VFL Footscray 2023 Season

[Bulldogs85]

Glad that Busslinger, Clarke and Gallagher are getting a taste of VFL Finals in their first year they all played well today

 

[Dazb86]

TV coverage showing lots of senior Melbourne players in the crowd. No Dogs players? Haven't seen any.

Plenty there. I went today. We kicked into the man on the mark heaps

 

[Bulldogs85]

TV coverage showing lots of senior Melbourne players in the crowd. No Dogs players? Haven't seen any.

Oskar Baker was their he was talking with Jake Melksham

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Looks like it will be back here with Box Hill

 

[BulldogMuscle]

TV coverage showing lots of senior Melbourne players in the crowd. No Dogs players? Haven't seen any.

I was there today, can confirm a large group of Dogs senior players floating around, Bont doing a lot of coaching as well.

 

[Iamspock]

Hopefully Collingwood do the same thing to Melbourne next week.

 

[MYOB]

Who do we play next week

 

[Testekill]

Who do we play next week

Box Hill in Box Hill, we beat them there 3 weeks ago and handled them fairly well.

 

[hatescaptcha]

Sounds as though West and Poulter have came in with a lot of confidence. Good to see two players we have played mostly AFL for the second half of the season come back and put in a great performance. They know they’re too good if this level.


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[Dog 36]

Plenty there. I went today. We kicked into the man on the mark heaps

Coach Bev there ? Lade?

 

[BrisDog]

How on earth was McComb and McNeill playing ahead of West for the last 3 years?

Bevo

 

[dergert]

Poulter with a bag of scoring shots.

He's worth persisting with on that wing.

 

[dergert]

Thought Raak did well in the first half. Roaming HFF might be his go.

 

[hatescaptcha]

Thought Raak did well in the first half. Roaming HFF might be his go.

Very interesting player. Great mark. Could we try him on the wing?


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[BulldogMuscle]

Coach Bev there ? Lade?

Bevo wasn't there, neither was Lade (that i saw)
Coaches in attendence:
Spang (doing coaching)
Martin
Varcoe

Senior players:
Darcy (both Sam and Luke)
Grant
Roake
Duryea
Bont (carrying a shoulder injury and/or sore from a recent operation)
Baker

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

There's no doubt that this team has a different brand to the AFL team. The players link up better all over the ground and move the ball with a lot of precision and they tackle better. Not saying that it is perfect, far from it. However, if this is the standard of football that the coach has instilled then he should be given a more senior role on our coaching panel. Over to you club administrators.

They defend different to the AFL team as well.

No backing off 30 m and the short kick is not allowed!

 

[doggies ftw]

The commentary around West being too slow to play midfield at AFL level has irked me since he was drafted.
He is explosive and rarely gets tackled. He has burst speed over 5 metres which is what he needs as an inside mid.

Needs more midfield time next year.

Spot on mate, it’s one of those bigfooty myths that gets spread as truth. He’s literally explosive over the first few steps, probably slows down a bit over distance but that’s neither here nor there, he needs to play in & around the contest.

Good athletic profile with an elite leap and agility too, endurance has never been there yet but it’s finally getting to the level required.

He’s such a high impact player, I really do rate him highly I know I’ve copped a bit on here over the years for that opinion, but he’s a really solid B grade talent IMO

 

[Norm De Guerre]

The commentary around West being too slow to play midfield at AFL level has irked me since he was drafted.
He is explosive and rarely gets tackled. He has burst speed over 5 metres which is what he needs as an inside mid.

Needs more midfield time next year.

Sure, he needs more time in the middle. However, I wouldn't get too carried away about todays game against a Casey team that was nearly devoid of senior AFL listed players. We on the other hand had 17 and the gulf between the two sides was stark as it could possibly be.

Poulter with a bag of scoring shots.

He's worth persisting with on that wing.

His direct opponent kicked 5 goals.

Melbourne clearly had their focus on more important things. Resting the likes of Brodie Grundy, Charlie Spagro, Josh Schahce, James Jordon, Tom McDonald and Taj Woewodin

We on the other hand had nothing else on this weekend. Or the one following it.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Bevo wasn't there, neither was Lade (that i saw)
Coaches in attendence:
Spang (doing coaching)
Martin
Varcoe

Senior players:
Darcy (both Sam and Luke)
Grant
Roake
Duryea
Bont (carrying a shoulder injury and/or sore from a recent operation)
Baker

VDM
English
Dale
Keath
Power
Bains


We also there.

 

[DognBones]

Sure, he needs more time in the middle. However, I wouldn't get too carried away about todays game against a Casey team that was nearly devoid of senior AFL listed players. We on the other hand had 17 and the gulf between the two sides was stark as it could possible.

Melbourne clearly had their focus on more important things. Resting the likes of Brodie Grundy, Charlie Spagro, Josh Schahce, James Jordon, Tom McDonald and Taj Woewodin

Slight correction. We had 15 AFL listed players not 17. However, it was a clear advantage.

 

[Cudi]

Bevo wasn't there, neither was Lade (that i saw)
Coaches in attendence:
Spang (doing coaching)
Martin
Varcoe

Senior players:
Darcy (both Sam and Luke)
Grant
Roake
Duryea
Bont (carrying a shoulder injury and/or sore from a recent operation)
Baker

Probably sore shoulders from carrying this whole club.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Do we know why Arty Jones did not play.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Do we know why Arty Jones did not play.

Did he qualify? Played a lot of AFL this season. Can't have played too many VFL games

 

[Oliver G]

Did he qualify? Played a lot of AFL this season. Can't have played too many VFL games

I think he played one too many games in the AFL to qualify.

 

[tonzdogs]

Do we know why Arty Jones did not play.

Gone?