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inside the kennel - recruits edition
Date: Thursday 8th December, 2016Location: The Yarraville Club
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
This is your chance to hear from our new recruits who will speak on a panel. You will also hear from Western Bulldogs List Manager Jason McCartney.
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On Friday Dec 2 I attended a fundraiser for the children's ward at the Bendigo Hospital. The venue was the All Seasons Hotel. Brian Taylor was in great form and did a superb job as MC. The players were MAGNIFICENT. They were very obliging signing autographs, memorabilia, doing photographs etc. Lots of questions answered. All upbeat about arrival of Travis Cloke and Bob's re-start. Jake Stringer's Mum was glowing in her praise of how the Club looks after new draftees and the parents of players. There was a great feel to the night even to the extent of older supporters who were at the '54 Grand Final being presented with flowers or a bottle of wine. It really was a credit to the organisers
http://journals.worldnomads.com/merantau
"It's not about the destination - it's about the trip
Your reference to our '54 Premiership reminded me to update you on the fading health condition of Harvey Stevens suffering from malignant cancer in hospital. I was able to visit him last week and in spite of his condition expressed his great love for the Western Bulldogs and was delighted to sit with his 54 team mates to witness our 2016 flag with their spouses. It was a great tonic for such a fine person who is so greatly admired by his peers.Quote:
Originally Posted by merantau
Thrilled to hear that Harvey got to watch the game with his mates.
Nice read merantau and NBP thanks for sharing.
Anyone attend and willing to write up a short report?Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
This was a good night attended by around 300 people with a guest appearance by the premiership cup!
Kevin Hillier was MC and started with list mgr, Jason McCartney who discussed the hard decision to let Wil go and his hope that both Hrovat and Stevens get greater opportunities at their new clubs. He also mentioned someone had feedback from Hamling on his first weeks at Freo where he described it being far more tougher than the training at the dogs. He spoke really well about the process of list mgt including the need to sign 14 or so players onto contract extensions in 2017. He did let slip that there was an impending announcement around a contract extension for a premiership player which was confirmed on the night as Magic McLean via a Bulldog tweet.
After a break, Kevin had Cloke, English and Lipinski up front. Cloke was impressive in describing his last year at the Woods and where his mindset landed after his conversation with Bevo which confirmed him wanting to be part of the dogs list.
There were other questions Kevin posed to Clokey and each response was greeted with applause such was his honesty and down to earth responses.
English was asked about the go home factor in a round about way and answered quite encouragingly that he was committed to playing in Victoria.
of course the Lipinski interview focussed some time on his support of the dogs growing up and he quite genuinely described his personal pleasure at our GF win.
Both players said said their focus for 2017 was to put on some weight/strength and work hard on the training track.
Thanks Smads57 for the report. Training doesn't necessarily have to be harder or hard etc, it is the type of training you do and the results you achieve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smads57
He told McCartney that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Smads57
Also reminds me of someone but I can't think who...
http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%2...wsportrait.jpg
To be fair though, training in Perth involves having Ben Cousins chasing you off his head while making violent threats. Good for initial sprinting, repeat sprints and endurance all in one. It's much harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
Great report Smads57.
Hi BAD, I need to better clarify what Jason inferred with his comment re Hamling. I have used the words 'more tougher' but it was to describe the atmosphere at the club, not the actual training. We have a football team with genuine love for playing the game and with each other. I would suspect this is not the case currently at Freo after their 2016 season.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
Another comment by Jason that I failed to mention was his description of the versatility of our list - specifically our midfielders. He mentioned we had the least number of genuine 'midfielders only' on our list with players like Dahl, Libba, Wally etc being mid/fwds. He stated we only had four genuine mids....I have struggled to identify these four myself (Macrae would be one?). This particular comment by Jason was brought about when he discussed the selection of Lipinsky who played midfield and forward in the TAC this year.
Our draft a couple of years back where we selected 5 small or mid sized forward/midfielder types always seemed to me to be a planned effort. My guess is that 4th player J-Mac mentioned would be either Caleb Daniel or more likely Jack Macrae as you have suggested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smads57
With reduced interchange numbers the advantages of having 9 or 10 players more than capable of rotating through midfield duties and still being productive up forward has clearly been a focus. Some teams might have a stronger best 4 or 5 midfielders but we would likely wear them down throughout a game with sheer numbers.
