2019 Elimination Final Game Day - GWS Giants V Western Bulldogs

[The Bulldogs Bite]

So disappointed in our midfield they’ve been pathetic

[Mantis]

This is going to get ugly!

But they’ve brought the heat around the contest and we have been able to withstand it.

[Bullies]

Would rather not make it. Is Lloyd playing or is he one of those still at the airport waiting for a flight?

[comrade]

Footy Gods, I’ll happily take a 15 goal drubbing if it means Naughton hasn’t done an ACL.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Lloyd MIA
Hayes MIA
Hunter. No impact
JJ woeful
Bailey Smith overawed
Lipinski no impact

[comrade]

So disappointed with Duryea.

[Bullies]

I hope Will Hayes can train horses

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Happy Christmas to all WOOFERs

[Sedat]

Glass half full - this result weakens Essendon's draft hand.

Got nothing else positive to say.

[AndrewP6]

This is horrendous. Undoing all the good work of late by capitulating to these arseholes.

[DOG GOD]

Getting killed around the ground, and you can’t expect to win a final with so many passengers.

64-27 inside 50’s

It should be 90 points.

[KT31]

Glass half full - this result weakens Essendon's draft hand.

Got nothing else positive to say.

All young guns signed, future looking very bright.

[Rocket Science]

I hope Will Hayes can train horses

Who could we have played instead though?

Roarke Smith? Gowers?

What irks is it doesn't appear Hayes had a specific lockdown job. Or is at least very crap at it.

[angelopetraglia]

All day we have let the hit us with cheap shots and we have just taken it. All day. They came in with a plan to physically intimidate us and it has worked. We knew they would bring that shit. We have not dealt with it.

[LostDoggy]

Lateral is the outside knee ligament, repairs itself if not fully ruptured

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Never thought I’d say it about this group but we’ve been soft downhill skiers

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

All day we have let the hit us with cheap shots and we have just taken it. All day. They came in with a plan to physically intimidate us and it has worked. We knew they would bring that shit. We have not dealt with it.

I totally agree. Early one we needed all players to just start a melee whenever GWS tried that crap.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Lateral is the outside knee ligament, repairs itself if not fully ruptured

Hope your right...That sort of news would erase my most of my poor disposition right now.

[Mantis]

Never thought I’d say it about this group but we’ve been soft downhill skiers

They’ve roughed us up at every possible chance and we haven’t able to deal with it. The lack of experienced, hardened players isn’t helping the cause.

[DOG GOD]

Libba and Trengove would’ve been handy today

[KT31]

Hope today doesn't hurt us with any players thinking of signing with us.

[Rocket Science]

Libba and Trengove would’ve been handy today

At least Dunks wouldn't be rucking against Mumford right now.

Throw Schache in there FFS, let him feel the leather.

[bulldogtragic]

This is *!*!*!*!ing shit now.

[DOG GOD]

8.7 to 2.1 since halftime

[The Pie Man]

Captain Hindsight - given the lack of impact Hayes has had, think we erred not playing Trengove. Competitive beast made for finals footy.

Hoping the young guys are better for this experience.

And of course, let Maple’s initial LCL diagnosis mean Naughton’s pre season is not impacted

[bulldogtragic]

Hope today doesn't hurt us with any players thinking of signing with us.

Bruce will play with Naughton down
Martin could replace about 4 players on today
Keath would be #1 defender

Money and guaranteed games.... Hopefully still better looking than St Kilda or Carlton.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Lipinski is a massive fail for today too.
That last kick is hopefully a learning experience.
That miss also hopefully a learning experience.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Cordy limited.

[comrade]

Lipinski is a massive fail for today too.
That last kick is hopefully a learning experience.
That miss also hopefully a learning experience.

Yeah, he’s had his colours massively lowered today.

[DOG GOD]

73-29 inside 50’s is an absolute belting of the highest order. Disgraceful.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Bruce will play with Naughton down
Martin could replace about 4 players on today
Keath would be #1 defender

Money and guaranteed games.... Hopefully still better looking than St Kilda or Carlton.

Love it, music to a beating heart.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

73 to 29 inside 50s - what is wrong with our mids today? Half forwards haven’t helped but it’s a capitulation from our midfield

[bulldogtragic]

I'm actually embarrassed. What was the message at 3/4 time, don't try because it won't matter.

