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Review Semi Final, 2021 - Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs [Moratorium on negative opposition posting]
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Yeah he was always a ‘22 prospect it felt like. A few senior games this year and a big pre season and he’ll improve a lot and get a bit of that explosiveness back I feel.
Daniher’s only going to get better from here too and improve after a full season of football.
It was a great game. Both teams played super. Had our chances, but I’m still finding this one tough to swallow.
On the umpiring, it’s seriously time to ask the question about the Dogs favouritism with them. +50 odd free kicks ahead of the next best on the differential ladder. Just damn crazy.
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Ahhh my mistake the post I saw said it was hipwood
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In reflection, that still sucked.
McStay out was the end of our season. We need to get his like for like replacement up to speed.
So go at it whipping boy people. Pick a player and give them hell for a year or two for the sake of his development.
McStay out was the end of our season. We need to get his like for like replacement up to speed.
So go at it whipping boy people. Pick a player and give them hell for a year or two for the sake of his development.
he looks to tall for Matho
To win finals you need a little luck and a healthy list.
McStay going so early in the first final just upset the apple cart and with Hipwood and Rayner already missing from the same area of the ground, Cockatoo still finding his feet, no flexibility to adequately cover and no obvious replacements on the list it became a scramble. McStay taken out with friendly fire was our luck lost.
Payne in last night's match, again taken with friendly fire and Berry gone by his own hand, fitness was not our friend. Luck deserted us with the umpiring, even the Dogs supporters were complaining about some decision but we really got the pineapple. To get within 1 point and opportunities to win hurts, but I'll bet the boys are hurting worse.
Great positives though - Coleman is a backline star, he has found his place and Birtchell can retire knowing his job is done. We know we are a much better team with Rayner available round 1, McStay back, Harris, J Berry and Gardiner recovered and fit. Hipwood coming later in the season. Cockatoo with a pre-season gives us another midfielder we wanted. Then Dev Robertson, Prior, Fullerton, Sharp and Answerth with good off seasons and continued development the future looks great. We will have another crack next year for sure. The big plus is that we wont be sitting around in the off season cutting our wrists over players leaving that we want to keep, we have a good top team, a tight unit and we look forward to years of success now. Lions, Lions, Lions.
McStay going so early in the first final just upset the apple cart and with Hipwood and Rayner already missing from the same area of the ground, Cockatoo still finding his feet, no flexibility to adequately cover and no obvious replacements on the list it became a scramble. McStay taken out with friendly fire was our luck lost.
Payne in last night's match, again taken with friendly fire and Berry gone by his own hand, fitness was not our friend. Luck deserted us with the umpiring, even the Dogs supporters were complaining about some decision but we really got the pineapple. To get within 1 point and opportunities to win hurts, but I'll bet the boys are hurting worse.
Great positives though - Coleman is a backline star, he has found his place and Birtchell can retire knowing his job is done. We know we are a much better team with Rayner available round 1, McStay back, Harris, J Berry and Gardiner recovered and fit. Hipwood coming later in the season. Cockatoo with a pre-season gives us another midfielder we wanted. Then Dev Robertson, Prior, Fullerton, Sharp and Answerth with good off seasons and continued development the future looks great. We will have another crack next year for sure. The big plus is that we wont be sitting around in the off season cutting our wrists over players leaving that we want to keep, we have a good top team, a tight unit and we look forward to years of success now. Lions, Lions, Lions.
For me and I’ve said it before, but I still reckon the season (in terms of a flag) was gone before round 1 when Cam went down.
He was to be our Dusty/Trac/Bont etc which is the type of big midfielders with X factor you need to go deep in finals.
I just hope like hell he suffers no setbacks this preseason and can get himself into the same tip top shape he managed to get into before he got injured.
He was to be our Dusty/Trac/Bont etc which is the type of big midfielders with X factor you need to go deep in finals.
I just hope like hell he suffers no setbacks this preseason and can get himself into the same tip top shape he managed to get into before he got injured.
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Who else has no interest in watching any of the remaining finals? I genuinely don’t think I’ll be tuning in.
Watching the post game watered down analysis last night on Fox just did my head in. And then Fagan’s presser where his hands are tied.
It’s all too contrived.
