Review Bulldogs get by the Swans. 105-96

[JohnnySteel]

Kids rose to the occasion when needed. Sanders & Freijah.
Davidson smother. Huge.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Nice to win without playing particularly well. It's important to get those kind of wins if you want to finish top 4. Sydney's set shot kicking definitely killed them

Good to see great performances from Naughton and Bramble, two guys who have had underwhelming seasons to date. Naughton was huge in the second, Bramble in the third. Hopefully this can kickstart their individual seasons

Freijah had a really special performance. Best game so far

 

[TiAn_]

Naughton & Freijah & Bramble - match winners

Hynes tired but did well and went hard when he needed to

 

[Anja_Nees]

Bizarre that Libba and Bont have only played 187 games together - highlights how much footy Libba has missed.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Naughton & Freijah & Bramble - match winners

Hynes tired but did well and went hard when he needed to

Fantastic hands.

 

[JohnnySteel]

That ground was dangerous. Glad we got the win & no injuries.

 

[goodcop badcop]

Impressed with our lesser lights, Bramble in particular really deserves a heap of praise. Naughton was really good too.

Can't remember a worse game from the Bont and a lot of our midfielders in Libba and Richards. Really good win considering how average they were.

 

[Struggle]

Big shout out to Lobb

Ragdolled Francis so bad that he spent the rest of the game hiding up the other end of the ground

 

[JohnnySteel]

Naughton’s best game for the year.

 

[dergert]

So impressed with Davidson. Everywhere across the ground and is standing up in tackles.

 

[MJG14]

Freijah is truly incredible.

Best game I've seen from Naughton in ages. Was marking superbly and looked dynamic all night. Only blemish was the one that hit the post.

Thought Sanders had some really important individual moments in the final quarter, including going back with the flight near the end.

He cops a bit on here but Bramble played a great game. Got things happening and saved our arse on a couple of occasions, including near the end when he had to clean up that messy kick under pressure.

 

[X_box_X]

I've had a bit to drink. But I'm happy. First time I've been happy all year.

Swans brought it, we delivered.

 

[TheScriptorWL]

Ugly Win! But it's a bloody win! CARN THE DOGS!

Freijah was going pound for pound with Heeney in that third. Won it for us, in my mind.

 

[dergert]

Sanders... Plz kick more boy.

 

[Ash1337]

The short break played a part there I think. Won but some of the players were flat. Hope a better showing next week.

 

[MaxiBont]

Sanders back with the flight in the last couple mins. He’s a beauty. Just want him to back his kicking more.

Absolutely loved that. Match winning courage

 

[Mofra]

Sanders back with the flight in the last couple mins. He’s a beauty. Just want him to back his kicking more.

Weirdly, he did kick a lot more in the first half and was very good.

Bramble's second half was outstanding.

West has real footy IQ. Smart player.

 

[Wetdog]

I don’t care how we did it. We did it.

We needed the 4 points and we did it.

Every top teams have their bad wins and this was one of ours.

I recon you could argue that it was our best win of the season.

Bont, Libba and Richards were down on usual output. The whole team started flat.

5 day break. Away game. Awful ground conditions. Swans came to play. They were pumped for this one. And we did what we needed to do.

It was a nice feeling putting the Swans season to bed. See you next year, w***ers.

 

[JTCWBFC]

I’m at the game. My love for freijah cannot be put into words.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Glad I didn't pull the trigger on my post re: Bramble and Freijah at half time.

Theres a lesson in there somewhere kids. If you care to take it.

 

[Oliver G]

doggiesin08 Last time we won with fewer shots was R7, GWS had 29 we had 26.

 

[X_box_X]

its so strange hearing toby green saying positive things about us

What the? Tell me more.

Was he commentating tonight or a Tweet?

 

[CDBulldog]

Garcia for Mcniel - has to happen next week. Harmes lucky to keep his spot

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Can't rely on oppositions only kicking 4 goals from about 13 set shots regularly, but it's a win we can bank to balance out some of the narrow losses when we played better earlier in the year.

Other than that, the fact that the kids played well is exciting. Sanders, Freijah and Hynes could very well be a premiership winning centre bounce trio in 5 or 10 years.

 

[SackofTaters]

Great game by the Colonel, ridiculous game by Freij.

Naughton regained a lot of lost confidence tonight which is most welcome...

I dub Bramble the Plumber, runs cold then hot.. Great game.

Coffield... Yeah, nah...