Not as ####ed as it's being made to look. I'm not necessarily big on coach blaming but this is not good this team is unsettled and all over the place and it shouldn't be.
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Coach Luke Beveridge & the Dogs - is his time up? Where are they at?
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Need a man on man defender most. Someone in the Jones mould. He is the only defender we have that can actually beat their man, along with Richards. That means 4 of our starting 6 defenders, and depth are all below par when it comes to defending one on one. As well as a someone to step up for Doc to defend against the smalls. Basically we need a Lake and Morris tandem again. We also teach our defenders to punch the ball to much instead of trying to kill the play off with a mark, and they play with little confidence in themselves.
Dunkley runs up the tackles sure. But mostly in the stoppages. He may have helped a little bit, but I doubt it would change much from a team perspective. He was on the team last season when we dropped from first to near last in defending coast to coast transition (2021-2022). The problem with our defence in the middle is mostly down to how we play and structures. We surge to many players forward, cough it up at a poor time, and the other team is off with numbers. The team also lacks the leg speed, and the effort physically and mentally. Tackling skills is also poor, with to many opponents slipping out.
We need some pace in there mate, our midfield is so slow. If we had dunks right now, we’d be having the same problems.
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What I wouldn't give to see him sacked.
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If they don't play finals 100 per cent has to be sacked.
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Incredible this team made 2 GFs and won one in the past 6 years without making top 4.
Imagine having a competent coach instead of a mad scientist?
The endless list of NPC’s getting games at the Dogs continues. Scott, McNeil, West, Duryea, Vandermeer, Gardner, Poulter and Garcia is a third of the side that played tonight. They need to be aggressive with trade and draft to get a premiership out of their top tier.
He’s got another gig in him with a flag in the cabinet, so he probably sees out this deal and takes another job within a couple of years.
I can definitely see him coaching Freo eventually - I think that’s a pretty likely thing to happen once they give up on Longmuir.
I can definitely see him coaching Freo eventually - I think that’s a pretty likely thing to happen once they give up on Longmuir.
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think bevo has sadly lost his one wood as a coach which is getting the umpires on his teams side
time to move on
time to move on
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Bit rough on Vandermeer, but I agree with the rest
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Evidently there’s bugger all support for the man who delivered a club on the brink of irrelevance one of the most stirring flags this century.
Harsh game sometimes, 1 additional goal last night and the Dogs are right in the thick of things.
Still a ways to go in the 2023 season; I’m not stamping his papers just yet.
Harsh game sometimes, 1 additional goal last night and the Dogs are right in the thick of things.
Still a ways to go in the 2023 season; I’m not stamping his papers just yet.
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The team's performance has been on a downward trajectory since 2021. His stubborn attitude to not tagging/shutting down key opposition play makers, persisting in his project players and continually playing players out of position is a grasping at straws approach. The gameplan is a 1 trick pony focused on frantic football that will hopefully wear out the opposition by going out aggressively in the 1st qtr. Time and time again we see the opposition get the momentum and no changes to the structure/game plan are made. Then, he takes off Bont & English at crucial moments in recent past matches during the 4th qtr for 10 minutes at a time when the game was in the balance.
Far more to it than just 1 performance
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Bevo is a good coach, but I think he may have gotten the best out of his group of players. It could be time for him to move on and let someone else have a crack. This is his 9th year in charge. He won a flag in his 3rd season. Grand Finalists in 2021. But the talent-stacked Bulldogs have underachieved over the past 2 seasons.
I've noticed he is looking increasingly under pressure in the press conferences after a loss. He has that haunted look in his eye like he knows the axe could be coming. Maybe that was just my imagination, but I did think the same thing about Stuey Dew a few weeks ago. You could visibly see the pressure wearing on him.
I didn't like the way Beveridge corrected a journo last night and said how well they defended Sydney's transition play through the middle of the ground, but how they were brought unstuck by critical errors which let the Swans score goals from outta nowhere. Seemed to me like Bevo was saying "Not my fault we lost. Blame the spuds we have in defence!"
I've noticed he is looking increasingly under pressure in the press conferences after a loss. He has that haunted look in his eye like he knows the axe could be coming. Maybe that was just my imagination, but I did think the same thing about Stuey Dew a few weeks ago. You could visibly see the pressure wearing on him.
I didn't like the way Beveridge corrected a journo last night and said how well they defended Sydney's transition play through the middle of the ground, but how they were brought unstuck by critical errors which let the Swans score goals from outta nowhere. Seemed to me like Bevo was saying "Not my fault we lost. Blame the spuds we have in defence!"
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Most overrated list in AFL history. Way too many list cloggers who should be embarrassed accepting their pay by EFT each month.
I wish Bevo would just play a straight bat for a season to see what it looks like. Go with a traditional set up and leave it for the year.
So far we've had a 4 KPF set up to start the year, 4 KPD setup to get games into a rookie and KPF's on a wing to get games into a rookie.
I really don't understand how after 9 years he still doesn't know our best set up or best 22.
So far we've had a 4 KPF set up to start the year, 4 KPD setup to get games into a rookie and KPF's on a wing to get games into a rookie.
I really don't understand how after 9 years he still doesn't know our best set up or best 22.
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Winning a flag gives you some leeway obviously. Look at Simpson at the eagles! It’s 3 elimination finals losses in the last 4 years? Still can’t get a top 4 H & A finish with a strong list…. Should be under a bit of pressure now.
Surely the bloke needs some time out of the game?
This has been going for two years now.
www.foxsports.com.au
This has been going for two years now.
Dogs coach opens up on ‘clumsy’ broken hand incident ... but says he’s ‘totally in control’ of emotions
‘Animated’: Dogs coach lifts lid on ‘clumsy’ broken hand incident ... but ‘totally in control’
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