AFL Game Day Round 23, 2017 Etihad Stadium - Hawthorn V Western Bulldogs

[Eastdog]

Final game of the 2017 home and away season hopefully not the last one and we can play in the finals if all goes our way.

Will next year in the game day threads include the venue as well like I have with this thread.

Margin: Dogs by 4 points to keep our 2017 finals dream alive

First Goal: Bailey Dale to get our first and kick 5

Best On Ground: Jack Macrae to tear it up again

Go Bulldogs!!

[boydogs]

WB by 13
First Goal Campbell
BOG Macrae

[Remi Moses]

Hawks by 12 pts ( just to finalise a crap year)
BOG Macrae
1st Goal Lipinski

[bornadog]

Dogs by 17 points

First goal with his first kick - Pattrick

BOG: The Bont

Crowd: 43,000

[Twodogs]

Bulldogs by 61
BOG Bailey Dale
FG the Bont

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Hawks by 7 points
BOG Macrae
First goal Bont

[bornadog]

I want to see this again:





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[KT31]

I want to see this again:

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Here it is again then BAD.:D

[cinder]

Here it is again then BAD.:D

:D Ha!

[Eastdog]

Bulldogs by 61
BOG Bailey Dale
FG the Bont

That would certainly help our % as well.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

WB by 9 pts
First Goal Picken
BOG Dahlhouse

[Bulldog4life]

Doggies by 15 points
BOG Hunter
First Goal Campbell

[ratsmac]

Dogs by 8 points
First goal - Bob
Last goal - Bob
BOG - Moyd

[DOG GOD]

Hawks by 11
First goal - bonti
Bog - Macrae

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Dogs by 27 points
First goal: Campbell
BOG: Bontempelli

[LostDoggy]

The champs are here, the champs are here!

Dogs by 16 at halftime and by 54 at the end.
First goal: Bobby
Lukey D the B.O.G

[Mantis]

Our defensive structures are embarrassing.

[ledge]

Bruise free footy , shoot out , no one wants to get hurt , like a display game

[kruder]

BTC tapwork is fantastic has had more of an impact in half a quarter than Roughead has in the last 6 weeks.

[bulldogtragic]

Feels/looks like an exhibition game.

[bulldogtragic]

Bruise free footy , shoot out , no one wants to get hurt , like a display game

What you said.

[Twodogs]

That would certainly help our % as well.


My system for deciding how much we win by is very consistent. I haven't got it right once this season.

[Mantis]

Why our defenders stand 10-15m in front of their opponents is beyond me.

Hasn't worked all *!*!*!*!ing year.

[Twodogs]

Why our defenders stand 10-15m in front of their opponents is beyond me.

Hasn't worked all *!*!*!*!ing year.

Because we appointed Joe Bloggs as the defensive coach at the start of the year.

It's the big flaw in a zone defence. Opponents go and stand in other places.

[kruder]

Young is killing our defensive structures he has lost confidence clearly and should not be playing tonight.

[ledge]

It's quite funny how last year we were kings of out the back run on goals now every club does it to us with ease.
We don't have any plan to beat our own game when it's used against us.

[ledge]

Must say The Bont is killing it but no mention from the bias Hawk commentators to busy talking about Mitchell.
Lipinski getting a feel , quite a good first qtr from him.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Bailey Dale has improved a lot this year. The next area he needs to improve on is collecting the ball below his knees. He's too fumbly and for his role he can't be.
Feel for Lewy, he's getting a lesson these past 4 weeks due to how our defensive set-up is exposed when we fail to stop quick ball movement from the opposition out of our forward line.
His first two games he was going for marks and impacting marking contests defensively. At the moment he looks bereft of confidence in every contest.

[Sedat]

Get the suit off Spang and go into our backline please

[Mantis]

We must be out of ideas.. We tried the no wings at the centre bounce against Melbourne and it failed miserably .. So let's try it again

[bulldogtragic]

We decide if we play finals, or not. We won't leave it up to other clubs to decide.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

How does Bailey Williams end up one on one with Roughead on the lead???
What is going on.

[kruder]

Wow williams has had an awful month, has taken a real step backwards.

[ledge]

We let them run down the ground with one, twos and pick off a short kick to a player within 40 metres. If they kick a point then we kick it back to the biggest tall they have.

[bulldogtragic]

Wow williams has had an awful month, has taken a real step backwards.

Williams disposals have been really average since he's come back in as a HBF. While Webb is hitting targets in his sleep not as a HBF in the VFL.

