Retired Jonathan Brown #2 (1999-2014)

Dylan12 said:

Alistair Lynch on AFL Insider said that Browny wears a new pair of boots every game. Adidas obviously look after our captain very well. Funnily enough, since his return from injury, I have thought every game that his boots are extremely white.

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drummond2fevola said:

Not sure why you'd want a new pair of boots every week.

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Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown says his side is building towards 'better things' ahead of Saturday's clash against the Richmond Tigers at the Gabba.

Brown says the team's focus for the rest of the season was on playing a more complete brand of football in the back-half of the year and was adamant his side was not going to give up.

"No doubt the side's taken a lot of knocks," Brown said on the Lions recent injury toll with Vice Captain Jed Adcock undergoing surgery on a broken finger today.

"We're down on confidence a bit but we've got to work through that."

"You can either put the white flag up or you can build towards something," Brown said.

"Clearly it's been disappointing but when you're going through tough times you either sook about it and whinge and give up, or you can work your way through it and it makes you a tougher character."

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Brown said despite the difficult season to date, the Lions had some good building blocks in place to move forward with.

The captain said their competitiveness and defensive pressure had been "quite good", but the next step forward was improving their ball use.

"Clearly we're not going to play finals, so you're not working on that. We've got to have the big picture in mind and building towards having a good season next year and starting the year well," he said.

"We clearly need to finish off with wins and play the back half of the year with a more complete brand of footy, and certainly moving the ball better.

"Our competitive baseline has been very good for the first half of the year but now we've got to start working on executing it a bit better in the second half of the season and start to get that pillar in place and build towards better things.

"Hopefully we can get guys back from injury and put together a side similar to what will be out there at the start of next season."

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After returning from injury against North Melbourne in round nine, Brown described his own form as solid without being spectacular.

He has kicked eight goals in four matches since returning and said some more opportunities would help his cause.

In Sunday's 61-point loss against Carlton, the Blues continually double and triple teamed Brown, but the Lions captain said his midfielders had few other options but to bomb the ball long as most players were behind the ball trying to stop the flood of possession against them.

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Teams with only one power forward, like Nick Riewoldt at St Kilda, Jonathan Brown at the Brisbane Lions, or even Lance Franklin at Hawthorn, would benefit enormously from more talented height deep in attack. These players must be utterly sick of being double-teamed by opposition defences.

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Brown, who only returned from a serious facial injury a month ago, said he had been as frustrated on the field as he was sitting on the sideline for two months.
"It's been nothing special (my form), but it's been solid enough without setting the world on fire, that's for sure," Brown said today.
"I wouldn't mind a few more opportunities, but we will work on that."

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The Tigers do have their own defensive issues and we saw last week what Brisbane skipper Jonathan Brown can do once he gets some accurate delivery. Brown was helped by the fact Blues defender Michael Jamison had been subbed off when he scored consecutive goals at the start of the final term, but those majors had more to do with delivery than anything else and if his team-mates can get the ball to him, then he's a very real threat. Interestingly Brown has only kicked 17 of his 487 career goals against the Tigers, so he may be due a big one in more ways than one.

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Karnezis - the club's ninth debutant this season - is 191cm and came to Brisbane via the Oakleigh Chargers.

Captain Jonathan Brown spent considerable time talking with the 19-year-old at training on Friday in what almost looked like a one-on-one coaching lesson ahead of his first senior match

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"The impact of Jonathan Brown, he's been one of the best players to play in the last decade," Hardwick said at Melbourne Airport on Friday afternoon."We've got a number of plans in place to try and quell his influence."
"But look the great thing about champion players is when they game's there to be won they'll lift and we've got no doubt he'll be up and going."
"Obviously (Alex) Rance and (Luke) McGuane and those type of players will get a fair crack at him but it's going to be a team defence on Jonathan there's no doubt about that."

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And good luck trying to match up on this forward line. Although Jono Brown has had a limited preparation, there is no way I'm picking a Victorian side without him in it.

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Big name forwards Jonathan Brown and Jack Riewoldt both gave plenty for their respective sides and finished with two goals apiece, but neither had the influence their sides would have expected or desired.