Where's pride in yourself, your team mates and in the jumper?

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Hope today doesn't hurt us with any players thinking of signing with us.

Coasters.

[Eastdog]

:( :(

[jeemak]

73 to 29 inside 50s - what is wrong with our mids today? Half forwards haven’t helped but it’s a capitulation from our midfield

Yep, I hope it burns them and makes them realise they have a bit to do before they can consider themselves best in the business.

[KT31]

Richards been a plus today.

[angelopetraglia]

76 games per man experience. Went in too young. Need your bigger bodies like Libba and Wallis fit for games like this.

[angelopetraglia]

Interstate finals are tough to win. Just again highlights how good 2016 was.

[LostDoggy]

Young team will learn a lot

[KT31]

76 games per man experience. Went in too young. Need your bigger bodies like Libba and Wallis fit for games like this.

Add in Morris, Picken and Boyd, all would have all been very handy today

[KT31]

The week break cost us our momentum, said after 2016 they should have got rid of it.:)

[bulldogtragic]

Gave up 33 scoring shots, plus misses. About 40 shots on goal to them. Crazyily poor.

[Mantis]

Disappointing end to the season, but our 2nd half of the season was very good... lots of learnings from today which we can mull over for the next 6 months.

Heads up boys... we’ll come again.

[comrade]

West, McLean, Lloyd, Hayes & Dale with 10 touches or less. Hard to play with 5 passengers and quite a few not much better.

[Flamethrower]

All week we knew they would "go the knuckle" - there was even a thread on here about it - and we still weren't prepared to get down and dirty and just disappeared meekly into the night.

[Mantis]

West, McLean, Lloyd, Hayes & Dale with 10 touches or less. Hard to play with 5 passengers and quite a few not much better.

We couldn’t get the ball forward, but agree that they were no good.

[jeemak]

The week break cost us our momentum, said after 2016 they should have got rid of it.:)

I'm sure the influential thinkers in the media will be just as generous towards us as they were towards WCE after we knocked them off having gotten personnel back after the bye.

If we can get out of this with Naughton having suffered a lateral rather than something more drastic then we can hit the preseason with huge confidence after a hopefully fruitful trade period.

While it was clear our core midfielders didn't have the influence we may have liked, it was clear that we didn't get the physicality and support from those on the periphery to them and it appeared the Giants certainly got the former all game aside from a couple of brief moments.

That's where our improvement will come from.

[Grantysghost]

Bonti 13 touches. They worked him over well. Macrae 32 and 9 tackles just keeps going but overall the midfield was smashed.

[jeemak]

There's no way we get smashed like that through the middle with both Libba and Wallis in the side, but, would each have been selected in the last few weeks or the finals if both available?

While the pressure of GWS was really good, we also had players decide to have a bit of a stinker, particularly with the football in hand. JJ and Duryea stick out on this front, so did Cordy at times who I thought was both reasonable and clearly struggling at during different phases of the game.

It's easy to look at the forwards and accuse them of being ineffective, which they largely were, but they just didn't get the opportunities to impact the game due to a lack of supply. That lack of supply is fairly and squarely on our midfield and defencive half movers. GWS were excellent at clogging up and being physical within the area between 35m to 80m away from their goals and we couldn't respond to it.

I don't care where we think we are settled for in terms of talent across the ground, today proved we need to keep bringing talent in. If Isaac Smith is available at the right price we take him, same with Josh Bruce or whoever could possibly make our list better and better suited to days like today (which each would have).

That doesn't mean avoid targeting Martin and Keath for instance, it just means that if someone is available and better than who you might have on your list then you get them if you can.

[Rocket Science]

Ugh.

https://i.ibb.co/BzDwjXK/Screen-Shot-2019-09-07-at-6-40-44-PM.png (https://imgbb.com/)

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Our midfield had an incredible season and dragged us into the finals. Had a bad day today though. Still, so much upside to this side i can't wait for 2020.
Tough day for diehard supporters like us.

[Grantysghost]

Ugh.

https://i.ibb.co/BzDwjXK/Screen-Shot-2019-09-07-at-6-40-44-PM.png (https://imgbb.com/)

There's a feather in our cap. It did feel very one way most of the afternoon.

