Not Worth A Thread - Random Bulldog Discussion

[Hard Ball Get]

Dean Rioli having a crack at Cooney for not giving a shit. Does he realise that he pretty much threw his career away, due to poor commitment?

 

[SonOfScray]

 

[timtamWB]

Dean Rioli having a crack at Cooney for not giving a shit. Does he realise that he pretty much threw his career away, due to poor commitment?

Not to mention he's playing in a cobbled together team that has literally no chance of finals. I think coons gets a let off.

 

[Wizard17]

When you see it...

 

[ThirdLegUp]

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When you see it...

Greatest ever goal kicking defender, has it in the bag already

 

[VL3OJ]

Anyone else at round one feel a tad uncomfortable at the number of pseudo gambling games to entertain the kids during the breaks. We had four dogs racing around the boundary advertising and some sort of "random" slot machine picking a tier, aisle and row?

Promote our sponsors but please remember that kids believe that there are no losses in gambling and this may lead them into trouble later on.

 

[Fossie 32]

If Bob and Boydy play close to every game they will be 6th and 9th on our list of most games played at the end of the year

 

[TimlinOfficial]

This is probably premature but oh well...

After Sunday and now after seeing Hawthorn crumble without 5 or 6 of their big names from 2015, I had a look at the likely changes between our respective teams from the Rd 3 clash in Tassie last year and our Rd 3 clash at Etihad in two weeks. It makes for promising reading:

HAWKS
Jed Anderson -> Jono O'Rourke
Brendan Whitecross -> James Sicily
Brian Lake -> James Frawley
Matthew Suckling -> Angus Litherland
Jarryd Roughead -> Ryan Schoenmakers
Luke Hodge -> Dan Howe

DOGS
Ayce Cordy -> Joel Hamling
Brett Goodes -> Easton Wood
Lukas Webb -> Matthew Boyd
Jarrad Grant -> Matthew Suckling
Mitch Honeychurch -> Lachie Hunter
Nathan Hrovat -> Caleb Daniel
Will Minson -> Shane Biggs
Stewart Crameri -> Toby McLean
Lin Jong -> Tom Liberatore
Michael Talia -> Marcus Adams

Underlined = players that mostly hindered our capacity to win matches
Bolded = players that significantly, consistently proliferate our capacity to win matches

VENUE
Aurora Stadium -> Etihad Stadium

It's also worth noting that Wallis and Morris were injured early in the match last year. It would have been the weakest team we fielded all season I think. We may just have the fortune returned to us as Hawthorn will field a team without Hodge, Roughead, Hill and Shiels...

I'm getting far ahead of myself but I can't be alone in thinking this makes for exciting reading

 

[TiAn_]

Stringer's next goal will be his 100th. If he kicks it next week, it will have taken him 51 games. He will become the fastest Bulldog draftee to 100 goals since Chris Grant did it in his 49th game in 1992.

He has now kicked 83 goals in his last 31 games, an average of 2.67 per game and 29 in his last 8 games, an average of 3.67.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

This is probably premature but oh well...

After Sunday and now after seeing Hawthorn crumble without 5 or 6 of their big names from 2015, I had a look at the likely changes between our respective teams from the Rd 3 clash in Tassie last year and our Rd 3 clash at Etihad in two weeks. It makes for promising reading:

HAWKS
Jed Anderson -> Jono O'Rourke
Brendan Whitecross -> James Sicily
Brian Lake -> James Frawley
Matthew Suckling -> Angus Litherland
Jarryd Roughead -> Ryan Schoenmakers
Luke Hodge -> Dan Howe

DOGS
Ayce Cordy -> Joel Hamling
Brett Goodes -> Easton Wood
Lukas Webb -> Matthew Boyd
Jarrad Grant -> Matthew Suckling
Mitch Honeychurch -> Lachie Hunter
Nathan Hrovat -> Caleb Daniel
Will Minson -> Shane Biggs
Stewart Crameri -> Toby McLean
Lin Jong -> Tom Liberatore
Michael Talia -> Marcus Adams

Underlined = players that mostly hindered our capacity to win matches
Bolded = players that significantly, consistently proliferate our capacity to win matches

VENUE
Aurora Stadium -> Etihad Stadium

It's also worth noting that Wallis and Morris were injured early in the match last year. It would have been the weakest team we fielded all season I think. We may just have the fortune returned to us as Hawthorn will field a team without Hodge, Roughead, Hill and Shiels...

I'm getting far ahead of myself but I can't be alone in thinking this makes for exciting reading

You are forgetting that the Bont didn't play either.

 

[webbo]

Stringer's next goal will be his 100th. If he kicks it next week, it will have taken him 51 games. He will become the fastest Bulldog draftee to 100 goals since Chris Grant did it in his 49th game in 1992.

He has now kicked 83 goals in his last 31 games, an average of 2.67 per game and 29 in his last 8 games, an average of 3.67.

So what you're saying is he's on track for at least 600? Personally can see him getting OVER 9000!!!!!! imo

 

[TimlinOfficial]

You are forgetting that the Bont didn't play either.

Woops!

Oh well, he's not really that important is he?

