Autopsy Lions prevail by 10

[cats_09]

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Let's get back on track, discuss the game and even the season at hand for those who wish - though we'll try to get a season autopsy thread up in time

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I actually thing Bowes was one of our better players in the first half, but he is definitely not a guy who dominate at stoppages. Atkins tried hard but his lack of pace was really exposed. Bruhn remains disappointing.

Ill give bruhn a pass because he clearly got injured in the first half and we couldnt sub him bc of the issue with holmes (also shows you how little faith we had in duncan).
But atkins is hitting the wall rapidly we need clark and knevitt to go straight him this off season.

 

[cats_09]

We should debate the JFK assassination next, but this is the "background" I'm talking about.

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It's not AI generated

 

[Max Rooke]

Atkins 12
Bruhn 10
Bowes 13
Holmes 20 (inj)
Dangerfield 24

v

Neale 31
Dunkley 28
McCluggage 27
Ashcroft 22
Berry 20

That Brisbane midfield is the best in the league TBH. It’s not quite Ablett, Bartel, Corey, Selwood & Ling but it’s up there.
All in prime age demo, sans Ashcroft who was essentially a #1 pick.
Looking forward to Holmes, Smith, Bruhn, Bowes in a couple of years. We need one more A grader though.
Atkins probably best to take Bews spot in the back pocket if possible.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Who gives a shit. People are leaving the game with literal brain damage

Yes but we are not teaching players to protect themselves we are rewarding them for letting their head hit the ground for a free when they could be bracing themselves (see mcluggage). Its becoming soccer levels of staging (which is why that game is crap) and we need to put some onus back on the player being tackled. If they dont a whole generation of fans like me will simply leave the game and go watch other sports instead.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Looks like Geelong are nowhere near falling off the cliff.
Yes Danger, Hawkins, Tuohy, Stanley, Duncan, Blicavs will all inevitably go but the squad last night was mostly built through the next generation.
I'm sure the players above going will open up salary space too.

It's never as good or as bad as it looks though. There's a lot of games experience to go out yet.

Think it's still pretty reasonable to suggest we're not making the 8 next year. We are going to struggle to be competitive with a run of injuries and all that lost depth. Especially if we lose a couple of mids we are cooked

Exciting from the kids though

 

[joe444]

It's not AI generated

(see previous post)

 

[CatToTheFuture]

We should debate the JFK assassination next, but this is the "background" I'm talking about.

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Yeah what's wrong with it?

 

[cats_09]

(see previous post)

There's nothing in the image which is AI

Not sure which post you'd like one to look at, but doesn't change that it's a live photo taken after Henry kicked his goal following the soccer assist from Messi

As for the players in the background - maybe it's the bench their looking at or trying to work out how Messi got the ball to talk as he did to set up that goal

 

[Seeds]

We should debate the JFK assassination next, but this is the "background" I'm talking about.

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Oswald got the first shot but the shot that killed him was accidently fired by a rookie fbi agent in the car behind him. It was simply an accident.

 

[stevothedevo]

Great game. Extremely nervous thoughout even when 26 pts up in the 3rd quarter. My worry was that 3 goals in the 2nd quarter were tinarse and the only time I felt like we were truly controlling the game was the 1st 10mins of the 1st quarter. But we only had 4pts to our name. It seemed like Brisbane had more control from that point on.

And although Stewart had a few moments he'd like to take back he also seemed to be doing a lot of the doing. He gave up a few but saved a few goals too. He's output probably evened out in the end. John Kennedy would be proud. At least he DID something.

 

[Seeds]

Also thought miers was great. Dont know what his numbers were but seemed to be involved in a number of key attacking plays. Does miers have the capability to step it up and become a full time mid?

 

[callmeX]

Yes but we are not teaching players to protect themselves we are rewarding them for letting their head hit the ground for a free when they could be bracing themselves (see mcluggage). Its becoming soccer levels of staging (which is why that game is crap) and we need to put some onus back on the player being tackled. If they dont a whole generation of fans like me will simply leave the game and go watch other sports instead.

You also need the umpires to pay holding the ball earlier - the issue with tackling is the free kick interpretation by morons

 

[Cosmic Energy]

5 CBAs to Bowes on the day

For some reason the first thing that popped into my head when I saw CBA was ‘couldn’t be arseds’ not centre bounce attendances. Nothing to do with Bowes, maybe we do need a ‘couldn’t be arsed’ stat when people don’t chase etc.

 

[1990crow]

It's never as good or as bad as it looks though. There's a lot of games experience to go out yet.

