AFL Toast RND 21: Defeated The Dogs

[Seb78]

 

[DERO]

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As close as you can get without your eyes getting wet

Howard Moon likes this.

 

[carnthedons]

Howard Moon likes this.

I’m not sure he does

 

[Howard Moon]

I’m not sure he does

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Some say he’s half man, half fish. Others say it’s more of a seventy-thirty split.

 

[ant555]

At stages we where only just hanging on but a good effort to hang in there early and get the game back in control.
Still a bit to work on as far as team defense / zone goes and stopping sides attacking us from half back but we defended the back half pretty well as a team.
Forward line looked a lot more open and we got results. If we keep giving leading room the forwards will get the job done. If we just bomb to congestion then it will not work.
Midfield looked good having 4 good clearance players able to rotate in and out.
Clarke doing well.

 

[Lore]

 

[Call Me Cake]

Would this have happened if we played Carlton

 

[Mercurial89]

Would this have happened if we played Carlton

Hopefully we never have to test it.
ACLs suck, wouldn't wish that on anyone

 

[Lore]

The blueprint for dismantling the doggies:
- Poach a premiership player, use his knowledge of individual players to beat your man
- Poach an assistant coach, use his knowledge of strategy to beat their strategy
- Scout their midfield early in the week, use that knowledge to win the stoppages

“When you look at their team on paper, you’re working out how you try to stop them all. There are so many players with so many strengths at the Doggies, and it’s pretty hard to know which ones to stop at the right times,” Merrett told SEN 1116 on Monday.

“We know how good the Doggies’ hands are in close, and their ability to find the free (man) is probably the best in the comp.

“Stoppage scores went our way on the day and that was probably based off some scouting early in the week. We did a lot of training on how we thought we could go about it and to bring the attitude that we would not be intimidated or shy away because of how good they are, but (instead) play our way.”

“On the night we were able to complement each other well enough. Even though Bont (Marcus Bontempelli

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Marcus Bontempelli

Age

30

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

10.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.8

5star

CL

4.4

5star

D

18.4

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

8.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

4.1

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

1.8

4star

) and Macrae got a fair bit of the ball, I thought we were able to number off reasonably well and force some pressured kicks.”

“It definitely helps having Gia (Giansiracusa). He’s a very good coach in general, but to come across from the Dogs last year, he had some great insights,” he said.

“To also have Jake Stringer

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Jake Stringer

Age

31

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

who was there a few years ago, he understands individual players probably almost better than what Gia does. His insight was awesome. A lot of guys went to him throughout the week to learn how they could play on the opposition players this week, so it’s definitely beneficial and I think a lot of guys took some great learnings into the game to beat their opponent.”

Merrett: How we turned the tables on Dogs

After waiting seven years to experience his second win over the Bulldogs, Zach Merrett reflects on a landmark win.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Smart.

 

[eth-dog]

LEARNINGS

 

[Essendonia]

The blueprint for dismantling the doggies:
- Poach a premiership player, use his knowledge of individual players to beat your man
- Poach an assistant coach, use his knowledge of strategy to beat their strategy
- Scout their midfield early in the week, use that knowledge to win the stoppages

Merrett: How we turned the tables on Dogs

After waiting seven years to experience his second win over the Bulldogs, Zach Merrett reflects on a landmark win.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Smart.

Love Hepp, but not sure I've heard him break it down like this for us. Good to see some business!

 

[Lore]

Love Hepp, but not sure I've heard him break it down like this for us. Good to see some business!

It's rare generally, not too many interviews actually break it down.

Although I think Dimma was doing a weekly video on the Richmond website that people were pretty envious of for a while?

 

[Megabattimus]

It's rare generally, not too many interviews actually break it down.

Although I think Dimma was doing a weekly video on the Richmond website that people were pretty envious of for a while?

I think the Dimma thing you're thinking of is from Making their Mark, the Amazon Prime show that people were talking about earlier this year.

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[Lore]

I think the Dimma thing you're thinking of is from Making their Mark, the Amazon Prime show that people were talking about earlier this year.

On Pixel 3 using BigFooty.com mobile app

Might have been Richo. Whatever it was was definitely on their club website

 

[Atavistic]

I prefer reading this thread to the other one. Brings back good memories.