Why do we refuse do the the 1%?s ?

[bulldogtragic]

Protect Cody snapping for goal the other week.

Shepherd on our goal line.

Smash the ball over on their goal line.

It?s driving me insane. Are we too good to do it. Is it beneath our players. Do they not care. Are they coached not to do them.


I mean if you can?t kick straight at goal. If you can?t protect 20-30 point margins. At least do some team things.

[Rocket Science]

A lack of situational awareness and composure feels like a common theme, often in crunch moments and probably not helped by fatigue. Blokes are typically trying I suppose, they're just not thinking.

The lack of communication between our key backs in particular is frightening whenever the ball's in dispute back there. They're often either barrelling into each other and going to ground or hesitantly sitting off the contest and spectating instead of shepherding to assist or presenting as a quick-give outlet.

Duryea for his limitations tends to process those situations fairly intelligently but the rest of our current (true) defenders are a bunch of blunt objects with low panic points which tends not to end well when the whips are cracking.

[Grantysghost]

Another thing. Bont was blanketed out of the game, he's our main midfield weapon and match winner.

Why weren't the other mids into Ward?

We seemed to just let it happen.

[bulldogtragic]

Another thing. Bont was blanketed out of the game, he's our main midfield weapon and match winner.

Why weren't the other mids into Ward?

We seemed to just let it happen.

Is there a stat for that ??…….,.

[Grantysghost]

Is there a stat for that ????.,.

Switchedonness?

[bulldogtragic]

Switchedonness?

No. No stat for it. If there was we’d dominate it too.

[Bullies]

We used to be very good at the 1%'ers. Unfortunately the message is not getting through anymore.

We need to reenergise the team and the list. We need leadership.

It doesn't take much to revitalise the list as we have seen with other teams.

I know Nathan Buckley has said that a list like the Bulldogs would make him contemplate coaching again. It would be a shame to waste this list.

Unfortunately it has to start at the top and it is time for a change.

[jeemak]

Another thing. Bont was blanketed out of the game, he's our main midfield weapon and match winner.

Why weren't the other mids into Ward?

We seemed to just let it happen.

They're see ball get ball players, and either they don't think about anything other than themselves or their line coach and the broader coaching group have too much faith in their ability to control the midfield.

Bont should have tagged Coniglio and worked off or treated him physcially while one of the other mids should have been putting physical pressure on Ward.

What we got instead was two midfielders without enough penetration from stoppages getting huge numbers.

[W W Biscuit]

Another thing. Bont was blanketed out of the game, he's our main midfield weapon and match winner.

Why weren't the other mids into Ward?

We seemed to just let it happen.

Exactly this regarding the hard tag on Bont. Can't emphasise enough how we had no coordinated plan to upset Ward.

[SonofScray]

We used to be very good at the 1%'ers. Unfortunately the message is not getting through anymore.

We need to reenergise the team and the list. We need leadership.

It doesn't take much to revitalise the list as we have seen with other teams.

I know Nathan Buckley has said that a list like the Bulldogs would make him contemplate coaching again. It would be a shame to waste this list.

Unfortunately it has to start at the top and it is time for a change.

It’s been coached out them.

They just don’t invest in that sort of dogged, hard nosed style of footy.

[anfo27]

Attitude reflects leadership. We don't demand the absolute best from each other, so for me they are clearly not committed to win a flag. Isn't that partly why Dunks left? Our players are not professional enough in their own standards & the expected standards of each other.

[bulldogtragic]

Attitude reflects leadership. We don't demand the absolute best from each other, so for me they are clearly not committed to win a flag. Isn't that partly why Dunks left? Our players are not professional enough in their own standards & the expected standards of each other.

When you put it like that…

[angelopetraglia]

Attitude reflects leadership. We don't demand the absolute best from each other, so for me they are clearly not committed to win a flag. Isn't that partly why Dunks left? Our players are not professional enough in their own standards & the expected standards of each other.

I wonder what Dunks is thinking this morning after the Lions shit the bed against a coachless Suns team by 41 points to jeopardise their chance of a top two finish.

[Mantis]

Attitude reflects leadership. We don't demand the absolute best from each other, so for me they are clearly not committed to win a flag. Isn't that partly why Dunks left? Our players are not professional enough in their own standards & the expected standards of each other.

Do you have any proof to these claims about the lack of professionalism? No doubt in Covid times there was issues, but I have no reason to believe the standards aren’t high now… but you may have some insights that I don’t.

[Rocket Science]

I wonder what Dunks is thinking this morning after the Lions shit the bed against a coachless Suns team by 41 points to jeopardise their chance of a top two finish.

He's probably consoling himself that it could be worse, he could still be relief rucking for his former employers who shart the sheets to the tune of 35 points against a middling outfit to jeapordise their chance of even playing finals while thinking "Phew! Dodged a bullet" ...

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Attitude reflects leadership. We don't demand the absolute best from each other, so for me they are clearly not committed to win a flag. Isn't that partly why Dunks left? Our players are not professional enough in their own standards & the expected standards of each other.

Interesting angle. There were rumours that was a major reason Dunks left. Our consistent inconsistencies in this area certainly point to it being a possibility.

[anfo27]

Do you have any proof to these claims about the lack of professionalism? No doubt in Covid times there was issues, but I have no reason to believe the standards aren?t high now? but you may have some insights that I don?t.

All i have is 2nd/3rd/4th hand information. Dunks wasn't happy with the professionalism of his team mates & from what i heard he was vocal about that. Players don't miss him either apparently. One thing we can't knock on Dunks was his professionalism & demanded that of his team mates. Seems he wasn't seeing improvements in this area & left.

His comments during pre-season at the lions indicate to me thats what he was saying without saying it.

Is it true or partly true? From the outside looking in I would say there was some truth to it. I'm sure there are posters on here who would know if its way off the mark or wether there is something to it.

[bornadog]

All i have is 2nd/3rd/4th hand information. Dunks wasn't happy with the professionalism of his team mates & from what i heard he was vocal about that. Players don't miss him either apparently. One thing we can't knock on Dunks was his professionalism & demanded that of his team mates. Seems he wasn't seeing improvements in this area & left.

His comments during pre-season at the lions indicate to me thats what he was saying without saying it.

Is it true or partly true? From the outside looking in I would say there was some truth to it. I'm sure there are posters on here who would know if its way off the mark or wether there is something to it.

That was just an excuse. Dunks didn't get along with Hunter and they had issues and maybe that is who he was talking about in regard to professionalism. At the end of the day, Dunks left for more money

[anfo27]

That was just an excuse. Dunks didn't get along with Hunter and they had issues and maybe that is who he was talking about in regard to professionalism. At the end of the day, Dunks left for more money

When the salaries came out on the top 100 earners in the AFL I was surprised what Dunks was on. I think its nice to think thats all he left for instead of possibly being harsh & calling it out. I don't think he left for money.