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[McIvor]

levi's interview is making me feel very confident of and excited for our future. Like I felt when we saw the cam interviews years ago.

Which is bizarre since we just won the premiership.

It was an exceptionally good interview wasn't it and undoubtedly the best interview I've ever seen by a draftee before.

Amazing how focused and grounded he is and obviously has an insatiable appetite to get better and clearly is a ridiculous work ethic, which sure, he's had advantages that other draftees haven't had i.e. two pre-seasons at the Lions and getting to know the club, players and environment intimately, but he's still dug in to get better every year and that interview highlighted how composed and articulate he is.

 

[Gadzorks]

It was an exceptionally good interview wasn't it and undoubtedly the best interview I've ever seen by a draftee before.

Amazing how focused and grounded he is and obviously has an insatiable appetite to get better and clearly is a ridiculous work ethic, which sure, he's had advantages that other draftees haven't had i.e. two pre-seasons at the Lions and getting to know the club, players and environment intimately, but he's still dug in to get better every year and that interview highlighted how composed and articulate he is.

There would be kids who, given the same opportunity as Levi, wouldn't be able to capitalise because they would be age appropriate 16 yo.

These ashcrofts really are exceptional young people (the daughter will be the same in sure).

As a parent the line between supporting and pushing is very blurred and then throw in humility and team first focused.

 

[Toffee Lion]

It's Robbo but a great chat with Kai.

 

[McIvor]

 

[Perrip]

Why Chris Fagan only wants a one-year extension after Brisbane’s premiership

Brisbane premiership coach Chris Fagan has told the Lions he’d prefer a one-year extension in part to keep him and his team “on edge” as they embark on their back-to-back campaign.
Fagan is contracted next year and an extension is expected to be announced shortly.
The Lions were open to a longer-term deal, but Fagan said that after talks with chief executive Greg Swann, chairman Andrew Wellington and Lions godfather Leigh Matthews, the 12-month extension was the likely outcome.
“Nothing was dependent on the end of season result, (but) there has been some talk going on in the latter half of the year about what the future held,’’ Fagan said.
“Swanny knows that, Leigh knows that, the president knows that and they asked me after the Grand Final if that had changed and I said ‘I didn’t think so’.
“So, if we keep performing and I keep enjoying it, we’ll keep going, and if we agree to extend for another year and keep reviewing it at the end of every year, I’m happy with that.
“I’d rather not be coming out of contract, but I’m only asking for one year at a time – a bit like the end of playing careers, you only get plus-ones.”
Fagan listed multiple reasons why he’d prefer a one-year extension, one being his age – he is 63 – and another being about living in the present.
“I’ve been at the Lions for eight years and I’m not sure what the shelf life is, so that’s one thing,’’ Fagan said.
“Secondly, I don’t want the club to lock in anything long-term and then suddenly they change their mind or I change my mind, so I’m OK with short-term.
“At my age, I don’t want to ask for a three-or-more (year) extension, because I might get tired of it. And I’m trying to set an example to my players. I’m not going to sit back and be happy with myself because I won a flag, that’s why I want a year at time as well, I want to stay on edge.’’
His desire to advance his relationship with the Lions via a short-term deal and not a long-term commitment should not be construed as a man satisfied with his only premiership.
The retirement of key forward Joe Daniher leaves the team short of an experienced matchwinner, but Fagan says he and the players are determined to stay near the top.
He has not yet set out a theme for the 2025 campaign, but it will revolve around maintaining the rage.
“A bit of it is we’ve worked really hard to get to this point, let’s try and build on it,’’ Fagan said. “I don’t see what happened against Sydney in the Grand Final as the end point for this group and I don’t think they see it that way either.
“I’m very enthusiastic about the season ahead. And as I said, I feel like we’ve done a lot of hard work to get this group to this point and I’d like to keep going with them because I’d like to think we’ve got the opportunity to have more success ahead of us.
“I’m sure a lot of teams are thinking that about themselves, but I’m still 100 per cent keen and looking forward to getting going again.”
Fagan will join his first-to-fourth-year Lions at training in a couple of weeks’ time, which will coincide with him taking the premiership cup to Tasmania to his hometown of Queenstown on November 23 and 24. It will be 32 years since he lived there.
“I’m taking the cup to the gravel oval where I started,’’ he said.
“I haven’t been back to Queenstown since 1992 – that’s when my grandmother passed away, and it will be a sort of way of saying thank you.
“I lived there for 15-and-half years, did all my study up to Year 10, that’s where my mum’s family is, my dad’s family is – they are a bit spread out now, but it’s very much my home town. It will be great to take the cup. It’s amazing how many people love to see and touch the cup, that never ceases to amaze me.’’

 

[M Malice]

Why Chris Fagan only wants a one-year extension after Brisbane’s premiership

How bloody lucky are we to have such a selfless man as Chris Fagan as head coach, he is a phenomenal human.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Why Chris Fagan only wants a one-year extension after Brisbane’s premiership

I can't wait to see photos of Fages with the cup on the gravel oval.

Despite having lived in Tassie for 30-odd years, Queenstown is such a remote place, even on a small island like Tassie, that I never visited it, let alone the gravel oval, until 2012. The roads there are terrible, from all directions.

I was so shocked when I got there, only because it was exactly as advertised. It was a Monday public holiday and I was driving home from a weekend away on the north west coast. I rolled up there, parked the car, and walked out into the middle of the oval. It dead set felt like being on the moon or something. There was literally NOTHING visibly alive for more than 100m around me in any direction. That's what a century or more of mining can do to an ecosystem.

