A goal to Ward

Dogs by 37.

Stop the game now pls.

What a shocking last quarter from Melbourne

Dees still no score.

will be talking to someone from the mfc on SEN after the match. Couldn't catch who, may have been Ryan someone? Hopefully someone can catch it as I'm at work and wont be able to hear it

Hmm, having played so well for 3 weeks, this last quarter could undo a lot of our good work.

Still no score - ouch!

How many times have we gone inside forward 50?

Hmm, having played so well for 3 weeks, this last quarter could undo a lot of our good work.

Yeah, it's a shame that this quarter will be the last thing our players experience before the start of the season.

After such a morale-boosting win against the Lions away from home, this seems like a really bad way to finish off a pre-season campaign.

Hopefully this doesn't take away from any confidence we've built in the last 3 weeks.

Dogs have 14 clearances this q to our 4

Hey twist, where are you getting the stats for this game from??

10.3. 63

14. 17. 101

Yeah, it's a shame that this quarter will be the last thing our players experience before the start of the season.

After such a morale-boosting win against the Lions away from home, this seems like a really bad way to finish off a pre-season campaign.

Hopefully this doesn't take away from any confidence we've built in the last 3 weeks.

I don't think it will. I think we have shown enough over the last month to suggest we will be a much more competitive side in 09. This is the second game in a row in very poor conditions and this time around it's against a full strength Doggies outfit who are pencilled in for a Top 4 finish. I'm disappointed we fell away in the last as badly as we did, but I don't think one quarter will take away all the good work we have done. We will get back some handy players by Round 1 and enter that game refreshed after a weeks break. Many more positives than negatives this time around!

18 more scoring shots! Shikes! Dogs should be 70 points up.

Bulldogs 14.17.101 to Demons 10.3.63

No excuses but the wind and rain helped the Dogs. The wind swung around and it suddenly became impossible to score at our end.

Aaron Davey also came off with a foot injury.

Disappointing end to a close game.

We had a midfield that worked hard and a defence that combined well but the forward line was virtually non existent.

To top things off Redleg's horse was just beaten in the Guineas at Randwick.

10.3. 63

14. 17. 101

Is that a final score?

I don't think it will. I think we have shown enough over the last month to suggest we will be a much more competitive side in 09. This is the second game in a row in very poor conditions and this time around it's against a full strength Doggies outfit who are pencilled in for a Top 4 finish. I'm disappointed we fell away in the last as badly as we did, but I don't think one quarter will take away all the good work we have done. We will get back some handy players by Round 1 and enter that game refreshed after a weeks break. Many more positives than negatives this time around!

Certainly this is a much better pre season than 2008. But to have three weeks where we were competitive and the margin was close all game, then to finish it off with this effort, I get the feeling that the players will have this match as a lasting image over the previous three. It would have been better to have had this result first, then the three better games as the lead up to Round 1.

Yeah, it's a shame that this quarter will be the last thing our players experience before the start of the season.

After such a morale-boosting win against the Lions away from home, this seems like a really bad way to finish off a pre-season campaign.

Hopefully this doesn't take away from any confidence we've built in the last 3 weeks.

jaded, we played in cairns last week on a heavy track,i watched play the roos last year at casey,and i tell you they are a lot better side now,after those first 3 qrts today i wouldnt be banking on another NO1 draft pick this season.

the forward line was virtually non existent.

Every week we say this. How can we fix this problem?

Is that a final score?

Certainly this is a much better pre season than 2008. But to have three weeks where we were competitive and the margin was close all game, then to finish it off with this effort, I get the feeling that the players will have this match as a lasting image over the previous three. It would have been better to have had this result first, then the three better games as the lead up to Round 1.

I agree in some respects, but I like to think that the players will look back on 08 and realise that we HAVE improved considerably through this pre-season. As WJ mentioned above the conditions in the last didn't help us and we caved. That's still going to happen with a young side. Like us I have no doubt they will be very disappointed with their finish to this game, but I still believe they can take plenty of confidence into Round 1.

To anyone who was there, who was out better ruckman - Spencer of Meesen?

If the wind and rain was anything like what we just copped here, i'm surprised that they didn't get more towards the end, the only things missing in the skies were the four horsemen.. i could almost hear Johnny Cash.

Every week we say this. How can we fix this problem?

I don't think there is a quick fix. Watts and Jurrah are a long way off. You would like to think Miller and Bate would be our two key forwards with PJ resting up there, with Aussie at their feet. Sylvia will play as a small forward and possibly the likes of Green and Bruce will rotate through there as well. It's not pretty though and I think we can all agree there will plenty of games this year where we struggle to kick a score.

Bulldogs 14.17.101 to Demons 10.3.63

No excuses but the wind and rain helped the Dogs. The wind swung around and it suddenly became impossible to score at our end.

Aaron Davey also came off with a foot injury.

Disappointing end to a close game.

We had a midfield that worked hard and a defence that combined well but the forward line was virtually non existent.

To top things off Redleg's horse was just beaten in the Guineas at Randwick.

Thank you for the updates.

Hopefully Petterd and Davey are not seriously injured and will be right to go in 2 weeks time.

I'm sure all of us are looking forward to read your match report.

By the way, can we get confirmation that one Jared Rivers played our the game and did NOT get injured?

Every week we say this. How can we fix this problem?

Bring back Neita!!!

Although bringing 'Jesus' Watts into the side might help (even though a fair way off).

Hopefully our midfield was decent today.

Thanks WJ and twist for the updates.

I am not concerned at all. As the guys at the game said, the conditions were in the Dogs favour in the last 1/4. Remember, they were full strength and we had a half dozen out, Grimes a late exclusion on top of that. You would expect the dogs to be at least a 4 or 5 goal better team than us and they probably are! Interested to hear a report on who was in form and who wasnt!

Bring on the real stuff!

A couple of comments about Casey Fields:

They need to do something about the carpark. Getting out of the place is an ordeal!

The place needs a roof!

I don't think there is a quick fix. Watts and Jurrah are a long way off. You would like to think Miller and Bate would be our two key forwards with PJ resting up there, with Aussie at their feet. Sylvia will play as a small forward and possibly the likes of Green and Bruce will rotate through there as well. It's not pretty though and I think we can all agree there will plenty of games this year where we struggle to kick a score.

Agree with that.

I would love to know where Maric is at. He trained apparently a week ago so hopefully he can push for a spot not too late into the season proper. We need a sharp shooter and he looks like a player with nouse to me who can get away from an opponent.

I agree in some respects, but I like to think that the players will look back on 08 and realise that we HAVE improved considerably through this pre-season. As WJ mentioned above the conditions in the last didn't help us and we caved. That's still going to happen with a young side. Like us I have no doubt they will be very disappointed with their finish to this game, but I still believe they can take plenty of confidence into Round 1.

To anyone who was there, who was out better ruckman - Spencer of Meesen?

I was there till 3 quater time and clearly Spencer was our best ruckman, conditions didnt suit the talls yet felt Meesen looked alot better that what i have seen and read in previous posts

Well,getting within 3 goals was probably too optimistic at this stage but look where both teams are at!!!

Bulldogs are top 4 and we are basically starting from scratch,how many players with less than 30 games do we have? Plenty.

We played well for 3 quarters and our 4 quarter game will come with experience.

The worst is behind us and there is huge upside in the coming years.

Having said all that,i reckon we'll beat the Kangas in Rd. 1.

SEN going to a reporter from the game after the news.