It's worth noting that this wasn't their B side this time. I don't know if they had some of their first side out, but most of the big names looked to be there. No Bont I think. Even so, we had more names sitting it out than they did. 

4 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Lewis top ballwinner.

Smith was huge in the first half, didn't notice him as much in the latter.

Salem is all class, but we knew that. 

Jones and Viney the usual. 

Oliver was good and did freakish things.

Garlett had a heap of assists. Very unselfish game.

HOGAN! Four goals five marks.

Vince was our second biggest ballwinner, but I hardly noticed him. 

Tracca was solid but needs more ball. 

Wagner injured. Looked like a knee from here. He overextended trying to impact a marking contest and landed really badly. 

Thanks mate 

From our best 22 you could argue we were five down - jetta, watts, tyson, frost and kent.

how many were the dogs down? 

Edited February 18, 20178 yr by DemonAndrew

I like Jake's hair.  Good work, has clearly been talking to Maxy.  Let's hope it also transfers to his game play!

1 minute ago, DemonAndrew said:

From our best 22 you could argue we were five down - jetta, watts, tyson, frost and kent.

how many were the dogs down? 

Fox commentators were certainly claiming the dogs were down in comparison, but I'm not so sure.  Watts, Tyson and Jetta are big outs for us.

13 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

It's worth noting that this wasn't their B side this time. I don't know if they had some of their first side out, but most of the big names looked to be there. No Bont I think. Even so, we had more names sitting it out than they did. 

yes it was

14 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

From our best 22 you could argue we were five down - jetta, watts, tyson, frost and kent.

how many were the dogs down? 

you forgot hibberd too

20 minutes ago, barneymfc said:

we will never win a final with tom mac in the the team ,he has more brain fades than lyndon, a few other so called future stars are long way off startdom,bigheaded kids

Bet we do

Notable absentees for Bulldogs, from what I can recall, was: Bont, Wallace, Picken, Wood, Smith.

It's only pre season don't get ahead of ourselves. At least that is what I'm telling myself after watching that.

Plenty to like about especially from some of the

new recruits

Players who were limited last season 

Some of our younger boys.

Ok Pennant calm down

9 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Fox commentators were certainly claiming the dogs were down in comparison, but I'm not so sure.  Watts, Tyson and Jetta are big outs for us.

That's because the idiots on Fox Footy don't even know what our best 22 is.

As mentioned, Watts, Jetta, Hibberd, Tyson & Kent are all best 22.

They had no Bontempelli, Wood, Morris, Picken, Boyd & Smith.

So fairly similar in regards to best 22 and the numbers out.

Of course the AFL website only mentioned the players the Dogs have out as it helps their biased narrative.

4 minutes ago, barneymfc said:

yes it was

Who was missing aside from Bont?

 

Never mind. Answered above

Edited February 18, 20178 yr by RalphiusMaximus

Ah yep, Hibberd too.

Their outs better than our outs, i guess. A win is a win is a win

3 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Ah yep, Hibberd too.

Their outs better than our outs, i guess. A win is a win is a win

I agree. But it annoys me how the commentators harp on about it when we also have guys out.

I didn't get to watch the game but it seems the midfield's were both at near full capacity, how did we stack up?

20 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Ah yep, Hibberd too.

Their outs better than our outs, i guess. A win is a win is a win

True, but our outs aren't that far behind.  It's not as if it was a huge gap like everyone was trying to trumpet so they can downplay our performance and make excuses for the media darlings.

7 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I know I was a little harsh of your prediction earlier OD - I just like to keep the optimism up to kick off the year.  If I go in looking at a game and thinking we can't win then I'm in for a long year!

We have had  quite a few long years in the last decade so I look forward to along year of wins in 2017.

22 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

True, but our outs aren't that far behind.  It's not as if it was a huge gap like everyone was trying to trumpet so they can downplay our performance and make excuses for the media darlings.

Yeah this is the issue. There's no doubt we played an under-strength Dogs side but it's not like last year where we put our best 22 against their worst 22 and fell over the line.

2 hours ago, barneymfc said:

we will never win a final with tom mac in the the team ,he has more brain fades than lyndon, a few other so called future stars are long way off startdom,bigheaded kids

He is only a backman, they are not the smartest players going round.

Tommy holds his own pretty well though and after a start that had the commentators salivating that he was the recruit of the year, Oscar did a pretty good job on Cloke.

Edited February 18, 20178 yr by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

3 hours ago, fndee said:

Bet we do

We might win it despite him though 

7 hours ago, Is Dom Is Good said:

That's because the idiots on Fox Footy don't even know what our best 22 is.

As mentioned, Watts, Jetta, Hibberd, Tyson & Kent are all best 22.

They had no Bontempelli, Wood, Morris, Picken, Boyd & Smith.

So fairly similar in regards to best 22 and the numbers out.

Of course the AFL website only mentioned the players the Dogs have out as it helps their biased narrative.

Dickson, Suckling, Wallis.

15 hours ago, Demonland said:

Smith is a player. 

Thank you. 

15 hours ago, Sylvia Saint said:

These commentators can talk some smack. Gerard Healy was impressed with Wagner's speed off half back last year. WTF? He's as slow as a turtle (has some other, good traits of course). I'm no doctor but Wagner's injury might be an achilles. Sad for him.

Joel Smith will play 100+ games for us, lock it in.

You agree with our Development Coach.

Their outs diminished them more than ours.  They had multiple All-Australians missing.

That said, I thought we controlled the bulk of the game and a 2 goal win at their dunghole is nothing to sneeze at.

A good hitout and the coaches will get as much out of it as the players.

17 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

Hoping the Weed does well today. High hopes.

Very Good  

6 hours ago, Watts the matter said:

Dickson, Suckling, Wallis.

I don't think those guys are definite best 22 so left them out.

Strong squad though!