Game Day Round 10, 2020 - Brisbane Lions vs. Richmond

[Dalions]

Trying to play bruise free footy but getting beaten up in the process!

 

[Harris Specter]

Good job AFL, you got your equality in fixturing now.

 

[The Zork]

Over 50s shouldn’t use lol - I’ll give you that tip.
Outdated views and letting your emotion get the better of you. Maybe sit the next couple plays out

 

[Grizzly86]

In place of McStay, the loss of Oscar to the ruck is also hurting our structure. Skinner and Ballenden are green (Ressies in the VFL or similar would help). Adams being out hurts the defence too.

Our outs are big in nature and structure.

The Tigers have plenty of potatoes (Castagna, Chol, Baker etc), but they are disciplined potatoes who play their role and don't allow mistakes to snowball.

 

[Zhesty]

Overcommiting to tackles and contests is hurting us.

 

[Strato]

If that's the best we can do - start playing some kids that can kick, mark and all the rest. We have not learnt a thing from last year. By the look of it it will be another 11 years before we beat Richmond.

 

[Mooch]

They've been gifted goals

Only by our terrible defending.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

What a crock of crap has been put up on this thread.

We're easily competitive with them.

They've been gifted goals ,we've blown opportunities like we have 100 to spare every quarter.

Umpiring is beyond a joke.

We're a bit cooked but I'm more than happy if they win this by 10 because I know we can go with them easily.

Why on earth we don't go long to the square like they do instead of short into the pocket is a question perhaps best asked by our coaches because it's cost us nearly every time.

Absolutely bathed by them. We are not even close to being in this.

 

[Lazza16]

Mitch needs a rest against Bulldogs......lets make it official and give a bit of Karma to prettyboy Lynch.

 

[martinson]

the newbies are just too soft. Sure they got the bodies but seriously they are just getting pushed around so easily!

Oscar has looked really slow all night. We really should of rested him. He is not doing anything around the ground and can barely stand on the mark.

Achee is a horrible decision maker.

CEY also taking forever.

Harris is trying to do everything and in the end doing nothing.

We look dead on legs running back on a rebound

Oscar and Ah Chee have been two of our best players. Easily.

 

[kylegee28]

Shai Bolton's dominance is a worry. We don't like coming up against players with a burst of speed in the middle.

 

[jackess]

I'd be tempted to try Ah Chee or Witherden up forward

 

[SRH17]

Watching them walk off the ground at half time laughing made me want throw up.

 

[jackess]

Shai Bolton's dominance is a worry. We don't like coming up against players with a burst of speed in the middle.

We're missing Zorkos preinjury zip around the packs

 

[Gadzorks]

Never notice a mid field half time Repaint before

 

[Squizz89]

I'd be tempted to try Ah Chee or Witherden up forward

Yes. Change something. Doing the same thing against these guys isn’t going to work. Put Charlie or Eric up on a wing to get some run into the team. Just try something different, nothing to lose now.

 

[mpal6]

Absolutely bathed by them. We are not even close to being in this.

We just stopped at end of Q2.
Start of Q3 will tell if this is tired team running out of puff early or we still have something left.

 

[Tom14]

I was very worried about the inexperienced backline, but when Harris is getting done like a dinner it’s hard to expect much.

Far more worried about the clean line breaks than can get out if they middle. Our pressure in the contest has been non existent, and we’ve simultaneously overcommitted to it and left them with free runners. Stinky stuff.

 

[Hollow Knight]

4 day break v 6 day break, playing 3 KPPs with 3 games xp. Playing 6 players over 198cm. Warning signs were there.

They were and I really couldn’t fathom the pre-game confidence so many had.

I admire the optimism but no one seemed to be able to justify it with anything real. Looked like a perfect confluence of events and warning signs leading to this sort of performance we are very familiar with.

Improvement isn’t linear, and our line always seems to trend downwards leading into games against Richmond and Collingwood.

The media needs to cool it on the “Lions are the best team in the league” stuff. It’s ridiculous.

We aren’t fully baked yet. It’s almost certainly not going to be a premiership year.

We fans need to realign our expectations back to just enjoying the journey.

Expectations shot too high too soon. Where were we 24 months ago?

 

[Maroon Monsoon]

I wonder how much of this is psychological and how much is the 4 day turnaround. Some of our guys, mitch especially, look absolutely bushed but were also getting a deer in the headlight look as Richmond move quickly. When we get time we actually look solid but just can't kick, but then they move two or three quick kicks after a point and we look like we shit ourselves.

Some players working hard though. Lach and darce leading from the front, Oscar showing more maturity than I would have expected four weeks ago, ah chee showing great effort and linc (snapped poster), cam and lyons working hard and trying to make the contest. Just feels the difference between our bottom half and their bottom half is too great

 

[3KZ is Football]

Moronic comment.

Which bit?

 

[jackess]

Getting nothing out of Bailey, CEY, Berry and Robbo

Put them in the guts

 

[lionsrules]

Depth? Haha!! ..... looking for the peeps thinking mcstay should be dropped

 

[martinson]

I'd be tempted to try Ah Chee or Witherden up forward

Absolutely.

Ah Chee has shown signs he can do something.

Witho looks a bit lost tonight.

Swing the changes ,got nothing to lose.

 

[marooned]

Competitive in play. Cannot convert is the story of the game