Blog log from R14 of 2024: Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle

Liberatore clears from the opening bounce to the pocket where Walker slings Weightman around the neck, first goal from 25m. Cody’s back! (Q1 0:59)
Bontempelli contests a speculator from the HFF to the hotspot, the crumb sits up for Richards to gather in front of Serong and bounce through the goal off the left. (Q1 5:19)
Macrae roves a Ugle-Hagan contest 20m out and feeds Lobb who tumbles a snap wide right. (Q1 6:11)
Switkowski passes to the boundary for Amiss to mark 35m out, but Nev’s kick doesn’t score. (Q1 9:20)
After a Worner intercept on outer wing, Sturt marks an O’Meara pass up the guts to 45m for Sturt for the opener for Fremantle. (Q1 12:24)
Walker streaks past two Dogs on a scoot up the centre, he goes long and low to the top of the square where Treacy draws a contact free on O’Donnell for his first goal. (Q1 13:54)
Sturt does a one-two with Frederick on another fast break, can’t beat pure pace as the Dog defenders trail Sturt streaking into the open goal for another one! (Q1 16:10)
Fremantle are noticeably aggressive on the counter attack today, a far cry from their gameplan of slow ball retention across the first half of the year. (Q1 21:30)
Aish almost stuffs up another rebound in the centre but the downhill play surges on after Treacy catches Freijah HTB, pass by Switkowski to Jackson at the hotspot for another one! (Q1 22:20)
Richards runs to 40m in front after the next bounce but misses to the left off his left. Dogs not punishing Freo for defensive lapses. (Q1 23:46)
Last night we saw St Kilda abandon its clamping style and kick 100 points with pace in possession, albeit in a loss. Today we are seeing Freo flick the switch to chaos. (Q1 24:29)
Vandermeer taps a crumb to Richards who snaps across the body from 30m on the flank, straight but falls on the line for Draper to touch through. (Q1 26:31)
West receives from Bontempelli and snaps his first goal from the top of the square after a rebound around members side. (Q1 27:50)
Young roves at half back but his handball is too hot for Walker, Richards mops up and feeds Liberatore who blazes wide left from 45m on a slight angle. (Q1 29:17)
Liberatore sharks a Serong handball at half forward and hits the hotspot for a Lobb contest, Richards roves and bounces a handball to West for his second goal from 20m! (Q1 32:00)
Bontempelli goes long and quick from the centre over Walker to Weightman 20m out on a slight angle, he converts. (Q2 1:42)
Walters limps off with an injured hamstring after passing to Treacy 30m out on the flank, whose set shot nicks the inside of the left goalpost. (Q2 4:18)
The Dogs go coast to coast from the kick in with Lobb feeding West to pass to Scott 40m out on the flank, his set shot is across the face and rushed. (Q2 5:12)
Walker intercepts a dump kick by Liberatore and passes short to Young near true CHF. Young goes back for the set shot, but tugs it left and short for no score. (Q2 7:58)
Banfield kicks a hospital ball to Serong at half forward, Dale spoils to start a counter that ends with Bontempelli waltzing into the open goal with an assist by Ugle-Hagan. (Q2 9:43)
Bontempelli is involved again in the next centre clearance, Sanders puts a lovely left-foot step on Ryan to get clear for a snap from 45m but that one fades to the right. (Q2 10:59)
Sharp roves at defensive hotspot but freezes in the headlights and gets caught HTB by Gallagher, who kicks the goal. Bulldogs building a lead based on all-ground pressure. (Q2 12:54)
Sharp sends a chaos ball inside 50 from outer wing on a fast break, skids past Jones and Amiss for Frederick to mop up and goal from 20m. (Q2 16:43)
Ryan is involved three times on a classic Freo slow-slow-quick rebound, Amiss centres from the pocket to Treacy 20m out in front… who scuffs a terrible kick for point! (Q2 19:28)
Bramble bounces up the centre on a slingshot play, Bontempelli has three Dockers on him but brings the crumb to the front to crumb himself and snap over the shoulder for a goal! (Q2 24:13)
Liberatore hits the post after roving a pack 25m out in the pocket. (Q2 27:18)
