Brisbane lions to be this years surprise packet??

[TW Sherrin]

But we aren't just adding two players to our starting 22 from last year. Beams, Rich, Leuenberger, Christensen, Redden and Robinson all will be in the 22 that weren't available last year. Then add to the fact the additional depth will mean we won't be playing 6 teenagers every round like we did last year. I think it's safe to say we won't be as easier beats as we were in the first half of 2014.

Btw, at least we didn't sack our premiership coach after back to back Grand Finals. Then gradually and intentionally pull our premiership team apart

Missed it by that much.....

 

[cotter101]

We're utterly hopeless this year. Players have regressed all over the park. Young Justin Clarke, Rich and Beams the only ones consistently playing good footy.

 

[fabulousphil]

Brisbane have been a surprise all right !!

 

[Slax]

Lol hows the money bet going...lol

Better than my money on the races yesterday as it still hasn't "technically" gone out the door yet and with Kennedy down for the season my odds are in to 200-1 from 1000-1.

 

[Schauermann]

Brisbane have been a surprise all right !!

Agree. Expected them to do a lot better from what I saw last year...

 

[RookiePick]

Not the surprise packet Brisbane fans were hoping to find on their doorstep in 2015.

I had drunk the kool aid pre-season and thought they were going to be knocking on the door of the 8 this year.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Better than my money on the races yesterday as it still hasn't "technically" gone out the door yet and with Kennedy down for the season my odds are in to 200-1 from 1000-1.

Best of luck

 

[popin]

Lepper having a Robert Walls rewind moment from the ol' Lions days.. this weeks game vs the bruised and battered Bluebaggers says.. all bets off. He's gone to Adelaide. Scoreless draw.

What happened to the 2015 surprise packet guys?

 

[The Brabazone]

What happened to the 2015 surprise packet guys?

surprised a few on this thread.

 

[i am a logo]

"Surprise packet" would be implying people haven't been wanking/overhyping them this past summer. Brisbane didn't beat anyone of note last year (unless you count Collingwood's z team) and lost to Adelaide (by 100 points) and GWS at home. 1 or 2 new players can't lift a bottom 4 team into the finals. I'll start talking about them in higher regard once they actually start achieving on the field. Right now i'd say they're on coarse for another 2013 like season.

I was so right in March its not even funny

The arrogance from some of their supporters in the preseason was astounding. So many of them were betting the Lions would have a better year than the 'bottom 4 Eagles'

Even a couple of media outlets said the Eagles would be overtaken by more "dynamic" teams like the Suns and Lions

 

[Sausages]

/golfclap

 

[iBeng]

What happened to the 2015 surprise packet guys?

Got delayed a year, see you in 2016!

 

[SizeMatters]

Don't worry about injuries... They don't mean anything when you have to play coaches in the reserves through lack of available players...

 

[DangerSloane]

Don't worry about injuries... They don't mean anything when you have to play coaches in the reserves through lack of available players...

Nothing to do with your list being rubbish then?

 

[Eddie Van Halen]

Don't worry about injuries... They don't mean anything when you have to play coaches in the reserves through lack of available players...

They didn't mean anything when you thumped an injury-ravaged Collingwood in round 21, 2014 did they?

 

[MightyTiger]

I don't know if we will make the 8, it will depend on injuries and how we handle those tight games. I also though don't rate West Coast as a finals contender, massive questions over the backline and midfield.

Edit..

 

[DangerSloane]

Nailed it.

 

[Happy_Neale]

I was so right in March its not even funny

The arrogance from some of their supporters in the preseason was astounding. So many of them were betting the Lions would have a better year than the 'bottom 4 Eagles'

Even a couple of media outlets said the Eagles would be overtaken by more "dynamic" teams like the Suns and Lions

Haha get over it dude. No sensible Lions poster had us in the eight this year.

 

[MightyTiger]

Nailed it.

iPhone fail, only just bought it and hate it.

 

[MightyTiger]

I'll put money we finish higher than West Coast

Hope you didn't lose to much.

 

[cotter101]

Nothing to do with your list being rubbish then?

Feel that's a pretty silly comment. I'd say majority of us Lions poster thought we'd be right in the mix for top 8 after what we had shown in the back end of 2014. We were seriously wrong. Our list is quite talented, but also very very young and lacks a mature KPF. We only had 3 players available for selection at one stage during the year. There are some thing about our game plan that I don't like at all and the players can't seem to implement it fully. Whether that's the coach or not, that's a different conversation altogether. I've got faith in the direction the club is heading though, something I have not been able to say for a while.