In my mind:- There is no excuse for us NOT to make the finals next year. Anything short of that is a failure.

And I don't buy into that whole 'Rebuild' crap anymore. We have a good list, a list that is much better than the 16th position we sit in. Don't get me wrong, I think we're on the right track, however I honestly think we need to kick it up a notch and have finals aspirations. Carlton IS finals. For us to come out next year and say 'rebuild' ' reset' 'blah blah blah'........ No. Just No.
I think we need to come out and say we wanna play finals and that's what we're aiming for.


In 2016, the Bulldogs finished 7th and won the flag, Richmond finished 13, we finished 14th.

This year, we beat GWS (premiership favorites), Sydney (Grand finalists last year) and Hawthorn (possibly the most dominant team ever) plus we took the game to the Crows, which we should have won.

Is our list that bad?
- Charlie Curnow will be in his third year, still young yes, but the Bont was a force last year at only 20. Charlie can do the same.
- Cripps, if fit, is one of the best clearance mids in the league.
- Gibbs, if he stays which i hope he will, avg 27dissposals and kicked 17 goals, in comparision Josh Kennedy avg 28disposals and kicked 16 goals.
- Marchbank, JW and (who would have thought it) Liam Jones could well be the most dominant defensive lineup in the leage.
- Daniel Rioli was the X factor Richmond needed and is only 20! SPS is our X factor and oozes more class that Rioli in my mind.
- Kreuzer - don't get me started - he was clearly AA Ruckman this year.

Maybe a case can be made that we don't have a dominant forward - but i don't really buy into that. Levi, if playing at another club, would probably kick 50 goals a year. I think it's more the fact that we don't have an attacking game plan. We're too defensive. This needs to change.

When the Bulldogs won in 2016, their leading goal kicker was Stringer with 42.
This year, Jack Riewoldt topped the Tigers list with 54.

Love the passion Ryan, but thoughts like these are a one-way ticket to disappointment'ville.

For now, at least...

Ive been dissapointed for almost 20 years now. Nothing new there.


My point is this. I get that Bolton wants to develop the players and I get his desire to form a solid defensive unit. But you gotta go the other way too! If we come out at the start of next seaosn the way we did this year and tell the members that it's gonna be tough and we might go backwards etc etc then im expecting a serious drop off in membership.

We found ouselves in some unique situations this year, about 8 times we were leading in the last quarter. The reason why we kept losing those games is because we have no idea how to win. We just go out and defend and then when a win is in sight, we have no idea how to go about it.
Essendon**, Melbourne, Adelaide - all games we should have won.
Damn - against Richmond we were a goal in it going into the last qtr.

Dare I say it - Richmond aren't that good. Dusty is a champion yes, as is Alex Rance, Cotchin is a very fine player but apart from that.....................????? Meh - i just don't see a lot in their list.

Malcolm Turnbull paid the game off for the tiggers to win. The Crows didn’t look too upset they lost. This game is bullshit and fully corrupt. Remember when Turnball turned up as a character witness for Burqa Houli when he knocked Jed Lamb out?



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also Geelong

In my view, hard edged players win you premierships

Richmond's tackling and ferocity at the ball was the big difference yesterday

We need to find players that have these characteristics

At the moment most of our players are not seasoned enough for us to be a contender

Hopefully, through good development we will be there soon

Melbourne.