What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 2

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Luke Beveridge and Simon Dalrymple would have to be the most astute staff appointments in our Club's history.
If Dalrymple doesn't have a Collingwood or a West Coast knocking on his door offering him a truckload of cash to defect then those clubs haven't got a clue. He is the master recruiter having overtaken Stephen Wells at Geelong with his recent 'Hail Mary' drafting strategy.
 

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He was interviewed on SEN this morning and he said that his main challenge is not to fall in love with one type of player, to be totally unbiased and take them in any size as long as they can play. He said that some recruiters subconsciously recruit players that are similar to themselves.

It reminded me of Scott Clayton's obsession with recruiting skinny fast players that could never put on weight - he was obviously biased and went after a certain type. It worked for him in 1999 at the Dogs and before that at Brisbane but they did have the best players from Fitzroy come into that team so it's a bit different.

Saw a couple of videos of the 205cm English training and he has footy smarts and can play - it's obvious.
Exciting times at the Dogs
 

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It reminded me of Scott Clayton's obsession with recruiting skinny fast players that could never put on weight - he was obviously biased and went after a certain type. It worked for him in 1999 at the Dogs and before that at Brisbane but they did have the best players from Fitzroy come into that team so it's a bit different.
Just not enough appreciation for contested ball skills. Probably thought that it was easier to teach a player to win a contested ball than it was to teach him to kick well. Apparently it isnt.
 

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He was interviewed on SEN this morning and he said that his main challenge is not to fall in love with one type of player, to be totally unbiased and take them in any size as long as they can play. He said that some recruiters subconsciously recruit players that are similar to themselves.

It reminded me of Scott Clayton's obsession with recruiting skinny fast players that could never put on weight - he was obviously biased and went after a certain type. It worked for him in 1999 at the Dogs and before that at Brisbane but they did have the best players from Fitzroy come into that team so it's a bit different.
Clayton actually added very little to that Brisbane side.

That side consisted of
Zone selections - Voss, Akermanis & Ashcroft
Trades - Lynch, Michael, B. Scott & Pike
Fitzroy - Johnson
Father/Son - Brown
Top picks - Leppitch (4), Lappin (2), Power (6), C. Scott (12)

Good draft picks - Black (31), Bradshaw (56) & Macrae (22)
Shockers - Chapman (pick 2), Hedland (pick 1) & Cupido (pick 6)
 
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Clayton actually added very little to that Brisbane side.

That side consisted of
Zone selections - Voss, Akermanis & Ashcroft
Trades - Lynch, Michael, B. Scott & Pike
Fitzroy - Johnson
Father/Son - Brown
Top picks - Leppitch (4), Lappin (2), Power (6), C. Scott (12)

Good draft picks - Black (31), Bradshaw (56) & Macrae (22)
Shockers - Chapman (pick 2), Hedland (pick 1) & Cupido (pick 6)
I hope you are rating Headland as a shocker purely because he left, not on ability
 

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That article about Bevo is the reason why we wont have a premiership hangover, also something macrae said but ill get back to that.

Bevo has history, when most teams would be happy getting promoted he went on and kept winning. he also had the under 19s performing at the same time, this meant players putting pressure on the side to keep performing. we have already seen this with our VFL side winning the flag as well this year.

also after every game he has made sure we celebrated our wins for a time before focusing on the next match, so winning the premiership and celebrating the victory wont be too much away from how he handles victories during the season, it would have been make sure you enjoy it, but we have a standard to keep and lets focus on the next challenge.


Jack Macrae was talking about lin jong and what he said to keep him at the club, that we are building something special, the fact that there are so many players with jong that will be keeping pressure on our guys week in week out is just another season why we wont slip, that and the fact that most of our players want to create even more history and aren't settled with just one flag.
 

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Interesting to note re Bevo's time at St Bede's/Mentone, two of his players at the time (and two of the ten or so players who actually played in all three flags) are currently involved at the club. Jamie Maddocks is our opposition analyst and is also a development coach whilst Paul Groves is our Women's coach. Both played under Bevo and both (presumably) have learnt from his coaching ethos.
 