Think it's still pretty reasonable to suggest we're not making the 8 next year. We are going to struggle to be competitive with a run of injuries and all that lost depth. Especially if we lose a couple of mids we are cooked

Exciting from the kids though

I wouldn't bet on that.
Bailey Smith in, Holmes, Bruhn, Danger, Clark, Bowes in the middle kicking to Henry, Cameron, Stengle, Dempsey plays finals imo, especially with Stewart and DeKoning behind.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

It's never as good or as bad as it looks though. There's a lot of games experience to go out yet.

Think it's still pretty reasonable to suggest we're not making the 8 next year. We are going to struggle to be competitive with a run of injuries and all that lost depth. Especially if we lose a couple of mids we are cooked

Exciting from the kids though

Honestly most of the older guys that will go this offseason are cooked and have already been replaced in the 22 (henry for rohan neale for hawk mannagh for duncan etc etc).
The only one we havent replaced is stanley but thats because our ruck list mgt is poor.
So it wont change the best 22 much.
But i agree it affects our injury depth (although oconnor and guthrie hopefully being fit again will help) and if too many injuries we will be promoting a few kids (but clohesy and knevitt are close to ready and might surprise).
Need to see after the offseason though-we might use the dfa period and drafts to bring in a couple of mature bodies (like mannagh was) to help depth.

I agree theres a good chance we miss the 8 though.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

You also need the umpires to pay holding the ball earlier - the issue with tackling is the free kick interpretation by morons

1000 %.

 

[you pick one]

5 CBAs to Bowes on the day

He did, but not often -

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I would have liked to have seen a bit more of Bowes and Stewart they look under utilised to me in a hotly contested final even to just conserve energy for Dangerfield Holmes and Atkins and help them run out the 120 minutes.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Also thought miers was great. Dont know what his numbers were but seemed to be involved in a number of key attacking plays. Does miers have the capability to step it up and become a full time mid?

He definitely has the tank but body size will be a limitation in there but we will look at it.
Him and mannagh were both super last night.

 

[BotsMaster]

Oh well. In a funny way I'm kind of relieved we're not playing next week as I don't think we would beat the Swans.

For now, I will just console myself with the 2022 PF highlights.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Who gives a shit. People are leaving the game with literal brain damage

I’m all for protecting the head but sometimes it can’t be avoided. There are accidents that happen. It’s a contact sport.
The players take that risk when they take the field. Same as any professional athlete in contact sport.

If you want to watch a non contact sport with no risks, then go watch netball mate.
We may as well ban contact sports all together.

 

[joe444]

Oswald got the first shot but the shot that killed him was accidently fired by a rookie fbi agent in the car behind him. It was simply an accident.

Oh no you don't ... not on here. The closest the VFL/AFL comes to that is the ABCTV "Zapruder film" of the 1979 Grand Final. Or, indeed, the fact that Gabbo's run in 1964 is actually half as long as people think it is, because the film version cuts to a ground camera and shows the same two bounces all over again, making 4. Another weird thing is that the GAA use hawkeye for goal reviews and we don't.

Anyway, I'm letting the Wilson stuff slide. It's a great (and very expensive) setup and almost all elements are 100% authentic.




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[stevothedevo]

Also, Shannon Neale's shot in the last that was marked uncontested on the goal line. WTF.

 

[My Tilly]

Very disappointed like everyone else but so privileged to be follow this club.
You know they will be thereabouts in 2025 and if we can just see some improvement from key areas, who knows.

It was also glaringly obvious how valuable Holmes is to our system. It was a brilliant performance until he left the field. Not a stat padder either, each disposal is impactful. Hope he can seek further advice on those hamstrings over summer time because he could be a similar athlete to Adam Treloar

1

Adam Treloar

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.2

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

15.3

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

30.3

5star

K

16.3

5star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.3

4star

CL

5.8

5star

D

18.0

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.6

4star

who has had ongoing hamstring concern throughout his career.

I hope supporters don't start blaming individuals. I know a few lowered their colors but they are very inexperienced. Ultimately, this was always the main concern for me, we do not have enough players in that 100-150 game sweet spot.

 

[MacStradbroke]

We should debate the JFK assassination next, but this is the "background" I'm talking about.

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Yeah you’ve got me intrigued. Amazing goal yet the players in the background are focussed and running in the opposite way

 

[ShaunWDT]

Pretty much sums up where the game was lost. They cut us up through there that second half and it was the difference. Holmes going down hurt us structurally quite badly.

I felt like oddly they looked a better unit with daniber in the ruck and going more mobile up forward

Our zone got badly exposed by a mobile unpredictable forward line, very similar to how the Saints surged all over us really.