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Let us all have a reality check here, Minson is head and shoulders ahead of Roughead, Cordy or Campbell in terms of the No. 1 rucking position and this point in time and you would not choose to trade him. He's basically been rucking 3/4 of every game this year, with extremely consistent effort...

Conditions were appalling which led to the unusually small crowd, even by Sydney Swan standards. It was seriously bucketing down the whole day until about 10 minutes before the first bounce (my old man and me were one of the handful of suffering Bulldogs fans there). The performance was...

Well Austin would need to be elevated to the senior list full time before contemplating this argument. The fact is how many times have the Bulldogs had all their key position players available at the same time in the past few seasons. Answer is rarely. Austin will have a few more games to...

From the GWS match he's been getting a LOT more attention. He may have only played about 20 matches but it was already obvious to other clubs that he was actually one of the most damaging players in the team becuase of his creativity and ability to burst from congestion and set up play. He had...

No doubt identifying key position players is the hardest job, particularly when you don't have early first round draft picks. They can often take a long time to develop when they step up from U18 level to AFL level. I have a bit of a philosphy when it comes to ruckman and Key position players...

I can only recall Wallis being sub for one other match, his first game of the season. He played full matches against Melbourne and GWS, it's obvious he needs to be time managed, along with Libba, Roughead and Cordy to ensure they can get lots of games into them over the season. The question...

A bit too early to be making a call on Dickson. He's gone from being a part-time footballer and full time tradesman to a professional footballer in the space of six months and he needs to be given further opportunities, which I'm sure will come down the track. I don't know what the answer is...

Spot on, dogsbody!! There are no quick fixes with our forward line, there's no Barry Hall's floating around looking for a club, the new structure has to get used to each other's movements, abilities and weaknesses and then the cohesion will follow. And that's what Macca is doing, identifying...

So Gia's safe this week, but Higgo in the gun. He's in the top 10 in pretty much every key statistical category inlcuding being second for marks inside 50 and is one of the few players that looks likely to kick more than one goal a match? But he still should be dropped. Depending on fitness...

Couldn't agree more, he locks down his opponent and attacks the ball and the contest with confidence and ferocity. I think his rebound play has shown signs of growing in confidence in the last two matches also. Both he and Vezspremi are key players going forward, both bring complimentary...

Hard to go past the Steven Kolyniuk moment. Magic moment. I believe it was 1990, first year of Wheeler's coaching stint (year after we almost folded).

As a lifelong dedicated Bulldogs fan who drove down from Sydney (so desperate I am to see my beloved Dogs play) I feel I should gives some of my observations from observing the game at close quarters, given how frustrated we all are at what we are seeing week in and week out. Firstly, for...

We had some of our better set shots missing on the weekend, and the ground was foreign to all the players which was probably a factor in both sides innacuracy. The fact we could win contested possession and compete strongly all day against a strong, mature North Melbourne side with a lot of...

Re: Season 2012: Injury and Rehab List If the shoulder reconstruction is a success, the shoulder should be stronger than before, it's a new injury as well, never done the right shoulder before. Does anyone know how Brodie Moles is travelling, he missed most of last year through injury, and...

B: Wood, Lake, Hargrave HB: Murphy, Markovic, Vezspremi C: Cross, Boyd, Picken HF: Giansiracusa, Jones, Grant F: Dahlhaus, Roughead, Cooney R: Minson, Griffen, Liberatore I/C: Higgins, Cordy, Djerkurra, Sub: Howard Emerg: Addison, Smith, Skinner Aerobically, Cordy I think is...

Djerkurra Moles (is he still on the senior list)? Williams Morris Sherman They'd be all likely to play some senior football this year (At least three of those I'd consider in our best squad of 25 players). Hooper, Moles and Mulligan would need some game time over the next couple of weeks, or...

Skinner was nowhere near ready when he played last year, it was more case of give the kid a taste of the big stage and see what response it provokes, it was long term strategy I'm sure. I'm really pleased he's fronted up for a second pre-season, build some strength and power, he obviously has a...

Was just looking at the injury list this afternoon and thinking exactly the same thing. I guess he returns to Williamstown, unless there's another injury we don't know about. What's happened to Moles, he keeps being listed as 1-2 weeks but isn't even close to playing, Hargrave as well.

Can't wait to see how strong this kid will be with another pre-season (or two). He's a perfect centre half forward build, bit of the old-fashioned style about him with the low centre of gravity and strong pack marking. I think he's a bit more athletic than Earl Spalding, but Earl did have a...

Cal Ward v Easton Wood is a no contest. A grade brute of a midfielder. They don't grow on trees, no offence to Easton. It would be like asking Carlton if they'd rather lose Chris Yarran or Mitch Robinson!! Let me clarify though, I really hope we keep both, because we've put four years into...

I think Rocket himself would admit the coaching staff got it wrong with the game plan early on, without a proper defensive press in attack which allowed opposition sides to absolutely pound our backline. Defensively they stood up ok, but no run, no carry and poor ball use out of defence due to...

Been there, done that, didn't work, move on. I hope he gets a second crack and makes it, but I doubt it would be back at the Doggies. Hill and Stack have done something Lynch didn't, and that's actually play in the seniors (Lynch two games only from memory). I still think Hill and Stack can...

There's a big decision for the MC to make regarding the second ruckman and possibly one other matchup I see is Addison to Yarran. Addison's been favoured in this role earlier in the season, but just couldn't get his body right and string games together. Barlow absolutely must play. Critical...

Well done Lindsay, been a great servant and fine rebounding defender for the Dogs. Unfortunately he's lost some top end speed across the ground and just can't generate that run out of defence like he used to, this is reflected in a dramatic reduction in ball uses. I personally don't see a...

Comes with confidence and experience no doubt, but I do agree in some instances, that the players with the better kicking skills should be looking to take more responsibility for the scoreboard pressure. Stack, Jones and these types just need to back their skills more and make better...

Bob Murphy was played down forward for most of the third quarter with Brian Lake. Given that we had 16 players in the defensive half of the field for almost the entire quarter you can see why he might have seemed 'quiet' in the second half. He did return to defence late in the quarter and the...

Choco was stranded on 199 career games, and 299 careeer goals!

Not a lot I can disagree with here. Although there is still clearly a place for small forwards (Betts, Milne, Le Cras are perfect examples). We lack pace and polish on the outside and we need to get our best ball users and players with pace and carry into the thick of the action. Guys like...

In utopia (should we get every player fit and in form, which will never happen), Lake walks into the side. It's out of Markovic and Williams for the next key defensive post. I wouldn't say Wood is a certainty either as there are many match-up options now with Hargrave, Murphy, Gilbee, Stack...

I saw the debut of Skinner with my own two eyes in Canberra last week and he is a long way from being ready for AFL standard. He looked like he needs 10-12 hard, consistent performances at VFL level before I'd even consider him for selection again. Selection committee has made the right call...