AFL Game Day Round 6, 2019

[Eastdog]

Round 6, 2019

Wed, Apr 24 Richmond vs Melbourne MCG Seven & Fox 7:35pm

Thu, Apr 25 Essendon vs Collingwood MCG Seven & Fox 3:20pm

Fri, Apr 26 Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne Adelaide Oval Seven & Fox 7:50pm

Sat, Apr 27 Gold Coast Suns vs Brisbane Lions Metricon Stadium Fox 1:45pm
Sat, Apr 27 St Kilda vs Adelaide Crows Marvel Stadium Fox 4:35pm
Sat, Apr 27 Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants SCG Fox 7:25pm
Sat, Apr 27 Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs Optus Stadium Seven & Fox 8:10pm

Sun, Apr 28 Hawthorn vs Carlton University of Tasmania Stadium Seven & Fox 3:20pm
Sun, Apr 28 Geelong Cats vs West Coast Eagles GMHBA Fox 4:40pm

[Eastdog]

Bump

[bornadog]

Bump

Thanks Easty for these.

Will be an interesting week of Footy.

[Eastdog]

No worries BAD.

[kruder]

It's uncanny how similar Melbourne and the Bulldogs are. Midfield is industrious get the ball inside 50 a lot but lack targets and pressure when it's in their and give up scores way to easily. Watching the first goal from Richmond is exactly how we give up a goal. A quick transition from defence, oodles of space and another easy goal given up.

[ledge]

It's uncanny how similar Melbourne and the Bulldogs are. Midfield is industrious get the ball inside 50 a lot but lack targets and pressure when it's in their and give up scores way to easily. Watching the first goal from Richmond is exactly how we give up a goal. A quick transition from defence, oodles of space and another easy goal given up.

Except Melbourne can find a target inside 50 and kick straight !

[kruder]

Um not in the first 5 rounds

[bornadog]

It's uncanny how similar Melbourne and the Bulldogs are. Midfield is industrious get the ball inside 50 a lot but lack targets and pressure when it's in their and give up scores way to easily. Watching the first goal from Richmond is exactly how we give up a goal. A quick transition from defence, oodles of space and another easy goal given up.

Melbourne tried to make McDonald into a key forward, but has moved him back tonight due to a lack of talls (injuries). Sound familiar

[ledge]

Um not in the first 5 rounds

Your talking tonight though aren’t you?

[Sedat]

Melbourne are completely spooked. They have abandoned their entire game plan after 5 rounds and went with a completely different structure last night designed to slow the game right down, put extra numbers behind the ball and turn it into a low scoring scrap. And they still got hammered by 7 goals.

Goodwin has shown himself to be a one-trick pony - they'll finish bottom 4 this year.

[Remi Moses]

Agree , when you change your M.O after rounds 5, you are officially stuffed

[mjp]

Agree , when you change your M.O after rounds 5, you are officially stuffed

What was he supposed to do?

They had a game-plan based around winning stoppages and contested ball ('cos, you know, their whole team is structured that way and that's what they did last year). They haven't been doing either so had to change it up.

[ledge]

Agree , when you change your M.O after rounds 5, you are officially stuffed

Aren’t we calling for that with our mob ?

[Sedat]

What was he supposed to do?

They had a game-plan based around winning stoppages and contested ball ('cos, you know, their whole team is structured that way and that's what they did last year). They haven't been doing either so had to change it up.
There's proactively changing it up, and then there's conceding the match before the ball is even bounced like they did last night. What they did last night was simply try to minimise the damage (by having multiple numbers behind the ball), which they failed to do in any event. I bet the heat map of possession would have been 95% in the back half last night, which simply plays the game to Richmond's strengths. It looked and felt like a bottom 4 team trying to stem the bleeding, rather than a proactive plan to beat the opposition (who are well below their best 22 due to injury).