[comrade]

Has anyone heard Bevo’s presser? What did he say about Naughton’s knee?

[Rocket Science]

Has anyone heard Bevo’s presser? What did he say about Naughton’s knee?

All he'd say was it "doesn't seem" to be an ACL but wouldn't commit to anything definitive until they'd done the scans.

[bornadog]

All he'd say was it "doesn't seem" to be an ACL but wouldn't commit to anything definitive until they'd done the scans.

Lateral ligament

[comrade]

If it means he’ll be right for round 1, it certainly lifts the gloom quite a bit.

[divvydan]

Yeah, best case scenario is that Naughton needs two months off and will be okay to start preseason.

[merantau]

What a bad result. Apart from the first minute, a ten minute burst in the second and Richards' goal in the 3rd we were nowhere. I really felt failed completely to match their aggression. They started on Jack Macrae before the first bounce and we just let them get away with it - not good enough. Tim English was very good around the ground but seriously misjudged his leap at centre bounces and their midfield was gifted many clearances.
They were far too good. They ran harder, used the ball better and handled it cleaner. Good thing is a lot of young blokes got to play in a final.
Finally, there are times when kicking a goal is just SO important. Every time that moment arose we failed the test. There's a lesson there.

[Bullies]

All week we knew they would "go the knuckle" - there was even a thread on here about it - and we still weren't prepared to get down and dirty and just disappeared meekly into the night. That was probably the most disappointing part of the loss was the way we rolled over. They bullied us and we just copped it. No one fought back, no one stuck up for their mates. Yes, we are young but that does not excuse us for not showing a bit. Guys like JJ, Wood, Suckling who have been around for awhile did not fly the flag they put up the white one. Makes you think how lucky we were having Clay, Dale Morris, Boydy, Biggsy and co who more than flew the flag when they had to. We stood tall then, no one wanted to play us.

[Sedat]

Finals record under Bevo:

With Libba 4-0
Without Libba 0-2

[Mantis]

Has anyone heard Bevo’s presser? What did he say about Naughton’s knee?

Saw on Twitter that Naughton doesn’t think it’s too bad, but will know more after the scan.

[comrade]

Saw on Twitter that Naughton doesn’t think it’s too bad, but will know more after the scan.

Fingers crossed we can take some positive out of this debacle of a day.

[Testekill]

Frustrating that we got bullied like that but nobody gave us a chance to make the finals and we're well positioned to build upon our base.

[bulldogtragic]

Fingers crossed we can take some positive out of this debacle of a day.

Not having a negative, is a positive? It's truly been a shitty day.

[comrade]

Not having a negative, is a positive? It's truly been a shitty day.

Yes, I’ll take what I can get.

[bulldogtragic]

Yes, I’ll take what I can get.

I debated about flying up, and decided not to. With the flight cancelations and shit game, that would suck more. I'll take what I can get... This could be a thread.

[Grantysghost]

I debated about flying up, and decided not to. With the flight cancelations and shit game, that would suck more. I'll take what I can get... This could be a thread.

I got the flu, after I bought tickets I couldn't resell and ended up I wasn't well enough to go, praise my lack of immunity ... I'll take what I can get.

[chef]

I couldn't get out of work, so couldn't make the game. Saved me a packet.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Not happy that the umps are allowing GWS to play agressively, but are being harsh on us for similar.

Abso-*!*!*!*!in-lutely.

[comrade]

Hoping for some official confirmation on Naughton’s knee very soon. My excitement levels for 2020 & beyond hinge on a 19 year old’s knee ligaments.

[Grantysghost]

Hoping for some official confirmation on Naughton’s knee very soon. My excitement levels for 2020 & beyond hinge on a 19 year old’s knee ligaments.

It would be a miracle to avoid something horrible after seeing the footage.

[bornadog]

Still glad I came up to Sydney to cheer the boys on. Nothing beats being at the game.

In the end GWS killed us in the midfield and that was the real reason we lost.

We seemed rusty, and lost momentum from the last round.

However, I must say the treatment of some of players was disgusting and should have been stopped by the umpires with a few free kicks and 50 metre penalties. They are a dirty bunch of filthy snipers.