Short kick in turns over, Treloar swerves past a flying challenge by Brayshaw and rams through another one from 40m in front! (Q2 27:58)
Treloar passes to Bramble drifting up from defence to mark 45m out on a slight angle, he kicks the first goal of Q3. (Q3 0:45)
Bontempelli kicks to the top of the square from the HFF off the left, English reaches over the pack to mark and goal. Dogs in complete scoreboard control. (Q3 2:48)
Young reefs out a handball from a pack on outer wing to start a chain to the corridor, Darcy passes to the pocket over Khamis to Treacy 25m out who misses badly. (Q3 5:00)
Lobb makes another couple of key contributions on outer wing, Dale passes to Vandermeer 25m out on the flank who misses near side right. (Q3 7:00)
Williams centres from the pocket to the top of the square to the advantage of Ugle-Hagan to mark over Draper for his first goal. (Q3 8:00)
Richards goes long up the guts after the next bounce, Ugle-Hagan drifts from the side of the pack 20m out to clunk an impressive mark in front of Ryan for his second! (Q3 9:56)
Ball pinging into the Bulldogs forward 50 every minute, West can’t get a handle on the latest crumb but Scott feeds Lobb for a well-deserved goal from 15m. (Q3 12:30)
A rare centre clearance via Serong to Fyfe, Frederick feeds Amiss for a left-foot snap from 30m on the flank that curls through. (Q3 13:30)
Scott marks a Dale pass leading to 35m out on a slight angle but misses to the right. (Q3 16:14)
Fyfe wobbles a clearance from a ball up on the HFF down the line to Sturt who dives in front of O’Donnell to mark 20m out, he boots goal number three. (Q3 18:00)
Young kicks inside 50 from a stoppage on the HFF, Banfield has position to mark over Freijah near the hotspot for another one for the Dockers. (Q3 20:01)
Brayshaw has Banfield on his own at half forward to run to 45m on a slight angle and shoots in space… that one sails through as well! (Q3 23:56)
Ugle-Hagan contests a Long Williams ball at the front of a four-man pack at the top of the square, crumb falls over the back for Lobb to volley through on the line! (Q3 27:01)
Draper turns the ball over by foot at half forward, Dogs rebound around members wing with Ugle-Hagan marking in front of Pearce 45m out on the flank. JUH misses near side left. (Q3 30:21)
Treacy has had a dirty day so far but he converts a set shot from 45m on a slight angle to kick off Q4. (Q4 1:04)
Amiss flies against two Dogs for a Young centre clearance to 40m and cops a whack to earn a free, he misses to the left. (Q4 2:16)
Treacy passes to Jackson 35m out on a slight angle after Pearce runs down Ugle-Hagan at half back to start a counter. Dogga kicks truly. (Q4 6:18)
Weightman plays for and gets a front-on contact free on an outpositioned Draper 20m out in the pocket. He curls in goal number four. (Q4 8:24)
Gallagher performs a Brad Johnson special, a volley of a crumb for a goal 20m out. If a sealer was needed, it has been delivered by now. (Q4 10:14)
Amiss marks a Jackson pass from the centre just outside the hotspot, but tugs it way to the right. (Q4 12:09)
Treloar hits the top of the square on a slow play from the HFF, Fremantle’s defence has been cut to ribbons today and Ugle-Hagan marks 20m out untouched for his third goal. (Q4 18:10)
Aish pushes West in the back as he is kicking in the pocket 15m out, ump pays the obvious free, West curls in his third goal in his 50th game. (Q4 19:49)
Darcy bounces a behind from a stoppage near the hotspot. (Q4 21:29)
Johnson blazes wide right from 45m. (Q4 23:54)
Banfield toepokes a loose ball for a goal in the square after spoiling Williams. (Q4 24:49)
Bontempelli roves a Gallagher kick from the HFF to the hotspot for a cherry on top. (Q4 27:06)
West kicks to the top of the square for English to draw a contact free on Darcy for some more junk. (Q4 28:19)
Richards passes to West in the pocket 25m out, Ryan disgusted with the whole shebang five metres behind. West’s drop punt is a peach for his fourth goal. (Q4 30:09)
Richards from the next bounce to the hotspot for Lobb to dive and mark at the hotspot for some more smelly junk! And to the Lobbster, it tastes so sweet. (Q4 31:56)