Problem with lugg inside is that opposition mids get off the chain easily against him
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Problem with lugg inside is that opposition mids get off the chain easily against him
McCluggage is verging on elite and I live in hope that he reproduces what he did in that first quarter or so at Ballarat a couple of years ago when he just had the ball on a string and no one could get near him.
He has it in him to reproduce that more often now that we bat a bit deeper and I don't really think it matters much where or how we play him. He's a gun and he'll make it work.
He's 25 this year. This should be the year he cracks AA.
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If he’s fit and producing, I doubt there will be too many melts. But woe be tide Fagan if Lyons plays a stinker.Lucky Big Footy Lions Supporters don't pick the best 22. Fagan & Co rate a fit Lyons in the midfield well ahead of several that are popular on here. Providing JL is fit and close to his best, I am confident he will line up so get ready for some melts on here.
To be fair there weren't too many melts last year when he was stinking it up , just arms outstretched saying wtf are we doing .
Jarrod's been a great servant of the club and everyone hopes he can get back near his best form which would be an asset to the team.
If he plays a stinker or two we have others who could step up.
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So far only 4 posters have selected Jarrod Lyons.Lucky Big Footy Lions Supporters don't pick the best 22. Fagan & Co rate a fit Lyons in the midfield well ahead of several that are popular on here. Providing JL is fit and close to his best, I am confident he will line up so get ready for some melts on here.
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However, you should read my post 1364 on page 55.
You may actually want to vote for someone else
.Total - Dev 15, Lyons 4, Tunstall 3
I got suckered in to Dev because I thought we were talking about he and Lyons only.So far only 4 posters have selected Jarrod Lyons.
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However, you should read my post 1364 on page 55.
You may actually want to vote for someone else
Total - Dev 15, Lyons 4, Tunstall 3
So I'd like to change my vote to Ah Chee. Just to get him somewhere into the conversation.
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Done
You do realize by choosing Ah Chee, both Dev & Lyons do not make the team.
Total - Dev 14, Lyons 4, Tunstill 2, Ah Chee 1.
Seems reasonable.
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JL has played some amazing football for our club but a lot of posters seem to forget about that but vividly remember the second half of last season where he obviously under performed while carrying an injury. I sincerely hope he gets back to full fitness and does a Teddy Whitten to all of the ones here who have written him off.
Haven't seen many writing him off. Not from my take reading the last few pages. Even those who think that Dev should get a run ahead of him this season acknowledge that a fully fit JL would probably be a nose ahead in the pecking order. It's a tight race, with a lot for the match panel to consider.
But why wouldn't the last half of the last season be vivid in supporters minds? Of course it would be.
ML noone's writing him off . Everyone appreciates what he's done for the club.
I think most are just wondering whether he can get back to what he was considering what he's been through.
But we hope he does.
I don't think anyone wants a fight about it.
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Just to add to this, from my reading a lot of the people leaving Lyons out of their teams are doing so on the basis of team balance rather than JL’s actual ability.
Nobody is bashing him and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that there is potentially 4 better pure midfielders at the club than JL. Originally I had Dev in the 22 for team balance reasons but realised if I’m doing that then I might as well have Tunstill instead as he’s more suited to the wing.
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While not as legendary as the infamous "No" thread there is a slight tendency around here to keep certain things in mind
edit - sorry to lioninthesand ... to anyone else new to said thread read to at least post #23
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They could have used one of my other 2 photos.
At least the other 2 were easier to read.
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It just depends on the opposition we face that will decide who gets that final spot in our lineup now.
What I will say though is Ashcroft is 100% ahead of Robertson and Lyons already will his ability now and long-term potential as well cause it might only be 2 or 3 intra club games in, but my gosh we have a future legend at our club for the next 15-20 years.
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The reason I don't have Lyons in my default team was that he was presented around here as him and Neale doing the same role and that was unbalancing the midfield mix. Given a choice between the two I would naturally go for Neale. With Dunkley being added and the, at least in words, greater emphasis on team defence his relative lack of defensive run made for a second strike.
There may be different ways to setup a midfield (of course there are) and we didn't spend all of those years taunting the Suns for letting us have Lyons because we thought he was a spud and without him we wouldn't have grown the way we did (and in all likelihood not gained the same trade-ins that that led to) and of course the recency bias of both Lyons limping and wanting Dev to get on both lead to a lower than previous chance of him being picked from a fan perpective.
I love our attack but I have always hated playing glass cannons in games so have a natural propensity towards a more balanced engine room.
I won't be melting if Lyons is picked but he is in that group of players that I will probably notice what he does wrong more than what he does right (actually I never really notice him at games and only know how he is going on the basis of comments on here)
There may be different ways to setup a midfield (of course there are) and we didn't spend all of those years taunting the Suns for letting us have Lyons because we thought he was a spud and without him we wouldn't have grown the way we did (and in all likelihood not gained the same trade-ins that that led to) and of course the recency bias of both Lyons limping and wanting Dev to get on both lead to a lower than previous chance of him being picked from a fan perpective.
I love our attack but I have always hated playing glass cannons in games so have a natural propensity towards a more balanced engine room.
I won't be melting if Lyons is picked but he is in that group of players that I will probably notice what he does wrong more than what he does right (actually I never really notice him at games and only know how he is going on the basis of comments on here)
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People still say 'lolz'?
It’s an interesting mix with those coloured magnets.
Wonder if Tunstill, Prior, and Wilmot are playing off for one wing spot R1.
Think it’d be unlikely, though not impossible, 2/3 make the best 22.
It’s already a strong 22 on paper but add in Zorko, Payne, Gardiner, and Gunston = beautiful.