"we would likely wear them down throughout a game with sheer numbers" of talented, contested ball fleet. Yes that'd be us.
Looking forward to the Social Club event on Thursday - will be jam packed this year.
What's the dress code for the Social Club function?
Appreciated if you could post live updates from the event :) I am the unfortunate one who will be checking woof for this event updates :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
From the email:Quote:
Originally Posted by ClothesBootsMotorcycle
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Dress code: Neat casual (no thongs, shorts or singlets please)
Did anyone go to the The Doggies Almanac launch last night?
From the social club event last night:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Czsr_XOUUAEfSD_.jpg:large
The new recruits:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CztAHCZVIAAQfiL.jpg
When will they engrave 'Western Bulldogs' into the cup?
We are waiting for the two for one deal in October 2017.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru
I hope we don't have to wait that long :DQuote:
Originally Posted by KT31
I thought the Social Club Function last night was very well run considering the amount of people (2,400 apparently). The waits for entry, food and drinks were reasonable and they had plenty of screens setup and a loud audio system for a change so you could hear all the speakers. Well done to the club and staff involved.
Didn't the players look fantastic in their charcoal........:confused:
Me too, fixed now.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
It'll be an unpopular opinion (and I think people are being a bit precious frankly) but I actually really like the shirt. Bought one yesterday with the singlet and training top. Happy with the ASICS gear all up. Maybe the hoops could be a bit higher but it's not a big deal and will probably look normal once the boys play a couple of games in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyberdoggie
Went along last night and what a fantastic event it was.Spoke to a lot of the boys who are just the best bunch of blokes you could ever want to meet .We have a great club and it was so good to see the cup there can't wait to get my hands on it one day
Thanks for the photos BAD and just the general feel of the night at the social club event from woofers.
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The annual East Meets West Day will be held again in the new year and we would love to see you there!
Date: Saturday January 14th, 2017
Time: 1pm-2pm
Where: Wesley College main training ground, Glen Waverley
Western Bulldogs Players will be in attendance to run a kids clinic and sign some autographs.
The East West Group will be running the BBQ and membership and merchandise will be on sale
For kids participating in the clinic please bring footy boots/runners, drink bottle, hat and sunscreen.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Go Dogs!
Western Bulldogs Membership
Looks great but charcoal isn't in our colour scheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by hujsh
We eat charcoal for breakfast. And, um, oranges. Yeah here at the Bulldogs we eat orange charcoal for breakfast.
Thinking of going but will depend on weather. If it's a 40 degree day it won't be very good and if it rains as well but I'm thinking it won't be. Would be great to meet a few woofers there who will be going.Quote:
Originally Posted by bornadog
I won't be going this year. The whole concept has changed. Initially it started out as a training drill with all the players there and the President and the Coach talking and introducing the new players and lasting over about 3 or more hours. It now has been condensed into a kids clinic with a few players turning up for one hour. Not for me but I suggest any Woofers with kids it would be a great day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastdog
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Originally Posted by bornadog
East West? That looks like Whitten Oval in the background.
10:30am start for the East West day next Saturday but you'll have to contact the East West club for confirmination. They'll be bringing the premiership cups over and we can have a photo with them.
From Facebook
Western Bulldogs Supporter Group- Eastern Suburbs
4 January at 02:05 ·
Just a sneak peak inside the box that's packed for our East Meets West Family Day in just over a weeks time��. Exact timetable will be released after our meeting Monday night. Most important details are already confirmed. Saturday 14th January @ Wesley College. High St Glen Waverley ( the oval is HUGE). Gates open 10:30am. AFL & VFL trophies will be there !! Yes, you can have your own personalised photos. Take note that the line will be large so come early. The players and kids clinic is expected to start at 1pm. Lots to do and eat in the time before they arrive. Bring your footy to kick, bring your dog if you want to show it off , bring some chairs. Most importantly.. bring yourselves, bring friends, all the family and dress in your Premiers team colours. This is a free event. Gold coin donation is always appreciated.
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%$#@ that's the main reason for going.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Eastdog