Unofficial Preview Changes & discussion Qualifying Final 2023 v Port @ The Gabba

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Anyone interested in doing a preview for our first final please PM me.

Edit: thanks mpal6 ! If anyone else is still interested I'll also take expressions of interest for our second final, whoever and whenever that might be.
 
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Mighty Lions said:
If you read my post I didnt say not to kick it in his direction. What I'm saying is not bomb it where it gives him a massive advantage. Be smarter and put it out in front of our player or if thats not an option, look at a different alternative.
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So kick it to Aliirs opponents advantage or a better option. All that time with Fages must be paying off

The issue is Aliir will put himself in the most dangerous spot so going around him will likely slow down our ball movement. The times you can't avoid him tend to be the long down the line when we're kicking to a big pack where a turnover is less likely to hurt us rather than taking a more difficult kick where a turnover would likely result in a score

This avoiding the long down the line stuff has always seemed from slow ball movement out of defence so there will be an effort to move the ball quickly through the corridor or zog zapping up the wings. This mostly falls down for us because we're too slow in providing these options and sometimes skills

We tend to bomb it out of contested situations. We're usually happy to get the territory and have another contest closer to goals. Again there's an issue with personnel but we need to make an effort to link up to get the ball to the outside to make better decisions. We also saw in the Melbourne final last year we tried to ground the ball with these bombs rather than give it too much air.

So this all comes back to workmate rather than decision making when you're standing 75m from goal and you have the option to either bomb it near Aliir or find some miraculous kick to a different teammate
 
Nathan Barley said:
So kick it to Aliirs opponents advantage or a better option. All that time with Fages must be paying off

The issue is Aliir will put himself in the most dangerous spot so going around him will likely slow down our ball movement. The times you can't avoid him tend to be the long down the line when we're kicking to a big pack where a turnover is less likely to hurt us rather than taking a more difficult kick where a turnover would likely result in a score

This avoiding the long down the line stuff has always seemed from slow ball movement out of defence so there will be an effort to move the ball quickly through the corridor or zog zapping up the wings. This mostly falls down for us because we're too slow in providing these options and sometimes skills

We tend to bomb it out of contested situations. We're usually happy to get the territory and have another contest closer to goals. Again there's an issue with personnel but we need to make an effort to link up to get the ball to the outside to make better decisions. We also saw in the Melbourne final last year we tried to ground the ball with these bombs rather than give it too much air.

So this all comes back to workmate rather than decision making when you're standing 75m from goal and you have the option to either bomb it near Aliir or find some miraculous kick to a different teammate
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Dont be such a smart arse mate. Its a discussion not a put shit on someone show.
 
Nathan Barley said:
So kick it to Aliirs opponents advantage or a better option. All that time with Fages must be paying off

The issue is Aliir will put himself in the most dangerous spot so going around him will likely slow down our ball movement. The times you can't avoid him tend to be the long down the line when we're kicking to a big pack where a turnover is less likely to hurt us rather than taking a more difficult kick where a turnover would likely result in a score

This avoiding the long down the line stuff has always seemed from slow ball movement out of defence so there will be an effort to move the ball quickly through the corridor or zog zapping up the wings. This mostly falls down for us because we're too slow in providing these options and sometimes skills

We tend to bomb it out of contested situations. We're usually happy to get the territory and have another contest closer to goals. Again there's an issue with personnel but we need to make an effort to link up to get the ball to the outside to make better decisions. We also saw in the Melbourne final last year we tried to ground the ball with these bombs rather than give it too much air.

So this all comes back to workmate rather than decision making when you're standing 75m from goal and you have the option to either bomb it near Aliir or find some miraculous kick to a different teammate
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There's also a danger in being too Aliir conscious. He has days where he's not firing. Be aware that we probably need to negate opportunities for him to easily intercept and up the pressure and run in aspects of our game that will allow us not to have to make the choice often enough.
 

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Quietly confident Neale has been setting himself for a massive finals series. He will understand this is the best opportunity of his career to win a flag and one as captain no less. I expect to see the best version of Neale we have seen yet in September. Remember his final v Richmond last year? He will be mentally ready for a massive finals campaign.
 
Nathan Barley said:
This avoiding the long down the line stuff has always seemed from slow ball movement out of defence so there will be an effort to move the ball quickly through the corridor or zog zapping up the wings. This mostly falls down for us because we're too slow in providing these options and sometimes skills

We tend to bomb it out of contested situations. We're usually happy to get the territory and have another contest closer to goals. Again there's an issue with personnel but we need to make an effort to link up to get the ball to the outside to make better decisions.
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Tell us you haven't watched us at all since the Hawthorn game without telling us you haven't watched us at all since the Hawthorn game.

Yes we still go down long down the line on occasion, but now no or only a little more often than the best ball movement teams. Whereas in recent years it's been endemic. We've become so much better at going around those spare defenders, yes that has involved more lateral ball movement, and it's been great to watch.
 
Grasshopper17 said:
Tell us you haven't watched us at all since the Hawthorn game without telling us you haven't watched us at all since the Hawthorn game.

