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Bugg retired to "support" his girlfriend's ambitions to be an Instagram model.
Yes, he is that pathetic
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What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 3
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Yes, he is that pathetic
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Funniest part is they broke up 8 months after he retired
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What a surprise, Instagram model dumps afl footballer as soon as he’s no longer an afl footballer.
Half our players better watch out when they retire
Interesting reading:
www.foxsports.com.au
The eerie similarities between these Dogs and 2016 — and how they’re even better now: Champion Index
The eerie similarities between these Dogs and 2016 — and how they’re even better now
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I’d kinda forgotten about it too, but JJ has never really been the same since this game. The tags started coming more and more after it until he stopped being such a threat, he’s never really gotten his mojo back
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I think that tells you a lot about this board
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Let’s not sink to 7th this timeInteresting reading:
The eerie similarities between these Dogs and 2016 — and how they’re even better now: Champion Index
The eerie similarities between these Dogs and 2016 — and how they’re even better now
Lets not have mass injuries this time
True. Even my facebook groups are full of negative nancies win lose or draw.
There was another stat, I think it was before the football Sunday, with the highest recorded percentages at round 5. I think we were 5th of All time and the 4 above us and one below had all gone in to play in the Grand final.On The Couch did flash up a nice stat. Our % of 178 was the highest in our history as at R5. Previous best was 2016
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Cant post in the oppo thread so put this here
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Degoey about to be Pattoned
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Hun article. Bailey Dale best kick in the AFL by some margin this season.
As in, lewd texts or retiring?
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Already stuff coming out on Facebook of things de goey has been sending.
So he isn't really concussed and it's just an excuse for him to miss games without suspicion?
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Doubt they have anything to do with each other.
They've got Duryea 3rd. Daniel was 1st for a long time as well. We are blessed for kicking skills at half back.
I have Already seen some photos will be interesting how they handle this. Star player so I’m sure he will get away with it.
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Mark Robinson: Numbers throw Marcus Bontempelli into the company of the game’s greats
With 150 games in the bag and the promise of many more, Marcus Bontempelli’s numbers already have him sitting alongside the game’s pre-eminent midfielders, writes Mark Robinson.
Mark RobinsonChief Football Writer
April 21, 2021 - 6:00AM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/.../4227a03af81e339b276136e55376749f#share-tools
The greats are always nearly the first to recognise greatness in young players.
For Chris Judd and Dane Swan, they saw in Marcus Bontempelli a smoothness in approach and a maturity in attitude.
Bontempelli played his 150th game last weekend and although it’s fraught to compare players of different generations, it’s practical to compare Bontempelli to the best players of the past 15 years.
Not surprisingly, at the 150-game mark of his career, the Western Bulldogs skipper is riding shotgun alongside the game’s pre-eminent midfielders.
![[PLAYERCARD]Marcus Bontempelli[/PLAYERCARD] is looking at a 350-game plus career if he can stay injury free.](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.api.news%2Fv3%2Fimages%2Fbin%2F225aaf2d40c0c661a5cf259b7b72511c&hash=08daebd1d2bbee1d462064b9c86b2802 "[PLAYERCARD]Marcus Bontempelli[/PLAYERCARD] is looking at a 350-game plus career if he can stay injury free.")
Marcus Bontempelli is looking at a 350-game plus career if he can stay injury free.
They include Ablett, Judd, Martin, Swan, Pendlebury, Selwood, Dangerfield, Fyfe and Parker at the same 150-game mark of their career.
Bontempelli, on disposals, slots in between Judd and Sydney’s Parker.
He is fifth on goals kicked behind Ablett, Dangerfield, Martin and Judd.
In contested and uncontested disposals, score involvements and clearances, Bontempelli sits comfortably with this group of future Hall of Famers.
Many of them have produced stellar second halves of their careers, but who’s to say Bontempelli won’t do the same.
At 25, and if he stays relatively injury-free, he is looking at a 350-game plus career.
Bulldogs great Brad Johnson can’t know if Bontempelli will be the best ever Bulldog — he’s contending with Ted Whitten, Chris Grant, Johnson, Doug Hawkins and Scott West — but he knows enough. “But what a player to be even considered the best ever,’’ Johnson said. “His calmness and presence reminds me of Chris Grant when he was at his best in the game. And his leadership. “He has a flag and by the end of his career could have a couple of more, and a Brownlow Medal and maybe another five best and fairests.’’
Judd says Bontempelli is clearly “a star’’. “He plays well at important stages of the game all the time,’’ the two-time Brownlow Medal winner said.
Dane Swan says Bontempelli’s value lies in his ability to go forward and kick goals. Carlton and Eagles great Chris Judd says Bontempelli has a rare humility.
“He’s such a good player at such a young age, it sort of feels like he’s 30 already. “His versatility stands out and I think his numbers would be better if he just got left as a midfielder for 80 per cent of the time. “But he’s been much more valuable for the Bulldogs by the fact he’s been able to go forward and he’s happy and capable of taking that role.’’
Judd sees a rare humility in Bontempelli. “A lot of guys who play well early in their career just work out simple things, like high-profile players are not movie starts or rock stars. They work out everyone is human earlier than other players. “They don’t get stuck into hero-worship and self-told stories that some other players put up. “By the time everyone is 25 or 26 in the competition, they have worked out that no one’s a superhero, they’re humans, and guys like Bontempelli … from the outside, it looks like he worked that out as an 18-year-old or 19-year-old and benefited from it accordingly.’’
Swan was a different player to Bontempelli. Bont is 193cm. Swan is 185cm. Bontempelli is glider, just like Pendlebury, while Swan “looked like I was busting my arse to get to every contest’’.