 

[Dry Rot]

All well written sentiments. I think the 'pro drug use' line comes due to people saying using drugs is not a big deal (and I'm not sure if any of you have said that, it's just something I've seen thrown about). Even if they are to become legal, it still is a big deal using the drugs as people need to know what it exactly is they are putting into their body. Much like food regulations and alcohol regulations are becoming much stricter with labelling and being honest with what it is we are eating/drinking. At the moment being illegal people have absolutely no idea what it is that goes into their body, and the people who manufacture these drugs would not hesitate to compromise how they make them to ensure the cash flow continues. So maybe I've just argued myself into the legalisation of it all
But in seriousness I don't know enough about it except it's had an impact on me and my family, and by reading your responses most of you as well. So it needs to be treated with seriousness and not just with throwaway lines like 'it's no big deal'. In my opinion that just pisses all over anyone who has been impacted by it all (and again those of you that have responded above haven't been doing this, you have all had reasoned and well thought out discussions, arguments and sentiments.) Anyway I've rambled a bit, wish I could be as succinct and articulate as all of you above! I probably won't say any more as I don't know enough about it apart from the impact it can have, so thanks for those that took the time to put out their reasoned responses.

Coming late to this - looks like you lost someone to drugs. What drug was it?

 

[Eastdog]

With buying tickets for Saturday night's game I believe our cheer squad will be at the Coventry End Level 1 Aisle 47 and there will be a designated bay for us next to the cheer squad Level 1 Aisle 48. Is this correct?

 

[dogwatch]

For general information here's some stats from the WB list in 2016 (source is the AFL Record Season Guide).
I know the weight stats can vary over days or even hours but it gives you a bit of an idea what shape they are in relative to last year and to each other.

Players who have changed height (grown?)

Wallis, Dahlhaus, Crameri, Wood, Smith C, Webb, Liberatore, Dale, Daniel, Smith R ​

They all "grew" by 1 cm since Jan 2015. It's an interesting stat since only those in bold were aged under 20 at the start of the year. The others should have stopped growing a while ago.
Creative measuring?

Players who have changed weight (kg)
Put on weight:

Dale 9
Hamilton 7
R.Smith 6
Bontempelli 6
McLean 6
Webb 5
Wood 3
Daniel 3
Honeychurch 3
Minson 2
Prudden 2
Hamling 2
Picken 2
Wallis 1
Hunter 1
Stringer 1
Stevens 1
Johannisen 1​

Lost weight:

T.Boyd -1
Redpath -1
Jong -1
C.Smith -2
Roughead -2
​

Players whose BMI (Body Mass Index) has changed:

Dale 2.46
Hamilton 2.11
McLean 1.85
Bontempelli 1.63
Smith R 1.56
Webb 1.18
Honeychurch 0.97
Daniel 0.77
Prudden 0.60
Wood 0.60
Picken 0.59
Hamling 0.53
Minson 0.51
Johannisen 0.31
Hunter 0.30
Stevens 0.28
Stringer 0.27
Wallis 0.03
Boyd T -0.25
Redpath -0.27
Dahlhaus -0.27
Liberatore -0.27
Jong -0.28
Crameri -0.29
Roughead -0.50
Smith C -0.89
​

Impressive development from Dale and Hamilton, as long as it's all muscle and not Christmas pudding. Wonder if it will take a little while for them to get used to their "new" body? However if you look at the BMI list below they are still pretty skinny compared to their teammates.
Pretty much what you'd expect (or hope for) from the rest.

I know BMI is only a rough indication and is less popular than it once was, but it's a simple measure to calculate and gives us a fair idea. So here's the whole list sorted in order of BMI. I've highlighted those over BMI 25 and those under 23:


Collins and Adams are impressively high on that list. Macrae surprisingly low.

 

[fargy]

Coming late to this - looks like you lost someone to drugs. What drug was it?

Sorry DR missed this, it was heroin.

 

[ManOfClay]

Matty Fuller drilled a big goal from outside 50 for Norwood on the weekend. Disappointing he could do stuff like that for the red legs, play shit for us, then start doing that again

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Matty Fuller drilled a big goal from outside 50 for Norwood on the weekend. Disappointing he could do stuff like that for the red legs, play shit for us, then start doing that again

I'm curious whether there was anything else going on there, like homesickness or an inability to fit in for whatever reason. It's easy to say he just wasn't up to the level but between the unexplained absences, impressive VFL debut, mysterious injuries and bookended excellent SANFL form it's hard for me to believe that that's all there was to it.

 

[ManOfClay]

To be fair his SANFL form wasn't exactly excellent before he was drafted. Had, and still has, some traits that some thought would translate to a higher level but overall he wasn't quite there.

Was certainly never an athlete and that hurt him.

 

[Cadillac]

Does anyone know if this game will be a home replacement game?

 

[Dry Rot]

Sorry DR missed this, it was heroin.

Sincerely sorry to hear that - it's a shit drug. Taken a few lives I've known over the years.

I'd like the cops to focus on smack and crystal meth, and forget about weed.

 

[Testekill]

Sincerely sorry to hear that - it's a shit drug. Taken a few lives I've known over the years.

I'd like the cops to focus on smack and crystal meth, and forget about weed.

Yeah, I went to high school in Melton and live in Werribee so I've seen a lot of people affected by meth. Additionally, a friend of my sister is a police officer in Melton and he has had so many horror stories of people affected by the really hardcore drugs.

 

[Igloo]

Does anyone know if this game will be a home replacement game?

It's not. I thought it was, but it's Melbourne at the mcg.

 

[Easty]

I'm curious whether there was anything else going on there, like homesickness or an inability to fit in for whatever reason. It's easy to say he just wasn't up to the level but between the unexplained absences, impressive VFL debut, mysterious injuries and bookended excellent SANFL form it's hard for me to believe that that's all there was to it.

Couldn't adjust to the pace of VFL level and doesn't have to defend as heavily at SANFL. He's terrible 1v1 and got exposed.

 

[Dav1d]

Ughhhh social anxiety is bad enough without some guy on a bus pulling an xacto blade out on me & stabbing at the air
Kinda don't want to go out..ever