Where and when: Docklands, 7:50pm (AEST)
Last time they met: R13 2020: WBD 12.8 (80) DEF Melbourne 7.10 (52) at Metricon.
Six unanswered goals from the Dogs turned a seven-point Demons half-time lead into an unassailable 27-point buffer at the final break. Half-backs Hayden Crozier, Bailey Williams, Jason Johannisen and Caleb Daniel set up the turnaround, while Marcus Bontempelli and Tom Liberatore were brilliant around the stoppages throughout. With Josh Bruce taking the ruck duties from Tim English and Josh Dunkley, the Dogs relied on attacks from defence with six of their first 10 goals generated from their back half.
Match Preview: A wheel fell off the Dee Train with their loss to lowly Adelaide last weekend. Whether it was a freak occurrence or a sign of more sinister things will be proven out tonight when they take on the new ladder leader.
Motts Watch:
Footscray
Macrae, Daniel, Bontempelli, and Smith.
Melbourne
Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, and Jordon
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A preview to the 2021 GF???
No Late Changes.
Medical Subs:
Melbourne – Tom Sparrow
Western Bulldogs – Louis Butler
Evening, all.
Looking forward to this one, even without a crowd.
Still undecided on my tip and VC lol. Got Bont, Macrae, Gawn, Satan, Petracca, Jordon and Weightman.
Gawn vc
Grundy C
Bulldogs by 4 …..just
Still deciding on v too. Leaning towards Maxy with doggies a little soft there. All the gun kids might neutralise each other a bit.
As I just posted in coaches box:
To all those in Melbourne / Victoria under another lockdown: thoughts are with you and your families folks. Stay safe and take care.
Cheers Macca, I like to echo your thoughts.
It is no fun being in Victoria, that’s for sure.
All the best everyone.
Ah, thanks Macca.
Even though I live in Melbourne’s northern suburbs (where the COVID cases are concentrated), my biggest priority is drilling the VC tonight lol.
Too many good options and no f*cking idea.
yep – I have no idea either!! Sad to say with Gawn playing first up and you would normally say an absolute lock.
But CD are screwing him this year on his HTA and Jackson has also messed with his stats and plays … a tad frustrating for sure!!
Keep safe GD.
I have the same problem as last week with my bench so I am forced to VC in this game. What a choice?
Facing your dilemma GD.
After last weeks bad luck I am not going too left field this week!
going Gawny CT??
I ended up going Bont… No logical reason.
Your VC is going very well.
dont speak too soon!! Fingers crossed … I’d be happy if he kicks a couple!!
You have to be happy with his score.
Going to a close competition between our teams.
for sure mate!! Daniel didn’t help you with his low score.
Argh. No idea 10 minutes out.
Thinking SURELY Bont gets attention, so not him.
That then frees up Macrae, liking him.
BUT there’s Gawn against Sweet and English.
Then there’s Satan in deadly form and even Petracca could be due for a big one.
Gonna leave it to the last minute and flip a coin. Literally.
Good flip, nice first quarter.
Very nice VC score GD.
Hi all, This should be a great game.
Like many I have quite a few in this game.
Good luck to all.
Remember this is an ordinary round, Supercoach wise.
Tonight’s game, 1st vs 2nd, would have been so much more awesome to watch with a huge crowd at the MCG. Instead they will be playing to an empty stadium, such a shame . Fingers crossed we get through the rest of the season without any more disruptions or fixture changes – the byes are hard enough to deal with!
do we have any real concrete info on whether or not Madden and Weightman have any decent JS making them worth bringing in??
I actually could not trade at all tonight for the first round all year I think and not have to cop a donut … its messing with my head!!
Weightman rock solid JS.
Madden a little foggy given the potential returns in the coming weeks. Holds his spot on form.
See the Table For Two thread for more, we got into it there.
yeah I had a good read GD … still so unsure …
I totally get where you are coming from Macca. All week I was saying to myself “I don’t need to make any trades this week, I actually have a full team and emergencies”…and it feels so wrong NOT to trade. I know I shouldn’t trade as low on numbers, and “trades are gold” but I need cash to try and resurrect my team over the byes, so have gone Scott to Weightman, even though he’s not the cheapest option but I feel will hopefully have better JS than Madden.
yep – good thoughts Lisa!
Ended up doing just that Lisa although I’m also short on trades. Weightman looks to have the good J’s, and the starting price of $170k will still be part of his price when culled.
Why didn’t they put the fake crowd noise on in the background. Surely they would’ve kept the files from last lockdown?
it’s there oh bearded one!
After an entertainingfirst quarter, it’s Melb 6.5.41 leading the Bulldogs 2.2.14. Lots of VC’s in this game I’m sure and its Clarrie & Macrae with the early points.
DEMONS
Clayton Oliver 50
Christian Petracca 46
James Harmes* 45
Bayley Fritsch 39
James Jordon 28
Jake Lever 27
Tom McDonald 25
Jake Melksham 23
Steven May 22
Kysaiah Pickett 22
Charlie Spargo 16
Max Gawn 16
Angus Brayshaw 16
Trent Rivers 14
Michael Hibberd 14
Christian Salem 13
Alex Neal-Bullen 11
Harrison Petty 11
Ed Langdon 10
Luke Jackson 3
Jayden Hunt 1
Tom Sparrow 1
Sam Weideman -3
BULLDOGS
Jack Macrae 52
Lachie Hunter 37
Zaine Cordy 34
Cody Weightman 31
Tom Liberatore 30
Hayden Crozier 29
M. Bontempelli 26
Patrick Lipinski 23
Bailey Smith 23
Aaron Naughton 21
Bailey Dale 20
Roarke Smith 20
Jordon Sweet 13
Caleb Daniel 12
Tim English 12
Bailey Williams 8
Alex Keath 8
Riley Garcia 7
Taylor Duryea 6
Jason Johannisen 4
Lachlan McNeil 3
Louis Butler 1
Josh Bruce –
Riley Garcia out, head knock.
