Review Good vs Western Bulldogs in Ballarat, R6 2022

[AFC979810]

Are these the same people who would also suggest we are only two kicks away from being 5 and 1?

Swings and Roundabouts people.

It just goes to show how razor thin the line is between success and failure at AFL level.

Boak kicks a goal and the bulldogs defender doesn't shank a kick to gollant with under 2 minutes left and we are 1-5.

Keays kick against freo is a meter longer and he doesn't blaze away in the dying moments of the Essendon game and we are 5-1.

Both arguments are as valid as each other.

I am continually torn this season. When we lose a close one - I think of the draft pick at the end of the year. When we win a close I won I look at our list and how no matter what decisions are made at the selection table we are rebuilding, so a crack at a finals tilt might be a good thing for a young side.

 

[CrowBloke]

Nicks / Beveridge
5 Doedee / Frampton
4 Keays / Doedee
3 ROB / Walker
2 Libba / Libba
1 Frampton / T O'Brien

Interesting.

Does this work:
Nicks / Beveridge
5 Frampton/ Doedee
4 Doedee/ Libba
3 ROB / Walker (<== could be other way around)
2 Keays/ Keays
1 T O'Brien/ Frampton ...?

Your combo would suggest that Beveridge considers Keays' prolific work and possessions to be non-damaging, which is possible.
Mine suggests Beveridge-love for Liberatore. All moot points.

 

[CrowBloke]

... and if BOTH of these happen:

Boak kicks a goal and the bulldogs defender doesn't shank a kick to gollant with under 2 minutes left and we are 1-5.

Keays kick against freo is a meter longer and he doesn't blaze away in the dying moments of the Essendon game and we are 5-1.

... then we're 3-3, still.

Just reinforces your point, really.
There's only a handful of kicks between 5-1, 3-3 and 1-5.

Swings and Roundabouts people.

indeed.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Interesting.

Does this work:
Nicks / Beveridge
5 Frampton/ Doedee
4 Doedee/ Libba
3 ROB / Walker (<== could be other way around)
2 Keays/ Keays
1 T O'Brien/ Frampton ...?

Your combo would suggest that Beveridge considers Keays' prolific work and possessions to be non-damaging, which is possible.
Mine suggests Beveridge-love for Liberatore. All moot points.

Could well be right, but my thinking was it's more likely Beveridge snubbed Keays than Nicks snubbed Libba... as both were easily top 5 players on the ground imo... & doubt Nicks would have given O'Brien anything.

 

[CrowBloke]

... & doubt Nicks would have given O'Brien anything.

apologies, but don't you have RoB (3) in the Nicks column?

I think Nicks would've given Walker 3, Beveridge ==> RoB 3. Who knows, eh?

 

[CrowinNT]

Berry had some big disposals late in the game.

He also has some good core strength. Berry was tackled twice but kept his feet on both occasions. It is hard to pay a HTB against a player still on his feet.

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He is strong

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

apologies, but don't you have RoB (3) in the Nicks column?

I think Nicks would've given Walker 3, Beveridge ==> RoB 3. Who knows, eh?

I missed the key word "not"

 

[StonesThrow]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

 

[Mutineer]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

We know he has it in him... particularly his ruthless attack on the ball.

Consistency of performance is the issue which should improve as gets more experience.

Best team performance by our defence in a very long time.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

It’s funny, but he’s become one player I’ve started to look forward watching on the weekend. He now has a body that can withstand AFL footy and I’m loving seeing his confidence grow.

 

[Mr Courageous]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

He looks like a top 10 draft pick when he plays at Mars Stadium


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[FR0GGY]

Be ashame if he’s injured, finally starting to find some form

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Watched the replay.

Jones looked like a different player. Played with confidence again. Even made an underground handball! Had to rewind to make sure it was him.

He's been pretty good in the last two games, attacking the footy, using his pace etc. That rundown tackle on Weightman for example.

 

[StonesThrow]

Also without the emotion there were a number of free kicks missed for WB in the second half as well. We got lucky on some key occasions like they did.

 

[MarcusP2]

He's been pretty good in the last two games, attacking the footy, using his pace etc. That rundown tackle on Weightman for example.

Weightman had two attempts at drawing a free and Jones didn't fall for either of them.

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[RePete]

Interesting words from a WB poster:

We haven’t had the draft currency to pick up good players because of Darcy and Marra. I feel more angry that Marra went as pick one, and GWS bid on Darcy rather than Daicos who was obviously the better player. The fact that Adelaide came out and said they bid on Marra to stop us having the currency to bid on Rowe, should have been looked at as draft tampering.

A bit to unpack with this one.....

 

[Geoffa32]

Just watched the game after spending two weeks camping.

Most things been said

One thing I loved was seeing the spread of our guys around the contest. Multiple players in attacking position, and then the same numbers swarming defensively.

Under Pyke we never really did this. Reminds me of the Round 1 North game in 2015 against Norf.


And quick hands.

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[FR0GGY]

Just watched the game after spending two weeks camping.

Most things been said

One thing I loved was seeing the spread of our guys around the contest. Multiple players in attacking position, and then the same numbers swarming defensively.

Under Pyke we never really did this. Reminds me of the Round 1 North game in 2015 against Norf.


And quick hands.

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Where'd you go?

 

[MarcusP2]

Interesting words from a WB poster:


A bit to unpack with this one.....

We couldn't get good players because we took pick 1 and 4? Lol.

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[AFC979810]

Interesting words from a WB poster:


A bit to unpack with this one.....

Imagine being upset you got the #1 draft pick when you finished 7th.

 

[Geoffa32]

Where'd you go?

Flinders Ranges.

4 nights Melrose 4 nights Wilpena Pound.

Very wet for the second half, in tents.

A couple if nights visiting family in Pt Augusta at the start as well.



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[Mutineer]

Flinders Ranges.

4 nights Melrose 4 nights Wilpena Pound.

Very wet for the second half, in tents.

A couple if nights visiting family in Pt Augusta at the start as well.



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Did you do the Mt Remarkable hike/climb?

 

[Brenton Davy]

Interesting words from a WB poster:


A bit to unpack with this one.....

Yeah.

Like his straitjacket…

 

[skam85]

I love how rent-free we live in the Bulldogs' head by simply bidding on a good player