Not Worth A Thread - Random Bulldog Discussion

[CaptainMurphy]

http://figuringfooty.com/2016/11/21...nt-avenue-to-goal-score-involvements-in-2016/

Didn't know where to put this but a great read about team scoring styles where we feature as a unique style.

 

[TempletonTheRat]

Was Bernie Quinlan ever known as Superboot during his time at Footscray, or did he only acquire that nickname at Fitzroy?

I can remember him playing for us. I have a recollection of my dad telling me he was called Superboot not long after I started following the dogs. I'm not at all certain but believe he was always known as Superboot.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Was Bernie Quinlan ever known as Superboot during his time at Footscray, or did he only acquire that nickname at Fitzroy?

He was being called that by the middle of his second year with the Dogs - when he was about 19...

 

[LittleG]

http://figuringfooty.com/2016/11/21...nt-avenue-to-goal-score-involvements-in-2016/

Didn't know where to put this but a great read about team scoring styles where we feature as a unique style.

Good article. Like the use of percentage rather than raw numbers. Tells a very distinct story.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

http://figuringfooty.com/2016/11/21...nt-avenue-to-goal-score-involvements-in-2016/

Didn't know where to put this but a great read about team scoring styles where we feature as a unique style.

Good read, thanks for sharing.

The reference used for player positions threw up a few interesting ones. Lin Jong as a forward, JJ and Bailey Williams as outside midfielders and Zaine Cordy as a defensive midfielder!

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Good read, thanks for sharing.

The reference used for player positions threw up a few interesting ones. Lin Jong as a forward, JJ and Bailey Williams as outside midfielders and Zaine Cordy as a defensive midfielder!

Bookmarking to read that later, that looks really interesting.

 

[bobby2]

Good read, thanks for sharing.

The reference used for player positions threw up a few interesting ones. Lin Jong as a forward, JJ and Bailey Williams as outside midfielders and Zaine Cordy as a defensive midfielder!

If you look at the categories they've got there, it isn't that surprising. There's no "attacking" or "rebounding" defender- only general defender. The rebounding role that JJ and Williams play is far more similar to an outside midfielder than a defensive player. Similarly, there's no "defensive" forward for Zaine, so defensive mid is the closest thing to his role. As for Jong, he actually spent quite a lot of time forward, and his tendency to take contested marks and kick goals probably fits the forward mould pretty well.

 

[Fossie 32]

Eww.... half of our biggest losses were in the years 1980-82

http://afltables.com/afl/teams/bullldogs/gamer.html

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Eww.... half of our biggest losses were in the years 1980-82

http://afltables.com/afl/teams/bullldogs/gamer.html

I saw most of them...

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I saw most of them...

Remember in 82 i think it was when we had lost about 10 in a row and the hawks had won about the same and we beat them out at the Western Oval on a windy day where I think we kicked about 7 in the last to run over them, almost made up for those losses!!

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

http://figuringfooty.com/2016/11/21...nt-avenue-to-goal-score-involvements-in-2016/

Didn't know where to put this but a great read about team scoring styles where we feature as a unique style.

Makes more sense than a David king squiggly graph

 

[Freshwater]

Remember in 82 i think it was when we had lost about 10 in a row and the hawks had won about the same and we beat them out at the Western Oval on a windy day where I think we kicked about 7 in the last to run over them, almost made up for those losses!!

I went to that game with a bunch of kids and a few dads. We sat behind the Hawthorn interchange bench. And big Dippa wasn't getting much of a run that day and spoke to us kids all arvo and we thought he was the best and followed his career after that. What a great win in a terrible year.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Remember in 82 i think it was when we had lost about 10 in a row and the hawks had won about the same and we beat them out at the Western Oval on a windy day where I think we kicked about 7 in the last to run over them, almost made up for those losses!!

IIRC, Dogs won by about 9 points and Stan "the man" Davison ko'd Lethal.

Was a sight to behold, watching Matthews wander around in a fog for a quarter or so...

 

[The City Boyz]

My date's tomorrow!

 

[Fossie 32]

My date's tomorrow!

What date?

 

[The City Boyz]

What date?

I asked a girl out last Friday... check the non-AFL thread mate

 

[Fossie 32]

I asked a girl out last Friday... check the non-AFL thread mate

Oh right! Best of luck

 

[The City Boyz]

Oh right! Best of luck

Cheers mate!

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Eww.... half of our biggest losses were in the years 1980-82

http://afltables.com/afl/teams/bullldogs/gamer.html

I Was born in 83.
My son was born after the 2015 footy season ready for his first season in 2016.

It's official, I am the saviour.

 

[Fossie 32]

I Was born in 83.
My son was born after the 2015 footy season ready for his first season in 2016.

It's official, I am the saviour.

Nice work! But I reckon it was a team effort......

I was born in 54
My daughter was born in 83 - the end of our horror run
My first son was born in 85 - we missed making the GF by 10 points after a brill year
My youngest son was born in 89 - we saved the club from disappearing
My second grandson was born in 2016........

 

[giblj]

Big fan of this

 

[Pugz89]

Big fan of this

Is that Zaine or Troye Sivan?

 

[giblj]

Is that Zaine or Troye Sivan? View attachment 313749

Both of their names contain unnecessary extra vowels. Coincidence?

 

[giblj]

Was listening to the Junktime Podcast and they had a former Port and Hawthorn recruiter on and they asked if a team had ever selected a player he'd never heard of in the national draft. He said yes, Easton Wood. Thought that was an interesting little titbit.

 

[Fossie 32]

Cheers mate!

Have you posted a review?