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We will have more game day threads, Bevo can't coach etc but if anyone was not convinced there is something seriously amiss with the leadership in the club. From last year's Grand Final capitulation for which there was some reason we have not shown any real focus on moving forward...

Losses in the last 2 weeks are much more than a reality check. A loss and we could go from top 2 all year to outside the top 4. Psychologically this has the potential to set this group back permanently. Resting players before ensuring the double chances was arrogant at best. Not picking a...

Whether you are part of the Deer Park inner sanctom, or are one of the many who have issues with them, remember their location means they will never build a junior base. There are many traditional clubs in this position. The salary cap is and will always be a joke. 46 points allows clubs...

I still find it rather perplexing, not so much those who do not support our club, more do those that do found our post season last year so disastrous due to the players we lost off the list. Now those such as Howard were clearly not up to it, but the complaints from our supporters about losing...

An interesting story on seven news last night. A new suburb is being built in the outer Western suburbs near Caroline Springs and Rockbank. It will house 22,000 residents. The interesting part of it is the development of football facilities to be developed are to be used as a possible second...

It has been an interesting couple of weeks as a doggies fan. We went from being irrelevant to all over the pages for what was perceived to be bad news. However, like all businesses and sporting organisations turmoil or upheaval like we have seen does not necessarily mean the demise of a club...

Reading through the coaching thread and then the trade thread it occurred to me we rate individuals higher than there worth but undersell a good core team being developed. Alot of posters including me we perplexed at team selection this year. Picking a balanced team actually is not that...

There are numerous threads on this board and others where the short term thinking of supporters which sometimes flows through to the clubs upsets this cycle almost terminally in the environment of Drafts, trading and salary caps. I would argue as a club whilst not being ultimately successful we...

Does anyone know if a feasability study has been done in the last couple of years on redeveloping the Whitten oval to host AFL games? Realistically, Geelong were making $750k a game with a capacity of 22k. Based on the historical records that no more than 50% of members turn up to any one game...

Despite sparring with the likes of Ernie and the Professor thier angst and thoughts towards the current coach are in allot of ways understandable. My 'opinion' is the board brought all of this on in their justification of not offering Rocket a new contract and appointing Macca. David Smorgon...

No matter where the rest of the year takes us 2 clear things came out of the weekend: 1/ the Gameplan Macca has been developing based on pressure around the ball to create turnovers, quick spread and ball movement with a quick ability to switch between attack and defense will stand up in big...

This topic has been mentioned with some information covered in the the thread 'Patience is required like it or not' With the dramatic changes in the club overnight I thought it appropriate for its own thread, given that David Smorgon and Peter Gordon had to front the AFL to ensure we were...

Posters tearing up memberships, not joining as members, rioting, wanting revolution all because we MAY trade pick 21 for Chris Dawes. Now I am not strong on the idea, but can see how a muture big body in the forward line for the next couple of years would give our youngsters time to develop...

Allot has been made about free agency and it's impact on clubs like ours. The main thing to become glaringly obvious is the need to ensure the players you want to keep do not come out of contract. One method would be long term contracts, 4 years or more. These are fraught with danger. We need...

Watching some of the trheads around trading and free agency there appears allot of people wanting resutts tomorrow. Our list is 2 years into a rebuild. This trading/draft/free agency period required a focus on: 1/ keeping our best young talent and locking them up for at least 3 years (this is...

One thing noted from going through the big footy profiles is in general we have a high representation of gen y, which whilst representing less than 20 percent of the membership, represent 80 percent of the posters here. The question has always been asked as a competition between Footscray and...

After being challenged to produce facts that our name change has not been successful in growing our club in the western region, Below is the growth in each Victorian club membership since 1997. Remember this is the ONLY rational argument for the name change. To those who don't care bad luck...

To secure the clubs future so we can have the time to develop, those on the board really do need to refocus their message when they have the opportunity to push the clubs growth in the western region of Melbourne. Though those may not think so, this is not simply a Footscray v Western thread. It...

I have heard Terry Wallace say this is our worst list since 1996. Totally disagree with you Terry this is our worst list since the Royce Hart era. We have no superstars just a couple of a graders with heaps of c and d graders. Our list management since 2000 is appalling. I challenge anyone to...

Whilst the development of the Whitten Oval has been a boon for the club in a number of areas I wonder whether enough thought was given to be able to use it as a football venue. This season Williamstown were unable to use the ground for home games whilst their ground was being renovated as the...

With the jumper and change and quite lively debate on the topic over a couple of months now I thought it would be interesting to run a poll to see at least what big footy posters now think. Hopefully it will stop the childish abuse of fellow supporters. Also it will give the vote members did not...

I find it interesting that alot of opposition supporters and some Bulldogs supporters are so insistant that the club handled Akers sacking so badly, I would like those posters to advise on how it should have been done or could have been done well. It seems there are alot of posters who are...

One thing that clearly stuck out from Friday nights game is we went in with a mindset of stopping the Hawks, not making the Hawks stop us. For the rest of this finals series we need to throw caution to the wind. Never play a loose man in defence, all this does is allow the opposition a...

It has been interesting reading the posts in this forum over the last couple of months. There are those who look through rose coloured glasses, then there are those who take every opportunity to bag elements of the club. We have a list that will acheive the best it can this year. We have...

I think one way to show the true feelings of Doggies supporters on this topic is to run a poll to see how much support there is for the club and/or Liberatore.

With Geelong having Brad Ottens and the developing Blake, Steven King will struggle to get a game even though he is a better ruckman than Blake and not far off Ottens. We should not have to give up the world for him and at 28 has a few more years left in him. He is certainly a better...

Contrary to what the media spruiks a lack of height is not our major weakness. When you do a breakdown of our list it is easy to see where the biggest holes are: The following is a crude breakdown leaving out players who will be lucky to play an important role next year or it would be a bonus if...

Now with the 4 delistings done and dusted surely the futures of Gia, Mc Mahon, Eagleton and Power will come under review both through the trade period and again after it is completed. None of these 4 will ever be genuine leaders of the club that will finally break and change its culture and...

Clearly we have major leadership problems at our club. Player we say have sublime skills, are quick are this and that yet strangely never stand up when needed. We have many scapegoats yet there are a few names we need to have a serious look at now to go anywhere in the next couple of years. In...

Why is it our players first look back, then sideways before looking upfield. The number of times we missed opportunities to pass to players up the field either on their own or on a lead with their opponent beaten was staggering. After we have missed the upfield opportunity we then pass it...