Where and when: Docklands Stadium, 4:35pm (AEST)
Last time they met: R8 2020: Gold Coast 6.10 (46) DEF BY Bulldogs 7.9 (51) at Metricon.
The match was an arm-wrestle all night, with the Bulldogs leading by two points at quarter, half and three-quarter time. Third-game whiz-kid Izak Rankine had a chance to level the scores late in the match but his around-the-corner set shot from the left forward pocket missed on the near side. Caleb Daniel (25 disposals) was terrific in the dry and then the rain, using the ball expertly, while Jack Macrae (29) and Bailey Smith (22) were also prominent. For Gold Coast, Jarrod Witts led from the front, outplaying boom young ruckman Tim English, while Touk Miller (28 touches) and Alex Sexton (three goals) were big contributors.
Motts Watch:
Western Bulldogs
Dunkley, Macrae, Daniels (is he playing?), Scott (if he plays), Bont (not that I’ve got him)
Gold Coast
Rankine (not that I’ve got him).
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Laitham Vandermeer is OUT for the Dogs, replaced by Patrick Lipinski.
Sam Flanders (GCS) and Ben Cavarra (WBD) the subs.
Afternoon all.
The Doggies seem pretty smart resting Stef Martin, as GC have no real Ruck. I expect a big game from English.
Dunkley and Macrea always seem to go well. Both should easily go 130+
For me..
I’m hoping its Bont’s day. He’s due for a big one.
Go the Bont!
Is Lewis young worthy of a spot on a sc team
It’s a gamble considering how stacked the Dogs are and their coach addicted to moving guys around in different roles.
Is it just me, i can see Macrae instead of Bont (Mid/Fwd role) tagged more by Greenwood today?
TU : Mac Tag
TD: Bont Tag
Comment: Doesn’t matter which junkyard dog is tagged, the other’s run riot & GC might give up the tag role for the day.
Happy with my POD Noah Anderson so far this year. Is he going 100+ today ?
With no captain loophole do I capt Macrae or Gawn
TU – Macrae
TD – Gawn
I’ve got vc on macrae and c on Gawn but if I was in your shoes I’d back Gawn to destroy my hawkers tomorrow 135+
Those coaches with C Daniel last week, can you please vote on the following :
TU: Holding him, parked on bench
TD: Traded him out
I kept Daniel , he is my captain this week for Grundy VC, as I believe last week should be forgotten as he is an elite kick. The very windy conditions didnt suit and long kick outs were used as oppose to Caleb’s precise kicking that was hindered by the wind. I put his low score down to just being one of those days. After all, footballers are human too and can have bad days!!!
Hey Lisa, dont have Daniel but if I were you Id hold, hell come good and at worse case be okay d6. I think youve gotta save the trade and focus elsewhere. If you have no concerns and are very happy with your team then do it but I wouldn’t if I was you
Kept Daniel…
Moved Capt to Ridley, watch Macrae get 150+……
Dunkley and Bont off to a good start
Bulldogs mids are off to a good start! keep it going.
good gravy there are going to be some big scores out of this game if this keeps up
1/4 Time – Bulldogs lead 4.1.25 to GCS 0.2.2
BULLDOGS
Jack Macrae 48
Josh Dunkley 48
M. Bontempelli 43
Adam Treloar 42
Bailey Dale 36
Bailey Smith 30
Taylor Duryea 30
Easton Wood* 25
Alex Keath 25
Jason Johannisen 22
Jordon Sweet 21
Lewis Young 20
Tom Liberatore 15
Lachie Hunter 14
Lachlan McNeil 11
Josh Bruce 11
Bailey Williams 10
Tim English 10
Anthony Scott 10
Patrick Lipinski 7
Hayden Crozier 7
Aaron Naughton 6
Ben Cavarra 1
SUNS
Samuel Collins 51
Oleg Markov 35
Brandon Ellis 33
Wil Powell 26
Jack Bowes 24
Hugh Greenwood 24
Jy Farrar 21
Touk Miller 21
Jarrod Harbrow 19
Lachlan Weller 17
Jack Lukosius 17
Izak Rankine 16
Chris Burgess 13
David Swallow 11
Caleb Graham 11
Noah Anderson 10
Josh Corbett 8
Nick Holman 7
Ben King 7
Alex Sexton 3
Darcy MacPherson 3
Ben Ainsworth 1
Sam Flanders 1
Should have stuck with macrae as C…
Now I’m gonna be stressing on Gawn going big all weekend…
Trading Neale to Macrae is so far my best trade decision yet.
If dunks had higher TOG he could have the 100 up already, on fire!
Go Dunkley VC.
And Hickey my trade in ruck 🙂
And… PCL, Hickey down, Mummy dominates and we lose the match in a heartbreaker.
Season was looking so good for us too.
Collingwood is crying inside trading Treloar out. Bulldogs mid are taking over
As a Collingwood Supporter, I will never forgive them for the total balls up that was the trade period. Seeing Treloar in the Bulldogs colours kills me, plus knowing we got nothing in return AND are paying $300k per season to the dogs to have him play for them! I realize that it was obviously a major salary cap issue, and cash needed to be offloaded but I find that incredible and so disappointing and I’m so angry that the bean counters at the Collingwood Football Club made such a major blunder. And I don’t think anyone even lost their job over it – we just lost a premium midfielder and our midfield efforts so far this year as a result have been woeful.