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Lively Tigers' forward Jack Riewoldt was kept to two majors by Matt Maguire, and Brown - while kicking two goals - was well covered by Alex Rance.

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• Greg Davis
• From: The Courier-Mail
• June 24, 2011 12:00AM

Regarded as one of the toughest players in the game, a frustrated Brown said the governing body had "gone too far" and was in danger of sanitising the game.

"Let's get one thing straight, AFL footy is a contact sport ... and while I understand times have changed, and I accept that society won't allow some of the crude stuff that used to go on, I'm worried we're getting a bit soft," he said in his exclusive column in today's Courier-Mail.

"As a game we're in danger of getting carried away with image and being seen to do the right thing so as to impress the mums and get more kids playing junior footy," Brown said. "We've taken the bump out of the game, but please don't take the hard tackle out of the game too."

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• Andrew Hamilton
• From: The Courier-Mail
• June 25, 2011 12:00AM

The Lions go through Brown all the time because he demands the footy - the fact that even with three opponents in tow he still provides the best option is a real problem for Michael Voss.In lean spells in the past Brown has just got on his bike and worked his opponent into the ground.
Critics are saying he's not running like he used too. Watch a Lions game live and you'll see why. There just isn't the space any more. Clubs put a man, or two, on him and loose men in front of him. All he does when he runs is bump into more defenders. So he is selective with his running to conserve the strength needed to fight off three blokes to take a mark.

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Jonathan Brown (two goals) was quiet after booting two early goals.

Fremantle defender Alex Silvagni, playing his first match of the season, deserved credit for that, keeping Brown goalless when moved to the Lions Goliath following McPharlin's injury.

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Brown, who had kicked two first-half goals, wasn't helped by the fact Brisbane only had two inside-50s for the entire final term, but when the heat was on during the third quarter, Silvagni rose to the occasion, taking some big marks against his champion opponent to deny the Lions shots at goal.

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Two big forwards, who are superstars of the game, are at the crossroads. Jonathan Brown and Nick Riewoldt haven't been setting the world on fire in the last three or four weeks.

There's still a lot of good football in these two but the big problem is delivery to them. Whacking the ball on top of big forwards' heads sometimes works but it can work the other way because it gives backmen time to crowd them and put the pressure on.

These blokes have been playing forward for more than years and it starts to take a toll on your body. If I was Michael Voss I'd take the pressure off Brown, put him in a forward pocket and you'd get good value out of him because he wouldn't get the premier defender on every occasion.

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chopperduck said:

FAIL !!! Does he seriously think that lining Brown up in the pocket instead of the goal square is going to shake the #1 defender ???

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The Brisbane Lions will ask the AFL to review its rules regarding off-field payments to players following the revelation that Collingwood guaranteed Jonathan Brown $6 million over five years.

After the 23-year-old centre half-forward, who enthralled the competition with his stunning eight-goal return against Essendon, and his advisory team agreed to an in-principle deal with the Lions this week, the club was told that the Collingwood offer involved $700,000 a year until 2010, along with the promise of $500,000 a year in off-field money - largely from television performances.

Brown has instead accepted a three-year deal with Brisbane, estimated at a total $1.9 million.

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Amid yet another horror Lions season, there have been calls this week for the AFL club to clear the player decks in preparation for a long-term crack at a flag. Black and captain Jonathan Brown have earned the right to end their career on their own terms.
However, the likes of fellow old-timers Aamon Buchanan, Matt Maguire and perennially-injured ruckman Jamie Charman have been called out by some as the Lions look to rebuild.

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The LARS method gets a bum rap. A lot of ill-informed people say it's a risk but it is no more risky. I'd have no hesitation going LARS if the specialist said it was plausible.

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DERMOTT BRERETON (Haw/Syd/Coll 1982-95)

1. Wayne Carey (NM/Adel)
2. Chris Judd (WC/Carl)
3. Jonathan Brown (BL)
4. James Hird (Ess)
5. Nathan Buckley (Coll/Bris)

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Not a game to set the heart racing. In fact, this contest between 15th and 16th has very little to recommend it, apart from Jonathan Brown’s appearance.

Brisbane have at least been competitive the last two weeks, and their defence is slightly sturdier than Port’s. And they do have the big No.16 at centre half-forward, so they should win and win well.

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