'12 | R7 | Sat | Storm 12-6 Bulldogs | AAMI

[innsaneink]

Finally a good game, Dogs seemed to murder quite a few overlaps often...their halves just not quite clicking.

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

Screwed by the ref and ourselves in this match. It was there for us to win. We attacked so many times and Melbourne just had to defend all of that second half. They defended brilliantly, we defended very well but unfortunately we had NOTHING in attack.

Referees were shocking IMO, mainly Barba being taken out and Melbourne knocking on in the lead up to Hoffman's try. All of the none calls especially, but that's not the reason we lost.

But all in all, if we can improve our attack we will become a force and I'm sure it's something we'll do when we get more into the rhythm and in particular when Hodkinson comes back.

A big round of applause for both teams. IMO tonight showed the Bulldogs will be a force this year and that Melbourne are a huge chance of going the year undefeated on their amazing defence alone.

I wouldn't say a force, our attack needs dramatic improvement. We should make the 8 though.

 

[ironhorse]

Whoever meets the Storm around origin time will have a decent shot at them minus all the entire spine ....
Good Game ! Dogs are a gutsy,impressive side that just need that final extra attacking polish when they do hold your hats ,kudos Dessie . Melbourne outstanding .

 

[Mr Saab]

HAHA :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: no no no you are too funny

x2...Matthew, use your left hand

 

[GongPanther]

With the cattle that the Dogs do have,they SHOULD make the top 4 for the next 5 years at least.

The only hurdle is the injury list in wether how invasive it gets.

 

[ironhorse]

Canterbury don't really have a huge roster compared to some teams .Just solid middle of the road.

 

[MatthewA]

The biggest area we need to improve on is definitely last tackle options and attacking plays close to the line.

We need Hodkinson back ASAP. At the moment, we're playing without a half back. Keating is simply a left side 5/8th and Reynolds a right side/roaming 5/8th. We need a leader and some stability.

Everything else I was impressed with tonight, particularly how we took Slater out of the game with some great kicks.

 

[blaza88z]

The biggest area we need to improve on is definitely last tackle options and attacking plays close to the line.

We need Hodkinson back ASAP. At the moment, we're playing without a half back. Keating is simply a left side 5/8th and Reynolds a right side/roaming 5/8th. We need a leader and some stability.

Everything else I was impressed with tonight, particularly how we took Slater out of the game with some great kicks.

That was Sowardess like how he use to kick it for the stands past the dead-ball line because the opposing fullback was obviously undefendable in the eyes of Bennett (can't remember what game it happened in), some of the most boring play I have ever seen, such a negative tactic.

 

[MatthewA]

It's a very good tactic against such a good player. You can't criticise any team for using it. Yeah, it can be boring but you go out there to win, not to make sure everyone's entertained. The game is entertaining enough without handing the ball to our stars and telling them to run wild.

 

[dogslife]

We're not the first team to employ that tactic. It annoys me to no end but it's effective. The Tits did it to Barber last week and it kept him quiet. Overall pretty impressed with todays performance despite the result. We hung tough with the best side in the comp, but ultimately lacked the polish to convert our attacking opportunities into points. Hopefully when Hodkinson comes back we'll start to see a bit of that

 

[Hutty1986]

That was Sowardess like how he use to kick it for the stands past the dead-ball line because the opposing fullback was obviously undefendable in the eyes of Bennett (can't remember what game it happened in), some of the most boring play I have ever seen, such a negative tactic.

Lol, oh no! How dare he kick tactically!

 

[northwest9]

It's a smart tactic, frustrating as a storm fan, but a great move by des to limit billy's opportunities in broken play

 

[Miller was a legend]

It's a smart tactic, frustrating as a storm fan, but a great move by des to limit billy's opportunities in broken play

Get use to it. Most teams will do that all year

 

[kia ora storm]

A good gutsy game from both teams IMO...Kasiano and Pritchard caused a lot of problems for the Storm pack and will no doubt do the same to a lot of other sides as the season progresses.

The Dogs need a quality half for that last option on the fifth tackle when attacking..they seemed to lack structure at that final phase although Storm defended well. Ennis also needs a kicking game to give them more dimension and that is a weakness in his game.

The tactic of kicking out and away from Slater was effective but it also allowed Storm to re-set their defensive patterns when it may have been better for the Dogs to kick to Slater or Duffie and try and force an error in play.

 

[[FKN-SIK]]

The tactic of kicking out and away from Slater was effective but it also allowed Storm to re-set their defensive patterns when it may have been better for the Dogs to kick to Slater or Duffie and try and force an error in play.

Reset your defensive patterns when you have the ball?