Game Day Round 21, 2023 - Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions

[M Malice]

Regular whipping boys Berry and Zorko been our best IMO, Rayner playing pretty good as well.

We are a smidgen away from clicking into our best form, our desire is definitely there. Need to stick those tackles and tidy up our ground ball... lots of fumbles.

Oscar >>> Fort.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Where do you get hit out to advantage stats from ?

 

[Sanchez365]

Neale is seriously out of form. Just cannot get any separation at all from his tagger. Need to find a way to get him into the game. Start him off half forward and drift in the middle or something. Gove our center line a different look rather then just banging our head against the wall.

Not to mention running Neale / Zorko / McCluggage as our CBA mids. Every team must lick their lips knowing there is zero chance a tackle from those guys will stick lol.

 

[Nunez]

Coach simply isn't up to it once again just relies on his favourites to get the job done.
Embarrassing

Yeah it's so embarrassing that he's relying on his favourites such as Neale and Dunkley to break even in the midfield isn't it.... :S

Need to get Neale into the game or get someone on the ball who can win clearances.

 

[Warwick]

We look (and are) lethargic because we've had multiple opportunities throughout the year to rotate our squad and flatly refuse to do so.

 

[Dalions]

Playing far too slow and allowing them to get all of their numbers back.
What happened to the beautiful and aggressive football from the second and third quarters against Melbourne.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Very impressive half from Berry. Neale worked his way into the 2nd quarter.

A couple worked really hard in the first but then dropped off a bit in the 2nd with no replacements.

Dunkley 3 touches to HT is quite shocking, worst game as a Lion and it's not even close.

 

[jumbojet]

We’ll be right two more quarters to go

 

[Nathan Barley]

Swear we've improved this year but we're likely to lose more games than we did last year with an abysmal away record

 

[CarterS]

Pressure is good just need to win the footy first and we will be right. We are playing catch up.

 

[golions]

Fort has never got a proper go in the ones to work on his ruck craft

Regardless I think we should just pull the trigger and trade Rayner for Grundy (with a few picks thrown in either side to sort out how much salary is paid by us)

 

[lionshine]

We need Dunkley to have a second half similar to his game v Carlton earlier on in the year if we are to win this.

 

[Warwick]

If only we could bottle some of that play from the Richmond or Collingwood games or the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the Melbourne game.

Why are we so hot and cold?

We've got a run of 6-8 goals in us, but all too often we get dragged down to the standard of the opposition. This squad doesn't have enough of a killer instinct which is really disappointing because after being so close for so many years, you'd have thought it would have made them all the hungrier.

 

[Dalions]

We just need a few more really hot takes in this thread during the half time break and I reckon we will storm home in the second half.

Freo have played their best footy and are up by 11 lol.

The problem is what we are doing not what they are.

 

[rye]

Very impressive half from Berry. Neale worked his way into the 2nd quarter.

A couple worked really hard in the first but then dropped off a bit in the 2nd with no replacements.

Dunkley 3 touches to HT is quite shocking, worst game as a Lion and it's not even close.

has a really low time on ground for some reason

wonder if the calf issue has flared up again?

 

[Gadzorks]

Neale is seriously out of form. Just cannot get any separation at all from his tagger. Need to find a way to get him into the game. Start him off half forward and drift in the middle or something. Gove our center line a different look rather then just banging our head against the wall.

Not to mention running Neale / Zorko / McCluggage as our CBA mids. Every team must lick their lips knowing there is zero chance a tackle from those guys will stick lol.

I figure Neale is carrying an injury. Really not Neale like at all in the past few weeks.

And unless he is unable to play at all he will be played. Understandably.

 

[scott_the_man]

Midfield is getting pantsed again for the second week in a row. Tidy that up and we should win this. Our structure looks quite good.

 

[Groo2]

Why do they have special comments back in Melbourne studios, if all they do is read stats? We need them at the ground to tell us what is going on, outside what their crappy camera work isn’t showing us.

 

[Squizz89]

We’re good here. Positive is we run games out well. Got ‘em right where we want ‘em.

 

[Scubaveg]

Some have said, and they are right, if you can’t enjoy the footy after 4 years in a row in the top 4, you never will.

I don’t, I feel like the footy is giving me heart disease. Turned it at 1/4 time, started cooking, the relief was instant.

Not turning it back on.


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[BRAB]

Wonder if it is worth throwing Dev on earlier to give our mids a bit of help.

Probably saving him for when Zorks is gassed though.

 

[Simbatheking21]

It’s like we are allergic to 2nd spot

 

[Harris Specter]

Would not be surprised to see us drop out of the top 4.

 

[Sherrinator]

Our midfield is too boring and tbh too slow to break a tag or tackle

 

[p4p1]

Jackson is playing really well. I’m not sure that we have a ruck that can go with him. Incredible athlete for his size.