I have also heard the stories about how, a couple of decades ago, the environment finally started to recover from what it had been put through before the mining finally ceased earlier in the 20th century. Apparently grass started to peek through in patches here and there on the gravel oval. The locals put their heads together, decided "ain't nobody growing grass on our footy oval", and sprayed the bejesus out of it.

I've always thought you would get really good at keeping your feet if your home ground was all gravel... Basically any fall and you're off with the blood rule!

 

[M Malice]

I can't wait to see photos of Fages with the cup on the gravel oval.

Despite having lived in Tassie for 30-odd years, Queenstown is such a remote place, even on a small island like Tassie, that I never visited it, let alone the gravel oval, until 2012. The roads there are terrible, from all directions.

I was so shocked when I got there, only because it was exactly as advertised. It was a Monday public holiday and I was driving home from a weekend away on the north west coast. I rolled up there, parked the car, and walked out into the middle of the oval. It dead set felt like being on the moon or something. There was literally NOTHING visibly alive for more than 100m around me in any direction. That's what a century or more of mining can do to an ecosystem.

I have also heard the stories about how, a couple of decades ago, the environment finally started to recover from what it had been put through before the mining finally ceased earlier in the 20th century. Apparently grass started to peek through in patches here and there on the gravel oval. The locals put their heads together, decided "ain't nobody growing grass on our footy oval", and sprayed the bejesus out of it.

I've always thought you would get really good at keeping your feet if your home ground was all gravel... Basically any fall and you're off with the blood rule!

I went past that gravel oval when on a fly/drive holiday in Tasmania a few years ago, it certainly has a moonscape look.

 

[Dalions]

I went past that gravel oval when on a fly/drive holiday in Tasmania a few years ago, it certainly has a moonscape look.
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Looks like a small ground.
And yeah, bit hard!

 

[Perrip]

"Former Nerang Macca's employee now Premiership star" @7 News Brisbane describing Zorko.

 

[Nunez]

"Former Nerang Macca's employee now Premiership star" @7 News Brisbane describing BRAB.

EFA

 

[Elixuh]

EFA

What do you mean former

 

[Nunez]

What do you mean former

He moved to the Cavill Avenue McDonald's last year. Got a 10 cent pay rise.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Some promising comments about our ACL guys.



I wonder if we will make the odd tweak to how we go about our preseason, bearing in mind all our guys who did ACL's did them by Round 8. I think the numbers league-wide tend to show as a general rule they are more common earlier in the season.

 

[mighty_lions]

Some promising comments about our ACL guys.



I wonder if we will make the odd tweak to how we go about our preseason, bearing in mind all our guys who did ACL's did them by Round 8. I think the numbers league-wide tend to show as a general rule they are more common earlier in the season.

I don't think there's any correlation between when you do an acl, ive personally done 3, I think its just bad luck rather than preparation or anything

 

[McIvor]

Interesting that DD said Oscar is behind in his recovery and won't be ready until round 3-4.

Must be a nasty injury for O to be out for the long and I say that b/c I didn't realise that a shoulder is 6-7 month injury.

 

[Gadzorks]

Interesting that DD said Oscar is behind in his recovery and won't be ready until round 3-4.

Must be a nasty injury for O to be out for the long and I say that b/c I didn't realise that a shoulder is 6-7 month injury.

The surgery can involve a bone graft to make the cup part of the shoulder that holds the arm bone deeper so it can't pop out again.

The ligaments that are stretched and ruptured may not return to pre injury strength and the bone graft means they don't have to.

Major surgery.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Interesting that DD said Oscar is behind in his recovery and won't be ready until round 3-4.

Must be a nasty injury for O to be out for the long and I say that b/c I didn't realise that a shoulder is 6-7 month injury.

I thought he said Oscar was behind them (the guys recovering from ACLs). As he'll be available to play after those guys

 

[McIvor]

I thought he said Oscar was behind them (the guys recovering from ACLs). As he'll be available to play after those guys

Maybe I heard it wrong then, wouldn't be the first time, I just thought he said O would be available in about round 3-4, but yeah, hope I just misinterpreted what DD said.

 

[Dalions]

Maybe I heard it wrong then, wouldn't be the first time, I just thought he said O would be available in about round 3-4, but yeah, hope I just misinterpreted what DD said.

The fact that he popped it out atleast 3 times that we know of and his Op would have been delayed a bit with GF week and a week of partying after.
Not surprised he won’t be available for the start of the season tbh.

 

[Grasshopper17]

The fact that he popped it out atleast 3 times that we know of and his Op would have been delayed a bit with GF week and a week of partying after.
Not surprised he won’t be available for the start of the season tbh.

Great opportunity for Henry Smith you'd expect.

 

[Section 5]

The surgery can involve a bone graft to make the cup part of the shoulder that holds the arm bone deeper so it can't pop out again.

The ligaments that are stretched and ruptured may not return to pre injury strength and the bone graft means they don't have to.

Major surgery.

Thanks doc

 

[Perrip]

I thought he said Oscar was behind them (the guys recovering from ACLs). As he'll be available to play after those guys

Daly: "As you mentioned, Oscar is probably a little bit behind them with his shoulder but hopefully he's right to go by about Round 3 or 4."

 

[Lace Out]

Not ideal in those testing first 2 rounds without your primary ruck and relief ruck.Smith and Fort both come in which has unknown results.

 

[Nunez]

Not ideal in those testing first 2 rounds without your primary ruck and relief ruck.Smith and Fort both come in which has unknown results.

Counterpoint, we have an entire preseason to plan for it.

We're talking about premiership ruckman Darcy Fort too