Louis Butler on.
I haven’t nailed the v all year….thanks Maxy.
Early days yet Wighty, I also have him but not panicking yet (plus still riding the high of VC Oliver from last round)
Glad I spent all that cash getting Gawn in as I thought he was bottomed out…disregarded the 2nd ruckman killing his score
oh wtf daniel on 10*
Dees have silenced the home crowd with their fast start.
May has not been a good pick since getting him in my side when his price bottomed out. Got sucked in.
Half Time and the Demons continue with their lead, 9.6.60 to the Doggies 6.5.41, Disappointing first half from Gawn, VC not a great choice after all.
DEMONS
Clayton Oliver 74
Christian Petracca 68
James Harmes* 66
Tom McDonald 58
Steven May 47
Jake Melksham 47
Kysaiah Pickett 46
Trent Rivers 45
Jake Lever 45
Bayley Fritsch 43
Max Gawn 39
James Jordon 38
Michael Hibberd 35
Alex Neal-Bullen 34
Christian Salem 32
Harrison Petty 30
Charlie Spargo 28
Angus Brayshaw 27
Ed Langdon 19
Luke Jackson 13
Jayden Hunt 8
Sam Weideman 2
Tom Sparrow 1
BULLDOGS
Jack Macrae 91
Lachie Hunter 64
Hayden Crozier 60
Tim English 59
M. Bontempelli 56
Zaine Cordy 52
Roarke Smith 48
Tom Liberatore 46
Bailey Smith 45
Patrick Lipinski 43
Cody Weightman 37
Aaron Naughton 37
Bailey Dale 35
Caleb Daniel 27
Jason Johannisen 24
Taylor Duryea 21
Jordon Sweet 20
Alex Keath 19
Lachlan McNeil 17
Bailey Williams 17
Josh Bruce 17
Louis Butler 10
Riley Garcia 7
Gawn dropping few easy marks tonight
Can anyone explain daniels score?
Uncontested, turn overs, no distance gained (goes backwards)…….
26 disposals, 318 metres gained, 1 goal, 73 % de. 60 points??
5 clangers probably what kept him down, but agree that 26 for 60 is whack.
This is CD, early in game, mcrae , who i have , kicked across goal, intercepted and opp kicked goal he went up 5 points. Its like a player sometimes gets set against whatever they do!
Yeah, barely got punished for that one.
Sack all of CD and get Macca in there lol.
True gd , but the fact is one bloke has a shocking clanger and goes up 5, another bloke has a pressured clanger and drops points.
Yeah. Agree, Bruce.
It’s f*cked.
Anyway, I’m off.
Good luck with the Crows, mate. Should be a great game.
I also went with Gawn VC. Been watching him reasonably closely the last few weeks and his issue with scoring for me lies in the fact he is majorly out of form with his marking. When he does take them he double or triple grabs them and the rest of the time he gets both hands to it and then just drops the bloody thing.
Those intercept contested marks are 8SC points alone plus the kick afterwards, so I reckon he dropped 3 of them in the first half he should have taken which would equate to around 25-30 points dropping him in the 60’s at half time….
Just my observations….
Spewing… Went the double downgrade instead of to hunter (who’s attractiveness grew with Treloar going under the knife)
Gawn not in the ruck
3/4 Time : Melb 12.8.80 to Bulldogs 6.8.44
DEMONS
Clayton Oliver 108
James Harmes* 92
Max Gawn 77
Christian Petracca 77
Jake Lever 75
Bayley Fritsch 72
Tom McDonald 71
James Jordon 63
Steven May 60
Harrison Petty 60
Alex Neal-Bullen 57
Angus Brayshaw 56
Trent Rivers 56
Jake Melksham 51
Christian Salem 50
Charlie Spargo 48
Kysaiah Pickett 46
Michael Hibberd 38
Ed Langdon 34
Sam Weideman 28
Luke Jackson 27
Jayden Hunt 24
Tom Sparrow 1
BULLDOGS
Jack Macrae 113
Lachie Hunter 99
Hayden Crozier 95
M. Bontempelli 81
Tim English 75
Roarke Smith 74
Zaine Cordy 70
Bailey Smith 68
Patrick Lipinski 67
Bailey Dale 67
Aaron Naughton 60
Tom Liberatore 59
Cody Weightman 46
Caleb Daniel 40
Jason Johannisen 40
Bailey Williams 39
Jordon Sweet 38
Alex Keath 31
Taylor Duryea 25
Louis Butler 21
Josh Bruce 20
Lachlan McNeil 18
Riley Garcia 7
thanks for the scores tonight Lisa
Langdon subbed out with a minute or so to go. Sparrow on
Mac 145
Oliver Captain 139
Gawn 118
Jordan 88
May 92
Weightman 53
Yewwwwwwwwwww
Take Bont’s 125ish or go Grundy?
Awkward one – most of my league opponents had Macrae as VC though (I don’t have Macrae)
TU – take it
TD – go Grundy (or another premo mid) instead
Take VC Bont or throw the C on Grundy?