Autopsy Lions prevail by 10

[rocker_oz33]

Butal game .

Homles inj.
Stanley inj knee ?
Danger MRO tackle.

Not enough from the lesser mids .
Stegs had a mare .

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

I'm a a pub where Andrew ****ing Gaze is on with Dunstall talking about the game
.disgraceful

Head home mate.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Butal game .

Homles inj.
Stanley inj knee ?
Danger MRO tackle.

Not enough from the lesser mids .
Stegs had a mare .

Surely Danger cannot be suspended for that.

 

[Heckler]

If he has signed for 2 years, and we can bring in Smith and another high quality midfielder or two, we are back among it again.
Defense is strong, forwardline will be high scoring again next season, the issue last season that we didn't address and hurt us tonight is lack of depth in midfield.
Guys like Holmes and Bruhn will continue to develop, and maybe we get more out of Bowes, but unless someone like a Clark or Stevens have break out years, or we find another Tim Kelly in the lower leagues, we don't have anyone on our list to break into the midfield and take us further.

If we get Smith in that helps, but thats assuming he bounces back from an ACL. I would hope the clubs current wishlist is 2x mids that immediately are best 22 and maybe a ruck.

But fix that midfield and we finish top 4 again and give ourselves another chance.

Mullin has the makings of future Midfield star
He is fast, tough, balanced and can run all game
His footy smarts and skill are improving quickly
Has the temperament and attitude to succeed
Will be best 22 regular player next year

 

[rocker_oz33]

I'm a a pub where Andrew ****ing Gaze is on with Dunstall talking about the game
.disgraceful

Gaze is a numpty.

 

[kickazz]

Outclassed in the midfield. Needed to bring more pressure there.

Gave it a good crack though.

Could have won, probs would have been smashed by Sydney

 

[Finknottle]

Guthrie is cooked as are duncan bews rohan stanley (most wont be on the list next year).

For next year demspey mannagh and humphries need to keep improving and be in our best 10 players. And we need clark and knevitt to come on very quick or trade in some good mids. And we need a capable ruck-we have to put sdk in there (much as i hate it) or trade in a ruck pronto.

The 28 + age guys cant be relied upon to carry us its the ones underneath that need to step up.

I agree that Duncan, Stanley, Bews and Rohan are cooked. Duncan has expressed a desire to play on but I don't think it is a good idea. Stanley was ok tonight apart from the shank at the end. However he is not going to last another season.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Surely Danger cannot be suspended for that.

MRO a chook raffle.

 

[joe444]

According to K-Rock, we would have been without J Henry, Bruhn and Holmes next week anyway. All saw out the game significantly hampered. We wouldn't have stood a chance.

Finals pressure did what it always does - reveal those tiny things we haven't quite got right.

Also according to KRock, we had 44 tackles to half time and 13 more for the rest of the match.

It doesn't hurt as much as it did twenty years and three days ago.

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

We needed to everything to go right for us this year, the Holmes string was our season.

We can get better next year.

 

[Lana]

Guthrie was an emergency if that counts

Did it count for Neon Leon?

 

[And_ROOS]

Nope, he is a total liability. If he is in the midfield next year we are cooked.

The only thing he gets into the midfield for is to tag, and teams just don't really play dedicated taggers anymore.

If they want him playing midfield, he should have spent this season in the VFL in the guts getting 85% or more game time learning the position.

I just don't see the hype. He has not been good enough in the games he plays to be in the team at the expense tonight of a guy like Tuohy.

If you want to force games into someone, do it with someone with a higher ceiling who plays a position we have a dire need for in Clarke or Stevens or Willis. They have a much higher ceiling than Mullin and its not like Mullin is playing so well when he is in the VFL that he is banging down the door for an AFL spot like Atkins was back in the day.

Yes there are nice things to like about some of his attributes but more often then not when he is in the team we are a man down, and even when he has a "good game" like he did against Sydney in the end Papley obliterated him and was the match winner. How does that help him or us?

 

[Finknottle]

I thought Neale was good, all things considered but in particular his experience.
Brought it to ground far more often than not, used the ball really well at times and didn't stuff up anything from what I remember, against one of the very best key backs in the comp.
Has cemented his spot in the 18 no doubt in my mind, his 2 finals were very very promising.

I disagree.

 

[Matthew Jelley]

It really hurts being so close
But we weren't really consistent enough this season as brilliant we can be for patches
Development and additions of Humphries, Mannagh, Dempsey were huge this year and add something to build on
Hope we make a few good trades and go again next year

 

[Jumping Jack]

Good to see Bailey Smith

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[kickazz]

Mullin gambit didn't pay off. Maybe should have tried Mannagh in the guts.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Another Prelim choke.

You actually thought we were in complete control today?
heck I must of been watching a totally different game.
Might as well blame Maxy for going down with iffy strings.
A game of many great moments unfortunately the Lions had a few more of them than we did.
That is football. Always has been always will be.
Cheers bud. Cheer up as the sun will rise tomorrow.

