Review Round 19, 2024 - Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney

[ZoBlitz]

Hotel room posting.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Stood up in a few key moments which hasn't been something we've been known for

 

[Sproj]

The heart needs a doctor. That was quite possibly the best game in years, one of the best of all time.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Daniher, Clug, Rayner, Zorko and Andrews get the votes

 

[FFB1]

Absolutely shocking win

 

[Squizz89]

Holy **** me that’s all.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Loved the win. Great stuff to fight back. Swans are a legitimately gun side. I fear we will be very flat next week.

 

[braddsey]

Lids are off!

Brains marks at the end were awesome.

Brilliant team effort, we’re showing some serious metal to win the close ones.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Daniher, Clug, Rayner, Zorko and Andrews get the votes

Oscar unlucky. Apart from the second quarter was well on top

 

[Sproj]

That is season making, we knew we were going well...that just proved we are legit.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Thank God we have signed Hugh up already. He would get more now.

 

[BrisVegasDru]

Rayner is the hardest player to tackle in the league atm, hopefully haven't seen peak Cam yet.

Everything went our way today, but happy to take it

 

[Sproj]

Lids are off!

Brains marks at the end were awesome.

Brilliant team effort, we’re showing some serious metal to win the close ones.

Yep fantastic. How good is it to see our kids stepping up lately. Don't see McKenna getting his spot back after what Brain did in that last quarter.

 

[MacMum]

Wow, that brought me to tears when the siren went....after I'd had a heart attack in those last few minutes!

 

[haystark]

Dunno if we can take much from that? Sydney down 2 1/2 players and we only scrape by

 

[KissKiss]

Hands are still shaking. That was a massive win. Needed that confidence that we can run down a good team. Finals worthy game that.

McCluggage absolute star.

Rayner massive game. His physical presence devastates teams.

Harris the best key back in the comp. Heart in mouth with him off. Gotta be our most important player.

Zorko provides so much drive from the backline. And Oscar was huge getting onto in the ruck against a very good Grundy.

Big kudos to Hayward. Massive effort on one leg to try and keep them in the game

 

[LionKing]

How good was Shadeau Brain in the last quarter with those 2 big marks.

Balls of steel.

 

[bindi27]

Darragh Joyce

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Darragh Joyce

Age

27

Ht

195cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.4

3star

MG

207.6

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.4

4star

MG

207.6

4star

playing like Brian Lake

Brian Lake

Age

42

Ht

195cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

6.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

163.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.6

3star

today

 

[p4p1]

Great win.
Sydney hampered by their injuries in the game no doubt. But you can only be asked to beat who ever is in front of you on the day.
The selection of Smith was a big mistake IMO. He was nowhere near it today unfortunately.

ETA: As commented above me Joyce was excellent today.

 

[Sproj]

Rayner is the hardest player to tackle in the league atm, hopefully haven't seen peak Cam yet.

Everything went our way today, but happy to take it

Not sure everything went our way, look at that bounce of the ball at the end from Neale's shot. Losing Andrews for an extended period for a HIA when the game was on the line. We also shot ourselves in the foot with Smith's selection, he was awful. Bruuuuuuuce made a huge difference when he came on.

 

[KissKiss]

The selection of Smith was a big mistake IMO. He was nowhere near it today unfortunately.

We had to test him at some point and Morris needed a rest/freshen up game at the lower level. The kid has a presence and could be a player but really tough game to debut against

 

[knaf]

Never in doubt

 

[Toffee Lion]

1st and 4th quarter were great, even at times amazing. Our best is clearly good enough to win a flag.

Our 2nd and 3rd quarters though were less than ideal. Pressure & effort dropped massively and senior leaders struggled to get on top.

Smith selection didn’t work out but I loved Brain starting, so 1 for 1.

Cam Rayner was incredible in full flight, busting through tackles and scoring goals. Zorko was one of the leaders to get involved as well.

Shoutout Joyce, thought he was good today and is getting some consistent footy in. Wilmott too continues to shore up our defense.

Winning streak rolls on, into the Top 4 and a big QClash on the horizon, life is good.

 

[thedaz]

I'll take that win. Very gutsy performance.

Rayner and McLuggage huge.

Brain great in the last quarter.

Joyce, who has copped a lot of criticism, was pretty solid. He did have one or two moments, but otherwise was pretty good. Well done.

 

[Squizz89]

To the game. Cam had a huge game. Joey huge early and Hugh had a huge last quarter, and Brain had a good last too.

Please don’t play Smith again in lieu of Bruce or anyone for that matter unless there’s another proper tall coming out.

Good luck to the coaches now to get them up and going again for another huge game next week.