Official Round 9 - Bulldogs vs Dragons Game Day Thread

[Roll the Bones]

For a game that was teams 14 v 16, that was more stressful than it should have been lol. Was actually quite an entertaining game. Great effort to get the win with so many out injured etc. Well done Avo, wow, he really does have genuine speed. And a good step too.

 

[ddt192]

I love a scrappy win

 

[Berries]

As shit as we've been these last years at least the Dragons are still our bitch lol

Didn’t we cost them the finals twice ?

 

[maroondog72]

Cannot stand that gronk Lomax

Yeah I don’t think burns likes him either…

 

[Moey91]

No Flanagan = 2 points

Just imagine if we lost without him

Headlines:

SOS Halfback, dogs need to bring back Flanagn

 

[Ewan McGrady]

I love seeing Potter in the coaches box behind CC.

 

[Nexus]

Waddles was great today. His sinbinning was rubbish

 

[bigdoggie8]

Guts, guts and more guts!

 

[707_2Belmore]

Burns’ effort today on one leg was huge. Just kept turning up. A true blue Bulldog

 

[Scoobs]

Matty Johns can't stand us - I think we smashed him too many times when he used to play. Stole too many dreams from his precious heart.

As a fox employee he is obligated to hate gus

 

[BulldogsMate]

How good is that winning feeling! Boys deserved the win and im so happy for the group. Also Lomax is a prick.

 

[jpneves]

The best thing about that win was the fact we played both tough and entertaining!
Burns was amazing! It was like CC told him ‘just play like Kiraz!’ We we’re better with Reynolds and Olapu on the right side. Avirello showed his got pace to burn.
Hopefully this takes a little pressure off Burton as teams won’t just double team him and he is opposing players one on one rather then 2-3 defenders sweating on him

 

[Ewan McGrady]

Can Avo keep up with Fox?

 

[InGusWeTrust]

Flanagan was our damaged link. When he touched the ball it stopped our attack.
He was the reason we were flopaganing.

When Reynolds was at 5/8 that was our best attack all year.

Second half was more of a defensive effort.
Can't take away how good our defence was.

They scored when we had 1 man down in the bin.

And from a mistake TPJ did with silly off load.

We will win more games and make the 8

It’s quite telling that an 18 year old debutant replaced him and looked more dangerous. Karl didn’t look out of place. He was sus in defence which drags targeted but he held on mostly.

 

[GoTheDoggies]

We're lacking the quality with our first graders out, the fact we're still competing hard is a positive.

The frustration comes through during the match but the reality is with the quality available you cannot fault the effort and we're seeing signs of an organisation well drilled team in patches.

 

[maroondog72]

Waddles was great today. His sinbinning was rubbish

Watched the grubber and chase on replay and still can’t believe it

 

[Psycho Doggie]

Josh Reynolds still hasn't lost to the dragons. He needs to take a clue though with this ref, he is too emotional, can't maintain equilibrium.

 

[Robbothedestroyer]

Edwards went well today looks like a keeper.

 

[B-Train]

That's a very gusty win.. Great effort and heart shown by the team

 

[GoTheDoggies]

It’s quite telling that an 18 year old debutant replaced him and looked more dangerous. Karl didn’t look out of place. He was sus in defence which drags targeted but he held on mostly.

I saw that last week vs the Jets, it's the decision making in D but that will come with time. His contact in tackles is there, physically he handles it.