The positives thread

[M Malice]

Another young guy signs an early extension to his contract- Toby Wooller.

 

[iBeng]

Extra 12 months, might be a sneaky shot at a debut towards the end of the year hopefully!

 

[a mayes ing]

Another young guy signs an early extension to his contract- Toby Wooller.

Thats good, was thinking he might be going back to Geelong because of the father son thing

 

[Hornet1]

I saw on the AFL app about quarters won that we were equal last on 8. I had a quick look at all our games this year and of the quarters lost (20), we lost 6 quarters by a goal or less and another 2 quarters by 6-10 pts. Which leaves 12 quarters lost; of which 4 were all from the Richmond shocker. That’s an improvement which made me feel pretty positive that we have a few wins heading in our direction soon!!

 

[KissKiss]

I saw on the AFL app about quarters won that we were equal last on 8. I had a quick look at all our games this year and of the quarters lost (20), we lost 6 quarters by a goal or less and another 2 quarters by 6-10 pts. Which leaves 12 quarters lost; of which 4 were all from the Richmond shocker. That’s an improvement which made me feel pretty positive that we have a few wins heading in our direction soon!!

I saw some of that analysis and it became clear that most of our problems were the first quarter. If we cleaned up that we really would be in games.

 

[Gadzorks]

I saw some of that analysis and it became clear that most of our problems were the first quarter. If we cleaned up that we really would be in games.

Knew a cyclist years ago who was magic in a time trial. His secret was doing a flat out 3 min sprint timed so he hit the start line with 1 second to wait. His theory was he wasn’t scared of going hard from the start cause he was already hurting and the whole race was about holding on. i personally think he was firing up his mongrel.

Maybe our boys need a bit of thumping in the warm up.

 

[dizzysquizz]

A huge positive for us this year, is the very low number of players on our injury list, pretty sure at time of writing it is 3.

Compare that with all the soft tissue injuries going on at the crows...and surprise surprise former Lions football staff Brett Burton and Matt Hass are running things down their.

 

[Comeback Lions]

Oscar as a forward and ruckman is a postive for mine. Loved his handball to Cameron that created a goal. Will start marking it more and more soon. Cameron is serious threat and definitely worth pick 12.

 

[Crawb]

We only travel once in the next 6 rounds/until July.

 

[Dalions]

Oscar as a forward and ruckman is a postive for mine. Loved his handball to Cameron that created a goal. Will start marking it more and more soon. Cameron is serious threat and definitely worth pick 12.

Definitely pressing a case for a regular call up.
He can take a contested grab, which we dont have many of.

 

[Hirsty23]

Chris Fagan the biggest positive for me this week. I don't think he had a great night as a coach but I also don't think he was really outcoached throughout the night either. The positive is another A+ press conference this week, do other people also get the feeling that Fagan has a very real belief that this team is going places? His confidence in our teams development has gone a long way in keeping me optimistic about where we are headed.

 

[Hollow Knight]

McClugberry.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

It is refreshing watching Cameron. Everything he touches is gold.

 

[kylegee28]

It is refreshing watching Cameron. Everything he touches is gold.

And he laid 8 tackles last night. If there's been one thing for him to improve on it's his tackling pressure and he brought it.

 

[mikey127]

And he laid 8 tackles last night. If there's been one thing for him to improve on it's his tackling pressure and he brought it.

I don't think he's hit his peak yet either

 

[CarterS]

Crowd at the Gabba game vs Collingwood was bigger than the one at Etihad last night.

 

[BuntonRules]

Zac Bailey is going to be a weapon in years to come.

 

[Lions Flag 2020]

Isn't it great that for 7 of the first 8 weeks we can watch our team and still be in the game with 10 minutes to play! I'll take that over one or two early wins and the rest thrashings any day. I honestly believe we will be 4/4 this time next year.

 

[jackess]

Last week we were the third highest scoring team and this week we’re the 4th.

 

[jackess]

We could end up with 3; 30 plus goal kickers this season.

When was the last time that happened?

 

[trikster]

Last week we were the third highest scoring team and this week we’re the 4th.

and if we could cut out just a handful of the dumb turnovers it would be even better

 

[Nunez]

Our KPP had 13 shots at goal. Accuracy aside, surely we haven't had this many shots at goal from KPP in 8 odd years minimum.

 

[davemc_lions]

Here is a positive went to the Melb Family day this morning..
Players had a lot of time for my 4 boys who loved the day and meeting their fav players.
The players I chatted to seemed it good spirts and hoping a win will be sooner then later

 

[Lions Flag 2020]

I saw some of that analysis and it became clear that most of our problems were the first quarter. If we cleaned up that we really would be in games.

Insightful KissKiss. Against the Dogs we actually beat them from the 8 minute left in the first quarter stage as we were down 27-7. Final margin 14 points. I am starting to believe we are only a few players away from top 8 contention. Need one or two inside bulls (Cripps or Oliver like) and a good full forward who can kick a bag. Probably won't be able to trade in top players until we start putting wins on the board to confirm improvement and promise. It will happen.

 

[Panthera]

Bar the Richmond debacle - average losing margin is 16pts.

Last year at the same time it was close to 40pts.