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Interesting to note re Bevo's time at St Bede's/Mentone, two of his players at the time (and two of the ten or so players who actually played in all three flags) are currently involved at the club. Jamie Maddocks is our opposition analyst and is also a development coach whilst Paul Groves is our Women's coach. Both played under Bevo and both (presumably) have learnt from his coaching ethos.
Yep. Having similar guys to bevo around the circle only magnifies the effects. I'm all for having more mini bevo clones around.
 

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Footscray fans protest against the proposed merger
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In 1989, Bulldog people power beat VFL plans to merge Footscray and Fitzroy

Jamie Duncan, Herald Sun
December 14, 2016 6:39pm
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WHEN the Footscray Football Club was on the brink of extinction, it was members that came to the rescue.

The rearguard action by fans, reaching into their own pockets to give what they could, saved the team from a forced marriage with Fitzroy.

It was 1989, and the VFL was on the merge of going national with the Sydney, West Coast and the Brisbane Bears already in the competition, and Adelaide to form in 1990 — the same year as the AFL’s inaugural season — to join the league in 1991.

With 11 out of 14 clubs based in Melbourne, and Adelaide to create an odd number of teams and the necessity for a bye each round, the VFL was keen to cut the number of Victorian teams.

Footscray and Fitzroy were the two obvious candidates.

Both had small supporter bases and were in a world of financial pain at the end of the 1980s.

TELL US: Did you protest against the Fitzroy Bulldogs merger in 1989? Do you recognise anyone in the main image? Let us know in the comments below.

The Fitzroy Bulldogs concept was born, but remained secret until it was leaked on October 2, 1989 by Footscray general manager Dennis Galimberti — a merger he regarded as a Fitzroy takeover.

HOW DID VICTORIAN AFL TEAMS SELECT THEIR COLOURS?

“The club had only two alternatives — extinction or merger,” VFL boss Ross Oakley said at the time.

While there were elements of the Footscray guernsey design, the colours were Fitzroy’s.

The new entity was to be known as the Fitzroy Football Club, or the Fitzroy Bulldogs.


Fitzroy's Leon Wiegard, VFL chairman Ross Oakley and Footscray president Nick Columb.

The sticker said it all.

Fans were shocked to read this as though it was a fait accompli.

But they weren’t going down without a fight.
Home games were to be played at Princes Park, then the Lions’ home ground, with training at the Western Oval, and the board was to have had four members from each club, chaired by Fitzroy president Leon Wiegard.

The next day, October 3, shocked fans gathered at the Western Oval while others protested outside VFL House.

“Footscray is being treated like a mangy dog and we are not going to sit down and take it,” former Footscray full-forward Jack Collins said.


Peter Gordon — later club president — was the organiser of the 'Save The Dogs' committee.
HOW BRISBANE OUTPLAYED NORTH MELBOURNE TO MERGE WITH FITZROY

Supporters saw the union in class terms, with inner city toffs taking over a team of battlers from the working class west.

The Save The Dogs Committee was formed that day, with solicitor Peter Gordon as spokesman.

A Supreme Court injunction against the merger was lodged by club supporter Irene Chatfield, claiming the forced merger was outside the VFL’s powers.

In response, the league gave the club three weeks to raise $1.5 million.


Years on, famous Bulldogs supporter Irene Chatfield is reaping the rewards for her diehard battle to save the club. Picture: Michael Dodge/Getty



A history of Melbourne
A rally for the club on October 8 attracted 10,000 people to Western Oval, and $450,000 was raised as Terry Wheeler was hired to replace outgoing coach Mick Malthouse.

A Footscray Fightback tin-rattling campaign over the next week across the western suburbs raised another $160,000.

Signs and bumper stickers with the evocative slogan “UP YOURS OAKLEY” proliferated all over town as supporter anger focused on the league chief.

The groundswell of support and donation from the fans, led by Peter Gordon, won out.

HOW DID AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALLS GET THEIR DISTINCTIVE SHAPE?

Only two weeks later, on October 23, the VFL announced the fundraising campaign had succeeded and that Footscray was safe.

