Autopsy The Red V defeat Bulldogs - Rd 17

[S120]

Seriously, the commentators and the umpires had me agro throughout that game. The umpires were ****ed but in almost every broadcast when an underdog is putting in the game of their season to knock off a favourite, the commentators rise and get excited. See last night for Saints against Brisbane for example when the commentators really rode the excitement of the Saints knocking off a flag contender. This bunch were so ****ing flat and were basically begging the Dogs to come back, almost as if they were the underdogs and would take a brave effort to get up off the canvas to beat the big, bad favourites. **** that annoyed me, they barely bother describing each of our players if they aren't named Bud.

OK, I'm done ranting. Brilliant win. We can beat the best teams with such an even spread of effort. Pumped. And without much at all from Bud or Papley up front. Our wings and half backs set the game up beautifully with how much uncontested ball they found and we beat them time and time again in defence and then beat them back the other way. Jordan Dawson

12

Jordan Dawson

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

is looking at a very nice contract.

But **** those umpires too.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Brad Johnson, has been commentating for at least 10 years.

LOL more fool me. Anyway I don’t think he was nearly as bad as the others.

 

[ashep]

Thoughts on the game to come, but a little pissweak to see many here taking potshots at a first gamer...

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

5-2 against the top 8 only Melbourne is better

 

[caesar88]

Ps. anyone having a go at JUH for his debut, pull your heads in. Yes the commentary was nauseating leading up and during the match, and no he did not have a good debut. But he is an 18 year old kid playing his first game. We would not want people bagging one of our kids if they'd had a debut like that.

 

[Ticky009]

Genuine question - anyone else think we're in the conversation for the flag? Form in Victoria is tops. Who cares if we lose the odd game to a second rate Hawks, we're not going to face them in Finals, our record against the 8 is huge.

We've defeated 3 of the top 4.

I say we aim to misbehave

 

[Dan87]

I thought Hayward played like an a grader today

 

[RaZoRBlad3]

Awesome win against those ******** cheats. Go Bloods!

 

[Punts]

Negitive I know but we need more pressure in the forward 50

Ronke needs a go

 

[V9x18]

McCartin huge

 

[Banyo Bloods]

We played the first gamer well in not giving him a chance. But the kids gonna be a gun. Thank goodness the Swans made sure he got off to a shaky start.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Genuine question - anyone else think we're in the conversation for the flag? Form in Victoria is tops. Who cares if we lose the odd game to a second rate Hawks, we're not going to face them in Finals, our record against the 8 is huge.

Depends how we go against the lower tier teams still got gws and gcs to come.

 

[Ticky009]

Middle still needs work
26-46 in clearances, minus-8 in the contested ball

 

[caesar88]

Upset that the word 'shit' gets censored on here now

That's shit

 

[SM]

LOL more fool me. Anyway I don’t think he was nearly as bad as the others.

Actually my bad I'm getting mixed up with Fox, dunno who it was. I agree with you that new guy seems ok in general, there was still a bit of crying about missed frees to the Dogs that annoyed me.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Unpopular but Dogs deserved a fair few of the frees in the last. We were a bit sloppy in the last quarter but our pressure was exactly where it should be which can lead to a few.

Not defending the rest of the match though

 

[Swansujelly]

Was saving the 2nd half for when I got home from work, but old mate walks in the meal room “nice win”, thx Adam. Anyway, the umps did their best but we still won, suck it Dogs.

 

[Disco Brad]

George Hewitt smashed Libba today.
Blakey looks great running out of the back half.
McInerney was solid.
Love seeing the ball in Gulden's hands, you just know he's going to do something clever with it, but how about him smashing his golden fist over Bruce - BANG!!!!
Robbie Fox

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Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

is so reliable.
McCartin was an absolute rock in defence today.
Hickey got taken round the ground by English today but still grabbed a stack of possessions and did some great things. Could not be happier with having him in the middle this year.
Cunningham, Lloyd, Kennedy, Parker - dependable and untiring games.
Rampe did what he had to.
Hayward popped up at key moments as did Heeney and Papley to lesser extents.
Buddy is due to go off the chain soon, you can see it. An almost day for him today though.
Ollie was pretty solid today.
Amartey took a couple of good grabs and who didn't love his "back of the net" pressure act goal.
I can start to see what role they see for Bell. It's as a forward who grabs a cheeky mark just on the back 50 metre line and fires it forward. He's done that a few times in the last couple of games.
Callum Mills

14

Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

is just a bull in the midfield. Such a great season.

 

[Punts]

Reid will play this week

Hopefully Warner in 2

 

[tombomb]

Brad Johnson, has been commentating for at least 10 years.

No it was Chris Johnson, the ex Brisbane player.

 

[Punts]

Fox just gets it done

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

Gulden field kicking and him make us so much better

We finally have outside run

Not bad is Blakey of hb

McCartin can be a gun defender

I love how 2 of your 3 favourite players to dump on appear in this post

 

[Big Blood]

Normally don't take any notice of the umps but for most of 3Q I was craving a free more than a goal.

I love our defence. So composed and organised. Not often you can get smashed in clearances by a top side and still win. We were able to soak huge amount defensive pressure and then our transitions were aweseome.
Makes a difference if you can win so many marking contests like we did today. Who knew Jordan Dawson

12

Jordan Dawson

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

was a competitve marking beast as well as a superboot? Putting him on the wing/forward and Blakey up back has been a winner. McCartin's aereial efforts were also something.

Whatever we put in the players' cornflakes before the games against top teams we ought to feed them before we play bottom sides.

 

[adam waite]

I think we can go deep into September and anything’s possible.

You are right. As much as lockdown has affected our players and familys. There seems to be a plus side in our favour. The team are really bonding and they are playing as such. Thats 2weeks in a row without any first team changes. You can see the confidence rising in the whole team!!

 

[Ticky009]

I really like this thought bubble from Montagna

It‘s almost like John Longmire uses that halfback spot for players to build their confidence.

“Mills did a lot of it, now he‘s a permanent mid, Dawson built his game off halfback, now he’s playing more through half-forward/wing, and now it’s Nick Blakey

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Nick Blakey

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.4

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

7.2

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.2

3star

who’s building his confidence and building his game; so who knows where his game will be in a year or so?”