Disposal ability not relevant?

[G-Mo77]

Baily Williams' elite foot skills really don't impress me. Seems to butcher more ball than deliver.

[ledge]

You are kidding me ! Puopolo , that's just shit.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Woeful defensive efforts from Young and Roughy..smallest bloke gets a cheapy in spite of our guys having a clear opportunity to spoil.

[kruder]

Seriously were is Roughead at?

[bulldogtragic]

Seriously were is Roughead at?

Behind Kruezer, Campbell & Roughead. Just ahead of English on physicality.

[Rocket Science]

Miserably, we're executing this crap versus a mob that are pretty crap themselves.

Worse, our maladies are so farging predictable.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Lewy is going to have a lot of visual feedback to motivate him over the summer.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We've laid one tackle so far this quarter. Unbelievable, embarrassing in the final game for two stalwarts.

[bulldogtragic]

We've laid one tackle so far this quarter. Unbelievable, embarrassing in the final game for two stalwarts.

Seriously? I'm only half watching.

In a season of horrible stats. That might be the worst.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Much better in last 5 mins.

[Rocket Science]

Sicily's head has the punchability of a GWS player, especially when he celebrates.

[ledge]

What is it with the commentators drooling over the Hawks and finding errors with everyone of our players ?

[ledge]

Embarrassing how far clear the Hawks players are . Some get 30 metres clear in the forward 50 !

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

What is it with the commentators drooling over the Hawks and finding errors with everyone of our players ?

C'mon ledge..if we were leading the game they'd be gushing for us. Hawks are clearly on top and deserving of praise.

[Mantis]

Can this be over already?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Gee you'd almost think Hawks were the only team tonight sending off champs judging by how both teams are playing. Hawks much cleaner and positive than we are.
I thought our guys would be like exocet missiles tonight in terms of intent...instead its like they thought we'd come to play touch footy.

[ledge]

C'mon ledge..if we were leading the game they'd be gushing for us. Hawks are clearly on top and deserving of praise.

It started before the first bounce. Have a listen to the halftime clowns , is hawthorn playing anyone else ?
Apart from that we just let them run it round the wing, I know their are zones but not 30 metres from a player with the ball and the one receiving.

[always right]

We have no-one who can take a mark overhead.

Thank god the halftime siren went when it did. The umpires missed the most blatant throw of all time.

[G-Mo77]

We've laid one tackle so far this quarter. Unbelievable, embarrassing in the final game for two stalwarts.

Tackling is piss poor. So many just brushed aside and not sticking.

[always right]

Tackling is piss poor. So many just brushed aside and not sticking.

Lewis Young tackles like he is made of fairy floss. I guess his body isn't ready for it but he really shouldn't be playing tonight.

[Rocket Science]

Can this be over already?

You mean the season, right?

[bornadog]

Lots of players down at the moment, Hunter McLean, Biggs to name afew

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Lots of players down at the moment, Hunter McLean, Biggs to name afew

To be fair to Hunter...he seems to be playing as our go to key forward....

[Mantis]

You mean the season, right?

Yep.

Time to watch the 2016 finals series on loop and forget this shit ever happened.

[ledge]

We started with Campbell and he at least competed for the high ball, even looks dangerous, then Bevo put him around the ground, can't we have he or Roughead up forward while the other is around the ground ?

[Twodogs]

Tackling is piss poor. So many just brushed aside and not sticking.

I counted 11 tackles from us that quarter. They said it was only 1 halfway through the quarter so I counted the rest, one of those was a double tackle. I didn't know whether to count it as 1 or 2 tackles. I decided to pad the figures out a bit.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

So far this game is just the perfect summary of our season, frustrating to watch because we just let 'just ok' teams find a way to get easy goals, whilst at the same time we find ways to self-sabotage our own opportunities to score as well as just fail to capitalise on periods of possession and field position dominance.

[bulldogtragic]

So far this game is just the perfect summary of our season, frustrating to watch because we just let 'just ok' teams find a way to get easy goals, whilst at the same time we find ways to self-sabotage our own opportunities to score as well as just fail to capitalise on periods of possession and field position dominance.

They can call the DVD title of our 2017 season this.

[LostDoggy]

We will win this. The bottom 10 in disposals are ours. 13 points.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Jees Roughy. Has Daniel on his own down the line.. Nope I'll go long to Dahlhaus and Sicily... bloody hell

[bulldogtragic]

*!*!*!*! me dead.

They should hand back their wages in this effort.

