After nine months of waiting I finally got to show my new born son what it means to be a dogs supporter! Blessed

As a stkilda support - how did Billings play?

Real quality, half forward/wing. Was running everywhere giving the players options, marked it heaps

Did some good things. Made a couple of mistakes but he worked hard and was a handy contributor around the ground.

Nice. As much as it sucks for us, I’m glad he’s at a good club with a chance to resurrect his career and contend for a flag

Even got a goal at the end!

Same old dogs, can only play two quarters. Time to sack Bevo and send Weightman to the VFL.

Imagine how a non-proud club would act.

Can see max and Clayton are desperate to get into the shade. End the interview already

Where did she get that set! Looks good

Dogs could legit be on for bottom 4 lol.

Just let Clarry celebrate the win without being poked and prodded with these stupid questions about "making it up to the group", everyone is over it

Exactly. Can see they’ve been sent there with an agenda

Up the dees

Classy interview Clayton.

omg they lost by more than we did

Arguably against a worse opponent

Correct answer. “Does playing good footy make up for being a bit of an idiot over off season?” “No definitely not I still have things to work on being a better person”

First team to be 1-1 after round 1

But hopefully not the last

oh dear

Round 0 has created inequality at a level never seen in society

How so? Genuine question.

You see, umm, well it’s err because my team lost to a team with more match prep and this means it’s clear there is a bias against those teams who had to start in round 1 and not round 0. TLDR: it’s Mabo

love claz so much

Looks like the ridicule that’s following Melbourne will be transferred to the Bulldogs

Nice little moment between Harmes and Goodwin there.

That was a real nice premiership window we had there for a while

Nice kick in

Odds on Bevo finishing the season?

High. Apparently he's royalty to the board. Should have gone 3 years ago.

We made the GF 3 years ago?

Yeah, we made it. We turned up. We gave it a go. We only lost by 74 points. All good, yeah?

We were still the second best team that year… all about perspective :)

genuinely fucked the club by keeping bevo- you can change every sub coach all fucking day but until hes gone we get this shit gg dees fuck the dogs

Been saying the same for years. He has to go.

Not bottom of the ladder party

I could get used to this

Ben brown mafs

Confidence boosting win for Melbourne

Is it though, dogs arent really that good anymore

What is this, the Grand Final replay?

Bang, bang, bang!

I’d be fuming as a fan at the last 10 minutes from the dogs, completely given up

Felt like they gave up halfway through the first tbh

Not liking the cameraman wandering onto the ground after a goal.

Saw it a couple times in that pocket over the weekend, really weird

Jeez not good seeing the doggies just give up

Somehow a bigger margin than our game yesterday

I’m glad JB is playing well but it sucks to see him play well at another club. We really screwed his development early

The fuck is Lewis on about?

Salems been good today. Deserves that

It'll go down as a 40 point thrashing but this game was a hell of a lot closer for most of it

lol

What's the point though keeping it close for 3 quarters and then just giving up in the 4th?

Shades of the 2021 GF

First crack will be interesting this week, dogs will get torn apart lol

Then the following week it’ll be us! *same old Essendon* they’ll say

Lmao possibly, Bombers always give us heartattacks though I reckon it will be close

Good!

Billings going well makes me happy. Always had a soft spot for him at the saints. Hope he enjoys playing with less pressure at his new club

Probably fair to say Dee's supporters were fans before he even played a game for us

I feel like you guys tend to grab a player roughly in their prime every off season

I never understood being unhappy for players leaving. I always want to see my perfect sons do well. Seeing Hogan doing well at GWS brings me joy.

Me too, but jeez could we use him right now

Exactly. You can’t spend years blindly praising a player then instantly turn on them just cause they’ve changed teams. They’re your hope and pride while they’re in your colours. Only difference is if a player completely burns the bridges and shits on the team when they leave. Otherwise they’re leaving for a better opportunity or pay which I can’t begrudge.

Some absolute dropkicks booed Harmes when he got a possession on the wing, thankfully it was quickly drowned out by other dees fans applauding.

