Game Day Round 9, 2020 - Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon

[dlanod]

I don't remember a free kick count ever being this disproportionately in our favour.

 

[rockypls]

Great quarter of footy

 

[Hollow Knight]

I think they are saying Boo-ombers.

 

[PTizzle]

Garbage quarter by both teams. Frustrating. 20 point lead isn't a bad result.

 

[undefined]

Clug did not man the mark well enough there

Out of form recently. Maybe his shoulder isn’t quite right.

 

[Sausages]

Bleh, a quarter utterly devoid of anything.

Need to lift in the second half.

 

[Back2Back2Back]

Alright, with that out of the way we can press on in the 3rd.

 

[KissKiss]

Still think we look clearly the better team. If we keep the pressure up and kick straight at goal we will have the smashing we need

 

[Dalions]

Thoughts on the second quarter - sloppy!

 

[CarterS]

Lucky to be this far ahead still, we are in first gear.

 

[Tom14]

Hipwood dropped next week if he doesn’t change something, need to change his perception. Bring in someone who can kick a goal.

We’re already playing all the tall forwards on the list...

 

[TheZork]

Gee we've gotten some umpiring calls. Also I think this game shows just how valuable McStay is. Hipwood is shockingly out of form. Also I know its a half of footy. But Ballenden is a no from me so far, just has that Schache level aggression and looks disinterested, just doesn't look like an AFL player.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

McStay’s absence is clear. Missing that strong hit-up mark around the ground.

Anyone who doesn't rate dan cant miss how much pressure he brings with the piss poor effort from the three talks tonight.

 

[LIONS08]

We desperately need Mcstay back!! And a new ruckman haha!! Connor and skinner don’t look up to it at the minute! They don’t apply that pressure we are used to. I’m loving Witho and answerth has been great! It’s great to see our depth stepping up!

 

[kylegee28]

We're getting the rub of the green but if you ever want an example of media hegemony in the AFL landscape, this is it. Replays and commentary whenever a decision goes our way. Silence whenever a decision goes Essendon's. The big bad Northern states are coming for our game.

 

[Maroon Monsoon]

Genuinely did not expect witho to be comfortably our best player in the first half. Really wants his spot back.

Jesus our set shots at goal are awful though. I'm now dreading marks inside 50 for us

 

[KissKiss]

I admit I don't mind the look of Draper. See why teams were after him last year

 

[FFB1]

Out of form recently. Maybe his shoulder isn’t quite right.

he was great last week

 

[Toffee Lion]

I fully expect the Bombers to get the rub of the green in the second half and cannot complain about it.

Think they'll run us down from here if we don't start strong in the 3rd and put it to bed before 3QT.

 

[Hirsty23]

First thought: glad we're 20 points up
Second thought: now to quickly erase that half from my memory ever again

 

[TyEdwards27]

Skinner and Charlie couldn’t get on that quarter... sat for nearly 10 minutes waiting for rotations. Hopefully the game opens up and Skinner can show us what he is made of.

 

[jjami15]

Jesus our set shots at goal are awful though. I'm now dreading marks inside 50 for us

What’s your concern we don’t mark the ball inside the fifty

 

[jackess]

What’s your concern we don’t mark the ball inside the fifty

5 in a half is great

 

[TheMagician15]

McStay is a much better athlete. Laughable those who claimed the guys not getting picked were better

 

[The Zork]

They’re boring us to death flooding back.
We’ve been fortunate on at least half a dozen umpiring calls.