Review Dogs choke the life out of The Eagles

[Zeno The Great]

We've had a recent history of drafting/trading in vfl standard battlers and giving them a good run at it, I was expecting rhe same with bramble, but wow have i been pleasantly surprised, he's been absolutely brilliant in every game. Kudos to the trade team, hope he can continue the amazing form, hasn't set 1 foot wrong.

 

[grassman75]

Still doesn’t sit right with me that he is unvaccinated! I’m worried about the safety of other players on the team.

NSW Police Commissioner hasn’t allowed any officers back into the force that weren’t compliant.

Surely you are having a lend…..ok I’ll bite

Covid is over and has been for a while

 

[Euku]

Sanders is the least selfish player I've seen even during under 18s I think that's why people are rightfully saying derm was making shit up on the spot which has no real basis which is what he does with every thing he says

 

[grassman75]

Who gets the eagles twice? Seems like a 4 point gift for those sides.

Probably Carlton and Essendon

 

[Some Idiot]

Some lesser lights got a chance to shine and took advantage, good to see. Vandermeer was good, Gallagher is coming on faster than expected and Bramble looking like a jet, he's been the surprise packet of the recruits.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

No, i know for a fact Dermie knows the kid and rates him. He came into work the day after the draft and was telling me we got a good one! I think his step son played with sanders in the TAC

Imagine Brereton being your step-dad. My god.

 

[Some Idiot]

Surely you are having a lend…..ok I’ll bite

Covid is over and has been for a while

Still gotta isolate for 7 days when you get it which is a pain

 

[adogsfan5]

Surely you are having a lend…..ok I’ll bite

Covid is over and has been for a while

Thank god someone said it.

 

[grassman75]

Still gotta isolate for 7 days when you get it which is a pain

Are people actually still doing that?

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Games like these show that we almost have to stop thinking of Aaron Naughton

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Aaron Naughton

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

4.9

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

6.3

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.3

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

0.8

1star

G

0.5

4star

D

12.8

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.0

1star

as a "key forward" and more of a all-around, "tweener" between being a key and general forward. He's in some ways a different player to what he was in 2019. He's not leaping over packs and wrestling blokes in the same way. But his pressure, groundball work and second and third efforts would be been good even for a 180cm small forward, let alone a bloke as tall as he is. He doesn't visually "look like" a small forward but the net result of his actions on the field get to the same end result.

 

[geoffjennings79]

So our usual 4-4.5 hour round trip turned into a 6 hour marathon on the way home (detour for offspring with car trouble), so just got in from a very enjoyable day at the footy.

Apologies if others have mentioned him, and given it was a fairly poor opponent, but I'll just say rumours of Taylor Duryea

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Taylor Duryea

Age

33

Ht

181cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.8

4star

's demise were a little premature. Makes good decisions, can kick both sides. Big challenge for him and the team next week, hopefully all are up to it.

Poulter looked ok when he came on, but I've still got Baker ahead of him for one wing. Baker just covers so much ground from end to end, brings lots of positive energy. Will be interesting with Richards back too, where does Williams go?

Some great team goals today, but against poor opposition. Hopefully give the Corio Moggies a good touch up in Adelaide.

 

[TiAn_]

I didn’t say that lol.
I’m saying soft whining supporters shouldn’t sook about actual players, coaches etc.
Being jealous is not really cool. Dreaming you’re worthy of being a paid commentator, because you write an essay, or can make up a childish name, on some free website, is next level.

Yeah, why talk about actual players, coaches and commentators on a footy forum after a game when there are other hot topics for an Easter Sunday evening like “everyone is jealous except me!”

 

[dogwatch]

Probably Carlton and Essendon

Half right.

The full list of lucky raffle winners is:

• Fremantle
• Melbourne
• Essendon
• St Kilda
• Gold Coast
• North

Congratulations to those clubs. You will receive your prize of a four premiership point bonus in the mail shortly.

 

[Citydog]

Surely you are having a lend…..ok I’ll bite

Covid is over and has been for a while

Think this one might have gone over the top...

