WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Saturday, April 14, 4.35pm AEST
SUMMARY
While the Bulldogs put in a much more consistent performance in their first win of the season over Essendon last week, the true test of whether they’ve turned the corner will come against a hardened Swans outfit. The Dogs were hardly placed under any physical pressure by the Bombers and basically did what they wanted, but that won’t be the case against John Longmire’s men, as they sit third in the League for both contested possessions and tackles. The Dogs are last in the important statistical categories. Sydney re-established itself as a genuine premiership contender after knocking off cross-town rivals Greater Western Sydney last week, with key cogs Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy and Luke Parker all pivotal in the impressive win. One of the more interesting subplots will be how the Dogs’ injury and suspension depleted backline will subdue Franklin on the fast track that Etihad Stadium provides. In just his fourth game, exciting draftee Aaron Naughton may be handed the task of stopping one of the AFL’s certified superstars. Good luck, young man.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
R12, 2017, Sydney 12.16 (88) d Western Bulldogs 6.6 (42) at the SCG
R2, 2017, Western Bulldogs 16.14 (110) d Sydney 13.9 (87) at Etihad Stadium
GF, 2016, Western Bulldogs 13.11 (89) d Sydney 10.7 (67) at the MCG
R15, 2016, Western Bulldogs 13.5 (83) d Sydney 11.13 (79) at the SCG
R5, 2015, Western Bulldogs 11.11 (77) d Sydney 10.13 (73) at the SCG
Hutta’s Tip: Sydney by 30 points
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Western Bulldogs v Sydney at Etihad Stadium, 4.35pm AEST
NO LATE CHANGES
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Western Bulldogs: Mitch Honeychurch, Shane Biggs, Caleb Daniel, Lin Jong
Sydney: Oliver Florent, Dean Towers, Nic Newman, Aliir Aliir
Hmmmm …… still trying to work out if i swap Barry to Richards (via swinging Garlett into the mids). Definitely getting Henry for Ryan later today.
49 and 81 is good for a rookie.
TU – do it
TD – don’t
I should add, and swinging Sicily into my fwds.
Will be missing out on henry to take dusty as vc. Only none player is ryan 🙁
Also. Whos score to take.
T/u. Garlett
T/d. Fritsch
Mclean and Parker are the kings
I did it and I regret it!!! Go find the footy Ed!!!!!!!!
I was THIS CLOSE to switching the VC from Buddy to Dusty this afternoon. Sigh. Relying on Titch, again.
HT: Bulldogs 49 lead Swans 39
J Macrae 66
M Suckling 65
M Bontempelli 63
B Williams 62
B Dale 56
T Dickson 55
B Gowers 45
E Wood 44
T McLean 41
J Johannisen 40
M Wallis 35
A Naughton 35
T English 35
L Jong 35
L Dahlhaus 35
J Redpath 34
L Hunter 33
J Dunkley 32
M Honeychurch 25
S Biggs 24
C Daniel 21
E Richards 16
C Sinclair 72
L Parker 62
D Rampe 58
T Papley 49
J McVeigh 42
H Cunningham 42
I Heeney 40
C Mills 37
H Grundy 35
J Kennedy 34
N Newman 32
J Lloyd 32
L Franklin 32
K Jack 30
N Smith 29
Z Jones 28
O Florent 28
D Hannebery 24
D Towers 21
A Aliir 11
G Hewett 7
W Hayward 6
I actually changed from Dusty to Buddy , mainly due to conditions. This is the last time, but I have actually had the VC on Buddy four or five times in the last couple of seasons and it hasn’t worked yet. My fault entirely.
Hope he proves me wrong in the second half.
HAs anyone else noticed Heeney gets massivly looked after with points?
First goal he was sitting on 23 and 42
Second goal 47 and jumped to 72?
At least the second goal he got a holding the ball first.
First goal was an uncontested chest mark and set shot
Ended up picking Heeney because there wasn’t anyone else. He’s been quietly awesome this season.
3QT…..64-all!
