Game Day WB v Hawthorn Rd 22 - It's all on the line

[charcoalchicken]

That’s game over folks, kicking into the wind, down by a point, hawthorn dominating general play.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Starts with the captain too, been terrible today, terrible, he ain’t winning no Brownlow. Stand up when we need you ffs???

God forbid someone else stands up for once. Help him out

 

[The Inbetweener]

Genuinely curious as to what Bevo’s excuse Will be for this one. Still refuses to put anyone on Newcombe

 

[Struggle]

Back 6 have been very good to hold on with how the front have been performing/ chasing

 

[lachy]

Keath is so slow to think and do.

Nah apparently not an issue playing the extra tall, will need it on finals if we make it against the non existent opponents

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[NBates]

Remember when team Bulldog would rise against adversity? Yeah, I vaguely do to....

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

Shows how much we rely on Libba. Can’t win a contest every time we tackle they have someone out the back as well.

 

[TheBont]

I love the Bont, as most of us do. But this is a piss poor performance from a captain given the stakes.

Has nothing to do with leadership for the 1000x time.

 

[ExRoyboy]

All over for Bevo, surely?

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I really hope so…. But the club is actually very weak in terms of its leadership so I don’t think they have the balls to do it even though it’s been clear for a while now that this is the right decision. They will waste at least another 2-3 years before doing anything and by then Bont and Libba will be pretty much cooked and our time will have passed. The waste of talent in this team is criminal with what the coaching has been. I blame the club leaders

 

[MaxiBont]

This is ridiculous. Getting completely and utterly destroyed.

 

[bresker]

English being useful in the ruck for the opposition as usual

His lazy two handed tap to Moore under no pressure ! That said, there’s only so much a ruck can do when the stoppage players are treacle

 

[dogwatch]

I know it's a painful experience watching this or following it without watching (as I've been lucky enough to do) but three or four posters constantly sniping at each other throughout this thread is utterly excruciating.

Can you STFU. Please.

 

[MJG14]

We are very good at being shit in crucial games

 

[tonzdogs]

I wish Rocket was in the box for this last quarter

 

[lachy]

Just throw west in the middle. He's the only bloke who can stick a tackle

Good call, can't do any worse and with Libba out worth a try

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[ScragCity]

The only silver lining is that we don't have to suffer another embarrassing week one finals exit

 

[Tyrohad]

Jogging around the park after an 8 day break...pathetic

 

[jdz101]

That's probably the most one sided quarter we've conceded all year in general play.

In the most important game.

 

[Randomthoughts]

Fooled by a tanking Richmond I was

 

[Oliver G]

Broken Tackles (To 3QT)
WB: 1
HW: 17

 

[Bulldogs85]

This group would just be making up the numbers if they make the finals

 

[StringyDog]

Getting a scary glimpse into post Libba period, shows how important he is, rest of mids look third rate without him winning the hardball

 

[Chicago1]

LOL I've arranged for a friend to take me to the footy next week. It's been five years since I've been to a game. I had been looking forward to smashing West Coast. Now I'm not too sure if I should go.

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[wayniac]

Will be interesting to see if Bevo can motivate the players. Young guys like Artie Jones have a chance to earn a spot but continue to fail. Our senior players need to lift and show how it's done.

Senior players who have dropped off the cliff since 2021:

Duryea, Keath, Macrae. Williams.

Younger players:

Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

, Vandemeer.

Six or more who aren't delivering is too much to expect consistent results. The cupboard is bare.

 

[St 07]

Hopefully we've whittled them down energetically otherwise we are in trouble