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

They need to just stop the priority picks full stop but particularly here. In an 18 team competition the Eagles won the flag only 6 years ago. Other clubs will be rightfully annoyed if they get assistance now.

It will never happen, but I’d like the draft to just be pick #1 to 18th, pick #2 to 18th on a 2-year combined ladder, pick #3 to 17th, … pick #35 to the premier, pick #36 to 1st on a 2-year ladder. Just make being s**t for consecutive years part of the system and stop the ad-hoc draft assistance.

It’s messy…but it’s at least a system. The league intervening at their own discretion is just woefully amateur.

 

[dergert]

Have to just keep playing Dale into form.

 

[bigdog54]

Anyone else concerned about jammara's skill errors?

 

[SharkMeister4]

Lots to like in this one;

Pros

• really well rounded performance. We won by 76 points without relying on the brilliance of bont and libba. Our bottom 15-24 look so much better this year than last.
• Forward line genuinely looks good together. Synergy building and personnel only improving
• the inside 50 count was even yet we won by 76. Defensive work rate was right up there (even if we were lucky on a handful of occasions that could and should have been goals.)
• Have a few out of the defense, on top of personnel changes. Think they held up really solidly, especially after quarter time (but a lot of that was on poor defending of the centre of the ground in q1 I felt, which was down to the next line up)
• vandermeer had a great game, and deserves the praise
• got over 100 2 weeks on the trot

Cons

• centre bounces it felt like we were beaten. I said it in another thread too, but the midfield looked worse with macrae in it - great when we had the ball but we looked slow out of possession and gave them looks. I dont blame this on Macrae and think theres a place for him, but it isnt as simple as play the biggest names because we looked quite similar to last year in the middle.
• we had even inside 50s to west coast. Yuck.

Good to get some revenge for last year too

 

[Oliver G]

Apologies for the lateness…

Expected Score / Actual Score
WB: 86 / 106 (+20)
WC: 54 / 30 (-24)

Expected Margin / Actual Margin: +32 / +76

 

[The Inbetweener]

Half right.

The full list of lucky raffle winners is:

• Fremantle
• Melbourne
• Essendon
• St Kilda
• Gold Coast
• North

Congratulations to those clubs. You will receive your prize of a four premiership point bonus in the mail shortly.

Suns double up against the Roos in addition to the Eagles too. AFL desperately want them to play finals.

Meanwhile I reckon we’ve got a very tough draw.

 

[glenashley]

Really pleased to see the recent recruits (Sanders, gags, Darcy) playing well.

Just need a couple more to come on like Clarke, Buss etc to make me feel like we didn't bottle the last few drafts.

 

[doggiesin08]

Really pleased to see the recent recruits (Sanders, gags, Darcy) playing well.

Just need a couple more to come on like Clarke, Buss etc to make me feel like we didn't bottle the last few drafts.

Parts of last year were super frustrating with all of our 2023 first year players (Buss, Clarke, Gallagher) injured for large blocks along with Darcy and Jones from the year before. We couldn’t even take excitement watching the kids at Footscray.

Feels like the exact opposite right now getting 2-years worth of draftee additions with only really AOD missing.

 

[the dog's kennel]

Pressure Points Per Player
62 - Bontempelli
49 - Sanders
41 - Liberatore
40 - Treloar
39 - Weightman
31 - Gallagher
29 - Macrae
29 - Daniel
28 - West
27 - Williams
26 - Naughton
24 - Johannisen
24 - English
22 - Ugle-Hagen
21 - Vandermeer
17 - Bramble
16 - Baker
15 - Khamis
14 - Dale
13 - Darcy
12 - Duryea
10 - L. Jones
6 - Poulter

Gotta love Sanders on 49 pressure points. For a 1st year player that is super elite.

 

[the dog's kennel]

Also is it just me or did we have a LOT of high quality tap-ons today? I don't know what stat that comes under. But unless my mind is playing tricks on me, I think it made a huge difference.

 

[doggiesin08]

Gotta love Sanders on 49 pressure points. For a 1st year player that is super elite.

Every week when I see these stats I can’t help but be reminded of Fev’s Brownlow night pressure point gags with Juddy.