[Bulldog4life]

Melbourne are completely spooked. They have abandoned their entire game plan after 5 rounds and went with a completely different structure last night designed to slow the game right down, put extra numbers behind the ball and turn it into a low scoring scrap. And they still got hammered by 7 goals.

Goodwin has shown himself to be a one-trick pony - they'll finish bottom 4 this year.

Will Roosy step in to help?....joking.

[bornadog]

Couldn't believe the fumbling, the handballs and kicks missing targets. Melbourne were the highest scoring team last year but have just lost it now.

[hujsh]

Will Roosy step in to help?....joking.

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[Rocket Science]

Melbourne in free fall is good for footy.

They may as well begin their 2020 pre-season now.

[Happy Days]

Melbourne in free fall is good for footy.

They may as well begin their 2020 pre-season now.

Only if they feel like it though right?

[Rocket Science]

Why is Jakey rucking for the Dons? Against Cox no less.

Bevo should sue him for breaching club I.P.

[MrMahatma]

Why is Jakey rucking for the Dons? Against Cox no less.

Bevo should sue him for breaching club I.P.

He kicks straight at goal though, so it’s not a clear infringement of copyright.

[Happy Days]

Jakey boi looking incredibly dangerous - we still pretending we prefer Gowers or

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Jakey boi looking incredibly dangerous - we still pretending we prefer Gowers or

I don't think people doubted Stringer's talent. He still had to go.
The club tried a number of things to try and make him get his life on track. It sucks for us that the shock of being held accountable seems to have got him back on track. We handled his exit poorly, and as a result did not get adequately compensated.

[ledge]

I don't think people doubted Stringer's talent. He still had to go.
The club tried a number of things to try and make him get his life on track. It sucks for us that the shock of being held accountable seems to have got him back on track. We handled his exit poorly, and as a result did not get adequately compensated.

We had no choice on Compensation only one club was interested.

[Sedat]

Never been so happy to see the filth win

[ledge]

That was disgusting from the Essendons fans, full respect to Buckley today.

[Hotdog60]

Not surprizing from entitled fans that support cheating.

[hujsh]

What happened with the fans? My new policy is to not support 'blockbuster' clashes as a neutral so I haven't seen

[The bulldog tragician]

What happened with the fans? My new policy is to not support 'blockbuster' clashes as a neutral so I haven't seen

Pendlebury won the Anzac medal and those lovable Bombre fans booed him. It’s a new low, when the match is finished, to boo an opposition player who in no way had done anything offensive apart from being his brilliant self. But why would we be surprised about this behaviour, coming from this tainted club and its delusional fans?

Pendlebury looked stunned. Nathan Buckley rightly said: Shame on those that booed a champion.

There is so much crap talked about this day..that a footy match can somehow embody mateship, sacrifice, blah blah, and the EFC fans behaviour exposed that as a lie. When they were revealed as drug cheats I argued Anzac Day should have been taken off them. It’s the only thing those morons would have understood as real punishment.

[GVGjr]

Pendlebury won the Anzac medal and those lovable Bombre fans booed him. It’s a new low, when the match is finished, to boo an opposition player who in no way had done anything offensive apart from being his brilliant self. But why would we be surprised about this behaviour, coming from this tainted club and its delusional fans?

Pendlebury looked stunned. Nathan Buckley rightly said: Shame on those that booed a champion.

There is so much crap talked about this day..that a footy match can somehow embody mateship, sacrifice, blah blah, and the EFC fans behaviour exposed that as a lie. When they were revealed as drug cheats I argued Anzac Day should have been taken off them. It’s the only thing those morons would have understood as real punishment.

It seems giving just a small amount of respect to others is a thing of the past at the AFL. Too many look at ways to put others down.
I was taught at school not to boo others and I've pretty much followed that teaching right through.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

It seems giving just a small amount of respect to others is a thing of the past at the AFL. Too many look at ways to put others down.
I was taught at school not to boo others and I've pretty much followed that teaching right through.