The following week, members elected a new board with Peter Gordon as chairman, replacing a VFL-appointed board.

Fans were jubilant. It was not the end of the Doggies’ struggle, but following the club’s stunning premiership win this year, it’s somehow harder to remember the tough times that came before it.

jamie.duncan@news.com.au


Robert Murphy and Easton Wood hold up the Bulldogs’ 2016 AFL Premiership Cup. Picture: Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images
 

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I remember us taking our sweet time appointing a new coach after McCartney resigned. I was pretty nervous at the time and I was just hoping we didn't stuff up another appointment, I wanted a coach who would take us to a flag. I knew Bevo was the man for the job about round 5 2015. We bloody nailed it.
 

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I know he's from WA but I don't even think the go home factor is huge, he just sums up Melbourne lifestyle. Not to mention he has business interests here. Not going anywhere, think he'll be signing a lengthy contract fairly soon.
His dad lives in Melbourne (Jake Stringer)
 
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Who will captain every club in 2017 and who is next in line?

Al Paton, Herald Sun

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THERE have been some surprising captaincy calls already for 2017 — and there could be more to come.

At some clubs the vacancy sign is up, changes are expected at several others, and who saw the Swans’ decision to replace Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack with Josh Kennedy coming?

We take a closer look at the leadership stocks at every club.


WESTERN BULLDOGS

Bob Murphy returns from knee surgery next year and will step back into the captaincy at age 34 — unless he decides to step aside in favour of close mate Easton Wood, who led the Dogs to the 2016 premiership.

Former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas said recently that it was “illogical” for Murphy to remain skipper. “To have Bob Murphy take that position next year, who would think that would be logical? It goes to the point of future development, and benefit of the club overall,” Thomas said. “Bob Murphy is not going to be any different. He’s still going to do what he’s going to do. Easton Wood might come out of his shell even further — or whoever else they choose — and everyone’s a winner.”

Wood and Marcus Bontempelli were promoted to the leadership group in 2016, joining veterans Dale Morris and Matthew Boyd. Tom Liberatore and Jordan Roughead were left out after injury-marred 2015 seasons but have strong cases for a recall while Bont is a captain in the making.
Last person I would listen to is Grant Thomas, loves a headline and loves talking about himself. I am happy to go with Bevos judgement.
 

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Clayton actually added very little to that Brisbane side.

That side consisted of
Zone selections - Voss, Akermanis & Ashcroft
Trades - Lynch, Michael, B. Scott & Pike
Fitzroy - Johnson
Father/Son - Brown
Top picks - Leppitch (4), Lappin (2), Power (6), C. Scott (12)

Good draft picks - Black (31), Bradshaw (56) & Macrae (22)
Shockers - Chapman (pick 2), Hedland (pick 1) & Cupido (pick 6)
Shockers ?
Des Headland- 166 Games and 177 Goals.
Nathan Chapman- 76 Games and 17 Goals & NFL punter.
Damian Cupido- 53 Games and 66 Goals.
So all got to run through a milestone banner at least once.
All got recruited to new clubs Fremantle, Hawthorn and
Essendon so talent identified more than once.
Shocker should be reserved for guys that can't play and
even then only used in anger.
 
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Hmm. Do we really?

Really and truly?
I know I may have said this in another post but what 2016 really highlights is how wrong people like Oakleigh and Graeme Samuel were. Their argument was that the Dogs could not survive financially when this year has proved we can not only survive but thrive and the AFL as a whole is certainly stronger with a visible viable presence in one of Australia's biggest growth areas, the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
It would have been the stupidest decision of all time to ignore the potential of Western Melbourne and I will forgive those blokes the day they admit that they were wrong!
 
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I rate him a shocker because he was drafted at pick 1 and played about 4 good games in his career.
Ok mate.
Regarding his 2002 season - He would play all remaining games that year, and in a 15-game purple patch from round 11 to the end of the year he would kick 30 goals, average 21 possessions and poll 16 Brownlow Medal votes, including three best-on-grounds and votes in six consecutive games
 
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