What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 3

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NBates said:
And even if they had a week ban, watch the exploitation of it in a Grand Final.
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Touched on this in the 'Collingwood v Bulldogs' thread, post 189.
 
BEaston said:
After one game the sub rule is already shown to be shambolic. Teams are actually better off with an injury to get the fresh player on. This will definitely get abused by teams throughout the season. Who could have predicted, a rule brought in with no thought at the 11th hour may not play out as expected. Amateur hour from AFL once again.
Will be very interested to see what happens with Vlastuin next week.
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BEaston said:
After one game the sub rule is already shown to be shambolic. Teams are actually better off with an injury to get the fresh player on. This will definitely get abused by teams throughout the season. Who could have predicted, a rule brought in with no thought at the 11th hour may not play out as expected. Amateur hour from AFL once again.
Will be very interested to see what happens with Vlastuin next week.
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May as well just go back to the days when both teams had 1 sub they could bring on at any time, and take a starting 22 player out (injured or not).
 

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I’d rather it scrapped altogether. If you lose a player, you lose a player. Sometimes it will hurt you, sometimes it will benefit you.
 
ossie_21 said:
I’d rather it scrapped altogether. If you lose a player, you lose a player. Sometimes it will hurt you, sometimes it will benefit you.
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Yeah, I don't like it. If a team loses a player at the beginning of the 3rd they have a fresh player on, and the other team might lose someone with 2 mins left in the game where it makes no difference. First team gets a fresh player for half a game but both teams come out of the game with an injured player. Who can still play the next week. They either needed to make it a mandatory week off for a subbed player for whatever reason they come off, or make the subs for concussion only. This is gonna be abused weekly.
 
Love this article, captures some of what people on here (from all clubs) were saying at various times between late 2014 and late 2016 (myself included), and the tweet from Robbo is a classic.

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How the f*** did the Bulldogs win the 2016 AFL premiership?
In one of the most improbable results in AFL history, the Western Bulldogs managed to snare their first AFL premiership since 1954 with a 22-point win against Sydney.
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Boyd oh Boyd said:
I don't get it's relevance to the concussion issue either. The concussed player is already sent off, this doesn't mitigate any risk to them. What it does is stop the rest of the side getting extremely fatigued when they're a man down but all off season they've been saying fatigue is good and will open up the game.

Dealing with injuries is part of the game. It's part of what seperates the good sides from the bad. It also brings an element of unpredictability to a match, so of course most of the coaches loved the sub idea.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
They keep saying that it's about player welfare. The injured player, whether that be concussion or any other injury, is off the ground, bringing another player on is not going to have any effect on the already injured player.

How long in to the GF will it take for a player to be subbed out.
 
Sliding Doors is back for another year. Close to every other club with a positive outlook, Damo fangirling Port, Draper & Dusty. Bulldogs? Ah, just get a kick Treloar.
 
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What life was really like for me in 2020

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That article goes a long way to explain our up and down season. Wouldn’t be surprised if quiet a few players felt similar in hub life.

Ive been a massive knocker of Dunks recently, but have to give him credit for coming out and explaining his thoughts over the last 6-12 mths.

Would be very surprised if he puts another trade request in at seasons end now.
Would come off as a bit of a knob considering he’s just done that article.
 
Dale4captain said:
The biggest problem, his role in the team and fulfilling his potential as a player, is even greater than it was last year.

He’s still gone imo.
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Plenty of water to go under the bridge. A mid might cop an injury and he gets the role in the middle full time, or he might end up killing it in that mid/forward hybrid role and help the Bulldogs go deep, lots of things could keep him happy.
 
Pickering is a good manager and no doubt had a hand in this to help keep the media wolves at bay who are no doubt searching for a headline. Having said that, I look at it optimistically and believe he is a good chance to stay But it’s not a done deal.
 
footscray1973 said:
Bevo having a rant at the AFL:

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'A whole series of headaches for everyone': Bevo slams new sub rule

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has taken aim at the AFL over the introduction of the medical substitute just over 24 hours before the season-opener
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He is hard to shift once he makes his mind up is Luke.
Clarko gave him a nice old clip for being the solo negative coach regarding the medical sub and he (Luke) was the only coach absent from the meeting where they agreed on it.
 
SMITH AND LESSON

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Dogs fire first in grudge match
IT WAS the grudge match that the footy world had been waiting for all summer — and the result went exactly the way new Bulldog Adam Treloar wanted against his former Collingwood teammates.
Treloar only had to wait one round into his new life at the Kennel to score a victory against the club he once loved so much, but that sensationally shipped him out during last year’s trade period.
Playing on a wing and also as a high half-forward — which will probably be a common feature of life in one of the most stacked midfields in the competition — Treloar made a solid start to his career at the Doggies. He had 18 touches, five clearances and four score involvements.
The Bulldogs made life hard for themselves. Despite dominating play for most of the night — they finished with 149 more disposals and 20 more inside 50s — they only really managed to slam the door shut in the final term on the dogged Pies, who were kept in the match by their backline, particularly Darcy Moore.
Bailey Smith produced a stellar performance for the Dogs, whose run-and-spread, transition from defence, speed and pressure ultimately proved decisive, making up for their at-times poor skill level and decision making.
THOMAS DUDDED?
LATE in the third quarter, Josh Thomas looked like he held on to the ball long enough 45m out from goal to be paid the mark, before being spoiled by Bulldog Taylor Duryea.
However, the umpire controversially waved play on, and Smith kickstarted a transition from defence that ended up with a Tim English goal and an insurmountable 23-point lead.
PIES BLOW CHANCES
WILL Hoskin-Elliott had two loose players inside 50m to choose from in Trey Ruscoe and Mason Cox early in the third period. But rather than hit a target, he coughed it up to an opponent.
A few minutes later, skipper Scott Pendlebury ambled up the middle of the ground and passed it to Taylor Adams deep in attack. But the former Giant dropped a mark he should have taken. On both occasions, the Pies could have got to within a kick of the Dogs.
ADAM’S APPLES
ALL eyes were on Treloar at the start of the game, and it didn’t take him long to get his first touch as a Bulldog.
To a predictable chorus of boos from the black-and-white army, he went for a gallop down the wing and hit Aaron Naughton on the chest with a beautifully weighted pass. The key forward did the rest, nailing the set shot from 40m out.
PENDLES PINGED
YES, really. In the words of Anthony Hudson, you saw it, but you couldn’t believe it — Pendlebury was caught dropping the ball early in the second quarter by Smith.
You could probably count on one hand how many times that has happened to the Collingwood captain during his 317-game career.
But Smith can tell his grandkids about it one day. And he proceeded to make the most of the free kick, too, by converting the set shot.
SMITH SAVES DAY
JUST moments after catching Pendlebury, Smith loomed large down the other end of the ground as well.
Three Magpies were charging towards the loose ball.
But Smith beat them all to rush a behind before Josh Daicos could get a toe poke on it near the goalsquare.
 
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