AFL Toast RND 21: Defeated The Dogs

[citizen-erased]

Great sportsmanship from Stringer helping Bruce up from his injury well done to him

sad he hurt himself and hope he's ok
Has been a good steal by the Dogs.

 

[boncer34]

The inconsistency of the umpires is a frustration as well as the AFL. The umpires are human and make mistakes obviously but they are mistakes that can cost you a game. The Bont one which resulted in a goal would be called HTB a lot of the time surely? He took on a tackler who he beat, and then dropped the ball during the 2nd tackle is the way i saw it.

Not under current "interpretations."

Knocked out in the tackle, play on. We had a few today too.

 

[Sonaldo]

Seriously smith needs to retire. Sick of his selfish acts.

 

[Bulldogs85]

also, if you want to console yourself, imagine how Carlton fans are taking this.

Have a uncle that follows Carlton so I hate that club with a passion wander how Adam Saad loves that loser culture over their

 

[Bjchan13]

Not under current "interpretations."

Knocked out in the tackle, play on. We had a few today too.

I did see Merrett get away with one. Just feel like sometimes they pay it and sometimes they dont

 

[citizen-erased]

Have a uncle that follows Carlton so I hate that club with a passion wander how Adam Saad loves the loser culture over their

i'd like to say i'm the bigger man and there is no touch of schadenfreude here.....
but i'm not, and there is.
Hope the Lions go out in the finals without a win as well

 

[DERO]

Gia would of had inside information on how to play us and it worked I would rather you guys in the finals then SHiTMOND

I think the way he showed Peter Weight how to kick 7 goals was pure genius.

 

[citizen-erased]

Seriously smith needs to retire. Sick of his selfish acts.

was his that late kick to go 4 up that barely went 30m?

1st out when McGrath/Heppell back
TBH, i'd drop him for Perkins now he's had his rest.

 

[boncer34]

I did see Merrett get away with one. Just feel like sometimes they pay it and sometimes they dont

It's all due to "interpretation."

Previously it was HTB, black/white clear cut. Now... grey area. Coz, ya know, that's what the rules needs.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Amazing win. Making finals would be a good experience for this young team, and if we can beat the top team with half-a-dozen best 22 players out we can beat anybody.

But Devon Smith

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Devon Smith

Age

32

Ht

176cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

5.3

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

16.3

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

15.6

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.2

3star

seriously needs to go. Could tolerate his selfishness when he was a good player, but now that he's bog average (at best) he's a liability.

 

[Duckworth]

Think Perkins will find it hard to make his way back in after that win.

 

[Chief Hopper]

Great win.
I was dreading a dogs resurgence in the last quarter, but credit to how this teams building we held strong.

 

[Bulldogs85]

I think the way he showed Peter Weight how to kick 7 goals was pure genius.

Yet we kept Ashley Hansen thanks for Rubbing that in

 

[Bjchan13]

It's all due to "interpretation."

Previously it was HTB, black/white clear cut. Now... grey area. Coz, ya know, that's what the rules needs.

Hopefully they can sort out the interpretation with the new AFL football boss

 

[Eagle Bomber]

Finally beat a top six team. Huge for this young group.

Beat a top 1 team.

 

[citizen-erased]

Think Perkins will find it hard to make his way back in after that win.

In: A.Perkins
Out: D.Smith

not so hard

 

[Phone]

Seriously smith needs to retire. Sick of his selfish acts.

you made dave sad.

 

[yodellinhank]

Much rather a win like that over a higher draft pick. This belief will do far more for the young group

That's why I'd be happier losing first week of finals than missing altogether. Exposure to the level we need to play. Let's get used to it. We can go with the best teams on our day.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Between the Boomers and the Bombers, this is about as good as a lockdown weekend gets!

 

[Kyptastic]

We went up against the best midfield in the comp at full strength and beat them. Without McGrath, Langford or Caldwell. Epic win!

 

[Summer Nights]

bit of a weird performance in that none of the stars had games that would be even in their top 5 this season, and some guys like Hind and Ridley were even disappointing today. in addition to Wright and Francis, Cutler, Clarke & Snelling were the surprising ones to me


It's an automatic free-kick the moment you're caught bouncing the ball as it's the rare occasion that a player is literally dropping the ball. The tackle happened before the whistle. Why Cox took a bounce is beyond me

And since I've dragged myself into it. First Bont free-kick was correct, no prior opportunity and then ball knocked out of the tackle, initially I thought Shiel was unlucky as I thought he had no way of knowing the ball was gone, but he knocked it out of Bont's arms, so. Second Bont free-kick also correct, ended up a being a sling tackle and Bont's head hit the ground. Historically umpires have been very lax in calling these tackles, to the point that we've seen it paid as HTB and then the player gets suspended 2 days later, so Redmond is a bit unlucky, but it was there.

God I already regret that. I'm leaving for the Dylan Clarke thread

Dude. Your takes on umpiring free kicks are consistently wrong, deliberately contrarion and just plain tiring. I would bother to pick apart your points, but since you opted to let my response last time go through to the keeper, I won’t bother again. But seriously, enough with the groan-worthy trying-to-be-different persona. You think the average fan doesn’t understand the rules but the irony is it’s you who doesn’t interpret them properly.

 

[Phone]

was his that late kick to go 4 up that barely went 30m?

it was. i made sure to have FanFooty open to see Smith get a +3 and he did. He seems to have no idea that he can barely kick a drop punt 35 metres let alone a snap. one of the worst decisions you'll ever see

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Shout out to the defence. Yeah Dogs missed some sitters but considering Dogs 60 inside 50s did a terrific job. Laverde and Ridley with 17 intercepts between them

 

[bennyg12]

was his that late kick to go 4 up that barely went 30m?

1st out when McGrath/Heppell back
TBH, i'd drop him for Perkins now he's had his rest.

Got 2 more years off that

 

[Macca18]

I thought we had absolutely ZERO chance pre-game so these wins are often the best and tonight is no exception.

Given the fixture of the teams around us in the next two weeks (compared with ours), we NEED to play with that same intensity over the next fortnight and the most unlikely finals appearance in the history of our club will occur. From there we know what the script has looked like in the past but we've got to at least give ourselves the opportunity.

We do what we did today against the Suns and Pies (at any ground) and it's all over for them.

We are the sort of side that will throw away all the good work of today with a loss to the Suns next week. Don't DO it.