We were 100% the better side last night, lost the game because 3 umpires decided to put on a circus act. The fact that that can’t really be acknowledged in the media world is a blight on the game.
Watching the post game watered down analysis last night on Fox just did my head in. And then Fagan’s presser where his hands are tied.
It’s all too contrived.
We were 100% the better side last night, lost the game because 3 umpires decided to put on a circus act. The fact that that can’t really be acknowledged in the media world is a blight on the game.
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Maybe if it went the other way I wouldn't say this, but that free kick against Oscar, I feel like in the last minute of a tied final, they should only be paying free kicks that are blatantly obvious, not soft ones like that.
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I don't think I've ever heard such a level of sustained vitriol and abuse at the umpires at the Gabba after a game ended.
There was a collective feeling of being dudded.
I was rope able last night but I usually get over it by the next day.
Not this day. I've woken up still seething.
As to the blocking call against Oscar at the last centre bounce, I've had a look at it again and yes, technically it's there. But it's not as though he deliberately tried to impede English, more mis-timed his run and tried to pull out. A free out of the centre like that nearly always results in a score so that call essentially decided the match.
That sort of thing gets let go more often than not, so for the ump to pull a free at that point is galling, particularly with the rule breaking that was rife throughout the rest of the game and all the other 50/50's that went against us.
If they wanted to umpire consistently on technicalities, they could have given us 10 or more frees for the Dogs throws, incorrect disposals and HTB's.
The "Throwdogs" moniker is a standing joke amongst supporters of other teams and it was on full display last night in all it's blatant glory.
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Quick shoutout to Zac Bailey, could see him really making an effort to change the game in the second half and he did. He’s already become a much better player than I thought he would and he’s been one of our most consistent all season.
Really feeling for you lads, to lose such a close game in contentious circumstances must sting. The flogs have recieved an armchair ride all year and their mates really stood up in the last quarter 10-2. Good luck next year
In finals the pressure gets dialled up and most entries end up being bombs, on both sides. Need to be able to deal with this better as it only really appears in finals and high pressure games.
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There were lots of cam kisses to the forehead as well. As someone else said, it made me feel better. If cam can cope, so can I.
Also, respect to the player who is so invested in his club and his teammates that he lost it. Publicly showed what we were all feeling.
Hashtag thingy - not afraid to cry when you care.
As I said before, what a wonderful display of modern manhood. Always glad when my son sees other young men showing strong emotions. And that the strong emotions aren't displayed as anger in attempts to be real men. Whatever the hell that is.
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Struggling to come to terms with this one tbh.
Not sure if it's the fact we have a good record in close games over the last few years, making this an unfamiliar area, or that repeat sense of having a game unjustly taken away from you (ala Geelong round 2) - pretty unlucky for us to experience that twice (once in a final) in the same year.
Not sure if it's the fact we have a good record in close games over the last few years, making this an unfamiliar area, or that repeat sense of having a game unjustly taken away from you (ala Geelong round 2) - pretty unlucky for us to experience that twice (once in a final) in the same year.
the frustrating thing is that if you put the microscope on all the contentious decisions and put it to the AFL or whoever - they would be able to justify it with a vague interpretation clause in the rule. You can actually argue there were no mistakes made.
but when those 50/50 calls start piling up against you for a sustained period - that’s when it’s hard as a supporter (or a neutral) to watch it happen to a team.
compound that with it being a tight final and against a team who has an obvious free kick differential on the year.
but when those 50/50 calls start piling up against you for a sustained period - that’s when it’s hard as a supporter (or a neutral) to watch it happen to a team.
compound that with it being a tight final and against a team who has an obvious free kick differential on the year.
I'm usually philosophical . Today I'm totally flat because we were genuinely robbed and the guys tried their hearts out even though we were one down and undermanned.
This is footy. Finals are hard to win . When the pressure was on in the last 5 minutes we coughed up chances due to exhaustion and poor umpiring.
We learn something from that and move on. Don't care who wins next week. A toss up whether I'll watch.
This is footy. Finals are hard to win . When the pressure was on in the last 5 minutes we coughed up chances due to exhaustion and poor umpiring.
We learn something from that and move on. Don't care who wins next week. A toss up whether I'll watch.