[ledge]

Jees Roughy. Has Daniel on his own down the line.. Nope I'll go long to Dahlhaus and Sicily... bloody hell

We are the best at kicking to the opposition talls and hitting them lace out from any position.

[bulldogtragic]

Why don't they care?

[bulldogtragic]

I'm gunna *!*!*!*!ing spew. Spew!

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

This is just cruel..
Mclean blows an easy goal
Bont & Picken...ruin an easy goal...
Hawks get a goal out the other end. .
That just is the football equivalent of sitting on your own balls.

[Rocket Science]

Commentary team banging on about how we've got something to play for and the mathematical possibility of a finals berth.

I don't want to imagine the sort of humiliation we'd invite versus a quality team if we fell arse-first into finals.

[ledge]

Would I be shot if I said I think it's our coaching ?
Looks like we don't believe in the game plan.
Reminds me of the Mc Cartney years, piss poor.

[Mantis]

27 tackles in 2 and 1/2 qtr.. FMD!

[G-Mo77]

Not many positives so far but Libba is probably putting one of his best games together tonight.

[bulldogtragic]

I reckon Williamstown or Port Melbourne would beat this team in this form.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

And now Dahl...3rd genuine opportunity ruined...with no help from the opposition.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Beautiful finish from Bailey Dale. Well done!

[ledge]

We run around in circles while they pass the ball .. Witches hats at their best.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm worried.. Murph is almost still our best guy who can spot a forward target....and he's gone after tonight

[The Underdog]

I'm worried.. Murph is almost still our best guy who can spot a forward target....and he's gone after tonight

Yep, it's a problem

[ledge]

Clay smith would have been good tonight , a bit of hardness around the ball in the middle.

[bulldogtragic]

I'm worried.. Murph is almost still our best guy who can spot a forward target....and he's gone after tonight

Beat me to it. If we were offering contracts for 2018 on just tonight, he'd probably be offered first.

[Mantis]

Clay smith would have been good tonight , a bit of hardness around the ball in the middle.

He's slower than you.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

The fact we're only 2 goals down is more a reflection of how average the Hawks are at this point in their development. Against almost any other side around or above us on the ladder and we'd be 5 or more goals down right now.

[always right]

Clay smith would have been good tonight , a bit of hardness around the ball in the middle.

Yep...just what we need. Another slow plodder who turns like the Queen Mary.

Biggest indictment tonight is the the only bloke who is hitting targets is Murph.

[bulldogtragic]

Clay smith would have been good tonight , a bit of hardness around the ball in the middle.

Looking at Hawthorn, I'd rather some good/excellent users at the expense of excess hardness.

[ledge]

He might be slow but when do you need to be quick in the middle of a pack. We have no hardness at a centre bounce and get beaten in it 99% of the time.
Go in hard and hit it hard, he does that.

[ledge]

How come they have blokes 30 metres on their own out wide every time they might be in trouble ?
We get smashed wide everytime , now we even get a touched ball 1 metre out!

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

How much better will Picko play now he's got his shorts on the right way...??

[bulldogtragic]

Handball to Daniel FFS.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

How many handballs in a row then to move the ball under pressure for 40 metres. Lucky the final one didn't end up holding the ball.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Boyd's best game since last season. At least he is sufficiently morivated.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Biggs, Williams, and Bailey Dale against Roughy....how is that set up occurring?????

[bulldogtragic]

Done. Finally now, it's over 100%.

[G-Mo77]

I'm *!*!*!*!ing sick of seeing big forwards kick bags. Our defenders are useless.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm more annoyed we've not sent Murph and Boyd off with a fitting effort in their farewell than the loss itself..
This is unacceptable from players and judging by some of the ta tics our coaches as well.

[bulldogtragic]

I'm *!*!*!*!ing sick of seeing big forwards kick bags. Our defenders are useless.

Time to get a ready made good one. Missed Hurley, Lever should be a target of ours.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Williams now zero from a thousand from shots on the run.

[bulldogtragic]

Williams 0.6 from those types of shots. Something to work on.

[KT31]

And just like that, the distant memory of us playing with courage and care faded and we were back to being the crap side we had been for years.

[DOG GOD]

Pretty poor effort tonight....Boyd best on ground for us, and for the year he's had, shows where our team is right now.

Once again, other than Maclean can any of our players tackle grabbing an arm instead of the waist ?

Oh and our fwd line entry as insipid as ever

[bulldogtragic]

Bonts got something on the result?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Oh good.. now Bont is deciding to come to the party and shoot ourselves in the other foot.
Bloody hell.