Yes we still go down long down the line on occasion, but now no or only a little more often than the best ball movement teams. Whereas in recent years it's been endemic. We've become so much better at going around those spare defenders, yes that has involved more lateral ball movement, and it's been great to watch.
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Yeah I think our ball movement has been quite good since the Hawks apart from maybe the lack of run in the Suns loss and some very poor disposal in the Cats and Saints games
 
lionshine said:
Quietly confident Neale has been setting himself for a massive finals series. He will understand this is the best opportunity of his career to win a flag and one as captain no less. I expect to see the best version of Neale we have seen yet in September. Remember his final v Richmond last year? He will be mentally ready for a massive finals campaign.
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Quietly confident that our whole team have been setting themselves for September.
 
Dalions said:
That’s good, because we are better than that.
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Elixuh said:
I’m Ken Hinkleys no.1 fan
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Tbh I cared for them more than the Adelaide Crows when living in South Australia also.

How about instead we show all our appreciation and love to Ken and his Port Adelaide these next 7 days and use reverse psychology on them before our boys smash them up on Saturday night in a hard tough battle :)

#WeLovePortAdelaide
 
I'm sick of people spewing conspiracies that earth is not flat. C'mon, if earth is round all the water from the oceans will just float off in space.
 
M Malice said:
We could talk about trivial stuff like what is the meaning of life or does there even need to be a meaning.
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Is there a god and if so why did he create the kardashians
 
Michael Whiting absolutely nailed team selection for the Port Adelaide game. Obviously we are going to miss Ashcroft who is clearly a “lock” in our team, but him to one side, we go into this finals series with a very settled line up and our next BEST 22 and SUB ready to run out and stake a powerful claim for the flag.

BRISBANE

B: Ryan Lester, Jack Payne, Brandon Starcevich
HB: Connor McKenna, Harris Andrews, Keidean Coleman
C: Jarrod Berry, Josh Dunkley, Jaspa Fletcher
HF: Lincoln McCarthy, Eric Hipwood, Dayne Zorko
F: Charlie Cameron, Joe Daniher, Cam Rayner
Foll: Oscar McInerney, Lachie Neale, Hugh McCluggage
I/C: Darcy Wilmot, Deven Robertson, Callum Ah Chee, Zac Bailey
Emerg: Darragh Joyce, Jarryd Lyons, Jaxon Prior, Darcy Fort

In: McCarthy
Out: Lyons

UNAVAILABLE: Noah Answerth (shoulder), Will Ashcroft (knee), Jack Gunston (knee), James Madden (shoulder), Daniel Rich (hamstring)

NOTES: The Lions are a very settled team now. Lincoln McCarthy has overcome a calf injury to resume his place, which means one player has to be squeezed out. It probably comes down to either Jarryd Lyons or Deven Robertson. The young West Australian has a touch more versatility and burst, which is valuable against Port Adelaide, despite the strong play of Lyons in recent weeks. Perhaps Chris Fagan would be tempted to go for Darcy Fort as a third tall forward and stretch Port's defensive stocks, but his two-tall system has worked well in recent weeks and shouldn't be tinkered with.
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3KZ is Football said:
Michael Whiting absolutely nailed team selection for the Port Adelaide game. Obviously we are going to miss Ashcroft who is clearly a “lock” in our team, but him to one side, we go into this finals series with a very settled line up and our next BEST 22 and SUB ready to run out and stake a powerful claim for the flag.
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Getting picky, but if we are to have a tall defender as an emergency I think Gardiner would get the gig over Joyce imo.
But the other 25 are spot on.
 
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Remember when people used to say Lester was slow? He might not win the Stawell Gift, but if you know where to run and when to run, you can be just as damaging. I rate this as our best rebound goal for the year. Starts with Lester’s intercept mark. McKenna’s kick to Bailey was sublime and then Lester’s run and disposal opened Richmond up. (edit) I also love the fact that Lester kept running and he was the first player to congratulate Cameron. Seriously impressive rebound and run. Just looking at this footage reminded me that we really don’t need an additional defender (edit) in the Emergencies Dalions - a spare midfielder is so much more important for mine. (edit) If worst comes to worst in the game, and we go a defender down, we can play Ah Chee back.
 
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3KZ is Football said:
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The Lions and Tigers clash in round 16 of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season
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Remember when people used to say Lester was slow? He might not win the Stawell Gift, but if you know where to run and when to run, you can be just as damaging. I rate this as our best rebound goal for the year. Just looking at this footage reminded me that we really don’t need an additional defender Dalions - a spare midfielder is so much more important for mine.
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I am not advocating for Lester to be replaced in the side.
Just that in Fish’s list of (emergencies) he has Darragh Joyce listed and I would think that Darcy Gardiner would be ahead of him as defensive cover.
As far as mids go he also has Jarryd Lyons and Prior who are capable of wing and mid-forward and back as cover. Also Fort as Ruck cover, so it makes perfect sense to have a defensive tall as cover as well.
Its ok 3KZ, Lester appears safe, barring injury.
 
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