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Smith at 10 an absolute pisstake from the readers. The other 4 are otherwise pretty accurate where I'd have themRobboās Top 50 2021
2. Bont
11. Macrae
36. Libba
38. Bailey Dale
50. Smith
Readerās Top 50 2021
1. Bont
8. Macrae
10. Smith
20. Libba
27. Bailey Dale
Smith at 10 an absolute pisstake from the readers. The other 4 are otherwise pretty accurate where I'd have them
Either that or Robbo hates us. (Who are the "readers" anyway? The WB board on BF?)I feel like the broader footy community has usually under-rated our players historically, but this poll suggests they are being rated more favourably these days.
Petracca's flavour of the month/year ... and probably rightly so. He had a great season.How many games this year did Petraka drag his team over the line? Not even close to Bont. Particularly in character. Robbo would have needed a ghost writer just for counting to 50.
Ah, I wanted to start 2022 on a positive note, but those 2 deserve negative commentary, sorry.
Either that or Robbo hates us. (Who are the "readers" anyway? The WB board on BF?)
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Iāll never forget Libbaās tackle on Scott Lucas during the famous Round 21 2000 game, that led to a goal. McAvaney: āLiberatore, you take that goal!ā
Lucas would still be having nightmares about that tackle. He had no idea Libba was about to tackle him
Those short legs cast a long and frightening shadow!It might be the vagaries of my memory deceiving me, but I think Lucas noticed Liberatore just long enough before the tackle was executed to think, "Oh sh*t", but not long enough to do anything about it. I have this mental image of a momentary, terrified expression on Lucas' face before he went down.
AFL 2022 previews: Predictions for the upcoming season for the Western BulldogsIs anyone able to post the article about the dogs from today's Hun?
Yeah anything can happen but itās not our unrivalled youth anymore - now itās our unrivalled quality in their prime. Big difference.I remember when the pro-pundits had as a lock into perpetuity because of our unrivalled yoof after 2016.
Finishing 12th with this group, fresh off a grand final, is as good as a spoonI don't see how we could be a top four lock when we have literally never finished inside the top four in Bevo's era. Bit of a joke tbh. I'd say our range is anywhere between 2nd and 12th.
Finishing 12th with this group, fresh off a grand final, is as good as a spoon
I agree 5-8 is our most likely range, it's just that finishing outside the 8, barring some crazy scenario like COVID protocols wiping out our available list like its already done to the Women's side, likely indicates serious issues within the club (list management, strength and conditioning, coaching, etc)12th is worse case scenario imo. I think we have enough talent that even if we have a sh*t year we won't end up in the bottom six. I think we are more likely to finish in the 5-8th range.
Strengths:
Shitloads of talent
Stacked midfield
Great senior coach
Weaknesses:
No competitive ruck
Questionable KPPs apart from Naughton and Keath
Instability in our coaching ranks
I think our weaknesses will make it hard for us to finish top four. I think our strengths will make it hard for us to finish outside the eight.
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12th is worse case scenario imo. I think we have enough talent that even if we have a sh*t year we won't end up in the bottom six. I think we are more likely to finish in the 5-8th range.
Strengths:
Shitloads of talent
Stacked midfield
Great senior coach
Weaknesses:
No competitive ruck
Questionable KPPs apart from Naughton and Keath
Instability in our coaching ranks
I think our weaknesses will make it hard for us to finish top four. I think our strengths will make it hard for us to finish outside the eight.
Are they saying that?Do you really think we have instability in the coaching ranks? We've just had our first lot of assistant coach turnover in close to a decade, let the new guys prove themselves before we start worrying about that aspect.
I'm more worried about the lack of ruck, and the mental challenge of overcoming what happened in the GF. They can say ''its behind us we won't even review it'' as much as they want, a flogging like what the team copped will leave scars and have some sort of effect, good or bad is yet to be seen.