Bontempelli can sit forward and do a lot of damage on the scoreboard. Picture: Michael Klein
When he was nearing retirement, Swan was amazed by the size of Bontempelli and Patrick Cripps. “I was thinking, ‘Thank God I’m on the back end of my career and I don’t have to run around and follow these boys’.’’
After retirement in 2017-18, he missed a lot of footy, but has returned the game and is enamoured with Bontempelli’s output. “For Bont, it happens in big moments and that’s how you can categorise the greats,’’ he said. “Clearly, Dusty does it on the big stage all the time and we’re now getting to the point where Bontempelli is kicking big goals. “When something needs to be done for the side, he’s usually the one to do it. “And as captain, he doesn’t feel like he has to go out and have 35 every week, whereas most of us midfielders did and do.
“He’s getting to the point now, along with Dustin, he can trust his teammates to get the ball for him and he can sit forward and do as much damage with four or five touches and a goal a quarter than having 10 in the midfield. “He trusts the boys … he’s a great player.
With 150 games in the bag and the promise of many more, Marcus Bontempelli’s numbers already have him sitting alongside the game’s pre-eminent midfielders, writes Mark Robinson.
Mark RobinsonChief Football Writer
April 21, 2021 - 6:00AM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/.../4227a03af81e339b276136e55376749f#share-tools
The greats are always nearly the first to recognise greatness in young players.
For Chris Judd and Dane Swan, they saw in Marcus Bontempelli a smoothness in approach and a maturity in attitude.
Bontempelli played his 150th game last weekend and although it’s fraught to compare players of different generations, it’s practical to compare Bontempelli to the best players of the past 15 years.
Not surprisingly, at the 150-game mark of his career, the Western Bulldogs skipper is riding shotgun alongside the game’s pre-eminent midfielders.
Marcus Bontempelli is looking at a 350-game plus career if he can stay injury free.
They include Ablett, Judd, Martin, Swan, Pendlebury, Selwood, Dangerfield, Fyfe and Parker at the same 150-game mark of their career.
Bontempelli, on disposals, slots in between Judd and Sydney’s Parker.
He is fifth on goals kicked behind Ablett, Dangerfield, Martin and Judd.
In contested and uncontested disposals, score involvements and clearances, Bontempelli sits comfortably with this group of future Hall of Famers.
Many of them have produced stellar second halves of their careers, but who’s to say Bontempelli won’t do the same.
At 25, and if he stays relatively injury-free, he is looking at a 350-game plus career.
Bulldogs great Brad Johnson can’t know if Bontempelli will be the best ever Bulldog — he’s contending with Ted Whitten, Chris Grant, Johnson, Doug Hawkins and Scott West — but he knows enough. “But what a player to be even considered the best ever,’’ Johnson said. “His calmness and presence reminds me of Chris Grant when he was at his best in the game. And his leadership. “He has a flag and by the end of his career could have a couple of more, and a Brownlow Medal and maybe another five best and fairests.’’
Judd says Bontempelli is clearly “a star’’. “He plays well at important stages of the game all the time,’’ the two-time Brownlow Medal winner said.
Dane Swan says Bontempelli’s value lies in his ability to go forward and kick goals. Carlton and Eagles great Chris Judd says Bontempelli has a rare humility.
“He’s such a good player at such a young age, it sort of feels like he’s 30 already. “His versatility stands out and I think his numbers would be better if he just got left as a midfielder for 80 per cent of the time. “But he’s been much more valuable for the Bulldogs by the fact he’s been able to go forward and he’s happy and capable of taking that role.’’
Judd sees a rare humility in Bontempelli. “A lot of guys who play well early in their career just work out simple things, like high-profile players are not movie starts or rock stars. They work out everyone is human earlier than other players. “They don’t get stuck into hero-worship and self-told stories that some other players put up. “By the time everyone is 25 or 26 in the competition, they have worked out that no one’s a superhero, they’re humans, and guys like Bontempelli … from the outside, it looks like he worked that out as an 18-year-old or 19-year-old and benefited from it accordingly.’’
Swan was a different player to Bontempelli. Bont is 193cm. Swan is 185cm. Bontempelli is glider, just like Pendlebury, while Swan “looked like I was busting my arse to get to every contest’’.
Bontempelli can sit forward and do a lot of damage on the scoreboard. Picture: Michael Klein
When he was nearing retirement, Swan was amazed by the size of Bontempelli and Patrick Cripps. “I was thinking, ‘Thank God I’m on the back end of my career and I don’t have to run around and follow these boys’.’’
After retirement in 2017-18, he missed a lot of footy, but has returned the game and is enamoured with Bontempelli’s output. “For Bont, it happens in big moments and that’s how you can categorise the greats,’’ he said. “Clearly, Dusty does it on the big stage all the time and we’re now getting to the point where Bontempelli is kicking big goals. “When something needs to be done for the side, he’s usually the one to do it. “And as captain, he doesn’t feel like he has to go out and have 35 every week, whereas most of us midfielders did and do.
“He’s getting to the point now, along with Dustin, he can trust his teammates to get the ball for him and he can sit forward and do as much damage with four or five touches and a goal a quarter than having 10 in the midfield. “He trusts the boys … he’s a great player.
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Docs surprised me, I only just had him in round 1 due to Croz. But he’s been unreal, such a nice long leg too. Williams, Doc & Croz are all brilliant long kicks, throw in Daniel and Dale who are genuinely too of the best who both take extremely risky options. It’s hard to shut down
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If it's the screen shot of him making a very specific request, it's been doing the rounds for months and nothing has been done about it.
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