Match thread, round 7. Swans v Bulldogs.

[dejavoodoo44]

The coaches votes for the game.

10 Charlie Curnow (SYD)
8 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
6 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
4 Tom McCartin (SYD)
2 Tom Papley (SYD)

It looks the coaches were in perfect agreement. Which surprises me a bit. While I thought that Curnow's seven goals would probably get him the most votes, and while I think all those who got votes deserved it, I also think that almost half the team could have got votes.

[UUaswan]

Logan is not as bad as he is playing, his role is affecting him

Hawks and Freo
3 Tall Fwds, 2 Rucks
Hawks even play 3 tall backs

[longmile]

I dont blame Logan for Logan atm.

Leave the bloke as a fwd, only coach in the comp that would ruck him

It's not like he's playing a lot in the ruck. I reckon it'd constitute for less than 15% of his game time

[UUaswan]

TBF I thought Chad wasn't great in the first half when the game was on the line. Thought he was much better when he played more forward as the game went on. Chad can be a bit patchy for a multi million dollar player.





Agreed. Logan still hasn't really taken that extra step we all thought he'd have taken by now. Ladhams has been crushing it in the reserves for a year or so now and deserves an extended run in the seniors as a bit of a test. He can play forward and would be a far better back up ruck than Amartey and Logan.

I dont blame Logan for Logan atm.

Leave the bloke as a fwd, only coach in the comp that would ruck him

[Jimitron5000]

Didn't catch too much of the game, but with the Bulldogs injury list a comprehensive win was what I expected and the boys delivered.
Plenty of positives, McDonald's form is a concern.
Sounds like Edwards settled in well and Cootee did nicely too - he looked a bit like Ben Ronke lining up for goal. Same number too I believe.

[Kafka's Ghost]

So is the amount of glazing by David King over the Bont

King has an absolute obsession with Bontempelli. He sounds more like a 13 year old fanboy than a commentator.

[Kafka's Ghost]

The gall of their supporters to whinge about umpiring on the night when they celebrated their umpire-assisted Premiership over us is simply astonishing.
Never forget, never forgive.

The umpiring highlight was when Kennedy was pinged for throwing the ball. Never thought I’d see the day.

[Sandridge]

Apparently Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith and Scott Jeffrey attended the 10 year reunion last night. They also have their images printed on the Bulldogs memorabillia t-shirt.

So glad we spoilt their celebrations last night in such emphatic style, even more so that they wanted to rub our noses in it by scheduling it against us. They would've had it pencilled in as a win just a few weeks ago.

Still smashed them without Heeney & Gulden, despite their injuries. Impressive.

Fantastic to beat them the way we did! Yes, the Poodles have injuries but we had our top 2 players out and beat them by 11 goals on their home ground!

GO BLOODS!!

[longmile]

Boy people can be hard on Chad. On Fantasy points he was BOG. It looked to me that Cox rested him up forward once we got on top. Kicked 3 goals. Sheldrick seems to save his best for the 2nd half of games..

TBF I thought Chad wasn't great in the first half when the game was on the line. Thought he was much better when he played more forward as the game went on. Chad can be a bit patchy for a multi million dollar player.

The ruck situation is still glaring, Logan irrelevant, would be good to see him working up the wings as a fwd.
If we had 2 rucks and 3 fwds we put 200pts on them

Agreed. Logan still hasn't really taken that extra step we all thought he'd have taken by now. Ladhams has been crushing it in the reserves for a year or so now and deserves an extended run in the seniors as a bit of a test. He can play forward and would be a far better back up ruck than Amartey and Logan.

[KSAS]

The gall of their supporters to whinge about umpiring on the night when they celebrated their umpire-assisted Premiership over us is simply astonishing.
Never forget, never forgive.

Apparently Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith and Scott Jeffrey attended the 10 year reunion last night. They also have their images printed on the Bulldogs memorabillia t-shirt.

So glad we spoilt their celebrations last night in such emphatic style, even more so that they wanted to rub our noses in it by scheduling it against us. They would've had it pencilled in as a win just a few weeks ago.

Still smashed them without Heeney & Gulden, despite their injuries. Impressive.

[UUaswan]

Rosas and Wicks are as frantic as each other at opposite ends of the ground

Love Paps getting a run up the ground just knows where to be.

The ruck situation is still glaring, Logan irrelevant, would be good to see him working up the wings as a fwd.
If we had 2 rucks and 3 fwds we put 200pts on them

[Sandridge]

Dogs fans seem a bit upset with the umpires. I'm truly sympathetic.

The gall of their supporters to whinge about umpiring on the night when they celebrated their umpire-assisted Premiership over us is simply astonishing.
Never forget, never forgive.

[lwjoyner]

I was worried early, too easy for scrays to move he ball fwd with our defence looking awful, tesm defence not as good as minding your opponent which some on our backline fail to do, chasing kicks down field, roberts and lloyd huge in this runnning down field forgetting asbout oppopnent. Happy with Wil ans Billie and bothe deserve to stay. Melican would seem to be in trouble as will Corey.
Wold now love patrick S to get a game and then other than Kyle I think we will have blooded the next wave. who goes out for Issac

[crackedactor 01]

We got Grundy for a late second round draft pick, and a third of his salary being paid by someone else. Hooley Dooley.

Grundy was BOG again. He has been amazing and I cannot recall him playing a bad game for us. Tonight we saw what Curnow is capable of.

[The Big Cat]

There’s shades of LRT about Edwards.