The game it self was ruined by the wind and for the life of me why Wood chose to kick into the wind in the 1 st has me baffled.

We have a great bunch of kids and they can only get better.
bring on 2020

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Hoping for some official confirmation on Naughton’s knee very soon. My excitement levels for 2020 & beyond hinge on a 19 year old’s knee ligaments.

Club has now posted confirmation there is no ACL damage. Just read the post on club's Facebook page.
Good news!

"Western Bulldogs forward Aaron Naughton has avoided damage to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

However, scans today confirmed some damage to his lateral ligament, after he landed awkwardly in the third quarter of the Bulldogs’ elimination final against the GWS Giants.

Naughton will consult with a specialist in the coming days to help determine his best course of management and rehabilitation plan."

[Testekill]

https://twitter.com/Bulldogs126/status/1170560397536972802

Will be legitimately infuriated if Greene gets away with this

[comrade]

Club has now posted confirmation there is no ACL damage. Just read the post on club's Facebook page.
Good news!

"Western Bulldogs forward Aaron Naughton has avoided damage to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

However, scans today confirmed some damage to his lateral ligament, after he landed awkwardly in the third quarter of the Bulldogs’ elimination final against the GWS Giants.

Naughton will consult with a specialist in the coming days to help determine his best course of management and rehabilitation plan."

Praise the lord (or Bont, whomever you worship).

[Rocket Science]

Silver linings ...

https://i.ibb.co/fMd57mx/Screen-Shot-2019-09-08-at-3-30-17-PM.png (https://ibb.co/SNw8pq3)

Thank F**K!

[SonofScray]

Surprised the eye gouge on Bont hasn’t got much air time.

[comrade]

Surprised the eye gouge on Bont hasn’t got much air time.

Spread it far and wide. Hopefully Stevo makes a big deal of it and gets the ball rolling.

What a dirty scumbag Greene is, has a face even his own mother would punch.

[jeemak]

Spread it far and wide. Hopefully Stevo makes a big deal of it and gets the ball rolling.

What a dirty scumbag Greene is, has a face even his own mother would punch.

He is an absolute shit stain. What is worse the commentators love him, and laud him. He is an absolute shit stain and only goes after small or vulnerable players.

[josie]

He is the only player in afl I actually wish is injured during play (not very sportsmanlike but neither is thug face ). With benefit of hindsight I would love to have had Gowers play to go toe to toe with thug face (even if cost would have been missing more gettable goals than we did).

[jeemak]

He is the only player in afl I actually wish is injured during play (not very sportsmanlike but neither is thug face ). With benefit of hindsight I would love to have had Gowers play to go toe to toe with thug face (even if cost would have been missing more gettable goals than we did).

The best part of yesterday was Toby Greene being kicked in the testicles.

[Grantysghost]

The fact he stomped on Easton's foot alone should be sanctioned, it's such a low act. In the world game it's immediate send off and probably three weeks that's how seriously it is taken.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

I really wish somebody would KO Greene. I’d pay to see it.

Never wish injury on a player but I wish the worst for him.

[SonofScray]

He is the only player in afl I actually wish is injured during play (not very sportsmanlike but neither is thug face ). With benefit of hindsight I would love to have had Gowers play to go toe to toe with thug face (even if cost would have been missing more gettable goals than we did).
It's not nice, but I agree. Every game he plays, I hope it's his last. Maybe the kick in the nuts will mean he can't breed. That'd be a decent result, get him out of the gene pool.

[G-Mo77]

Makes my blood boil seeing this, not only him but that other *!*!*!*! with the man bun dropping a knee and a punch which will go unnoticed. *!*!*!*! Leon Cameron, he should never ever be able to set foot near the WO again.and his history erased from our records.

[SonofScray]

Wood really tried to bring some stuff to the attention of the umpires, there was a point where the goal umpire got involved. He spoke to them again at qtr time, but it really felt like they just weren't interested. Very keen to blow the whistle but terrified of making a point. No doubt some of FreeKickBulldogs hysteria primes them against it. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

A few reversals and a 50m or two and the game gets cleaned up pretty quick.

[Eastdog]

I’m still dirty about that game on Saturday despite the more positive thread I made. Will move on soon from this game but still dirty.