Review Round 15, 2021 - Brisbane Lions vs. Geelong

[Nunez]

We had less average games played than North Melbourne did last week.

 

[briztoon]

What about when one of our guys chased down one of them, then another, then another, then ANOTHER. Must have been Maddening for them ba-dum tish.

That was Dev.

 

[BrizzyBandit]

A really strong game from everyone... with our A grade talent firing.

We play like that in the finals and I can't see anyone beating us.

 

[briztoon]

Does anyone know what the avg age of tonights side was?

There’s a thread for that some here.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Does anyone know what the avg age of tonights side was?

25.37

28.21

 

[jackess]

If Zorko hadn’t injured his Achilles last year we probably would have won the premiership.

 

[ManeMan]

That was Dev.

Madden did it too!

 

[martinson]

That's the best we've gelled all over the ground in a consistent team performance against strong opposition this year.

The Cats looked a bit cooked from the start. Just weren't up for the challenge tonight as soon as we started hunting them down every time they got a sniff.

The umpiring was at times unfathomable.

We've got genuine competition for spots if Berry can get fit and Birchall on the sidelines tonight.

I'm comfortable with the team we had in or whoever else they might play of the 3 or 4 in waiting.

 

[irish]

Wow . Statement win the bully boys who beat up on a bunch of kids found out the kids are grown up and are not scared

well played all !

 

[ManeMan]

Our midfield pressure was sublime, but damn I like the balance of that backline. Tough decision to be made when Gardiner is fit. Madden is surprisingly crafty defensively.

 

[martinson]

The final free was ridiculous.

McCarthy was first to the ball and went in and got it. Why couldn't Stewart do the same instead of barging in over the top of him ?

 

[ManeMan]

7 youngest players on the field, that's incredible.

 

[Live in hope]

Congratulations Lions. Absolutely smashed us tonight. Massively impressive show of finals like pressure.

incredibly jealous of Lion’s young crop of players- great ND selections - going to have a great team over the next 5 years I’d think.

 

[ForzaRoma]

Is it fair to say madden has surpassed Lester? I love Lester, but madden is just so dynamic with and without the ball. His closing speed is imeasurable to our defence and he can crack the defensive line to bring it forward in an instant.

 

[briztoon]

Wow . Statement win the bully boys who beat up on a bunch of kids found out the kids are grown up and are not scared

well played all !

Most of the kids out there tonight didn’t play in our previous two games against Geelong.

It was Madden, Dev, Coleman, Prior (plus Zorko and Robinson) who put on the extreme pressure, and contest to contest to tackle. The kids able to put in multiple efforts allows Neale, Rich and McCluggage to hurt teams on the turnover.

 

[undefined]

After the Melbourne loss (and the Prelim), I recall the overwhelming consensus being that lack of size in the guts was a stark weakness of ours.

How are we feeling about this tonight? Still lacking the Petracca/Danger/Dusty/Wines/Bont presence in the middle, but is it truly a flag-restricting factor?

 

[fugitive]

Awesome win. That's our best back 6, they took them apart tonight. Fagan pulled Chris Scott's pants down tonight, the guy was completely outcoached

Considering we were getting smashed in contested ball in the first half, to keep Geelong to 3 goals was a very special effort by the defence.

 

[Gadzorks]

Birchall in for Ah Chee, Jbez for Prior soon and T.Berry and Coleman for the last spot

Birchall played his best game of the year tonight. I’m giving him points and hope he continue the form during the rest of the season

I’ma bad person, but his three premierships Should soothe the wound

 

[lionsrules]

So glad Payne was brought in. That was a great back 6 tonight.

 

[WheildonTheAxe]

After the Melbourne loss (and the Prelim), I recall the overwhelming consensus being that lack of size in the guts was a stark weakness of ours.

How are we feeling about this tonight? Still lacking the Petracca/Danger/Dusty/Wines/Bont presence in the middle, but is it truly a flag-restricting factor?

Less size, more explosion. It's less of an issue when we're able to nullify with insane, persistent pressure. Which we did for a half against Melbourne, but couldn't maintain it.

 

[martinson]

After the Melbourne loss (and the Prelim), I recall the overwhelming consensus being that lack of size in the guts was a stark weakness of ours.

How are we feeling about this tonight? Still lacking the Petracca/Danger/Dusty/Wines/Bont presence in the middle, but is it truly a flag-restricting factor?

We can always do with another strong midfielder.

 

[undefined]

So glad Payne was brought in. That was a great back 6 tonight.

10th senior game for him tonight, 11 weeks? since his last. Seamlessly integrated into the defensive setup - especially impressive is doing so against such a strong team.

 

[Quigley]

Keidean did not get a heap of it but he did some really nice things tonight. Certainly justified his selection.

I loved the balance of our backline tonight. Just had the tools to answer each challenge and cover when things did not go quite right.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Solid overall team effort, from top to bottom.

Loved our attitude and relentless attack. The sort of win that 2 years ago would have put this board into a meltdown but we're starting to get used to these results now and almost expect them. Great side.

 

[martinson]

Less size, more explosion. It's less of an issue when we're able to nullify with insane, persistent pressure. Which we did for a half against Melbourne, but couldn't maintain it.

Th difference was we burnt a lot of gas against Melbourne in winning the contested ball whereas tonight we hunted Geelong down and gassed them in the first half just as much if not more than we gassed ourselves.

I think we learnt a bit from the Melbourne game.