[always right]

Wow....O'Brien marks and not a single tall bulldogs player in our defence....not one,

[KT31]

No effort and we have two champions retiring.

[G-Mo77]

There we go, just let him mark and kick an easy one

[bulldogtragic]

Hunter our CHF...

[kruder]

FFS how many times do we look to go backwards!!!!!!!!!!!!! We look like bloody Fremantle out there..

On a postive note Boyd showing how much we have missed a quality half back flanker that can mark the ball and hit a target.

[DOG GOD]

With this effort you wouldn't think we had a slight chance to play finals would you.
Thank god the year is done and dusted.

[always right]

Gunston has been loose at half back the whole night. Not a great coaching effort from Bevo.

[bulldogtragic]

Is there any part of either foot we haven't shot off ourselves.

[kruder]

No effort and we have two champions retiring.

The boys are having a crack just no method.

[ledge]

Let's all put in and buy the midfield and forward coach a mobile phone number next year so they can contact each other.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Hawks have just been tougher in defense in key moments.

[always right]

Hawks have just been tougher in defense in key moments.

Spot on. The statements about lack of effort on this board have been way off the mark. This 2017 version of the dogs is simply not good enough.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I really..really..REALLY want to let out the most offensive chain of words in the English language right now..as a release of my frustration at the way we've played football this year and tonight....
So embarrassing...this better burn deep.

[Sedat]

Gee you'd almost think Hawks were the only team tonight sending off champs judging by how both teams are playing. Hawks much cleaner and positive than we are.
Hawks prioritise keeping possession of the ball and show due care with their disposal by foot. We are the complete opposite - mayhem play on at all costs and just bang it on the boot

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

The boys are having a crack just no method.

Yep.. as someone posted earlier we've almost reverted to McCartney era all effort no brain or execution.

[Sedat]

With this effort you wouldn't think we had a slight chance to play finals would you.
Thank god the year is done and dusted.
The effort is there and that's the scary thing - we have a crack but our game plan and skill execution is ludicrously inefficient with regard to scoreboard impact for effort expended

[DOG GOD]

I think the game plan really needs to be looked at, and with that a few changes in the coaches box.
If we don't rectify our bomb boarding fwd entries next year, I expect a similiar ladder position in 2018.

[Hotdog60]

I wonder if the Bont has been carrying some major niggle this year as this is his worst year for disposal.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Its just hit Murph...almost lost it as he got close to the cheer squad.
Thanks Murph and Boydy.. you've given so much to so many for so long in exactly the spirit that we want our champs to model.

[bulldogtragic]

No song for Bob & Keith.

That's putrid. The players should've won that and embraced the two in a huddle in the rooms. But no, shit performance and now quiet rooms with no song. Putrid.

[DOG GOD]

The effort is there and that's the scary thing - we have a crack but our game plan and skill execution is ludicrously inefficient with regard to scoreboard impact for effort expended

Yep you're probably right about the effort sedat...its just extremely frustrating to watch our team butcher so many efforts thru insipid disposal. After the grand final last year, this has been one of the hardest years to watch.

[bulldogtragic]

Yep you're probably right about the effort sedat...its just extremely frustrating to watch our team butcher so many efforts thru insipid disposal. After the grand final last year, this has been one of the hardest years to watch.

My most unenjoyable season ever. By a country mile.

[DOG GOD]

My most unenjoyable season ever. By a country mile.

To me it was just a year of no momentum. Even with the 5 wins at the start, most were lucky. For me, the writing on the wall was in those 5 games.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

My most unenjoyable season ever. By a country mile.

Me too. How odd does that feel given we've been through the Rohde and McCartney era's within the past 14 years?
A measure both of expectation and how none of our games even our wins have been enjoyable or indicative of our best football.
We've been convincingly unconvincing in every single game at some period.

[bulldogtragic]

Me too. How odd does that feel given we've been through the Rohde and McCartney era's within the past 14 years?
A measure both of expectation and how none of our games even our wins have been enjoyable or indicative of our best football.
We've been convincingly unconvincing in every single game at some period.

Yep. I was talking to a stranger at Brissy game at Etihad, where we slammed on 4 goals in the last 3 minutes. And said that was the worst 5 goal win ever. Weird?!

[Grantysghost]

Lewis Young is a talent with a big future hopefully for our team but I'm not sure why he's been playing after he looked way off in the GWS game. Tonight it was almost like we were hiding him up forward in the second half not sure he touched it ? Tough season, hard to reconcile the drop off in intensity and manic pressure which was the hallmark of the side last season. Let's hope 2018 we can rediscover that spark. Thanks Bob and Boydy for all your efforts, legends.

