Review Dogs 118 Def Suns 56 - Rd 5, 2021

[Bont2Bruce]

Good win, ordinary second half but when we're on it's scary good.

Sweet showed up Bevo for not debuting him last year. Clearly would have been capable of making an impact earlier, good first hitout.

 

[adammonerz]

Time to drop Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

been selfish as of late do a Macrae on him and drop him to the vfl for a few weeks

 

[Jeff 1975]

Never in doubt

Great win

 

[random__hero]

 

[Virgin Dog]

Never thought I'd be anything but hyped after a 60+ point win, yet here we are. That 3rd quarter was deplorable.

Dale played possibly the best game I've seen from him, even better than his purple patch of 2019.

 

[Merlins Revenge]

Any idea on the Williams injury?

 

[Mojorisin]

Swans ended up getting pipped at the post by gws so we a stand alone at the top of the ladder

 

[Bont2Bruce]

With a flurry of Q4 behinds, we managed to actually increase our half time lead from 61 points to 62 points at the finish.

 

[Whoyagot]

Go dogs!! How good are our mids when they’re on! Solid win in the end which is all you want but that third quarter was really poor, hope the boys learn from it!

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Swans ended up getting pipped at the post by gws so we a stand alone at the top of the ladder

Melbourne haven't played yet and haven't lost yet either.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Piss poor effort in the second half. Put the cue in the rack.

 

[Chicago1]

I'll gladly take it. Did well in three out of four quarters. % went up 7.5 to 178.6.

 

[ScragCity]

I'm still really angry about that free against Macrae. I forgive the umpires for getting it wrong fairly often because it's a hard game to umpire. But to make up rules on the spot? I'm sorry but that unforgivable.

Jackson has been ducking under tackles literally for years now. It's a big part of his game. He's not trying to draw a free; he doesn't stop and wait for the whistle. He does it to make himself hard to tackle so he can get a clean handball away (which he did in this instance). And he is well within his rights to do that. There's no such thing as paying a free against for "ducking". If you want to call him putting his head down relinquishing his prior then fine, that's fair, but he's disposing of the ball legally.

I don't give a s**t that we played poorly for a quarter. It was a good game to have our drop off. But * the game is hard to watch when the umpires don't even know the rules. And don't get me started on goal reviews. Max Barry wrote a fantastic blog article on how they destroy the suspense of the game.

 

[Mojorisin]

Melbourne haven't played yet and haven't lost yet either.

They should beat hawks but for at least one night we are the only team to win 5

 

[Scary_Foot_9]

I can’t blame the boys - at HT I was enjoying a bath water spritz with a dash of lime and pondering how we were certs to better Essendon’s 2000 side with 25 wins.

 

[weltschmerz]

Three great quarters, 5-0, a good Sweet debut, I'm pleased.

 

[_Mike_]

Not worried about the 3rd qtr slowdown and a 60+ point win is nothing to snub the nose at. Sure another 100+ would have been a nice to get but FWIW this has traditionally been one of the upset games we’ve seen.

 

[BulldogJake]

Played 3 quarters of perfect footy, then one quarter that was pretty poor while Gold Coast played well in that quarter.

Naughton always seems like his close to another 6-7 goal game, but things don't always go his way (goal review, unpaid mark 10 metres out).

Sweet looked good and it'll be interesting to see whether we rest Martin again next week before the Richmond game or he comes back against GWS.

Surely Daniel will come back in for Scott. Midfield was elite in those 3 quarters. Not much else to say besides go dogs.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

The umpires clearly felt sorry for the Suns and did their best to adjudicate every possible contest in their favour. Shizen umpiring performance, think they only paid one holding the ball all night.

 

[Jeff 1975]

33 Shots to 16

Excellent return

 

[Cadillac]

Mattdougie how was Bailey Dale

31

Bailey Dale

Age

27

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

today?

 

[Spiritof82]

Any idea on the Williams injury?

Heard its a shoulder

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Not worried about the 3rd qtr slowdown and a 60+ point win is nothing to snub the nose at. Sure another 100+ would have been a nice to get but FWIW this has traditionally been one of the upset games we’ve seen.

Disagree. We should be disappointed with that effort. We should’ve beat that team by twice that margin.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Poor second half but we still outscored them. No idea how, but we did and if we can play that poorly and still do that we’re going alright.

 

[Fossie 32]

Their #4 in the back line had a bit of the Heath Shaw

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Heath Shaw

Age

38

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.0

5star

K

15.8

5star

HB

5.2

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

2.4

4star

MG

472.4

5star

D

14.5

3star

K

11.0

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.6

3star

MG

244.0

4star

D

13.4

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

5.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

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