Exactly the same issue as Melbourne.
It makes you want to pull your hair out doesn’t it? Both of our sides do everything right at stoppage, mids work so hard, then shoot ourselves in the foot going forward.
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Exactly the same issue as Melbourne.
Well, yes, but we also have a low IQ midfield at times. If you watch Oliver at stoppages he’ll often get held but we will constantly tap to him regardless. The forward line stuff is very frustrating. Van Rooyen will be a very good player, but without a decent stop gap then we are exposed. Need a lot more from our medium forwards.It makes you want to pull your hair out doesn’t it? Both of our sides do everything right at stoppage, mids work so hard, then shoot ourselves in the foot going forward.
Exactly the same issue as Melbourne.
We're gone a fair way to fixing that, with the exception of goal kicking which is going backwards.It’s not about potency. We def have the talent and marking power there. It’s our slow forward entries, multiple forwards flying for the same ball, lack of separation on a lead and lack of movement. Lack of cohesion.
Our deplorable goal kicking also doesn’t help.
It’s not about potency. We def have the talent and marking power there. It’s our slow forward entries, multiple forwards flying for the same ball, lack of separation on a lead and lack of movement. Lack of cohesion.
Our deplorable goal kicking also doesn’t help.
You may also be mentally fragile.
Melbourne have bullied you in recent times for very little resistance.
You have had games there for the taking and it's been your leaders who have come up short in crunch time.
Also, why Beveridge keeps picking some of those spuds on a weekly basis is beyond me.
Gardner is a shocking footballer!
If you're Port Adelaide this week, you are hoping he holds his spot.
Geelong don't get rid of too many players who were on their list if they saw something worth persisting with.
Playing Lobb on the wing is definitely 'crazy Bevo' energy.
He doesn't seem to be able to accept the 'bland', and play players in their natural position - it's actually quite crazy.
For Bevo:
- Caleb Daniel is an AA level backman - not a mid
- Rory Lobb is a 30+ goal a year ruck forward - not a winger
- Bontempelli is a pure mid, not a forward
- Macrae is a pure mid, not a forward or winger
- Libba is a pure mid, not a forward
- Bailey Smith is a winger/mid, not a forward
- Treloar is a mid/forward, not a half back
- McNeill, O'Donnell, Scott, T. O'Brien, Gardener and McComb are not AFL level footballers, and should not have played at the expense of much better players the last 2 years
- Vandermeer, R. Smith, R. West, T. McLean, Keath (despite some of his flaws he's still better than Gardener and O'Brien) and Sam Darcy are
- Stop recruiting players for the sake of it, and then putting them somewhere else/pushing better players out of their best positions in order to do so
- Accept that moving magnets does not make you a good coach - getting the best out of your playing group does
For mine, this is the ideal setup (when all players are fit) given the talent at Bevo's disposal:
B: Daniel, S. Darcy, Dale
HB: JJ, L. Jones, E. Richards
C: B. Williams, Bont, B. Smith
FO: English, Libba, Macrae
HF: Treloar, Naughton, JUH
F: Weightman, Lobb, A. Jones
INT: O. Baker, Vandermeer, R. West, Duryea
Sub: T. McLean
EMG: Keath, R. Smith, Sweet
McLean is cooked after two acls and has no movement
Vandermeer is injury prone and probably wont make it.
Darcy would likely get bullied at FB/CHB at his current muscle strength I think. Would have to be the interceptor that Wood left behind if played defence right now.
Other than that, not wrong.
Ahhh right, didn't know about McLean.
Gee, I wasn't far off was I, with this week's ins?
Wonder if Bevo reads BF...![]()
Vandermeer got signed for a few years too, which was suprising given his injuries alone.
He might be reading. Got rid of Gardner and Obrien for Keath and Bruce along with bringing West in which our own Dog board wanted too.
Bruce and Keath are VFL standard.
I mean Bruce was barely hanging on when he was in his prime at St Kilda.
Why is O'Donnell getting games? Is it the famous father who has the final say because he looks way off it at the moment.
When is that actually going to happen though? Our list is ****ed. Will be years before we make top 4 again.I don't think Beveridge's time is up, but the Bulldogs just need to start finishing top 4. Despite a generational player in Bontempelli, and some real top shelf players in Naughton, Smith and English, they really don't inspire as much fear in the opposition as they should.
There's nothing to stop you winning games from here and making top 4. All between the ears, your best football is good enough. We just don't see it regularly.When is that actually going to happen though? Our list is ****ed. Will be years before we make top 4 again.
And why do you think we are so inconsistent?There's nothing to stop you winning games from here and making top 4. All between the ears, your best football is good enough. We just don't see it regularly.
There's a softness to the Dogs.
Can't quite put my finger on it specifically.
Is it the staging and flopping that makes them seem soft?
Does it stem from the times GWS beat them up and they didn't respond?
Is it because they kind of look like a bunch of 1980's aerobics instructors?
Is it because their coach is a bit emotionally fragile? Does this flow through?
Is the Bont too 'nice'?
Is it their game style?
Not sure, but they just seem to give off soft underbelly vibes as a team.
Mid/Fwd connection is your major issue. Mids f*cking around with it rather than just getting it in there, is anotherAnd why do you think we are so inconsistent?
Our top mids aren’t fast enough outside of Treloar. We have no young mids from the draft since we elected to bring in JUH and Darcy instead. Our defence is slower than a wet wick and our forward line is poorly coached. Add in the fact that we have the worst bottom 6-8 players in the league (besides North and I guess West Coast) and there’s your answer.Mid/Fwd connection is your major issue. Mids f*cking around with it rather than just getting it in there, is another
Our top mids aren’t fast enough outside of Treloar. We have no young mids from the draft since we elected to bring in JUH and Darcy instead. Our defence is slower than a wet wick and our forward line is poorly coached. Add in the fact that we have the worst bottom 6-8 players in the league (besides North and I guess West Coast) and there’s your answer.
Bevo is just a stubborn * really. For a bloke who helped get them to a premiership and GF he really does make some baffling decisions with selection and game style. That said, and even with their current s**t form, they will no doubt pump Essendon like they do every year.