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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 3 - 6x Starting forwards- CHOOSE 6!
Last post by DJC -
Our seven forwards, and their 2025 average goals per game  when we beat St Kilda last season were:

Motlop (0.7)  Curnow (1.8 )  Durdin (0.9)
E Hollands (0.2)  McKay (1.8 )  White (0.7)
Binns (0.2)

That's a total of 6.3 goals per game.

Our forward line, by popular vote, and with Skull thrown in to make it seven forwards:

Williams (1.2)  McKay (1.8 )  Hayward (1.4)
Ainsworth (1)  Kemp (1.4)  Moir (1.1)
O'Keeffe (0.6)

That's 8.6 goals per game.

While that's a significant improvement, we still have to find at least another six goals per game.  That should come from our midfield, improved delivery and not relying on a key forward who was terribly out of form.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by DJC -
Nicola Olyslagers has been named World Athletics Field Athlete of the Year.

Congratulations and well-deserved 👏
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Pick our team in parts - Part 3 - 6x Starting forwards- CHOOSE 6!
Last post by shawny -
Quote from: kruddler – on
OK, we've got our 6, i'll lock the votes

Williams - McKay - Hayward
Ainsworth - Kemp - Moir

when you look at that group of 6 players capable of kicking a winning score its hardly going to send shivers down the spines of the heavy weights is it.


one of the weaker forward lines in the comp sadly based on current levels. they may surprise sure but im talking about what those 6 have done in recent years is average at best.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW Season 2026
Last post by DJC -
Skepper had a terrible season and is way off the pace now; too small, too slow, no penetration in her kicks, and no tricks.

The benchmark now is taking a spot in North’s 21 and Keeley would be lucky to be in their best 31.


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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: Lods – on


I'm guessing that was Emmett

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1932520/2025-telstra-afl-draft-pick-27-louis-emmett

There was talk on some forums earlier in the night that our targets were Dean, Ison, Byrne and Emmett
Three out of four ain't bad...but he would probably have been a good pick-up.

Some might remember me saying before night 2 that we should trade up with the kangas to get the 1st pick of the night to....
a) Guarantee us a pick before Ison was bid on.
b) Get whichever player we wanted from what was left without having to worry about another team taking him

Lucky for us Ison wasn't bid on anyway.
Unlucky (or poor planning??) that 'our guy' was taken right before we had the chance to take him.

All these things are easy in hindsight, sure, but let the record show i called it at the time. I just was unaware that we were targetting Emmett over my preference of Ludowycke,

Do you really think that Austin and co hadn’t considered that scenario and rejected it in favour of better options?

All list managers, ours included, are formulating their strategies and making decisions based on a hell of lot more information than the most well-informed supporter has access to.

Yes, it would have been good to have been able to draft another Harry McKay, but all that were available were more Harry Lemmeys … and we scored the best KPP by a considerable margin.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Lods – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
I guarantee there was a list of players they were interested in.  At one point on the video they said someone was off the board before they made the decision to trade with Brisbane.

I'm guessing that was Emmett

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1932520/2025-telstra-afl-draft-pick-27-louis-emmett

There was talk on some forums earlier in the night that our targets were Dean, Ison, Byrne and Emmett
Three out of four ain't bad...but he would probably have been a good pick-up.

Some might remember me saying before night 2 that we should trade up with the kangas to get the 1st pick of the night to....
a) Guarantee us a pick before Ison was bid on.
b) Get whichever player we wanted from what was left without having to worry about another team taking him

Lucky for us Ison wasn't bid on anyway.
Unlucky (or poor planning??) that 'our guy' was taken right before we had the chance to take him.

All these things are easy in hindsight, sure, but let the record show i called it at the time. I just was unaware that we were targetting Emmett over my preference of Ludowycke,