No Oppo Supporters Non Bulldog Footy Talk - Bulldogs only - Part 4

[NBates]

 

[ManOfClay]

Early call and might be an unpopular opinion but i’ll speak my piece.

Jason Horne-Francis needs to improve a hell of a lot to get to the level of hype he generates. Now I know being drafted to north he was always going to be overhyped on bigfooty because that supporter group is notorious for pumping up the tires of every single player that sets foot in Arden Street but hear me out.

He looks like a classic early developer who physically can match it with the big boys, and he’s certainly competitive. But he seems to be 75% effort 25% skill. This will hold his rating in good stead as a kid in the short term but does he have the improvement in him that less developed kids who are already outperforming him do? It would be quite astounding if physically at least he did.

Mitch Robinson

5

Mitch Robinson

Age

34

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

15.8

4star

K

11.3

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.9

3star

CL

1.8

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.6

5star

for example is hard as a cats head and is a solid AFL footballer but is he as good as a player like Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

who isn’t as physical but tears teams up?

I think Daicos will be a much better footballer over the journey.

 

[weltschmerz]

Early call and might be an unpopular opinion but i’ll speak my piece.

Jason Horne-Francis needs to improve a hell of a lot to get to the level of hype he generates. Now I know being drafted to north he was always going to be overhyped on bigfooty because that supporter group is notorious for pumping up the tires of every single player that sets foot in Arden Street but hear me out.

He looks like a classic early developer who physically can match it with the big boys, and he’s certainly competitive. But he seems to be 75% effort 25% skill. This will hold his rating in good stead as a kid in the short term but does he have the improvement in him that less developed kids who are already outperforming him do? It would be quite astounding if physically at least he did.

Mitch Robinson for example is hard as a cats head and is a solid AFL footballer but is he as good as a player like Lachie Neale who isn’t as physical but tears teams up?

I think Daicos will be a much better footballer over the journey.

Meanwhile the player who really should be leading the Rising Star count is Nic Martin.

 

[ManOfClay]

Meanwhile the player who really should be leading the Rising Star count is Nic Martin.

Yep he’s been great. I just think Daicos has that something about him

 

[ossie_21]

Everyone knows Daicos should have been number 1 but some dodgy dealings made it go otherwise.

Faux #1 playing for a faux tough guy club

 

[Some Idiot]

Early call and might be an unpopular opinion but i’ll speak my piece.

Jason Horne-Francis needs to improve a hell of a lot to get to the level of hype he generates. Now I know being drafted to north he was always going to be overhyped on bigfooty because that supporter group is notorious for pumping up the tires of every single player that sets foot in Arden Street but hear me out.

He looks like a classic early developer who physically can match it with the big boys, and he’s certainly competitive. But he seems to be 75% effort 25% skill. This will hold his rating in good stead as a kid in the short term but does he have the improvement in him that less developed kids who are already outperforming him do? It would be quite astounding if physically at least he did.

Mitch Robinson for example is hard as a cats head and is a solid AFL footballer but is he as good as a player like Lachie Neale who isn’t as physical but tears teams up?

I think Daicos will be a much better footballer over the journey.

At worst he reminds me of Cal Ward. Think he does have better skills though. He'll be a gun for a long time, whether he'll reach brownlow medal heights like Lachie Neale is anyone's guess.

 

[maddog37]

Early call and might be an unpopular opinion but i’ll speak my piece.

Jason Horne-Francis needs to improve a hell of a lot to get to the level of hype he generates. Now I know being drafted to north he was always going to be overhyped on bigfooty because that supporter group is notorious for pumping up the tires of every single player that sets foot in Arden Street but hear me out.

He looks like a classic early developer who physically can match it with the big boys, and he’s certainly competitive. But he seems to be 75% effort 25% skill. This will hold his rating in good stead as a kid in the short term but does he have the improvement in him that less developed kids who are already outperforming him do? It would be quite astounding if physically at least he did.

Mitch Robinson for example is hard as a cats head and is a solid AFL footballer but is he as good as a player like Lachie Neale who isn’t as physical but tears teams up?

I think Daicos will be a much better footballer over the journey.

Ollie Wines won a Brownlow last year based on grunt over skill.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Wonder how long before Ginnivan achieves Weightman-level hate for “drawing free kicks”. Commentators admiring his “skill” at this

 

[The Inbetweener]

Pretty slick handball from Lipinski leading to the Pies last goal. For all his faults you certainly want the ball in his hands going inside 50

 

[doggies ftw]

Pretty slick handball from Lipinski leading to the Pies last goal. For all his faults you certainly want the ball in his hands going inside 50

Bruce said himself last year the one person you want delivering inside 50 over Bont, Macrae etc was Lipinski.

I don’t really care he’s gone but still would prefer him in this side averaging 15-20 touches in an outside role over what we’ve got

Not everyone in the side has to be a grunt inside player

 

[doggies ftw]

Logan McDonald really adds some perspective to Jamarras performances. McDonald was coming off dominating the WAFL and everyone thought he was going to have an instant impact, Jamarra coming from much further back with no football in his draft year and yet they’ve both struggled the same at AFL level.

Swans happy to develop McDonald in a competing side though - we have to do the same

 

[WAbulldog]

Well Sydney losing to Gold Coast makes me happy

 

[fred cook]

Not everyone in the side has to be a grunt inside player

I think a man called Luke Beveridge would completely disagree with the above comment

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Well Sydney losing to Gold Coast makes me happy

They lost the free kicks too - need a Royal Commission!

 

[fred cook]

They lost the free kicks too - need a Royal Commission!

These Swans fans are hysterical Game Day - Bloods - Suns - 7 May @ 1:45 PM @ SCG

 

[WAbulldog]

These Swans fans are hysterical Game Day - Bloods - Suns - 7 May @ 1:45 PM @ SCG

Only watch the last quarter but by the looks of it they only pay attention about the umps instead of the actual game.

 

[fred cook]

Only watch the last quarter but by the looks of it they only pay attention about the umps instead of the actual game.

yep If results go a certain way this weekend we could end up only two games away from fourth spot

 

[Bazzas Lovechild]

yep If results go a certain way this weekend we could end up only two games away from fourth spot

Bizarre because we are the proverbial mile away from 4th.

 

[Bulldogs85]

These Swans fans are hysterical Game Day - Bloods - Suns - 7 May @ 1:45 PM @ SCG

They love blaming the umpires when they lose

 

[fred cook]

Bizarre because we are the proverbial mile away from 4th.

Totally agree I wonder how much of an effect the last two crazy years regarding the Covid pandemic is still affecting the competition

 

[dogwatch]

They love blaming the umpires when they lose

Did you read our autopsy thread last night?

 

[Bulldogs85]

Did you read our autopsy thread last night?

Not as bad as the swans fans they do week after week when the *ers lose

 

[Chicago1]

So we've won as many games as the Gold Coast Suns. OK

 

[WAbulldog]

So we've won as many games as the Gold Coast Suns. OK

That’s pretty sad not gonna lie

 

[dogwatch]

That’s pretty sad not gonna lie

They aren't that bad. They have a few gun players I'd love to have on our list.