Autopsy RD 22 - Exposed by the Crows

[dogwatch]

It's early 4th quarter so I guess it's safe to call it.
It's hard to fathom but it's such familiar territory.
Here are some unedited consecutive posts from the GDT (during the third quarter). There's a pattern. They could have been cut and pasted from any one of our other inexplicable losses this season or last season.

"All time Bulldogs performance this one"​

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"This team is mentally weak"​

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"We are not a top 8 side. So mentally brittle."​

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"Season done"​

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"We look completely lost"​

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"this is disgusting.... no physical effort whatsoever.... absolutely pathetic... "​

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Sure, there's a few of the usual OTT response when losing to a bottom four club but questions do have to be asked.

Not just why does this happen, but why does it keep happening year after year?

Are other top 8 sides as brittle as this? I wouldn't think so.

 

[Dog 36]

I got sucked in again thinking things would be different

Predictable Bulldogs nothings changed no lessons learnt.

The only thing left is who do I prefer puts us out of our misery North or GWS

Probably North saves another week of waiting to be let down again.

 

[Sentinel]

It's never as good as it seems, it's never as bad as it seems.

 

[Chicago1]

 

[Foxman98]

Vandermeer is no good Buku is no good Garcia is no good Coffield is no good

 

[Snarls Barkley]

We play like the worst team in the comp every four weeks or so. So we were due for a performance like this, so disappointing.

A lot of people had trepidation coming into this one, I was not one of them. We worked far too hard to get out of a really sticky position to just let it slip. Thought we'd come out with absolute fire to make sure we took advantage of some slip ups around us. Can't believe we had another no show.

 

[_Mike_]

Not surprised with the result, just disappointed with the margin

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Destiny is still in our hands I guess and I think a few weaknesses got worked out. Doubt we'll be going in unchanged again.

Would be so disappointing to miss the finals again when we have looked like the best team for the last four weeks. Early losses catching up on us in a sense.

 

[Dazb86]

McNeil our best.

Says it all.

Pathetic effort from the majority of the team.

 

[CarnTheScray]

Will probably downgrade my membership yet again next year. It’s been about 5-6 seasons now of false hope.

 

[bresker]

I'm glad I bought that $120 social club membership last week. All to a good cause

 

[MaxiBont]

What a horrendous way to finish the weekend.

Appalling from start to finish

 

[Struggle]

Even Raygun is embarrassed by that

 

[DognBones]

When we are bad we are very very bad. This was one of the baddest.

 

[BarryMorgan]

Nothing is more predictable than the Dogs folding up like a cheap deck chair when there’s pressure to perform.

 

[Bazzas Lovechild]

There is no consistency in our game nor the player effort. Wonder which bulldog team will show up next weekend…it’s genuinely a coin toss.

 

[Struggle]

Desperately need an upgrade on Buku and Coffield

Buss can't possibly be less ready than them

 

[Ted's Robot]

Dees made us look better than we are last week. We got lucky with a few goals that bounced right, dees failed to touch.
Had no luck today and nothing from vdm, cody, west. Darcy lost confidence after all those points. Lost naughton. Of course we faced the Crows best side all year. While everyone will say how good the hawks went, the blues lost Charlie and others during the game. Sometimes things just go your way.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Darcy 19 disposals and kicked 1.5 shame he couldn’t finish off the good work.

 

[dergert]

2019-2020- we went into the finals as the "in form side". Flogged both games..
A month of strong form then capitulating isn't foreign territory.
The good thing is that other teams around us are shit and we have time to fix it

 

[Ash1337]

Didn't get to see the game but stats says it was just a shit day. Last 2 games are must wins now to chance the 8.

 

[dergert]

Was Johnno a goal kicking specialist with any club? (Outside of his playing days)

 

[DoggieStyle07]

Mostly just annoying how utterly, utterly predictable this result was.

Only solace is that it’s a good time for a loss I guess, fire a rocket back up some of them for the run home.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Didn't get to see the game but stats says it was just a shit day. Last 2 games are must wins now to chance the 8.

do yourself a favour don’t watch the replay

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Dunno. That wasn’t ideal.