We do seem to be in the midst of an era where the age old norms and social compacts are no longer being adhered to.
I think Social Media has played a significant role in that erosion.

[azabob]

Interestingly YHF there has been talk around how the Power and the Giants have banned / reduced mobile phone usage after games and other times when at the club. I think it’s a great initiative.

[comrade]

Stringer has a bit of the old swagger back.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Stringer has a bit of the old swagger back.

There is no doubt our anaemic forward line misses his X factor.
We really need to focus recruiting on that very feature, minus the 'poor clubman' factor.

[comrade]

There is no doubt our anaemic forward line misses his X factor.
We really need to focus recruiting on that very feature, minus the 'poor clubman' factor.

I have no regrets about moving him on, but it does sting a bit knowing we lost a true forward talent when watching the likes of Dunkley, Wallis & Co bumbling around inside 50.

[bornadog]

Stringer has a bit of the old swagger back.

Still hanging out the back looking for the cheapies.

[Twodogs]

I have no regrets about moving him on, but it does sting a bit knowing we lost a true forward talent when watching the likes of Dunkley, Wallis & Co bumbling around inside 50.

I usually love a good bit of slapstick but the forward line fumbles are really getting old.

[comrade]

Still hanging out the back looking for the cheapies.

He'll never stop doing that, but there were shades of 2015 Stringer in some of his game yesterday.

[ledge]

North are bad , just watched Hrovat run around in circles on the wing, legs were going but he wasn’t moving.
I used to think he had something.

[Rocket Science]

Jeez Rozee can play a bit. Any wonder they were happy to hold the door for Wingard.

Butters is a gun in the making too.

[DOG GOD]

Jeez Rozee can play a bit. Any wonder they were happy to hold the door for Wingard.

Butters is a gun in the making too.

As soon as Port did that deal with Freo to get in front of Adel and Us in the draft, I just New Rozee was theirs. I’m happy with Smith, but Rozee really looks good.

[ledge]

Considering North are horrid , Port aren’t really showing anything.

[Rocket Science]

Looks like we played Carlton into some rare form ...

[DOG GOD]

Looks like we played Carlton into some rare form ...

They are making Hawks look very avge

[bornadog]

Looks like we played Carlton into some rare form ...

I think they have been playing well for the first 4 odd games and not hitting the scoreboard, but now they are

[Grantysghost]

How did Hawks get Scully for a future fourth rounder ? Nothing suss ! I'd be watching any future deals between those two very closely. Apparently his ankle had fallen off Jason Snell style and now he's running around like a first gamer.

Cats looking ominous. Dalhaus : hard to watch him high five Tom Hawkins.

[GVGjr]

Kreuzer makes a big difference to Carlton. Hawks are coming back but Carlton have backed up last weeks form.

[GVGjr]

How did Hawks get Scully for a future fourth rounder ? Nothing suss ! I'd be watching any future deals between those two very closely. Apparently his ankle had fallen off Jason Snell style and now he's running around like a first gamer.

Cats looking ominous. Dalhaus : hard to watch him high five Tom Hawkins.

That deal was very suss but it was more or less a salary cap dump for GWS.

[angelopetraglia]

You can see why we targeted Wingard. Exactly the player we need. Creating goals out of nothing for Hawks. We don’t have anyone who can do that.

[angelopetraglia]

Hawks like opposite of Dogs. Not great on the inside but they can all kick. If you can’t kick, you don’t get recruited to Hawthorn. When the games on the line, hence they kick goals and take their chances.

[Twodogs]

Hawks like opposite of Dogs. Not great on the inside but they can all kick. If you can’t kick, you don’t get recruited to Hawthorn. When the games on the line, hence they kick goals and take their chances.


They go almost exclusively with left footers too.

[bornadog]

West Coast three losses (including the current game) have all been by over 40 points. Really amazing for a premiership team.:)