I can’t even watch this game. Treloar is killing it….
Could not agree with you anymore Lisa. You have hit the nail on the head. It’s an absolute disgrace. I hope treloar is wearing a premiership medallion around his neck come end of season. I’m not forgetting about the other 3 we got rid of either. Needless to say, 1 was a rising star.
Hard to take much from this game as it’s such a walloping but Bailey Dale and Taylor Duryea seem more than capable of sharing those distribution duties from out of defense. Potentially not good for Caleb Daniel owners.
Half Time and what a scintillating display by the league ladders, in Bontempelli’s 150th game.
Western Bulldogs – 11.4.70 lead the Gold Coast Suns 1.3.9
DOGS
Josh Dunkley 92
Jack Macrae 82
M. Bontempelli 81
Adam Treloar 78
Lachie Hunter 55
Bailey Dale 55
Taylor Duryea 52
Bailey Smith 48
Alex Keath 47
Lewis Young 46
Jordon Sweet 39
Hayden Crozier 38
Aaron Naughton 37
Easton Wood* 35
Patrick Lipinski 34
Anthony Scott 33
Jason Johannisen 32
Bailey Williams 31
Tim English 29
Lachlan McNeil 27
Tom Liberatore 27
Josh Bruce 15
Ben Cavarra 1
SUNS
Oleg Markov 61
Touk Miller 59
Samuel Collins 56
Wil Powell 49
Brandon Ellis 47
Hugh Greenwood 40
Lachlan Weller 39
Jack Bowes 37
Noah Anderson 34
Jy Farrar 34
Jack Lukosius 33
Jarrod Harbrow 29
Josh Corbett 26
Izak Rankine 26
Chris Burgess 25
David Swallow 21
Caleb Graham 21
Nick Holman 17
Ben Ainsworth 9
Darcy MacPherson 8
Ben King 7
Alex Sexton 5
Apologies to anyone who took my advice on picking gawn over macrae as C. I hope maxy goes big for all of you guys!
I would like to thank danger for getting rubbed out and allowing me to trade to Dunks. Patrick, when you fall $100k, I might forgive you and maybe re draft you.
Already 1700 sc points given. May be some down scaling to come later.
And after a horrible 4 weeks as a hunter owner.. hes finally finding the footy!
Geez Treloar is really looking the goods now.
J Clark OUT for the Cats tomorrow – jeez, avoided the donut with Kos named but back to a donut again with that omission.
TU: Trade out Clark for Jiath
TD: Trade out Clark for L Jones (helps the bank balance)
Comment – take the donut
taking VC score Dunkley!
3/4 Time – and it’s the Dogs by 41 points as the Suns score 6 goals to the Doggies 2 goals in the third term
DOGS
Josh Dunkley 125
Jack Macrae 119
M. Bontempelli 111
Adam Treloar 97
Bailey Dale 76
Lachie Hunter 74
Taylor Duryea 71
Bailey Smith 65
Alex Keath 65
Hayden Crozier 54
Jordon Sweet 54
Aaron Naughton 51
Lewis Young 51
Patrick Lipinski 50
Tom Liberatore 49
Tim English 47
Jason Johannisen 47
Easton Wood* 46
Anthony Scott 42
Bailey Williams 40
Lachlan McNeil 39
Josh Bruce 28
Ben Cavarra 1
SUNS
Oleg Markov 86
Brandon Ellis 84
Wil Powell 77
Samuel Collins 72
Touk Miller 71
Josh Corbett 70
Jack Lukosius 70
Lachlan Weller 62
Hugh Greenwood 59
Jy Farrar 57
Izak Rankine 53
Jack Bowes 48
Noah Anderson 39
Jarrod Harbrow 38
Nick Holman 37
Chris Burgess 35
David Swallow 32
Ben Ainsworth 31
Caleb Graham 30
Ben King 29
Darcy MacPherson 22
Alex Sexton 19
Sam Flanders 1
Tu: Clark to Chapman, Dow to Impey
Td: Clark to Jones, Dow to Waterman and bank the cash
Tu
Take Scotts score…
Rd
or gamble on waterman
Full Time – Dogs easy winners 118 to 56
DOGS
Josh Dunkley 136
Jack Macrae 132
M. Bontempelli 128
Bailey Dale 114
Adam Treloar 110
Lachie Hunter 92
Taylor Duryea 85
Alex Keath 84
Bailey Smith 82
Tom Liberatore 81
Jordon Sweet 71
Aaron Naughton 71
Hayden Crozier 59
Tim English 58
Anthony Scott 58
Patrick Lipinski 57
Lewis Young 55
Easton Wood* 52
Jason Johannisen 51
Bailey Williams 42
Lachlan McNeil 41
Josh Bruce 32
Ben Cavarra 1
SUNS
Brandon Ellis 105
Oleg Markov 90
Touk Miller 87
Jack Lukosius 85
Wil Powell 85
Samuel Collins 84
Josh Corbett 74
Jy Farrar 73
Hugh Greenwood 71
Lachlan Weller 68
Jack Bowes 65
Jarrod Harbrow 61
Izak Rankine 60
Nick Holman 52
Noah Anderson 47
Chris Burgess 39
David Swallow 38
Ben Ainsworth 37
Darcy MacPherson 37
Ben King 34
Alex Sexton 32
Caleb Graham 30
Sam Flanders
Total points seems low on fanfooty site is there scaling still to be done?