[macca]

Let's all put in and buy the midfield and forward coach a mobile phone number next year so they can contact each other.
Our forward leading patterns are just not existent . Compared to the hawks who seem Composed have a structure and some useful marks. He'll even schoemakers can take a forward leading mark . Young was smoothered at full foward tongiht

[bornadog]

So many chances to kick goals but disposal was just pathetic. Running into open goals and spraying he ball.
you just shake your head.

[always right]

I have no problem with our effort tonight......we just weren't smart enough. Some have mentioned it was a bit like the McCartney days.....multiple players running at the Hawks player with the ball only to see it released to someone else on the outside......time and time again. It goes a long way to explain the disparity in tackles. It seems like we were corralling rather than tackling but I think it was more to do with us having too many players committing to the ball carrier instead of manning up on the outliers.

Happy to wipe that season.

[always right]

Our forward leading patterns are just not existent . Compared to the hawks who seem Composed have a structure and some useful marks. He'll even schoemakers can take a forward leading mark . Young was smoothered at full foward tongiht
Name five bulldogs players who can consistently take an overhead mark in a contested situation? I struggle.

[Grantysghost]

A mystery to me is Cloke being basically rested after his best game of the year. It was our most important game of the season and we appeared to be using a game plan which requires a tall forward and we had a small setup. Bizarre . Bont and Libba both look like they've got the worst OP ever too can barely run.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

So many chances to kick goals but disposal was just pathetic. Running into open goals and spraying he ball.
you just shake your head.

The lack of skill has been evident all year. The effort was there but we went into the game without two recognised key forwards and one key back man. The highlight for me was the final game of Matthew Boyd who with 33 possessions was outstanding in a defence that struggled throughout. As expected Hawthorn's disposal was far superior and a major factor in the win. They also had the best forward on the ground in Roughead which proved to be the difference.

[merantau]

Well, I've just read this entire thread and the pain, disappointment, frustration and yes, anger, that I am hearing mirrors my own sentiments exactly. I am just so hlad this year is over. I cannot recall a year as frustrating as this. The highpoint was the win against the Swans. It was basically downhill from there.

If stats were kept for fumbles, inept handballs, misdirected taps, missed tackles and missed goals at cricial moments in games we would be No 1 on tonight's performance.

Really disappointing. I feel gutted for Murph and Boydy who played their guts out. It was just so frustrating to see the effort applied wasted due to poor execution by hand or foot.

I worry about our prospects next year to be honest. We need Stringer, Bont, Libba, Crameri, Adams, Tom Boyd, Clokey, Easton Wood and a few others to have really good years and be injury free. If not we will be back with the pack. In other words - a fair middling team.

I really felt 2016 was going to be a watershed year for us. I could not have been more wrong.

There needs to be a thorough inquest into our season. Only the 2nd time for 19 years that the Premiers have not made the 8 the following year. That deserves serious, honest, appraisal.

[merantau]

Well, I've just read this entire thread and the pain, disappointment, frustration and yes, anger, that I am hearing mirrors my own sentiments exactly. I am just so hlad this year is over. I cannot recall a year as frustrating as this. The highpoint was the win against the Swans. It was basically downhill from there.

If stats were kept for fumbles, inept handballs, misdirected taps, missed tackles and missed goals at cricial moments in games we would be No 1 on tonight's performance.

Really disappointing. I feel gutted for Murph and Boydy who played their guts out. It was just so frustrating to see the effort applied wasted due to poor execution by hand or foot.

I worry about our prospects next year to be honest. We need Stringer, Bont, Libba, Crameri, Adams, Tom Boyd, Clokey, Easton Wood and a few others to have really good years and be injury free. If not we will be back with the pack. In other words - a fair middling team.

I really felt 2016 was going to be a watershed year for us. I could not have been more wrong.

There needs to be a thorough inquest into our season. Only the 2nd time for 19 years that the Premiers have not made the 8 the following year. That deserves serious, honest, appraisal.

[Rocket Science]

Love ya Keithy. Sign him up.

[merantau]

Name five bulldogs players who can consistently take an overhead mark in a contested situation? I struggle.

Excellent point. Big blokes are supposed to take marks. Tom Campbell and Roughie between them - my gut feeling is they didn't snag half a dozen between them.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Excellent point. Big blokes are supposed to take marks. Tom Campbell and Roughie between them - my gut feeling is they didn't snag half a dozen between them.

