Review Round 11, 2023 - Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions

[SizeMatters]

As pointed out by half the board before the game. Danger game. Lads are just not up to it from a mental aspect. Away from Gabba with opposition crowd giving it to them at all costs and cheering on their home team. We just can’t handle it. Melt under pressure.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Hipwood 1 Kick.

 

[Dalions]

We controlled the territory. I think we played the conditions just fine but we just needed a couple more goals from all the opportunities we gave ourselves

I dont disagree but they were just far cleaner in the conditions.

 

[RoyBoy17]

Their pressure was better than ours and they were more efficient. Pretty much the game. Can’t dominate a third qtr like that and not put it on the scoreboard. Probably should have used the sub a lot earlier or at least gone in with one less tall given the conditions but we know that’s not what we do

 

[BRAB]

That was a pretty bizarre whole group meltdown in the third quarter. How can a professional AFL side kick 9 behinds in a quarter?

 

[Nathan Barley]

Clug only had 1 disposal in the last

 

[Brizzys Squizzy]

I wrote last week the yips seemed to have crept back into our game, and it cost us tonight, just had one of those nights all round.

 

[CarterS]

Hardly the end of the world losing to a very good Adelaide team at their home ground, Adelaide's pressure was really really good.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Credit to Adelaide, we have a very strong weakness, and it's high pressure which they delivered.

 

[Dom PC]

Most frustrating game I can remember. Had so many chances to put scoreboard pressure on Adelaide and we'd kick a point without fail.

Adelaide did play well. They deserved the win in the end - bad kicking is bad football.

 

[Brizzys Squizzy]

Clug only had 1 disposal in the last

Forget clugg berry should be embarrassed how he went about it needs to be dropped. And we won't even mention Gunston.

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

I was so angry I threw my mudcake at the tv.

 

[M Malice]

As pointed out by half the board before the game. Danger game. Lads are just not up to it from a mental aspect. Away from Gabba with opposition crowd giving it to them at all costs and cheering on their home team. We just can’t handle it. Melt under pressure.

You mean like we did in front of 70,000 at the MCG against the at the time premiership favourites the Demons in a semi final last season.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Conor McKenna
14 Disposals 3 Tackles 14 Pressure Acts
Ryan Lester
10 Disposals 4 Tackles 14 Pressure Acts
Brandon Starcevich
10 Disposals 4 Tackles 10 Pressure Acts
Darcy Gardiner
8 Disposals 2 Tackles 7 Pressure Acts
Harris Andrews
5 Disposals 0 Tackles 9 Pressure Acts

 

[3KZ is Football]

I was so angry I threw my mudcake at the tv.

That will help you lose weight.

 

[Toffee Lion]

I was so angry I threw my mudcake at the tv.

At least you can lick it clean.

 

[haystark]

Nah tad harsh just had a mare of a night 1'9 in 3rd qtr cost us. Sitting 8-3 in third position is pretty good spot to be in, crows play good footy at home , think we'll be right.

We're 0-3 against top 8 teams away from home. It's been a pattern for years and they still haven't rectified it.

 

[luthor]

20 something inside 50s or whatever it was in the 3rd for 1.9.

Not gonna win anything with that sort of efficiency.

Had a bad day in difficult conditions that didn't suit our game style.

Lost it in that horrendously frustrating third quarter when we had enough opportunities to just about put them to sleep.

As usual, when you dominate for long periods and don't capitalise, you get punished down the other end.

Ashcroft missing a soda was a two goal turnaround and the horrible non-mark call on Hipwood cost us big time and swung momentum all the Crows way.

Disappointed but it's not the end of the world.

Finally, surely Gunston must be due to be "managed" again . Had one guilt edged opportunity that he threw away just before half time and otherwise offered next to nothing.

 

[CarterS]

A bit odd that we go nearly a month between Gabba games in the middle of the season! Away - bye - away

 

[BRAB]

You mean like we did in front of 70,000 at the MCG against the at the time premiership favourites the Demons in a semi final last season.

Best part of it was that we showed the mental strength to show up the next week and back it up in the prelim right?

 

[Toffee Lion]

We're 0-3 against top 8 teams away from home. It's been a pattern for years and they still haven't rectified it.

We aren't going to go undefeated and I'd rather lose to Top 8 teams away, than bottom 4 teams at home.

There are levels to these things and losing to Top 8 teams away is not the metric to worry about.

 

[haystark]

Someone tell me who to vote for, I've already wiped this game from memory.

 

[dlanod]

Not sure why we played 3 Tall forwards when its raining. How silly.

So did they, pretty sure they won.

 

[Nathan Barley]

As expected given our kicking in the third.

Surprised it wasn't worse

 

[Nathan Barley]

Did Madden touch it?

Do not like how we've used the sub this year