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I miss Picken more
Miss Dale so much
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I miss Picken more
Miss Dale so much
Add Morris and the 2021 Bulldogs would be unstoppable.
Don’t get ahead of yourself.. plenty of teams (st KOODA, north Melbourne, Port have won their first 11 games and looked like a million dollars..only for it to not count for much at the end of the year. Having said that, you’ve only won 2 flags. One was so long ago its not relevant to the conversation, and the other was an amazing month of football to come from the bottom of the eight. So if you win this grand final you will clearly be the greatest Bulldogs team ever. But if you don’t win the grand final.. you’re no better than the 97 Bulldogs.This is just as much a question as it is a statement. Being in my 20's I havent witnessed many of our best iterations, however this version right now just feels different to all the others. Throughout all the threads we are all waiting for us to cough up an easy game, to let teams back in and at least at this stage we haven't done it. Best midfield in the comp, a very dangerous forward line and incredible ball use. A defence stacked fall of brilliant ball use but which is a bit suspect to one on ones and is probably one kpd away from being where we want it. Is Bont the best Bulldog to ever wear the guernsey, and is this side the best of all previous?
This is coming off the back of a big win vs the saints, making it the first time in our history to have multiple 100 point+ victories in our history
Interesting first post from a Cats fan.Don’t get ahead of yourself.. plenty of teams (st KOODA, north Melbourne, Port have won their first 11 games and looked like a million dollars..only for it to not count for much at the end of the year. Having said that, you’ve only won 2 flags. One was so long ago its not relevant to the conversation, and the other was an amazing month of football to come from the bottom of the eight. So if you win this grand final you will clearly be the greatest Bulldogs team ever. But if you don’t win the grand final.. you’re no better than the 97 Bulldogs.
i’m a Geelong supporter None of those teams in the 90s (that had massive winning streaks and multiple grand final appearances) deserve to even be in the same conversation as that 2007-2011 version. Even last years team last year’s team was better than any team Gary Ablett senior was in.. why? Because unless you win the big one... you’re not in the same stratosphere as a team that did. We performed a lot better in that losing grand final then we did in any of the ones in the 90s. Been five years since your last premiership, so it’s not the same era. This team doesn’t deserve ANY recognition until they do it on grand final day.. and even then can’t claim to be one of the greats until they Atleast win more than one flag in a three year period.. like Bris,Geel,Haw n Rich did.
For what it’s worth.. I think this WILL be the greatest Bulldogs team of all time. That they havent achieved anything significant yet.. and I’m not old enough to know that I’ve heard the 1985 Bulldogs were pretty good too.
I smell a trollInteresting first post from a Cats fan.
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Interesting first post from a Cats fan.
It'd be quite the strange first post if it isnt a troll, cant really put my finger on that one...I smell a troll
Interesting first post from a Cats fan.
I smell a troll
It'd be quite the strange first post if it isnt a troll, cant really put my finger on that one...
Don’t get ahead of yourself.. plenty of teams (st KOODA, north Melbourne, Port have won their first 11 games and looked like a million dollars..only for it to not count for much at the end of the year. Having said that, you’ve only won 2 flags. One was so long ago its not relevant to the conversation, and the other was an amazing month of football to come from the bottom of the eight. So if you win this grand final you will clearly be the greatest Bulldogs team ever. But if you don’t win the grand final.. you’re no better than the 97 Bulldogs.
i’m a Geelong supporter None of those teams in the 90s (that had massive winning streaks and multiple grand final appearances) deserve to even be in the same conversation as that 2007-2011 version. Even last years team last year’s team was better than any team Gary Ablett senior was in.. why? Because unless you win the big one... you’re not in the same stratosphere as a team that did. We performed a lot better in that losing grand final then we did in any of the ones in the 90s. Been five years since your last premiership, so it’s not the same era. This team doesn’t deserve ANY recognition until they do it on grand final day.. and even then can’t claim to be one of the greats until they Atleast win more than one flag in a three year period.. like Bris,Geel,Haw n Rich did.
