Preview Round 9, 2023: Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon Bombers, Saturday 13th May, 7:25. Gabba

[Section 5]

Kelly is also a big out for them considering the other defenders missing.
He most likely would have gone to Charlie.

Hope the Zorko decision does not backfire considering we were not desperate for players.

 

[Milux]

My good mate who comes with me each week to the gabba is a bombers fan. He normally barracks for us unless we play the dons. Not sure it's gonna be a nice night.

 

[lionshine]

Jake Kelly

29

Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

out as well. Big outs for the Bombers. Surely Ah Chee or Cockatoo get the sub vest this week.

 

[M Malice]

Kelly is also a big out for them considering the other defenders missing.
He most likely would have gone to Charlie.

Hope the Zorko decision does not backfire considering we were not desperate for players.

We are going a different way to the Cats, Chris Scott said in a presser that Dangerfield will be out for a week longer than when he is ready to play.

 

[Dalions]

Might just be Answerth as sub as cover for Zorks

 

[M Malice]

Might just be Answerth as sub as cover for Zorks

If we are actually going to do that for that reason Zorks should not be playing IMO.

 

[Dalions]

If we are actually going to do that for that reason Zorks should not be playing IMO.

Answerth is still a good sub anyway.
Very versatile player.

 

[Milux]

Zorks is fine. He wouldn't be playing. Yes it's happened before. Doesn't mean it will again.

 

[M Malice]

Really looking forward to having a look at how Harry Sharp goes, how much he runs and if he gets to the right spots.

 

[Section 5]

Channel 7, Hodge on Zorko selection
Lions need Zorko more so at the end of season.

 

[buttermuffs]

Zorks is fine. He wouldn't be playing. Yes it's happened before. Doesn't mean it will again.

Rich after round two pulled up fine and then wasn’t listed on the injury report and then was out for two weeks for an injury. The second week was against undefeated Collingwood after we had a deflating loss against the Dogs. If we felt no need to rush Rich back then I trust that the medicos wouldn’t do it against Essendon.

Also when Zorko brought it up midweek he mentioned how the recovery progressed incredibly quick after the initial evaluation. It wasn’t the same hamstring that set him back in preseason so it wasn’t like he was rushed back in last time. I feel like the stars aligned for his recovery.

I think I jinxed it now.


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[3KZ is Football]

Yeah I'm on board.

Lester cementing his spot was the missing piece.

100% CORRECT. I’ve watched the Carlton game a couple of times now and Lester’s spoiling, hard grunt work and capacity to get the ball out from on the deck are exceptional. He is poised and a leader. All those people who erroneously claimed he was slow have also been proven wrong. Hard gut running to give an option, running to spoil and running to get to contests, intercept marking and the Saucey Merrett FIST have been the hallmarks of his games this season. IN FROGGY WE TRUST!

 

[Milux]

I'm sensing a big game from Rayner. He might be a bit too much for their second rate defensive line up. In the air and on the ground.

 

[BuntonRules]

Yeah absolutely, not saying a 5050 split but if Cam did 7 or so centre bounces a game it would be both great development and protect Dunks who just doesn't know the meaning of protecting himself

I reckon a decent bit of mid time will do to him like a bit of ruck has lifted Daniher.

 

[Section 5]

 

[Viceregal]

Updated Squigle after team ...

Brisbane Lions 103 - 72 Essendon

(was 101 - 79)
Gabba (QLD)
HGA:

+6.8 pts
Ins/Outs:

+10.0 pts

While 31 points is nothing to be sneezed at and would bump our percentage up to around 125 I think we can do better!

GO LIONS!

 

[Elixuh]

Channel 7, Hodge on Zorko selection
Lions need Zorko more so at the end of season.

They wouldn't be playing him if he wasn't fit and we are so far away from the end of the season that it doesn't matter if he does another soft tissue now. We can't just keep him in cotton wool until then.

Or can we?

 

[Jivlain]

My good mate who comes with me each week to the gabba is a bombers fan. He normally barracks for us unless we play the dons. Not sure it's gonna be a nice night.

Hopefully none of his siblings have kids, that might get really bad

 

[luthor]

My good mate who comes with me each week to the gabba is a bombers fan. He normally barracks for us unless we play the dons. Not sure it's gonna be a nice night.

In the Covid ravaged 2020 season and when Richmond played Geelong in the GF at the Gabba, I had the pleasure of sitting next to a very pleasant gentleman who was a Bombers supporter.

Before that, I had this almost pathological hatred of all things Essendon.

There are good and bad supporters in every club.

I hope you have the good grace to console your good mate after we take his team to the cleaners

 

[twhowler]

Would just have to assume it was never really a tear. If it was a 2-3 week injury then suddenly he seemed fine after 1 week, you go conservative and give him a second week off. He’s 34yo and has been doing hammies. And we are playing a depleted Essendon. So it must have been a tightness??

Anyway hoping for a solid switched-on performance. I want minimal lapses and Essendon to be kept below 65 points. I don’t subscribe to our defence as a weakness but general lapses are. North put 5 on us in the first quarter. Blues kicked a few quickly in the first and made us uncomfortable in the last. Giants all over us for a while in the last. Dees we had an excuse. Port no comment.

 

[martinson]

Doesn't seem any point at all playing Zorko in a game like this unless he was 100% so can only presume he is.

I'm fully on the Sharp and Lester bandwagon now. The selectors have twisted my arm.

They've got some big outs. Don't see how we don't massacre them.

I suppose stranger things have happened but nothing presently springs to mind.

 

[Grasshopper17]

There are good and bad supporters in every club.

Even St Kilda?

 

[Lach72]

Jarrod Berry

7

Jarrod Berry

Age

26

Ht

192cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.1

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.8

3star

is a saint. No idea how he didn’t lose his shit in an interview with Dermott

Dermott’s on AFL360 tonight with Kath Loughnan.

he’s interviewing Jarrod Berry

7

Jarrod Berry

Age

26

Ht

192cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.1

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.8

3star

, and asking about the time when his mother passed away…

”at that time when your mother unfortunately expired…”


Expired….EXPIRED

 

[bungalow_bill]

Really looking forward to having a look at how Harry Sharp goes, how much he runs and if he gets to the right spots.

Harry Sharp plays like a Lion looks like a Bulldog

 

[WheildonTheAxe]

I think this is an extra game of experience I'd rather see into someone else than Zorko but