Review Plucky Dogs run over tragic 0-3 Blues

[The Buck]

Been here since 22nd March and will be back in Aus on 22nd April!

Spent a few days in California, spending a week in Florida before a cruise then off to Peru

Hope you haven't got any Venezuelan tattoos.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Been here since 22nd March and will be back in Aus on 22nd April!

Spent a few days in California, spending a week in Florida before a cruise then off to Peru

Did you catch up with Floridog ?

 

[_Mike_]

Hope you haven't got any Venezuelan tattoos.

Haha not yet!!

 

[_Mike_]

Nice mate.

Are you doing the theme parks? What cruise are you doing?

Doing a cruise through to the Bahamas next week which will go for 5 days.

We went to Kennedy Space Centre yesterday, Aquatica today, and Disneyworld Hollywood studios tomorrow.

Over in Cali we did Universal and went to a Lakers v Bulls game. It will be be 2 weeks in Peru then another week in Mexico

 

[_Mike_]

Did you catch up with Floridog ?

No I haven’t although we are on a bit of a schedule and will be heading down to Miami on Monday!

 

[X_box_X]

Doing a cruise through to the Bahamas next week which will go for 5 days.

We went to Kennedy Space Centre yesterday, Aquatica today, and Disneyworld Hollywood studios tomorrow.

Over in Cali we did Universal and went to a Lakers v Bulls game. It will be be 2 weeks in Peru then another week in Mexico

Sounds like you're doing a Caribbean cruise. Which cruise ship? I sailed on Freedom of the Seas for eight days immediately before doing four of the Orlando theme parks.

Are you staying near Disney Springs?

 

[Fossie 32]

Player	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	Hitouts to Advantage	Clearances (Centre)	Marks (Contested)	Tackles	Disposals	Score
English	72	34	11	2 (1)	6 (1)	2	16	0.1
De Koning	75	28	5	7 (0)	8 (2)	4	28	0.0
Darcy	17	4	2	1 (1)	8 (3)	2	17	2.1
Young	22	8	3	0 (0)	5 (2)	4	8	2.1

Wow thanks there ya go

 

[_Mike_]

Sounds like you're doing a Caribbean cruise. Which cruise ship? I sailed on Freedom of the Seas for eight days immediately before doing four of the Orlando theme parks.

Are you staying near Disney Springs?

Not staying at the Disney hotels, even though there are 23 of them. Completely nuts! We found a reasonable hotel 10 minutes drive that is close to other attractions.


As for the cruise we opted for the Carnival, bit more oriented towards younger folks/families with teens.

 

[_Mike_]

On the footy, how did Jonesy go coming back from injury?

 

[X_box_X]

Not staying at the Disney hotels, even though there are 23 of them. Completely nuts! We found a reasonable hotel 10 minutes drive that is close to other attractions.


As for the cruise we opted for the Carnival, bit more oriented towards younger folks/families with teens.

Enjoy mate.

I cruised with Carnival a couple of years ago. Your'e definitely right about it being family friendly (Caribbean is also family friendly).

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

On the footy, how did Jonesy go coming back from injury?

He was fantastic. Got through unscathed too.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

On the footy, how did Jonesy go coming back from injury?

He was excellent. Didn’t miss a beat. Saved our skin a few times, as you’d expect.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Wasn’t his best night, but what a frickin’ player Bailey Dale has become. He’s great with time and space, but his improvement in the contest has been so good.

Good players keep their head in the game even when being blanketed out of it.

Great players do this when faced with the same...

The vision to assess, see and then pin point a 35 metre kick to JO'D advantage, whilst under immense pressure is something that very few players could pull off.

 

[Marsy]

Tim English player ratings so far this year-
Round 1 1.2, Round 2 12.0, Round 3 2.9

He’s average for the year is 5.37, he’s worst season since his 2nd year.

The average player score is 9.0

 

[Some Idiot]

Am I right in saying there wasn’t a clear angle that showed Darcy’s goal being touched? ‘Appears to have touched by the Carlton player’ is not good enough.

The commentary agreed with you, but they used Sam Darcy's reaction as evidence that it was probably touched.

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

Tim English player ratings so far this year-
Round 1 1.2, Round 2 12.0, Round 3 2.9

He’s average for the year is 5.37, he’s worst since his 2nd year.

The average player score is 9.0

He’s played against the two best rucks going around, we have been competitive in centre clearances and won the games against both of them.

He is not going that bad.

 

[NMBB]

Beautifully done guys - your efforts are truly appreciated

 

[Bulldog Brent]

What’s up with Baker - quad?

 

[The Inbetweener]

What’s up with Baker - quad?

Corkie. He posted on Instagram earlier that he’s all good.

 

[Angak]

 

[JohnnySteel]

Prue speculation but does anyone think perhaps the multiple concussions have shaken Tim. He’s never played aggressive but he definitely use to attack the marking contest with more vigour and was more of a presence than he is currently. He seems very scared of contact.

 

[Unorth]

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Why the hell did Carlton push him out the door?

that’s a big time LOL from a club that has a few

 

[ScottyDogg]

They could easily be co-captains. Both are great leaders on the field in their own way, and off field Marcus is such a class act that he can be the face of the club while Tom plays the pest to keep everyone on their toes and the wise old head mentoring and driving the emerging players.

That was a real "junk yard dog", never say die effort, and a real team effort. Even the guys who were having horrible games had their moments to contribute to the win.

On a personal note, I am loving that a fellow medical professional in Sam Davidson is having such a big impact. Paediatric medicine's short-term loss is AFL football and the Western Bulldogs' gain. And he wears the same number as one of the greatest humans ever to walk the face of this planet, the great Jackie Robinson - one of my all-time heroes.

Not sure if you would traditionally call this “Captain like behavior” but Tom razzed the Carlton defenders after every goal in that 3rd quarter. Was flying the flag so hard. I reckon this stuff really makes a difference.

Reminds me of one of the other great modern day captains - Toby Greene

 

[Testekill]

Why the hell did Carlton push him out the door?

that’s a big time LOL from a club that has a few

I think it was a problem with the coaching staff.

 

[1961grandfinal]

Prue speculation but does anyone think perhaps the multiple concussions have shaken Tim. He’s never played aggressive but he definitely use to attack the marking contest with more vigour and was more of a presence than he is currently. He seems very scared of contact.

A strength has always been his ability to handle ground balls like a much smaller player. He has been fumbling pick ups for quite a while even when free and with no external pressure.