Strategy Trade and List management Thread Part 6 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[geoffjennings79]

No what I no the man
Not going to leave - u-Hagen is not going only one is Tim
And dogs are massive into wines

Red or white? Sweet or dry?

 

[jdz101]

It's just a meme at this point.

They've gone and won trade period again.

 

[TedDougChris]

It's just a meme at this point.

They've gone and won trade period again.

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The only thing they can win.....

 

[ScragCity]

This was posted on the Dons board...

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The only thing they can win.....

Wow, the more you look at that image the weirder it gets. Gotta love generative AI.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Wow, the more you look at that image the weirder it gets. Gotta love generative AI.

The fingers!

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Why would we want him ?? Slow, can’t kick and can only play in one spot ??

He’s got a Brownlow medal. So he must be better than Bont….

 

[Libbaaaa]

English is our point of difference, if we rock up like every other team, with an “honest battler” how are we going to win.

Not exactly winning with him either.

 

[TedDougChris]

He’s got a Brownlow medal. So he must be better than Bont….

Perma-ban please mods !!!

 

[doggy_dog]

English is our point of difference, if we rock up like every other team, with an “honest battler” how are we going to win.

We have a potentially elite midfield and forward line plus our captain is literally the best player in the world

 

[Libbaaaa]

We have a potentially elite midfield and forward line plus our captain is literally the best player in the world

Tim can do all the ground covering and disposal gathering he wants, when the game is on the line do we have confidence he will win a crucial hit out? We all know the answer is no.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Pretty much all of the premiership sides of the last decade have won with a stock standard ruckman/ruckmen. The only elite ruckman was Gawn, which certainly is outside of the norm. Luke Jackson's stint in the ruck in that 3rd quarter did most of the damage too.

English's value is around the ground and his disposal, but if our midfield was better and maybe had better first use from the tap than that can be worked around.

I don't want to sell the farm for a ruckman. Makes no sense.

While this is probably true to an extent, I think the correlation can probably be disputed.

There has probably been four elite rucks in the last 10 years. Gawn, Grundy, Naitanui and Goldstein. Ryder maybe had a year or two where he was close to the conversation. Gawn won one, Grundy was a Dom Sheed kick away from winning one, Naitanui obviously injured when they won it and North haven't been close lately. McEvoy and Nankervis are probably the next best over that period and got 5 between them. Not elite rucks but certainly well above average and not a stock standard ruck like Cox/Cameron and Stanley of the past two years.

The same could also be said about key forwards. Over the last decade a lot of teams have won Premierships with one or no dominant key forwards. Us in 2016, Richmond in 2017, Melbourne in 2021 and Collingwood this year. I still feel like there is a better chance to win if you have two strong key forward options.

 

[dergert]

Oh god can someone AI Essendon players around a cup

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Oh god can someone AI Essendon players around a cup

Here you go

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Oh god can someone AI Essendon players around a cup

Literally 7 posts back - don't even have to go back a page lol

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Smiley Boy not posting much recent days. Heard a rumour he did a tour of the Hawks BF board. They're preparing to offer TasHawk and an as yet un-named other Hawks ITK, but also want a younger poster from our end going their way.

Plugger35 might be on the move too - Swans BF board feel they're not getting enough traction on umpiring conspiracies about us, trying to beef up their list. Free kick count from 66 GF proving an unfortunate stumbling block atm.

If they need anyone to upset other posters I have been doing all my work on Twitter lately but could be talked out of BF retirement

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Can we safely assume the source on Lobb wanting to be traded that generated pages and pages of criticising the club was wrong?

It was always bullshit, I haven’t been on here for awhile but it was so stupid when I saw it on Twitter it didn’t inspire me to even respond

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Ah well... Collingwood board fapping over how "gettable" JUH is next year. Probably shouldn't bother, they get everyone they want, right

the clueless f..is were saying the same about Naughty a few weeks back

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Shitney supporters are circle jerking for a "massive offer" similar to Naughton and the dogs know it's coming

And it will be another fail for them

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Hopefully he gets another chance with another club

I prefer to remember him at his peak

Good luck to him if someone gives him a go but his knees took the best of him unfortunately

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Trade period should only last a week

And miss Cooneys insight?

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Odd time to free up a list spot. Interesting development halfway through the trade period. Hopefully he gets snapped up by someone, was a fan of Toby and hope he gets another crack elsewhere.

Harmes took his spot

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I thought the same thing too!

Could we not rookie him?

We could and can but you need to delist him first and there is never a good time for that. He may well have been advised well before it was public

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Chris Scott flew up to Adelaide last week to involve himself in the Rategolea trade . Our coach isn’t the only one who is slightly unhinged.

Both Premiership coaches so perhaps there is something in being unhinged. It’s alwa served me well

 

[Dogs Rule]

And miss Cooneys insight?

'Something, something, Essendon, Essendon, I love Essendon...Bulldogs are s*** (because they got rid of me when I was cooked) etc.' The same old script week in week out with Cooney.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

What an out and out disgrace delisting McLean. There were others who should have been cut before him

Shame

Settle down mate he was finished it’s a shame but that’s the truth