Preview Rd 10: Changes vs Saints

[Del203211]

Don’t mind the matchs up of Naughty on Howard and Frawley on Bruce

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Don’t mind the matchs up of Naughty on Howard and Frawley on Bruce

Are either of them athletic enough to go with Naughton? It wouldn's surprise me to see Wilkie on him for large parts of the game.

 

[Del203211]

Are either of them athletic enough to go with Naughton? It wouldn's surprise me to see Wilkie on him for large parts of the game.

Yikes. Expecting a big game from Aaron then

 

[mackem]

Fun fact: We've won every first quarter this year

Hope you haven't cursed us. I would hate to lose the 1st quarter against this mob.

 

[compact72]

Saints up by 5 points with 20 seconds left. Weightman marks near the boundary line, banana, and bang. Would be fantastic

 

[Dazb86]

Saints up by 5 points with 20 seconds left. Weightman marks near the boundary line, banana, and bang. Would be fantastic

No thank you

Hoping for a stress free game. A nice comfortable 24 point win without the lead changing would be good.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

This is because you're judging him in the context of his previous performances. Because he didn't make any glaring errors, you perceive it as "playing well", when in reality, 13 disposals and not being particularly damaging is still very much mediocre for a player in a team that's meant to be contending. That isn't even getting to the fact that he did nothing in the VFL to earn selection in the first place, and that he has no business being in the team ahead of Mitch Wallis.

Roarke Smith has been on the list for 6 years, and has never been anything other than an average player.

LOL I like Wallis but he ain’t running up and down the ground like Roarke, sometimes you need role players not kick chasers

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

In junktime?

What if Naughton did his knee crashing a pack in the last 5 minutes of a game we were 40+ points up in? Would you still say he was right to keep crashing packs? In scenarios like that, players often tend to drop their work-rate and jog around to avoid risking injury, which is basic common sense.

Yep I would

some players are full on it’s not like driving a car you know

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Can I ask what he did to play well?

I reckon if I have to explain it then it’s not likely you will acknowledge anyway but he played his role that he was asked which was primarily defensive pressure

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I was hoping to see Buku again.

I thought he played as well as a first gamer could.

Didn’t run the game out so was a liability in that last qtr

He will be back but he needs to continue to improve his fitness

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

There's a long list of VFL players who could do that and more at AFL level.

Mitch Wallis is more than capable of all that. He's also shown he can be a high disposal winner in midfield, and a very solid medium forward. He's also actually performing well at VFL level.

Not at Roarkes pace he cant

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

John Georgiades begs to differ - hopefully Buku hasn’t reached his zenith though


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JohnG actually played a decent 2nd one as well but not much after that

 

[Triple Baileys]

Big concerns for me, they've brought in McKernan as the 2nd ruck.

Don't be. Playing McKernan for them is like playing one short.

 

[Triple Baileys]

Can I ask what he did to play well?

Smother of the decade.

 

[HK_Bulldog]

Obviously Mitch's dad... or mum...

I know it’s a joke but Steve Wallis is a great clubman and all round good bloke.

 

[gordo2016]

Steve Wallis walked past me in Moonee Ponds a couple of hours ago. He was on his phone otherwise I would have asked him how Mitch was going. I did say "go dogs" as he walked past and he turned around and gave me a smile.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

I know it’s a joke but Steve Wallis is a great clubman and all round good bloke.

Both Steve and Sue are Bulldog Royalty and the nicest people to boot.

 

[Philthy1]

Both Steve and Sue are Bulldog Royalty and the nicest people to boot.

Yes, they are.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

I know it’s a joke but Steve Wallis is a great clubman and all round good bloke.

Just like Scotty West

 

[Optimistic Dog]

I guess if selection is the only problem we have this season certainly creating the most posts we are in pretty good shape.

 

[Oliver G]

Young not playing VFL tonight, all 3 other emergencies are.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Young not playing VFL tonight, all 3 other emergencies are.

Sub?

 

[Oliver G]

Sub?

Possibly, I’ll post if the other 3 are on limited minutes.

 

[Fossie 32]

John Georgiades begs to differ - hopefully Buku hasn’t reached his zenith though


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Or Jade Rawlings he was a bit of a reenactment of Georgiades

 

[Brian Perrin]

Or Jade Rawlings he was a bit of a reenactment of Georgiades

I’m pretty sure I would have had a similar debut to JG or JR and then my career would have petered out faster that JG’s - but that one game…!!!

Hopefully the J as an initial think works for Marra - but then he plays another 349 games for us


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