M Bontempelli 110
M Suckling 109
J Dunkley 85
T McLean 81
B Williams 80
J Macrae 80
M Wallis 72
E Wood 67
J Johannisen 65
T English 61
T Dickson 55
B Dale 54
J Redpath 50
A Naughton 49
L Jong 49
L Dahlhaus 46
M Honeychurch 42
B Gowers 41
S Biggs 34
L Hunter 34
E Richards 25
C Daniel 22
C Sinclair 92
D Rampe 91
L Parker 84
L Franklin 83
I Heeney 81
T Papley 76
J Lloyd 64
J McVeigh 62
H Cunningham 60
D Towers 52
O Florent 49
N Smith 47
K Jack 46
N Newman 45
C Mills 43
Z Jones 40
J Kennedy 40
H Grundy 40
D Hannebery 32
A Aliir 25
G Hewett 10
W Hayward 4
McLean has been a good pickup this season
Agree, even with some injury time cracks above a 100
Beast F3 🙂
Been a really good f3 for me too.
26-16 and counting.
Fingers crossed we can hold on.
29-16 final “score”
Don’t like it, tough.
The dogs rise has been significantly impacted by free kick advantage.
2016 20.4 for to 16.1 per game
+ 4.3 differential (Highest in the league)
2017 19.7 for to 16.8 per game
+2.9 differential (Highest in the league)
2018 22.5 for to 17.5 so far.
+5.0 differential (2nd highest)
People talk about “free kick, hawthorn” (dunno about that, stats say otherwise) or how many frees Selwood scores ducking.
But this stands out by a mile by comparison.
13 extra frees for a game is a major impact. 5 EVERY game over a whole season is too.
At least a couple of those 16 were cheap shots at goal that probably weren’t warranted
FULL TIME….Swans 86 def Dogs 79….poor Josh Dunkley will have a few sleepless nights after that one!
Matthew Suckling 123
Toby McLean 109
Marcus Bontempelli 108
Jackson Macrae 103
Josh Dunkley 102
Mitchell Wallis 95
Luke Dahlhaus 88
Bailey Williams 87
Lin Jong 80
Aaron Naughton 78
Timothy English 76
Easton Wood 75
Lachlan Hunter 69
Jason Johannisen 68
Tory Dickson 68
Caleb Daniel 64
Bailey Dale 63
Ed Richards 62
Jack Redpath 53
Mitch Honeychurch 46
Billy Gowers 44
Shane Biggs 34
Isaac Heeney 121
Callum Sinclair 107
Dane Rampe 100
Lance Franklin 96
Luke Parker 93
Jarrad McVeigh 90
Jake Lloyd 89
Dean Towers 87
Callum Mills 84
Oliver Florent 78
Tom Papley 76
Heath Grundy 71
Daniel Hannebery 67
Harry Cunningham 66
Nic Newman 62
Kieren Jack 57
Nick Smith 51
Josh P. Kennedy 43
Zak Jones 40
George Hewett 35
Aliir Aliir 32
Will Hayward 25
Josh Kennedy seems to have slowed down a fair bit, getting caught more often with the ball and not able to use his strength to offload.
Slipping into supercoach irrelevance?
Dunkley was nearly in my team as a round 1 left of centre pick. He’s been very good. Dogs would be rapt that they got him not Sydney.
Confuses me how Heeney got to 121..
Cos he influences the game. He may not rack up the touches but everything he does is quality. Helped get them back into the game in the second. Didn’t see the third or fourth
Bont 110 at 3qrt time… finishes on 105. SMH. Thought Parker would’ve scored better as well.
Had a few clangers in the final quarter, was a bit lucky it didn’t cost his team the game. Still played well overall though.
Fair enough. Only listened it and he sounded like he had a fair game. Thanks Chillo.
I think he only had 2 touches in the final quarter and 1 was a clanger. His other kick would’ve been a goal assist if Dunkley didn’t drop a sitter running into the open goal. Bont probably would’ve ended up on 120 if Dunkley didn’t drop it and the Dogs went on to win. SC is really messed up in these close games.
Looking at the advanced stats on the AFL website I cannot fathom how Toby McLean scores higher than Jack Macrae; it’s just not possible, surely!
5 free kicks for him would have meant a big impact.
Having said that Macrae got 3/0 too.
Yep. Still makes no sense. 12 more kicks, 1 less tackle. Even the 2 extra frees doesn’t go close to explaining it.
Goth both and macrea seems robbed