Game Day Round 16, 2022 - Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs

[25 years on]

You don’t want them to do basic football things?

Ask Dunstall, lead out, chest mark, kick another goal.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Ask Dunstall, lead out, chest mark, kick another goal.

Get the opposition to walk through a time machine befoee the game back to a time when they only ran 5kms in an entire game?

 

[BRAB]

Get the opposition to walk through a time machine befoee the game back to a time when they only ran 5kms in an entire game?

Dunstall would carry the drinks in the modern game.

 

[martinson]

Dunstall would carry the drinks in the modern game.

Yeah . And Lockett the medi sub in case you're losing and need to belt someone.

 

[mpal6]

How do you know that they haven't? Just because Fages didn't have a giant crack at all the players during his postgame presser doesn't mean that they haven't been harsh in review meetings. We have absolutely no clue.

I'd personally say purely from a management perspective that I wouldn't want to be led by someone who publicly hangs you out to dry just to satisfy someone else. You and others (myself included) were no doubt steaming mad at the players last week, but that doesn't make it a good idea for Fages to 'tear shreds' off the players in the postgame. That seems far more appropriate for direct feedback during the week with the players.

Agree, i dont have a clue about the inner workings to be honest. But from external view, Coach looks like more of a calming influence than someone putting the blowtorch on players.

May be I like Fagan a lot and I see him as more of a nurturing character than someone giving it out to players, which is the message I think they need to hear right now. Can't wait to see how tonight unfolds, fingers crossed.

 

[Tom14]

Ask Dunstall, lead out, chest mark, kick another goal.

Yes the game hasn’t changed at all in the last 30 years.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Nathan Williamson again. Seems like he officiates most of our games

 

[martinson]

Thursday night games are fine as long as it's not my team that's playing.

Tonight's game feels like the most important of the year to me . Win and we live in hope that maybe we're good enough to go deep . Lose against a weakened Bulldogs side and we start looking at our list We're just about at full strength on our home deck so no excuses tonight.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Fagan on the pre-match on Fox. Fagan making noise about the ‘learnings’ against Melbourne - apparently our players were thinking and not doing against Melbourne word salad. This was better - “we hated that performance last week.”

Fox calling McStay a ‘certainty’ to leave. I am going to love the Collingwood supporters melting when they realise what they have paid for.

Lions need to win this and win it well. We need to build some momentum. I think we can do it!

 

[MacMum]

Here's hoping...

 

[pulpdriver]

Fagan on the pre-match on Fox. Fagan making noise about the ‘learnings’ against Melbourne - apparently our players were thinking and not doing against Melbourne word salad. This was better - “we hated that performance last week.”

Fox calling McStay a ‘certainty’ to leave. I am going to love the Collingwood supporters melting when they realise what they have paid for.

Lions need to win this and win it well. We need to build some momentum. I think we can do it!

Ralph also very confident the compo would be a first rounder, which I assume would be band 2. Wouldn't think there would be a great deal of difference between band 1 and band 3 considering where we're likely to finish this year but those few extra places potentially valuable in helping us get Ashcroft into the club along with something else.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Crowd is poor. Thought school holidays would have helped.

 

[Squizz89]

Yeah crowd looks pretty woeful here. You’d think the AFL will have to do something about this next year although I’m not sure they’re keen to scrap Thursday nights given I assume it would rate well on TV.

 

[alscotoz2]

Hipwood needs to start standing up. This will be a tough one

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Not surprised the crowd is low. Would never consider going in on a Thursday night.

 

[luthor]

Umpires are Power(4), Williamson (22) and Mollison(32).

I don't know a lot about any of them.

Just hoping they are not your standard Bulldogs loving lot

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[lioninthesand]

Is everyone enjoying watching the highlights of the semi final over and over?

 

[lioninthesand]

PS - we will need to overcome the mandatory 10+ free kicks they get each week.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Not much intensity. Bulldogs just a bit slicker

 

[Nathan Barley]

Silly handball from Clug

 

[Nathan Barley]

Great ball movement until McStay got it

 

[Nathan Barley]

Great mark Bez

 

[3KZ is Football]

Classic Adams - kicked it straight to TWO Bulldogs players who were standing by themselves. Terrible defender with the ball in hand.

 

[Mayestro]

Great ball movement until McStay got it

McStay has a few credits in the bank with his field kicking, and that missed by half a meter.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Poor forward setup. All our talls working up the ground and none left inside 50