Preview Brisbane Lions v Carlton Blues PF, 5.15pm Saturday 23rd Sep 2023

[Sanchez365]

Tough for Payne but Gardiner can do a job. A bit small against an extremely tall forward line, if we get through it's a good backline for the pies.

Glad we have had the guts to trust our forward line setup, it's all on the mids now IMO, gotta have our pressure up from the get go as even rushed kicks the blues will be a big threat in the air.

 

[Elixuh]

Because it didn’t show up for most of us.

Ah well then, that is all on Chief's life work underperforming.

 

[Viceregal]

Hopefully Payne gets up for next week and we win this week so he has a next week to get up to!

 

[Quested]

Honestly not that worried. Sure Payne is a huge out, but even if Curnow kicks a bag, and don't think he has the support crew to kick the other 10 needed to make a contest. Port were supposed to have the best midfield and we accounted for them easily. And our forward line is so potent there's no way we don't put 120 points on the board.

 

[Lazza16]

Had a feeling Jack might be done for the year, Which is horrible luck.

I still think we smash them.

Could be an interesting match up next week between old mates..... Dizzy vs McNotstay.

 

[CarterS]

My anxiety is playing up something shocking. Horrible feeling of dread about this game. Please win Lions

I’ve felt like that before every game this season

 

[lionsrules]

Had a feeling Jack might be done for the year, Which is horrible luck.

I still think we smash them.

You don’t think if we win Jack plays next week ?

 

[The Zork]

Hopefully our fresh legs allow us to get back and assist the backline by clogging up the space and then break the lines back the other way.

 

[Kevvo]

Tough for Payne but Gardiner can do a job. A bit small against an extremely tall forward line, if we get through it's a good backline for the pies.

Glad we have had the guts to trust our forward line setup, it's all on the mids now IMO, gotta have our pressure up from the get go as even rushed kicks the blues will be a big threat in the air.

The other side of that coin is that if we do get it to ground, their talls will struggle to apply much forward pressure. I think we’ll cut them up on the rebound.

 

[50Lions]

On a side note the number 27 is an extremely lucky number for me, so I’ll go ahead and take Gardiner coming into the team as a good omen.

 

[martinson]

We're going to outrun them when the game opens up.

They're on tired legs.

Someone needs to run with Saad and that's them done out of the backline.

Not at all worried by their tall forward set up. If they get A grade delivery they still have to kick them.

The one concern for me is Dizz being out of the fire of this sort of game for so long but he's a toughnut who won't give up , it's just up to our flankers across the backline to play a bit taller. Which they're all capable of doing.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

I really do think Doc will be a late change (apparently he trained at half-forward) and one of Owies/Cuningham (hopefully Owies) comes in.

Also Kemp could easily come in for one of Marchbank/Cincotta who were apparently in some doubt.

Inside word is no late changes on the cards.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Cannot wait for next week when everyone is debating whether or not Payne comes back in considering how well Dizzy played.

 

[Squizz89]

Reckon Charlie has a big game in him this week. He’s played well in a prelim before, and whilst he set the 3rd quarter alight against Port, outside of that he was pretty well held.

Carlton have struggled to defend him in the past too. Get the ball in there and let him go to work. He will scare the shit out their defenders.

 

[martinson]

The one thing we do have to be wary of is giving away silly free kicks to their tall forwards because I think the umps will be red hot on this . Don't bother chopping the arms ,apply body pressure and they still have to mark it and then kick it.

We can always throw Ah Chee down there to jump in front of the pack and Coleman's not bad at that either.

Just a matter of sticking with them if they come out firing and start fluking a few things.

My personal view is I can't see them running it out if we apply team defensive pressure.

 

[CarterS]

We’ve shortened slightly in the odds since the teams come out, so the bookmakers aren’t worried.

 

[Mr Ripper]

I only got one thing to say to y'all.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Ollie Lord, whom I didn't even know existed prior to the QF, kicked 4 goals. We were fine. Todd Marshall

4

Todd Marshall

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.5

2star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

8.9

2star

K

7.1

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.0

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.6

5star

also got his 2 goals, we were fine.

If Curnow can kick 4 goals and McKay 2 goals, we know that won't be enough to win the game alone. So unless Curnow goes for 6+, I'm not too worried as long as we do our part in the middle/forward to offset whatever happens in the backline.

 

[SizeMatters]

Everyone is concerned about the Blues tall forwards (rightly so!) but I'm really concerned about their midfield. It bats deep these days. Cripps and Walsh will need to be accounted for. Dunkley on Cripps for the game of his life and I'd have Clugga play off Walsh to try to damage the Blues more so than what Walsh is capable of. Walsh is a gun and can do it all. Run all day, kick goals, inside and out. Neale will probably have Hewett on him for most of the game so hope he can find some support.

Overall though I think we match up well on the Blues and can nullify their strengths albeit a tad more difficult with Payne gone and bringing in undersized and bog average Gardiner. Let's hope we win the midfield battle.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Reckon Charlie has a big game in him this week. He’s played well in a prelim before, and whilst he set the 3rd quarter alight against Port, outside of that he was pretty well held.

Quite.

 

[troppo]

Don't mind those 4, hopefully they have very little influence on the result.

Stevic umpired that Lions vs Dogs final at the Gabba when free kicks went against us 10/1 in last quarter 2021.
I am watching you

 

[Sproj]

Stevic umpired that Lions vs Dogs final at the Gabba when free kicks went against us 10/1 in last quarter 2021.
I am watching you

I suspect he won't even know who Carlton are playing against. Based on media reports this week, I don't even know who Carlton are up against.

 

[McIvor]

Umpires will be trying their darn hardest for a Blues grand final. Can just see it now… cheap Blue frees inside 50 for shots on goal and later in the game they’ll throw in a few frees our way to even the ledger. But we’ll get our frees up the ground where they won’t have the same impact.

Bookmark it.

Said the same thing immediately after Carlton beat Melbourne. You’re spot on, especially if the Pies beat the Giants, the VFL umps will be fired up for a Pies v Blues GF, nothing could be surer.

 

[Tom14]

Quite.

If I see an AFL.com.au article post game about Charlie having a quiet prelim, featuring a photo of him being ‘well held’ I’ll SPEW up.

The photo of Joe having his arm chopped in the Adelaide game was enough.

 

[McIvor]

The one thing we do have to be wary of is giving away silly free kicks to their tall forwards because I think the umps will be red hot on this . Don't bother chopping the arms ,apply body pressure and they still have to mark it and then kick it.

Let’s just hope if the umps are going to be red hot on that that they are consistent because Joe in particular regularly has his arms chopped and gets nothing and I won’t get started on Charlie being constantly scragged getting nothing.