Preview Round 3, 2024 - Brisbane Lions v Collingwood

[Squizz89]

My view is we can make a granny from anywhere in the 8. Don’t necessarily need top 4.

If we were a Victorian team, generally I’d agree however if there’s one thing this group hasn’t really improved on in the last few years it’s winning away from home.

Can’t see us having to win 2 or 3 away from Gabba to win it all, especially against other high quality teams.

 

[Nathan Barley]

With Kiddy out for the season and Doedee out for most if not all the season I wonder if Lester could actually take his game to the next level. Really step up his intercept game or work harder in transition

Just with Andrews, Payne, Gardiner, Lester, Starce and Answerth down there. That's about 3 or 4 too many bad kicks

 

[3KZ is Football]

Famous last words. The end is night 3KZ has been right all along!

Nigh, dear boy. Nigh.

 

[Nunez]

Nigh, dear boy. Nigh.

Autocorrect is trolling.

 

[Happy_Neale]

Personally I’d be tasking the recruitment team with going after the best kick we can find and plugging them straight in at HB. Kiddy’s kicking and subsequent gamebreaking ability is what we miss most imo.

Two words - Daniel Rich

 

[Dalions]

Personally I’d be tasking the recruitment team with going after the best kick we can find and plugging them straight in at HB. Kiddy’s kicking and subsequent gamebreaking ability is what we miss most imo.

I think we need to trial Reece Torrent in a hb role in the VFL, he is a beautiful kick.
We also have Brain and Prior who are decent kicks

 

[Dalions]

after watching the ressies, ins Fort, Brain, Payne, Morris, prior.

Out. Eric, Bailey, Starcevich, Oscar, Jerry.

What, Joe not one of the outs?

 

[RU_]

Anyone else looking at the $3 for the Pies?

I have zero faith this week.

 

[twhowler]

Anyone else looking at the $3 for the Pies?

I have zero faith this week.

In. For the third week in a row. North will be good odds against us next week too!

 

[dlanod]

Anyone else looking at the $3 for the Pies?

I have zero faith this week.

$3 pies is fantastically cheap these days - probably filled with crap though.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Autocorrect is trolling.

The universe is trolling the Lions faithful!

 

[RU_]

$3 pies is fantastically cheap these days - probably filled with crap though.

I hope you’re right

 

[McIvor]

Seems Fagan thinks Doedee is done for the year so hard to think Tom will be back in 2024.

 

[JasRulz63]

Seems Fagan thinks Doedee is done for the year so hard to think Tom will be back in 2024.

Makes sense. My understanding is most will elect for a full reconstruction.

 

[3KZ is Football]

With Kiddy out for the season and Doedee out for most if not all the season I wonder if Lester could actually take his game to the next level. Really step up his intercept game or work harder in transition

Just with Andrews, Payne, Gardiner, Lester, Starce and Answerth down there. That's about 3 or 4 too many bad kicks

You really don’t watch games do you. Alternatively, you don’t understand what you are looking at. Here are the key stats for intercepts and disposal efficiency from last year.

Lester was ranked #2 for Intercepts last season, behind Harris Andrews. How much better does he need to get? His intercept work was fantastic last year.

As for bad kicks, which 3 or 4 defenders are bad kicks? The 3 or 4 with the highest disposal efficiency at the club?

 

[beardancer]

It must have hurt, not dropping Joe as well?

Thought he played ok......ish last week. He's still a flakey, selfish underperformer but you've got to reward form

 

[beardancer]

I think we need to trial Reece Torrent in a hb role in the VFL, he is a beautiful kick.
We also have Brain and Prior who are decent kicks

Don't know enough about Torrent but Brain is a real talent and Prior was really solid. Bruce is super.

 

[Surly Boy]

 

[Dalions]

Payne, Neale and Fort in for McKenna, Lyons and Gardiner.

 

[Nunez]

Not a fan of the changes at all.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Logical changes. Not surprised they didn't replace McKenna. Not what I would've done but what we usually do

 

[braddsey]

Fort in to cover for Oscar having another stinker…Or to give another big target in the forward line?
Maybe Zorko goes back, Rayner plays Zorko’s half-forward role?

 

[Squizz89]

Very, very slow team. Doubling down on the bomb it long game plan. Great.

 

[iBeng]

We go in too tall and we get sliced to bits. We dont have a premium small defender so expect their smalls to kick 16 between them. Pies by 30 odd.

 

[BrownYouGun]

That’s a slow team with no line breaking kickers in the back half. Fort in means they will at least have a target for our down the line bombs