Bulldog Ryan Griffen breaks Nathan Foley's tackle on his way to 38 disposals. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
WESTERN Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney again lauded the contribution of prolific midfielder Ryan Griffen.
McCartney said Griffen's 38 possessions performance was a valuable learning tool for the younger Dogs in the 60 points loss to Richmond.
"Yeah, he's terrific. I think I've said a few times, he has always been that brilliant player, but he's just carrying enormous responsibility for his younger teammates,'' McCartney said.
"He probably enjoyed a lot of help when he was a younger player starting the game and he's repaying the service.''
The Dogs introduced another first gamer with Lachie Hunter kicking a goal, having a hand in another and gathering 19 possessions in a fine AFL debut.
"We think we've brought some very good young people into our club in the last four or five years. They're not all progressing at the same speed, but the four youngsters out there tonight showed signs they're happy to have the ball in their hands, they know how to play. And the first gamer (Lachie Hunter) was terrific,'' the Bulldogs coach said.
McCartney acknowledged Richmond was a far superior team, although he was happy with the response after challenging several players after the goalless third quarter.
"Disappointing second half and very positive first half. We got beaten by a team that's quite clearly better than us,'' he said.
"They're a good team, they broke our tackles, tackled us, kicked the ball better, got the ball into space and set up some nice goals. They were better than us.
"But we're young, we're learning, we're making some mistakes, but we're getting there inch by inch. Some times we take a little step back, but we're going to fight on and keep looking for people who are tough and competitive, prepared to work at their game and back themselves with the ball in their hands.
"We struggled to get the ball out of our backline which was some good work by them. There were people playing in certain positions who moved away from what they needed to do. And others had to move into different positions.
"That trait of just wanting to go slow and sideways and backwards and inevitably leave it near an opposition's goal for a long time, they score and the dam wall broke a bit.
"But we did hang in there in the last 30 minutes again and not get blown away. We were clearly being outplayed, but we did hang in and some individuals who were challenged at three-quarter time did respond.
"There were just different people sprinkled through the team that we wanted more intensity from. And we challenged the team as a whole too. It was a pretty average quarter (third) of footy compared to where we had got to in the first half."
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