Round 1 Vs Sydney GAMEDAY

[Triple Baileys]

Dickson must play! Discuss...

I understand he looked good in the VFL practice matches and has had a genuinely good preseason. I think we have to go with him first up.

 

[Libba39]

What do we do if both Reid and Franklin are playing? Cordy goes to Reid - who goes to buddy?

Aren't they also playing Blakey up there? From memory he is very tall and has hit the scoreboard in JLTs.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Whatever happens on Saturday night, I'm so bloody glad we'll be able to start talking about actual events again. The offseason speculation gets so monotonous. Bring on some Bulldogs football!

We are almost melted out. Need to fight back, there's a long season ahead of us

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Naughton already confirmed forward.. will only be moved if we’re struggling according to Bevo

So end of first quarter, first game then
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[doggies ftw]

I dunno about you guys but i think things are gonna click in a big way on saturday night. Our whole game is built around intensity and we didnt have that in the JLT, we never show it any respect at all, plus weve heard reports of the group putting in a massive block of work just before it, they would have been sluggish, the idea was to be ready for this week not JLT.

Gonna surprise the **** out of the swans and i cant wait.

 

[Munnez]

I dunno about you guys but i think things are gonna click in a big way on saturday night. Our whole game is built around intensity and we didnt have that in the JLT, we never show it any respect at all, plus weve heard reports of the group putting in a massive block of work just before it, they would have been sluggish, the idea was to be ready for this week not JLT.

Gonna surprise the **** out of the swans and i cant wait.

Here's hoping that it goes to plan then

 

[Whoyagot]

The one upside is with the swans going tall up forward is we should be able to walk it out of there if the ball hits the ground. We just need to pressure the ball deliverer and bring it to ground. From there Daniel, Crozier, Suckling, Williams, etc should be able to get to work. It’s not like the swans have elite pressure forwards, especially with the likes of florent and Papley playing more midfield time. It’ll be ****ing risky going small but I’m sure bevo is going to do it, could make for a really exciting game!

 

[dogwatch]

The one upside is with the swans going tall up forward is we should be able to walk it out of there if the ball hits the ground. We just need to pressure the ball deliverer and bring it to ground. From there Daniel, Crozier, Suckling, Williams, etc should be able to get to work. It’s not like the swans have elite pressure forwards, especially with the likes of florent and Papley playing more midfield time. It’ll be ******* risky going small but I’m sure bevo is going to do it, could make for a really exciting game!

Hope you're right. That will be a third of the battle.
We should at least match them in the midfield. That's two thirds.
The remaining third is the problem though - where will the goals come from?

 

[footyfan000001]

Cordy - Reid
Crozier - Blakey
Wood - Buddy

Absolutely no excuses for our rucks too if Aliir is the main Ruck.

 

[Yojimbo]

Absolutely no excuses for our rucks too if Aliir is the main Ruck.

I could see Aliir Aliir providing plenty of headaches for our rucks around the ground.

 

[fronkalicious]

I dunno about you guys but i think things are gonna click in a big way on saturday night. Our whole game is built around intensity and we didnt have that in the JLT, we never show it any respect at all, plus weve heard reports of the group putting in a massive block of work just before it, they would have been sluggish, the idea was to be ready for this week not JLT.

Gonna surprise the **** out of the swans and i cant wait.

Agree entirely Re the intensity Doggies.

I just don’t see how we can score enough against rampe, mills, Lloyd, Grundy etc.

 

[doggies ftw]

Agree entirely Re the intensity Doggies.

I just don’t see how we can score enough against rampe, mills, Lloyd, Grundy etc.

Yeah its definitely a concern, but i think with Schache, Naughty, Mclean, Lloyd and Dickson theres enough class there and if the midfield can hit the scoreboard as we'd expect we can put a winnable score on the board. Dont think its gonna be a high scoring encounter by any means but can see us getting them in a close, low scoring game.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

A couple of months ago our round 1 side looked very strong and it seemed like a hard task to pick a best 22..

Now it just looks horrible with holes everywhere. Basically saying "oh he'll have to do" when naming 4 or 5 blokes.

Yikes.

Dont worry it will look good in the winners circle on Sat night in the Thor jumpers

 

[Optimistic Dog]

I confident we will win the midfield battle clearly. A dominant midfield more often wins the game. The proviso is that even if we do not have a winning forward line they can exert enough pressure so the swans do not get continuous drive from half back.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I could see Aliir Aliir providing plenty of headaches for our rucks around the ground.

I could see him causing Longmire a few as well

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I confident we will win the midfield battle clearly. A dominant midfield more often wins the game. The proviso is that even if we do not have a winning forward line they can exert enough pressure so the swans do not get continuous drive from half back.

Yep our midfield will win most weeks its just whether we can be efficient in our forward line and if we do well watch out opposition!

 

[Braybrook Son]

I just saw there’s no Honeychurch, Dahlhaus or Jong this week. That’s at least 20 less turnovers. Feeling more confident now!

 

[footyfan000001]

I could see Aliir Aliir providing plenty of headaches for our rucks around the ground.

Mean more tap work and clearances

 

[Dazb86]

I just saw there’s no Honeychurch, Dahlhaus or Jong this week. That’s at least 20 less turnovers. Feeling more confident now!

Honeychurch was one of our better performers early last season which should probably tell you how bad we were going haha

 

[ossie_21]

Agree entirely Re the intensity Doggies.

I just don’t see how we can score enough against rampe, mills, Lloyd, Grundy etc.

Just kick it over their heads through the two big sticks

 

[Braybrook Son]

Honeychurch was one of our better performers early last season which should probably tell you how bad we were going haha

Very true mate, sad but true!

 

[Charlie Bucket]

 

[Charlie Bucket]

English in. No Trengove. The rest pretty much how we thought.

 

[doggies ftw]

Wow. Absolutely stoked with that team. English and no Trengove was my ideal set up but i did not see us going that way round 1, pleasantly surprised.

 

[Werewolf]

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That looks a lot like the best 22 I would've picked