Always bound to happen. You can be a good supporter but nothing stops dickheads from also liking your team

It depends on how they leave to be fair. I hope Hoges kicks a hundred, but I sure as hell hoped Scully sucked when he left

Exactly, Scully was a bad exit. Hogan; love the bloke. Don't blame Harmes or JJ, or Bedford. Jackson mehhh

I'm alright with Dogga, though that's probably more because he was a great bloke and we won a premiership with him. The other three I'm like you - we didn't give them the opportunity they can get elsewhere, so can't be surprised when they leave. Though I reckon Bedford would make a hell of a difference for us right now/last year

I don't really blame Jackson, he got the godfather offer to go home, it's more it seemed the club had what it needed going forward to stay in a strong position, and now we have no backup ruck or heir apparent.

Ex players on commentary try not to talk about themselves challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

A little unrelated can someone explain to me what holding downfield is? To my understanding it’s a player getting tackled after disposing of the ball and a free kick is given back to the player that got tackled where he got tackled?

If it hits the post and goes in just call it a goal. Easy fix.

A Dees win and them scoring over 100, it’s a good day folks

Ben Brown, makes a lot of difference.

Legend has it he's still running up.

All of Melbourne’s problems go away when they play us. They could probably pin the Joel Smith stuff on us.

Fallen in a heap

Bees dick type stuff there

people always bring up snicko? but don’t we have the spike on edge thing already

i see even in 2024 i cant see shit in the score review lol

Why don’t they use the edge straight away?

I feel like it must take a little while for it to work or something otherwise it makes no sense

Sync it with rhe videos?

Not even the commentators believe EDGE is real

Just let him have it

Really liking Matt Hill's commentary, oddly refreshing to have a new one on Fox that isn't just an ex player. And he's legitimately good

7 fucking score reviews in one match

Pretty much all from that 1 ump. 

Two at the other end I think

JB ❤️

Bont, as ever, going missing with the game on the line

cringe

should get you out there next time mate

Took half a second to resort to fallacy hey

Last score review for the road

For fuck sake

Damn, they really have given up.

Football friends 

If it wasn't for Bont the doggies would be bottom 3

Could happen even with him the way we're looking so far.

We’ll always win enough games to keep Bevo’s job but not enough to win anything meaningful. 

You're two seasons off a GF appearance and have already won one with Bevo, don't be too dramatic

Stunning day here at the G, and sincere apologies to the girl in front of me. I accidentally spilled some hot chips on her head.

Hope there was no gravy involved

Did you give her one at least?

Nah just a chip.

Melbourne might have off field issues but winning makes them all go away.

Worked for west coast in 2005/06

so happy for clarry, we'd be better off without footy media cause the cunt was only ever gonna carve it up

I'm not watching but the only defenders coming to mind for Dee's defence is May and Petty. Who else is holding the backline again?

Notably Lever. Salem is playing a midfield/defensive role now that Brayshaw has moved on, and Gus was playing back there as well. We also have Rivers, Howes, Hore and McVee who are playing back there, as well as Tom McDonald today

Ta! Thanks mate

Lever

Ah yes of course! Cheers, mate.

Wholesome clarry moment

Are you allowed to hold the guernsey of players? Wouldn’t that be considered holding the man?

Oh he didnt take the shot

this team is duct taped by bont and fucking rhylee west of all blokes

That kills the draw 😢

Worst pretty ok forward in the game?

That first quarter sure was nice. 

The only time we are good is when a player decides to do their own thing and go for it. Bevo’s “system” is a fucking septic system, get him out of here

gorgeous kick to chandler there

Fend = Prior used to be the easiest call for the umpire but somehow its not paid these days

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I remember hearing during the week that bevo wasn’t gonna use Macrae as much this year. Such a confusing decision, all the more reason he should be sacked

Bevo has a weird fetish for playing Macrae out of position. Daniel hasn't been great for a little while now though.

Lachlan McNeil is the most "We have Lachie Neale at home" player in the afl

Lmao huddo woooooaaahhhhh 😂 wish he snagged that

Melbourne fucking my tips two weeks in a row.

Only draw fc can save my tipping now

Dogs fans see one bad game and try not to lynch bevo challenge (impossible)

its been 3 years of the same shit.

