GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

[Sigil 972]

With the outs I'm not super confident at all.

 

It's all about system, if we get that right we shut down the Doges and win.

 

But with a bunch of new back six players trying to gel with that system, we might leak more goals that any of us would like.

 

Hopefully the mids and forward line fire!

[sisso 2,403]

Martin out for Dogs we should win a lot of hit outs at least

[dees189227 11,018]

3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Did they say why Lever is out? 

Fireworks is also out. Big losses all around. 

Why were there fireworks in the 1st place. Not fussed by that. Hopefully the little leaguers get a crack

[Demon Disciple 11,139]

No Lever, Hibbo, Rivers or Petty. 4 of our starting defensive 6 last year. Not good.

Will be up to our midfield whether we win or lose this one.

[Demon Dynasty 16,007]

The Basking is over damn it!   This has all come around very quickly.  Can we delay the start of the season for another few months?

[Satan 2,786]

OUT: Stefan Martin, Lachie Hunter (Sub) IN: Hayden Crozier, Ryan Gardner

[peasant 62]

And there's just been an announcement that the half-time fireworks and lights show has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Might as well call the season off.

 

[DubDee 21,322]

Tomo May Smith

uh oh

[MrFreeze 1,547]

End of the day this will be won in the guts 

Defence is shaky but if our team Defence is on and we win contested possession we will win

[dazzledavey36 49,394]

Backline in all sorts.

Think we are in trouble before game has even started..

[brendan 3,418]

Martin out to me suggests dogs have conceded the ruck battle already 

max needs to push back hard to help defence

[layzie 29,783]

Nice to be relevant isn't it!

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,447]

2 minutes ago, Satan said:

OUT: Stefan Martin, Lachie Hunter (Sub) IN: Hayden Crozier, Ryan Gardner

Ok well at least English will spend less time forward with Martin out.

English can certainly take a contested mark up fwd and is a nice kick for goal.

[Fork 'em 6,579]

7 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Remember the few times many many years ago when Schwab I'm sure it was came up with the idea to raise the flag after very few of our wins & it was just dumb.

How good is it to see a real flag unveiled. One that says premiers

Still feel embarrassment thinking about those hideous blazers he had the players wearing.

[dees189227 11,018]

Lever apparently has a foot injury. Hope it's not to serious.

Gee I just want start well & kick straight & bank the points

[JTR 2,680]

Anything to be read into Smith spending a lot of his warm up time taking shots at goal from all angles?

🤔

[Seraph 1,714]

What's all this about the Dogs and dropping Hunter?

[Jaded No More 59,177]

1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

Lever apparently has a foot injury. Hope it's not to serious.

Gee I just want start well & kick straight & bank the points

Foot = disaster 

[Macca 16,174]

With 4 backmen out, any sort of win will do

One point does it

[JTR 2,680]

🤣

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

Round 1 is always hard to predict, am nervous, Lever is a huge out.

[Demon4Life 599]

I would love to hear that crappy song that the dogs hate us singing playing over the loud speaker while the dogs are doing their warm-up on the ground

[Pates 9,537]

Lever being out has definitely dented my confidence, that said Lever didn’t have an insanely good game in the GF. Like always, win from the middle and starve the dogs of chances. 

[BDA 20,646]

Defensive depth will be well and truly tested tonight. Big ask to cover all of lever, petty, rivers and Hibbo . 

[one_demon 826]

7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Foot = disaster 

Yes, foot injuries are often bad news