 

[Cosmic Energy]

Just walking back from the game. Not sure what it looked like on the telly but the Bowes holding the ball in the 3rd quarter when he tried to take on the tackler (when he didn’t really need to) seemed like a massive momentum swinger. We lost a few contests like that when we seemed to have numbers. A bit of bounce of the ball stuff too. Lost our heads for a period of time there, whinging to the umpire for the Guthrie arm chop. Lost our composure and they put a few goals on the board. Some terrible shallow entries from a variety of players straight to Brisbane on the 3rd quarter, allowed them to slice us up through the middle. Gryan had one turnover that was equally as bad as his soccer cross was good.

Some poor moments from Stengle & Cameron up forward, left a few goals on the table that would have been very handy. Plus both turning over the ball at times with poor options or fumbles. Stengle trying to hit Danger was pretty deflating. Mannagh with the grubber too earlier in the game.

Don’t want to second guess the Neale Hawkins decision as it seemed the right one, but Shannon has to be stronger in the contest. Ended up on the ground at so many contests, and I’m wondering just how ‘good’ his hands are. Looked like a very grabbable one in the last that he dropped and fell over again.

In the positive, have to admire us to keep coming in the last when I thought we were done. And huge game from Lawson Humphries, what he might have lost in some other contests he made up for by giving us run and clean ball use while others were turning it over left right and centre. What a find. Blitz was huge at times. Ollie Henry a bit of the full package, missed the sitter, couldn’t stop a couple of intercepts but kept kicking goals and giving us a chance.

Ah well. Love this club.

 

[Finknottle]

Yeah Duncan didn’t have a very good year and didn’t impact at all.

Duncan as sub was absurd. You need a player who can impact the game in a hurry and that is not one-paced Duncan.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

It doesn't hurt as much as it did twenty years and three days ago.

I call bullshit. We were never expected to win that 2004 prelim.

We were however favourites going into tonight with the week off, fit and full off run….

 

[Pure_Ownage]

My eardrums are still recovering from sitting in front of the loudest Geelong supporter I’ve ever come across. Shout out to everyone in N29

I’m not angry about the result. But it is a kick in the guts to lose like that. It felt like a couple more goals at the start of the 3rd quarter might’ve been enough to have the Lions spiralling. But we let them off the hook and their midfield got back on top.

I reckon Sydney will smash them. Feels like it’s their time

100 %. If we keep it up for 10mins at the start of the 3rd they wilt. But we came out of HT very poorly.

Sydney will 100 % win.

 

[Chinacats]

I can't be to critical of the players tonight they left nothing out there except 3 or 4 goals you can't win them all a special mention to Lawson Humphries in the final quarter a 10 gamer taking the game on trying like buggery to lift the side he's quickly becoming a favourite.

Hmm it was 59-24 after paddy’s first goal of the third quarter… when they stepped it up we looked lost. Quite a few players didn’t do enough….

 

[CHAWKTS]

I agree that Duncan, Stanley, Bews and Rohan are cooked. Duncan has expressed a desire to play on but I don't think it is a good idea. Stanley was ok tonight apart from the shank at the end. However he is not going to last another season.

I agree. But I think they give Stanley another 12 months. As back up. Not saying I would but I think they will. Have lockness and SDK as prime rucks with Stanley around to pinch hit as needed.

I don’t think they want to bring in a “Stanley type” given they know what they have. And they are backing the younger guys in that role I think.

They may also keep Duncan but if they do he will be like Higgins/dal of 2022

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I agree that Duncan, Stanley, Bews and Rohan are cooked. Duncan has expressed a desire to play on but I don't think it is a good idea. Stanley was ok tonight apart from the shank at the end. However he is not going to last another season.

I agree its clear that duncan needs to be tapped and told he is being delisted if he wont retire.

 

[numbwombat]

Bruhn didn’t have a great game but he is 22. Bowes and Atkins more likely to be pushed out of the middle by Bailey Smith

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2.0

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3.4

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1.6

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and Clark, I think.

Dempsey could not get near it for nearly a half then came good and had some important moments.

Mullin a bit lost at times and did some nice things - I think he is a footballer, not just an athlete, but a gaelic footballer and not an aussie rules footballer just yet - excited to see how he goes next year.

Humphries was great. HBF in the long term, or a winger or midfielder? The sky is the limit.

Neale competed and took a few important marks in the second half, and doesn’t drop his head which was a worry I had early. A shame about his shot for goal but failing to make the distance is a lot better than a shank in a hot prelim.

Mannagh was good and will keep improving now he knows the level. A bit too hungry occasionally but he makes things happen.

Ollie Henry had 4.1, a goal assist and a total of 10 score involvements. A big game player.

Max Holmes is a star. I was worried that he would end up relegated to a wing or HBF. No chance. Keep him in the guts.