For what it’s worth.. I think this WILL be the greatest Bulldogs team of all time. That they havent achieved anything significant yet.. and I’m not old enough to know that I’ve heard the 1985 Bulldogs were pretty good too.
Its the eternal pessimism in Dogs supporters...particularly those of us old enough to have seen the losing Prelim run from '85 to '10Too battle scarred to believe we are good yet
Hard to beat the 85 team for sheer belief and quality
This team is building nicely and would be scary if 100% fit
One week at a time
Lid firmly on
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A lot of people said we jagged a flag early like the Hawks did in 08... hopefully he can repeat what they did over the next decade...
Not a very well constructed straw man for your first post.
Create a new alt and try again.
I miss Picken more
Definitely up there with some of the best teams we've had on paper, but a game style and coaching staff plays an imperative part in team success.
I am confident if you combine our current coaching staff with our 2010 team list, then both the 2010 and 2021 lists would be stronger chances of winning the flag than our current list (if that makes sense). I.e. If our current list played our 2021 list with the same coaching staff, I'd back in our 2010 list.
Imagine how good Lindsay Gilbee would be in our current team, for example. You think Bailey Dale is thriving in his role off half back. Gilbee would be even better!
Yes, but we didn't have the coaching staff to seriously challenge.
It'd be quite the strange first post if it isnt a troll, cant really put my finger on that one...
It might be a troll but he/she is not wrong.Don’t get ahead of yourself.. plenty of teams (st KOODA, north Melbourne, Port have won their first 11 games and looked like a million dollars..only for it to not count for much at the end of the year. Having said that, you’ve only won 2 flags. One was so long ago its not relevant to the conversation, and the other was an amazing month of football to come from the bottom of the eight. So if you win this grand final you will clearly be the greatest Bulldogs team ever. But if you don’t win the grand final.. you’re no better than the 97 Bulldogs.
i’m a Geelong supporter None of those teams in the 90s (that had massive winning streaks and multiple grand final appearances) deserve to even be in the same conversation as that 2007-2011 version. Even last years team last year’s team was better than any team Gary Ablett senior was in.. why? Because unless you win the big one... you’re not in the same stratosphere as a team that did. We performed a lot better in that losing grand final then we did in any of the ones in the 90s. Been five years since your last premiership, so it’s not the same era. This team doesn’t deserve ANY recognition until they do it on grand final day.. and even then can’t claim to be one of the greats until they Atleast win more than one flag in a three year period.. like Bris,Geel,Haw n Rich did.
For what it’s worth.. I think this WILL be the greatest Bulldogs team of all time. That they havent achieved anything significant yet.. and I’m not old enough to know that I’ve heard the 1985 Bulldogs were pretty good too.
yeah absolutely. history only looks at grand finals, that isnt lost on me..... however, I do feel that this team currently is stronger than the 2016 team. However, without any grand finals to this iteration then yeah 2016 will take the bickiesHe/she has a point though, we were thrilled to break through and win a flag, but now need to back it up. We have assembled an incredible team that deserve more success.
For sheer talent, I'd still say our 2010 list was the most stacked we've had;
Backs; Dale Morris, Brian Lake, Jarrad Harbrow, Bob Murphy, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee, Liam Picken, Ryan Hargraves, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood.
Mids; Ben Hudson, Will Minson. Adam Cooney, Matthew Boyd, Ryan Griffen, Daniel Cross, Nathan Eagleton, Callan Ward, Dylan Addison.
Forwards; Barry Hall, Brad Johnson, Jason Akermanis, Daniel Giansiracusa, Mitch Hahn, Liam Jones, Shaun Higgins, Josh Hill, Jarrad Grant
That is choc a block with talent, but big personalities and egos also. As a well led collective, this edition has every chance to prove a better team.
I smell a troll