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What: A game of football
When: Round 2 Sunday 3:20pm AEST
Where: Etihad Stadium
Who: Western Bulldogs v The West Coast
How: Win the ruck knock, loose the clearance, intercept the opposition kick, bomb the ball into the 50 to an outnumbered small forward, jag a goal. Rinse and repeat.
Roof open or closed?
West Coast go into the game coming off a valiant performance against a very accomplished Sydney, while the Bulldogs seemed to be suffering an extended premiership hangover last week against GWS. Both teams will be looking to rebound faster than Russell Westbrook clambering over one of his team mates to get a board.
The bulldogs have been rewarded for their success over the last few years and have been given the lucrative Sunday mid afternoon time-slot during the middle of a long weekend. They have clearly identified it as a blockbuster game and have gone to town, putting on a giant Easter egg hunt, face painting, a petting zoo* (*guest appearance by Masto) and giant board games. All I can say, is if you volunteer to get your face painted on April fools, you deserve whatever you get.
Recent History
Last 5 times they have met the results have gone 3-2 in the Eagles favour... although the dogs won the one that counted.
Key Matchups
The bulldogs set numbers around the ball and aim to win clearances. If Naitanui starts to dominate English he will be able to give clean ball to the Eagles mids, which will go a long way to the Eagles getting ascendancy.
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Expect to see Redpath back in the dogs team this week. Barrass just had 8 goals kicked on him so this will be a pivotal contest.
Stringer v Stenglein
Stringers output for the dogs last week was about the same as his output for them most of last season. If he lifts the Eagles will need a big effort by Stenglein to stem the bleeding.
Possible changes
A couple of big outs for the bulldogs in Liberatore and Crozier. Wallis the obvious choice to replace Liberatore. Croziers replacement will depend on the balance of the dogs and how they decide to use Wood.
Do the Eagles need to take in 3 tall defenders against the Dogs? If not then Schofield's spot could be replaced by a more mobile runner.
A funny gif
Useless Fact
1. On April Fools Day in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson designed a hot air balloon to look like a UFO and hired a dwarf in an E.T. costume to come out and scare whoever was near it when it landed.
Tip
Work hard; be good to your mother
We're clearly the better team and deserve to go in as favourites. Stats don't lie. We lost to GWS by 67 points last time we played them, the Dogs lost by 82 points. Clearly better.
Eagles by 15 points
When: Round 2 Sunday 3:20pm AEST
Where: Etihad Stadium
Who: Western Bulldogs v The West Coast
How: Win the ruck knock, loose the clearance, intercept the opposition kick, bomb the ball into the 50 to an outnumbered small forward, jag a goal. Rinse and repeat.
Roof open or closed?
West Coast go into the game coming off a valiant performance against a very accomplished Sydney, while the Bulldogs seemed to be suffering an extended premiership hangover last week against GWS. Both teams will be looking to rebound faster than Russell Westbrook clambering over one of his team mates to get a board.
The bulldogs have been rewarded for their success over the last few years and have been given the lucrative Sunday mid afternoon time-slot during the middle of a long weekend. They have clearly identified it as a blockbuster game and have gone to town, putting on a giant Easter egg hunt, face painting, a petting zoo* (*guest appearance by Masto) and giant board games. All I can say, is if you volunteer to get your face painted on April fools, you deserve whatever you get.
Recent History
Last 5 times they have met the results have gone 3-2 in the Eagles favour... although the dogs won the one that counted.
Key Matchups
The bulldogs set numbers around the ball and aim to win clearances. If Naitanui starts to dominate English he will be able to give clean ball to the Eagles mids, which will go a long way to the Eagles getting ascendancy.
Expect to see Redpath back in the dogs team this week. Barrass just had 8 goals kicked on him so this will be a pivotal contest.
Stringer v Stenglein
Stringers output for the dogs last week was about the same as his output for them most of last season. If he lifts the Eagles will need a big effort by Stenglein to stem the bleeding.
Possible changes
A couple of big outs for the bulldogs in Liberatore and Crozier. Wallis the obvious choice to replace Liberatore. Croziers replacement will depend on the balance of the dogs and how they decide to use Wood.
Do the Eagles need to take in 3 tall defenders against the Dogs? If not then Schofield's spot could be replaced by a more mobile runner.
A funny gif
Useless Fact
1. On April Fools Day in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson designed a hot air balloon to look like a UFO and hired a dwarf in an E.T. costume to come out and scare whoever was near it when it landed.
Tip
Work hard; be good to your mother
We're clearly the better team and deserve to go in as favourites. Stats don't lie. We lost to GWS by 67 points last time we played them, the Dogs lost by 82 points. Clearly better.
Eagles by 15 points
