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Chapter 1: What were the key moments in the Adelaide vs. Bulldogs match?
Well, you build yourself up for the contest every week and the intensity that's required in the game and they definitely trumped us. in those stakes. So that's the most disappointing thing. You know, each week when you go into a game, you don't necessarily talk about it with your players, but one team may be a bit more vulnerable than the other.
And maybe it was us because we beat them last time in Adelaide. And so they steel themselves for retribution and they got it. They were impressive. We didn't handle their pressure.
Luke Beveridge after Thursday night's defeat at the hands of Adelaide. The hot seat for Razorback 4x4, Australia's best four-wheel drive seat covers with unbeatable protection and comfort. The Dogs have won their plaudits through a sequence of narrow wins. The trouble is when they get beaten, they get whacked. Adam Simpson and Ken Hinckley. Well, their percentage too is not great either.
Are they fighting for six or are they fighting for ten?
Chapter 2: How did Jordon Dawson impact the game for Adelaide?
That's probably the question, Ken, that would... I'm assuming they're fighting for the six, but your percentage is lower than everyone else's. You're going behind, aren't you, already?
Yeah, they're going to find it pretty challenging with, what is it, 90.7. It's their percentage currently. That's well below par, obviously. And that will separate you from the top six, I have no doubt. And I just had a quick look at their draw. It's actually not such a bad draw. They've got some favorable games in there. And I think they've got quite a few of them at Marvel.
So that's where they typically play well. Gee, Thursday night wasn't a great start. I mean, the same questions, though, for the Dogs. I mean, Tim English was there, so they won. They win normally with Tim, but they didn't win the other night with Tim.
Chapter 3: What challenges are the Bulldogs facing after their recent loss?
But there's defensive stuff. I mean, that first quarter, you could have nearly got a mark in their forward 50%. Because the Bulldogs' tall defenders just looked like all at sea. I mean, Jordan Dawson did what he did. It's all thought. Went and started to look like he was on track for 10 or 12 and then quietened him down. But now they ask a lot of O'Donnell and Buku, you know, with their size.
If they get no pressure up the field, and that's typically from stoppage territory launch, they find it really hard to defend.
This is why they went after Mark Keane last year. It's why they went after Cal Wilkie. They identified it as an area of weakness for them. Well, they're going after Butters then. They should be going after... Butters makes them better, but they also want a key defender. Yeah.
Chapter 4: How do the Bulldogs plan to improve their performance moving forward?
Oh, that's the priority. I mean, their tall department, and I know Darcy's not playing, so that's a caveat too, but they're minus 12. They had four contested marks to 16. And it was eight to zero at quarter time, contested marks. And we heard Brendan Lay got on pre-show and spoke about, and we spoke before about Chris mitigating damage versus exposing weakness.
And the Doggies thought they could expose the one-on-one nature that Adelaide play in. And it's such an honest way, Tom. It's so hard to get through that side. if you're not on, because everyone's accountable for someone. Whereas when you defend space, you can sort of, you know, if you've got enough skill or the pressure's not there, you can work your way through it.
So they wanted to expose the one-on-one nature of Adelaide's defence, and they couldn't get through. The doggies couldn't get through the defence, so the ball was moving too slow. But the other way, they just had to get a little bit of isolation out of the middle. You lose a couple of clearances, Ken.
They break one layer of the Bulldogs' defence, and they got exposed big time with the Tolls early. And then Dawson just... A lady also told us, we're tagging. We're tagging tonight. We're tagging Dawson. And I was thinking this morning driving in, like it must be the worst tagging performance in the history of the NFL. Talking about the big stories.
For one quarter, if someone's, you know, the third highest rated quarter in champion data history, the other two, I hope they were getting tagged in those quarters because ā And it wasn't exactly his fault. He was just on fire.
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Chapter 5: What strategies did Adelaide use to dominate the Bulldogs' defense?
And the ball just followed him everywhere. He finished off every play. He received the ball well. He got the ball well. And, yeah, he just had a ā and he was obviously out of the box.
He only had eight touches, but he kicked three goals. I think that was the way he kicked his three goals, I think. Two goal assists.
Yeah, and two goal assists as well. 244 metres gained. Yeah, it was just ā and you're not going to see that every week. But how much of that was the Bulldogs doing, Ken? Because the week before, we saw them coming out, lying in the sand, we're seeking to get beaten by Hawthorne. It's not good enough. And then they get to halftime, they get even more aggressive.
And the game had a lot of spite in it. And I don't think you can do that every week. And Ken, you could probably talk about that more than anyone. How do you motivate every week to be the aggressor?
Yeah, well, we both know it's challenging. We always say we want to be the hunters every week. Everyone wants to always be that. But mindset is a marvelous thing. And I think you've got to continually work on it Monday to Friday, not just Monday to Thursday in that case. But I don't think it's just to get there Thursday and get your head in the space.
I think you've got to actually build yourself to be ready to be physically and want to compete. But the difference is Hawthorne have a couple of players that you can target. The Crows are a pretty... calm team, I would say, to watch them play. You know, if Rankin's not there, Rochelle can get a little bit yappy, I think, but the rest of them just do their job.
You know, Neil Portland, Pete Ling, they just go about their business. You know, down back, they do their business.
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Chapter 6: How did the Bulldogs' defensive weaknesses affect the game outcome?
Dogs also went after butts last year, I reckon, Tom. Yeah, they did.
And he's got a contract this year, so it's a watch.
Don't be surprised if that's where they go again, I'd imagine, because Keane's coming back for the Crows. There's going to be some challenges for the Crows. for the Crows to keep all their people in those key position players.
But again, you look at the Crows, a team that didn't have Rankin, Tex, Keane, Archie, Peddler went out with a hamstring, Butts, Cumming, Hinge, and even Sid Draper, who I think is a really good young player, hasn't got going at any stage in over footy. As I said at the opening of the show, they've got a chance, haven't they?
They've got a real chance with the way they play and their honesty, Simo, you said, use the word honesty. They defend tough together. What about the tactic of Treloar? Like, didn't play the third quarter.
Yeah, I didn't mind. She didn't mind it. Like, it didn't work. And maybe Treloar's not the right person, but there could be a big game somewhere, Ken, where they actually go, no, no, we're going to actually pull you back for the third quarter and let you unleash in the last. I didn't mind them trying something different. Yeah. That was the hot seat, Razorback 4x4 premium seat covers.
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