Coach Fages and the coaching group

[Squizz89]

Summary of Fages’ interview on 360 last night.

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As lioninthesand said probably the biggest shock for me is he sounds pretty keen to continue on after next year. Obviously things can change but he never struck me as a career coach and seemed keen to get back to Victoria with all of his family. Maybe he thinks we are a lot closer to a flag than a lot of us here.

 

[BrizzyBandit]

I just saw Swanny and David Noble grabbing lunch together at the Norman hotel in Brissy.

A return to Brissy perhaps?

 

[Pride of lions]

I think losing Dale Tapping as our midfield coach could be a major factor in the drop off in our midfield pressure and performance this year. I seem to recall that Neale,Lyons etc had a lot of respect for him and I wonder if there is a bit of disenchantment with the new midfield coach. Just a gut feeling looking at the body language of guys like Lyons who seem a bit disgruntled.
Could be completely wrong but things just haven’t looked quite right this year. What I don’t understand is why we can’t seem to adjust when we suffer the same issues in the centre square almost every week.

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

I just saw Swanny and David Noble grabbing lunch together at the Norman hotel in Brissy.

A return to Brissy perhaps?

I think the bigger questions if Swanny had the steak or the chicken schnitzel?!?!

 

[Nathan Barley]

I still cannot understand how people make crazy assumptions of the effectiveness of coaches

How can you possibly tell?

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

Fagan was good being the father figure type role when we were absolutely shite and did turn things around. The problem is, how does a person who’s never played league footy, ask those that have, to give that bit extra every week?

 

[Nathan Barley]

Fagan was good being the father figure type role when we were absolutely shite and did turn things around. The problem is, how does a person who’s never played league footy, ask those that have, to give that bit extra every week?

Ask them nicely?

 

[MacMum]

There is an assistant coach at Melbourne who might be interested. I would love to see him working with Fages.

Wherever he's been, that team has been successful. I have huge respect for him and love his passion for the sport.

His name is Mark "Choco" Williams..

 

[M Malice]

I just saw Swanny and David Noble grabbing lunch together at the Norman hotel in Brissy.

A return to Brissy perhaps?

CEO handover imminent?

Out- Greg Swann.

In- David Noble.

 

[Dalions]

Ask them nicely?

Nah!
Just tear strips off em.

 

[Gadzorks]

Fagan was good being the father figure type role when we were absolutely shite and did turn things around. The problem is, how does a person who’s never played league footy, ask those that have, to give that bit extra every week?

I think that's the point of on field leadership - they perform at a level above, whether that's exhaustive effort, smart tactical stuff or sublime skill. And the other players try to replicate whichever leader matches their ability.

The energy on field is player responsibility.

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

I think that's the point of on field leadership - they perform at a level above, whether that's exhaustive effort, smart tactical stuff or sublime skill. And the other players try to replicate whichever leader matches their ability.

The energy on field is player responsibility.

How often does a Lions player come off absolutely stuffed? I never see a Lions player so exhausted he can’t give any more. That’s the commitment we need. Dangerfield was written off last week, this week he gave every last bit for his team, and guess what, 3 votes and a win.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Fagan was good being the father figure type role when we were absolutely shite and did turn things around. The problem is, how does a person who’s never played league footy, ask those that have, to give that bit extra every week?

If the players require that then the problem is with the players

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

If the players require that then the problem is with the players

We can’t delist 40 odd players. But we do have 1 senior coach.

 

[Nathan Barley]

We can’t delist 40 odd players. But we do have 1 senior coach.

If they're not willing to consistently put in maximum effort then they should be delisted

 

[mpal6]

I just saw Swanny and David Noble grabbing lunch together at the Norman hotel in Brissy.

A return to Brissy perhaps?

Can he start right now?
Bit like getting the band back together which worked for us before.

 

[Lets Roar like '44]

Can he start right now?
Bit like getting the band back together which worked for us before.

*almost

 

[mpal6]

How often does a Lions player come off absolutely stuffed? I never see a Lions player so exhausted he can’t give any more. That’s the commitment we need. Dangerfield was written off last week, this week he gave every last bit for his team, and guess what, 3 votes and a win.

Berry does. I've seen him busting a gut and absolutely gassed out many many times.

But he's one of our primary 2 way runners so I'm not surprised he looks stuffed at the end of the game.

 

[M Malice]

Berry does. I've seen him busting a gut and absolutely gassed out many many times.

But he's one of our primary 2 way runners so I'm not surprised he looks stuffed at the end of the game.

McCluggage is a huge runner as well.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

 

[25 years on]

Coaches, like players, have different skill sets, I see final coaches as ruthless bastards. Mentoring young players as father figures. Both styles necessary to form a grand final team. You can probably fit in somewhere between a tactical genius as well.

 

[Mighty Lions]

Fagan was good being the father figure type role when we were absolutely shite and did turn things around. The problem is, how does a person who’s never played league footy, ask those that have, to give that bit extra every week?

He has never been the father figure to those young men....that is 100% media hype. He may have played up to it when in front of the camera.

 

[Mighty Lions]

McCluggage is a huge runner as well.

There is plenty that are cooked after a game. So much so that they are so exhausted they cannot drive home. These days they run so much harder. It may not be as physical as in the old days, but its significantly more demanding on the body now more than ever before.

 

[Gibbo_88]

At one point it seemed like it was just our transition attack to defence when we turn it over was sluggish but it's our whole defensive game plan now. The footy media this week has showed how bad our defence the past 10 weeks has been, every team knows if they can force turn overs in their forward half then they will score heavily against us. It's not just that though, it feels like teams can have a set play and go coast to coast in <30 seconds.

Funny how despite the last 10 weeks feeling like we're a very average or even below average team, if we win 2 of the next 3 then we are on equal wins to last year. If we didn't have Covid run through our list we could would be 3rd on the ladder right now.

 

[mpal6]

At one point it seemed like it was just our transition attack to defence when we turn it over was sluggish but it's our whole defensive game plan now. The footy media this week has showed how bad our defence the past 10 weeks has been, every team knows if they can force turn overs in their forward half then they will score heavily against us. It's not just that though, it feels like teams can have a set play and go coast to coast in <30 seconds.

Funny how despite the last 10 weeks feeling like we're a very average or even below average team, if we win 2 of the next 3 then we are on equal wins to last year. If we didn't have Covid run through our list we could would be 3rd on the ladder right now.

This year is definitely a missed opportunity. I don't know what to put it down to - attitude, playing style, structure, carrying sub-par players many weeks or a mix of all those things. In spite of all that, this is the highest scoring team who unfortunately can't defend well. So frustrating.