Preview Lions 2019 Discussion

[POBT]

10 wins is a bit more than a pass mark. I'd call it a reasonably good season. 2 more wins could potentially get us finals footy which would be an exceptional result.

 

[Nunez]

BRAB we need the match thread. I popped a bet on Neds and have you 3:1 to get the thread up tonight for my birthday. Don't let me down!!

 

[bungalow_bill]

I agree 10 wins is feasible but don't think we're winning every second game just yet. 8/9 wins is a more realistic target.

 

[dlanod]

10 wins is a bit more than a pass mark. I'd call it a reasonably good season. 2 more wins could potentially get us finals footy which would be an exceptional result.

That's exactly what got me quibbling. Being a couple of ball bounces away from 8th or 9th feels like overachieving.

 

[jackess]

I’d be over the moon with 10 wins.

8-10 wins in 2019, finals in 2020 and top 4 in 2021 should be what we’re aiming for.

 

[irel]

BRAB we need the match thread. I popped a bet on Neds and have you 3:1 to get the thread up tonight for my birthday. Don't let me down!!

Odds on you have a social media "influencer" deal going on.

 

[berrylicious]

11 games at the Gabba. This is crucial to our win column.

- top chances for 5 wins at the Gabba, where we may/should start favorites: Port/ Hawks/ Norf/ Dogs/ Suns
- throw in 4 good chances to knock off Pies/Swans/Dees/Cats
- Not overly confident against quality sides WC, Crows. Count these as a loss, but don't get me wrong i am not dismissing us by any stretch.

That above is looking at about 7 wins in my opinion.

Away game top chances for a win against Suns, Saints, Freo, Blues and Hawks.

Without factoring in injuries and our depth which is a bit of a worry, i could see 10 wins with a % trending upward of 90.

GO LIONS 2019!

 

[Clarkythelion]

I agree that there could be some fixing going on this preseason. The ideas that Archie is ahead of Martin and that Andrews is set to play as a key forward seem a little strange. I will probably be wrong but I am calling BS on those two.

Well it will be you and me both because I'm standing with you going, "and yeah what he said".

 

[lionraven]

Pass mark for me would be percentage above 100. We should be able to absolutely rip teams like Carlton a new anus. We should also be able to hold down the fort against better teams like West Coast/Adelaide. There are some standout top 4 teams like Richmond, West Coast, Collingwood, Adelaide but the gulf between them and the top 12 teams is not that far. However the gulf from that lot to the bottom 4 is a lot larger. We need to jump into that competitive midtable pack of teams.

 

[James North]

If we check the XXXX Neds scoreboard we can see that there are markets for first 666 goal and first runner violation.

10 wins would be a fantastic result.

 

[Milux]

I like 10 wins. Sounds reasonable. Could of won 10 last year. 10 wins will be nice and acceptable.

 

[luthor]

Absolutely pouring down here at my place roughly 2km from the Gabba as the crow flies, should be a green track on Saturday night.

Lots of pace and bounce then.

I expect the ball to swing around quite a bit as well

 

[Dylan12]

 

[Lions Flag 2020]

I'm expecting 14 wins. We will beat the following teams twice: hawks, gc, wb, port and north. This gives us 10 wins plus wins over Carlton, Freo, st Kilda and Sydney. This equals 14 wins. Easy.

 

[BuntonRules]

Always a pleasure to listen to Fages. And Dayne Z looks far more comfortable in the skippers role.

 

[chopperduck]

Think as long as we have more wins than last year, and show more growth statistically it will be a pass mark. Really we could go anywhere from a very competitive 6-7 win season to 12 wins and just missing finals.

We are at the stage where we cant stagnate. Must be going in an upward direction.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Lots of pace and bounce then.

I expect the ball to swing around quite a bit as well

I hope we bowl first.

 

[Tom14]

Starce set to miss 8 weeks as his hamstring injury requires surgery: https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-03-20/injury-update-starcevich

 

[Happy_Neale]

The same article has 10 wins as the mark for St Kilda.

This year it feels like there's a lot of filler and not much quality in the pre-season analysis.

It was probably always that way, we just have a bit more of a reason to read the articles this off season

 

[Balony_pony16]

Starce set to miss 8 weeks as his hamstring injury requires surgery: https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-03-20/injury-update-starcevich

Unfortunate, I think they are grooming him for Hodges role. Hopefully he gets a good run at it in the 2nd half of the year

 

[buttermuffs]

Unfortunate, I think they are grooming him for Hodges role. Hopefully he gets a good run at it in the 2nd half of the year

Really? I don’t think he’s suited to be a back general. In the limited touches he got last year, every single one seemed to have a big impact or be a score involvement. I think he can be a good forward/midfielder.

 

[BangyBangy]

Starce set to miss 8 weeks as his hamstring injury requires surgery: https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-03-20/injury-update-starcevich

Pfft, injury prone, we should've offloaded him as part of the Neale deal and kept pick 6.

 

[Balony_pony16]

Really? I don’t think he’s suited to be a back general. In the limited touches he got last year, every single one seemed to have a big impact or be a score involvement. I think he can be a good forward/midfielder.

Go and what the limited time of him in JLT, he looked great down back

Interesting the lions refer to him as a defender in the report

 

[Dylan12]

 

[T Rick]

Chris Fagan is the consummate professional - so good to listen to an articulate coach who doesn't talk in cliches...