Naughton and Buku then it'd be Buku in a heartbeat based on current form.

How can it even be close between Naughton and Gardner when its comes to playing the KPF role?

Gardner is pretty clearly a break glass option as a KPD and more a stable pony and tutor for developing KPD on our list. Im almost certain that regardless of his recent good form at Footscray that we'd still bring in Busslingler if we lost one of JO'D, Lobb and Jones wasn't available. Even the latter is now becoming doubtful as next in line.

So the idea that Gardner is somehow going to transfer his recent form and become a viable KPF something he's never shown an aptitude for is pretty fanciful. Its a long way from beating state league KPF to playing Naughtons role and doing better, breaking even with or even beating the games elite KPD which is exactly what we'd be asking Gardner to do in your scenario.

 

[grassman75]

Really? What a odd take in search of a supporting argument.

Other than Richards with 13. 11 was an equal game high in our side and as expected they were all players running riot through the midfield.

Ive just rechecked and Naughton had 10 Score involvements. Not 11. My mistake.

Khamis had 8.



How can it even be close between Naughton and Gardner when its comes to playing the KPF role?

Gardner is pretty clearly a break glass option as a KPD and more a stable pony and tutor for developing KPD on our list. Im almost certain that regardless of his recent good form at Footscray that we'd still bring in Busslingler if we lost one of JO'D, Lobb and Jones wasn't available. Even the latter is now becoming doubtful as next in line.

So the idea that Gardner is somehow going to transfer his recent form and become a viable KPF something he's never shown an aptitude for is pretty fanciful. Its a long way from beating state league KPF to playing Naughtons role and doing better, breaking even with or even beating the games elite KPD which is exactly what we'd be asking Gardner to do in your scenario.

Praise the Norm!

What have they put in the water at BigFloppas house?

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Praise the Norm!

What have they put in the water at BigFloppas house?

To be fair. One can never be sure who's behind new accounts.

So its best to play them with a very straight bat.

 

[BigFloppa]

Really? What a odd take in search of a supporting argument.

Other than Richards with 13. 11 was an equal game high in our side and as expected they were all players running riot through the midfield.

Ive just rechecked and Naughton had 10 Score involvements. Not 11. My mistake.

Khamis had 8.



How can it even be close between Naughton and Gardner when its comes to playing the KPF role?

Gardner is pretty clearly a break glass option as a KPD and more a stable pony and tutor for developing KPD on our list. Im almost certain that regardless of his recent good form at Footscray that we'd still bring in Busslingler if we lost one of JO'D, Lobb and Jones wasn't available. Even the latter is now becoming doubtful as next in line.

So the idea that Gardner is somehow going to transfer his recent form and become a viable KPF something he's never shown an aptitude for is pretty fanciful. Its a long way from beating state league KPF to playing Naughtons role and doing better, breaking even with or even beating the games elite KPD which is exactly what we'd be asking Gardner to do in your scenario.

Yeah okay. That's a really convincing argument tbh so I'm gonna concede that you're right here. Naughton even in the worst form of his career is probably better than any other option we've got. Let's all hope he can turn it around for the next two games.

 

[dogwatch]

It’s criminal that he hasn’t ever had one.

I think he and Ed will be in the frame if their form holds. Hopefully they take his last contribution into account when selecting the side.

The problem is having three AA standard midfielders in Bont, Richards and Libba. If it's fair to call that a "problem"!

It's just possible all three could be in the 40 man short list but it would be rare indeed to have all three in the final 22 (or is it 23 these days?) Unfortunately of the three, Libba is the most likely to miss out assuming Richards continues with the form he has shown over the first 10 rounds.

 

[HK_Bulldog]

11 score involvements as a forward when your team has 37 total scores isn't really that impressive.

I'm also glad we are not reliant on a key forward to kick bags for us either. The question for me is whether Naughton is giving us more than someone in the VFL currently would. Right now it's close between him and Gardner for mine. Gardner would take more marks but Naughts is probably stronger in the ground ball contests. If I had to pick between Naughton and Buku then it'd be Buku in a heartbeat based on current form.

I haven't seen Gardner play for a while now but last time I saw him, his kicking for goal makes Naughton look like Dickson.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

The problem is having three AA standard midfielders in Bont, Richards and Libba. If it's fair to call that a "problem"!

It's just possible all three could be in the 40 man short list but it would be rare indeed to have all three in the final 22 (or is it 23 these days?) Unfortunately of the three, Libba is the most likely to miss out assuming Richards continues with the form he has shown over the first 10 rounds.

There is a way around it. Name Richards at half back, Libba in the middle, Bont at half forward.

If the AA team was announced today you'd almost have to include them, plus Dale.

 

[Philthy1]

There is a way around it. Name Richards at half back, Libba in the middle, Bont at half forward.

If the AA team was announced today you'd almost have to include them, plus Dale.

Which is why the AA team is a joke. Naming Bont at HF and Richards HB in positions that they don't play in.

 

[Mojorisin]

Bit of a weird one but did anyone get a photo of the banner?
I wanted to make it my profile photo.

 

[dogwatch]

There is a way around it. Name Richards at half back, Libba in the middle, Bont at half forward.

If the AA team was announced today you'd almost have to include them, plus Dale.

Not sure who you'd leave out of the AA team TBH. Maybe Bramble.