Review Round 16, 2024 - Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne

[braddsey]

He also got out marked by Van Rooyen 2-3 times in the second which led to goals. Couldn’t keep up with him.

Better second half but that second quarter was painful to watch at the ground.

The midfield was the problem in the 2nd quarter. With so much footy coming in, the backline was always going to be under serious pressure.

 

[Timetoroarlike44]

2 clangers according to the AFL app. I distinctly remember him turning it over in horrible positions at least twice as well.

Hard to come in as a kpd and irishman.

In my opinion that game from Joyce though was as bad as i’ve seen from any player this year. Cost us 3-4 goals.

 

[KissKiss]

So they just showed kozzys goals. 2 were on Starce

Think at least 1 or 2 others were on McKenna. Its probably one of our biggest weaknesses in how often we are giving up big bags of goals to small forwards

 

[Denno]

I don't want us to be forced into those options.



No doubt, my point is we can do better with backups.

Name them.

 

[Monkey Daniel]

20 behinds seems bad, three posters and six were rushed …. Margin 5 points

 

[Gadzorks]

Fages got stuck into the midfielders at half time

Justified. They were ordinary in the second quarter. Just stood and watched as the ball went to the dees forward 50.

And they picked up in q3, so good on fages.

 

[M Malice]

We managed to fumble and bumble our way to that win, I thought it was a great sign of character from the boys to go on and win it, could have easily thought oh well it's just not going to be our night.

It was being lost in the midfield battle and in the end it was won in the midfield battle, hats off to Berry, Neale, Dunkley, McCluggage, Reville, Ashcroft to turn that battle on its head, Big O also lifted and helped out with the turnaround.

 

[snooplions]

Was having bobby hill flashbacks watching Pickett tear us apart tonight.

 

[alscotoz2]

Bailey? Not sure if the right thread.

Couple of years ago I would have said going to be one of the most valuable players in the league. Now? Game seems to be passing him by.

Hopefully becomes relevant again real soon.

 

[Miluxx]

Bailey? Not sure if the right thread.

Couple of years ago I would have said going to be one of the most valuable players in the league. Now? Game seems to be passing him by.

Hopefully becomes relevant again real soon.

I think he will. Has been injured this year. Not the only one struggling for form.

 

[Jivlain]

Anyone have our stats from the final qtr? Disposals, contested, marks etc

Note these are aggregated player stats so e.g. rushed behinds aren't counted

 

[Elixuh]

Gave a vote to Lester, had an underrated game.

 

[Elixuh]

Clug and Bez votes for their goals, Dunks and Hippy good 4 quarter performances

And a vote for Charlie. Best game in a while

Charlie had a game that you can take a bundle of snippets from to show the group on Monday. Should be proud of that effort and how he is carrying himself.

 

[DreadBat5701894]

7 last-quarter touches for Ashcroft

 

[Gadzorks]

That was ..... don't have simple words.

Normal ebb and flow expected against a good team, but our accuracy was shocking. I broke out the lollies in honour of Dew after Charles second. Twas a mite too early.

 

[ZoBlitz]

We were also never losing that. Just making the loss hurt more for the Melbourne fans.

 

[OldLion]

Revenge for last year at the G. Harris was really fired up ..

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Note these are aggregated player stats so e.g. rushed behinds aren't counted
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Felt like we kept possession in the last. We do play well when we chip it around be patient.

 

[luthor]

TBH, I'm rather puzzled at some of commentary here about how we won that

Some seem almost embarrassed that we "pinched" a win.

Weird.

We were clearly the better side apart from that big run on they got in the second quarter when they had all the momentum, seemed to get every 50/50 bounce of the ball and shot the lights out with their goalkicking. We could have done a "Port", completely turned our toes up and found ourselves out of the game by half time.

We didn't.

We chipped away in the third quarter and looked liked we had wrested some degree of control in the midfield.

15 down at the last change meant that if we were good enough we could still win.

From my perspective at the game, i thought we totally dominated them in the last quarter and had we not utterly butchered goal scoring chances, we could have put the game to bed well before those frantic last few minutes.

The fact that Berry, Kai and Hugh stepped up in the clutch moments and nailed their goals is not a matter of luck

To me it demonstrated a level of maturity and composure, when it looked for all money that we might have thrown away a game that we badly needed to win.

I reckon it was one of the more stirring wins I've seen

 

[Elixuh]

Joe pls

 

[Billy Bob65]

HOW GOOD WAS BRUUUUUUUUCE IN THE LASt!?

9 possessions (half his game total). 8 score involvements for the game overall, good for equal 3rd with Lester behind Hipwood & Dunkley. He also doubled his usual contested possessions output with 7.

Looked to be playing mainly as a high half forward in the last, with Berry & Fletcher as the primary wingers.

 

[luthor]

Joe pls

That's what makes Joe......Joe.

Magnificent

 

[Elixuh]

I thought we used our sub well today. Morris was struggling against Melbourne's very good (best in the AFL?) tall defender set up. Took him off and replaced him with Fletcher who had some important touches.

Yes, I liked it pre-game and thought it worked well with how the game was trending. Wasn't a night for young Logan tonight with the Dees defence and the way we were moving the ball further up the field.

 

[ZoBlitz]

If I was going to describe Joe to someone who hadn't seen him play before, I'd probably show that goal he kicked off the ground.

 

[Brett C]

Bailey? Not sure if the right thread.

Couple of years ago I would have said going to be one of the most valuable players in the league. Now? Game seems to be passing him by.

Hopefully becomes relevant again real soon.

Ridiculous take, down on form compared to previous years but still a massive part of our season and future.

Has missed a few games but was very good against Port and played well against Bulldogs.