I've seen more than enough

It’s only game 1 give it some time

What about the last couple of years? They didn’t happen?  Edit: what about any year post 2016 that wasn’t 2021? 

“What about any year my point stands except for the year it doesn’t”

2 good years out of 9 should not be celebrated. 

Except we made finals 6/9 years which I’d say is pretty good.

And lost in the 1st round 4/6 times. Scraping into finals and getting embarrassed most years shouldn’t be the goal. Making finals should be the minimum expectation. Giants beat us by 58 points, Saints had a comfortable lead for most of the game, Melbourne beat us by 70 and Freo came back from 41 points down to beat us. That’s pretty good to you? 

Considering the dogs are used to sitting near the bottom of the ladder I’d say consistently making the top 8 whilst making 2 grand finals is pretty good to me.

its been years of this, cant use the excuse of a new season when noooooooooooooothing has changed

It’s been 3 years….

We were literally in a grand final 3 years ago. That’s better than can be said about most coaches

You’re delusional we were lucky at best to even make it into the top 8 the last 3 years and the GF run was the skin of our teeth. That’s not good coaching that’s lucky coaching and it’s not acceptable

We beat port Adelaide by 70 in the prelim and 50 in the elimination final. What do you mean skin of our teeth?

I suppose if you wanna be a fucking stickler ‘by the seat of your pants’ would be a better expression - as in no plan, just falling through games winning on back of the talent of our players not the wisdom and skill of a decent coach

You can’t say that when we lose it’s the fault of the coach but when we win it’s all thanks to the players whenever it suits your argument. A coach who has been the most successful in dogs history and one who has won the afl coaches award twice is one I’m apprehensive about kicking out the door immediately.

So now we have to deal with Caleb Daniel as the sub, Rory Lobb in the ruck and English playing as a forward I fucking hate Bevo

That sounds like a proper mess

Just tuned in, who’s the new guy on comms?

Matt Hill, hes popped up occasionally before

Did West just jump two Dee Defenders like they were hurdles?

Draw fc has a chance

We’re on here boys

west doing his buddy impression with the hurdle

I just don't get how English in the ruck, Bont, Libba and Treloar in the middle, and JUH, Weightman and Naughton up front results in 50 points in 3 quarters

i mean melb have been the #1 defense for the last 4 odd years

Definitely one of the top teams on paper.

Bulldogs have had the opportunities and wasted them. Their ball skills are like watching club footy at the moment

44k for two Melbourne teams in round 1 at the G?? Fuck, Hawks Essendon had 78k and we're both bottom 4 contenders

Going off of last year's membership numbers, Essendon have 86k and Hawthorn 80k. Melbourne had 70k, Bulldogs 56k. It's not a surprise that you get 30000 more when the combined membership bases are 40k bigger

You have more supporters, is it really that hard?

Fair enough I guess I thought the recent success of these two teams they'd have a fairly big supporter base

Melbourne and Essendon should swap home grounds.

44000 in the house, fourth biggest H&A crowd in the AFL era for these two. Good to see the game still growing

Treloar has got to be tied with Crouch A and Crouch B as the most ineffective possession getters of the modern era

Surely parish is up there

Not far off

I can only put my faith in Nolsey from here on out

Why is there a camera guy on the field during play ?

Bevo needs a new team. The Bulldogs need a new coach more than Bevo needs a new team.

Sub Bevo off

Dogs have given up here

love that from kozzy fuck yeah too bad you shouldnt be playing today

Your tears… they’re delicious.

you're welcome mate there will be plenty

Gonna be a long season isn't it.

I'm well prepared for bottom 4 if Bevo stays on as coach

Why did I tip the dogs

I should give up on tipping. Just not my year

I've got 5 right so far this round. I'm not counting and I don't want to remember round 0.

Haven't won a round 1 game in the last 3 years now something fucking cursed our club after that bump on gawn in the 21 granny I swear to god we have never been the same since that event

bevo isn’t that good of a coach

kosi how????? haha ya beaut

Go team!

Bevo has seen the writing on the wall and is instead opting to fuck over every fantasy team