Tom Campbell has been a punt that has ultimately not come off. He has attributes that are good, and others that needed much improvement... He has not, at AFL level anyway, been able to improve those deficiencies in any significant way to make me think he's an AFL level player.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm actually getting more angry and upset for Bob and Matty as the evening goes on....post siren.. I'd better close things now.

[Twodogs]

So far this game is just the perfect summary of our season, frustrating to watch because we just let 'just ok' teams find a way to get easy goals, whilst at the same time we find ways to self-sabotage our own opportunities to score as well as just fail to capitalise on periods of possession and field position dominance.

Last year we were really hard to score against and stayed in games during patches when we weren't playing well and didn't get blown away. This year though teams would score easy goals after we expended all our energy doing everything but kick goals. It's like other teams Rope a Doped us.

[Eastdog]

Well that is 2017 all over and in the end we could be better in the long run.

On the game tonight very frustrating again we were close for most of the night but just could not get the lead.

Players I thought did well Bob and Boydy put a top effort in their last games, Toby McLean, Bont, Campbell tried hard, Dahl, Daniel did alright, Zaine Cordy and Bailey Dale is our a reliable forward now.

There has certainly been quite a few improvers this year but more have gone back. If more can lift there games next year will be alright again. We didn't lie down tonight and kept fighting hard which was a positive aspect and looking over the season yes there were games we lost badly which took a hit to our % but there were other games were we easily could have won and it would have been a different story.

Our forward efficiency needs a major review over the off season along with our goal kicking.

Farwell to Bob Murphy and Matty Boyd. Bulldog legends.

Will be back in 2018!

Go Dogs!

[AndrewP6]

I wonder if the Bont has been carrying some major niggle this year as this is his worst year for disposal.

Has to be. Just has to be.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Bont clearly carrying something, had his hip/groin worked on vigorously at 3QTR time and looked quite proppy most of the night.

Thanks to Boydy and Bob - certainly going to miss them representing us but both were instrumental in our flag last year and are forever legends of this club.

Plenty of work to do this off season.

[Go_Dogs]

Sad night to farewell a couple of blokes who have seemingly been around forever.

Summed up our year tonight, we've got a long pre-season now to implement change and come back fitter and stronger than last year. Hope we can do that.

[bornadog]

A mystery to me is Cloke being basically rested after his best game of the year. It was our most important game of the season and we appeared to be using a game plan which requires a tall forward and we had a small setup. Bizarre . Bont and Libba both look like they've got the worst OP ever too can barely run.

He didnt come up with the 6 day break. I am sure Bevo wanted him to play. Campbell, although had 25 hitouts, he only touched the ball 3 times and was useless up forward when it was his turn.

A Bevo said in his press conference, we were well beaten in the big man department.

[bornadog]

Bont clearly carrying something, had his hip/groin worked on vigorously at 3QTR time and looked quite proppy most of the night.

Thanks to Boydy and Bob - certainly going to miss them representing us but both were instrumental in our flag last year and are forever legends of this club.

Plenty of work to do this off season.

I felt his running style all year was a bit strange. He did hurt his hip in the prelim, so he may have aggravated again this year.

[Rocket Science]

I'd argue Campbell's demonstrated himself to be exactly what we've seen, and that's his ceiling.

His development's been incremental at best and even as a basic depth player he's been found wanting. He's Minson-lite and frankly incompatible with both the modern game, and Bevo's game. Time to move on.

[merantau]

I was hugely disappointed in Campbell tonight. I'd said earlier that he had his best footy ahead of him. Well I'm wrong. I don'' think he can be a No 1 ruckman

[Bullies]

I was hugely disappointed in Campbell tonight. I'd said earlier that he had his best footy ahead of him. Well I'm wrong. I don'' think he can be a No 1 ruckman Is it just me but Roughy to be honest has not been much better. He seems to escape a lot of the criticism and he was given a hiding by Ryder last week as well.

[bornadog]

Is it just me but Roughy to be honest has not been much better. He seems to escape a lot of the criticism and he was given a hiding by Ryder last week as well.

Following his preseason injury, he just hasn't come up as fit as he would have liked to be.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Love ya Keithy. Sign him up.

It is hard to believe that we continued to play Suckling throughout the season at the expense of a Club champion in Matthew Boyd.

[Hotdog60]

Boyd was battling an Achilles injury and we saw what that did to Johnno.
You might get one good one and then a couple of bad.
I'm not a fan of Suckling BTW.