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  1. blynd_freddie

    Preview Round 24: BigFooty Preview – Brisbane Lions v St Kilda

    THE STORY SO FAR… R1 L by -54pts – LIONS 11-6:72 def by PTA 18-18:126 R2 W by 11pts – LIONS 14-9:93 def MEL 13-4:82 R3 L by –14pts – LIONS 7-11:53 def by WBD 10-7:67 R4 W by 33pts - LIONS 18-8:116 def COL 11-17:83 R5 W by 75pts - LIONS 22-20-152 def NTH 12-5:77 R6 W by...
  2. blynd_freddie

    Preview 2018 ~ Round 9, Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn, Gabba

    Weather: 25C - Mostly sunny. Slight (30%) chance of a shower. Light winds. The More Things Change… Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journalist, and novelist, born in Paris (24 November 1808 – 29 September 1890), and educated at the Collège Bourbon, [weren’t we ALL?] became a...
  3. blynd_freddie

    Competitions 2016 Brisbane Lions - BigFooty QUIZ - CLOSED

    the 2016 BIGFOOTY Quiz Welcome to 2016 and with it, the 2016 BIGFOOTY Quiz – The honour board now reads: 2008 - Khan 2009 - western royboy 2010 – The Flying Belgian 2011 – whatboutbob 2012 – cotter101 2013 – BigCat2 2014 – Scubaveg 2015 – Skoob 2016 - ??? God help us should Skoob...
  4. blynd_freddie

    Competitions 2015 Lions BigFooty Quiz

    BIGFOOTY QUIZ - 2015 Welcome to 2015 and with it, the 2015 BIG FOOTY Quiz – and trophy. As you would recall Scubaveg achieved greatness last year – who will it be this year? The honour board now reads: 2008 - Khan 2009 - western royboy 2010 - The Flying Belgian 2011 - whatboutbob 2012 -...
  5. blynd_freddie

    Analysis Explosive Pace at the Lions...

    Okay – I thought it might be worth giving this topic a life of its own but away from the original Cian Hanley roster watch thread. In between the inevitable derailing’s we might be able to squeeze in some sort discussion/clarification on clarifying a couple of footy terms that are regularly...
  6. blynd_freddie

    MRP / Trib. Merrett incident Rnd3 2014 versus GCS

    Sorry to 'double dip' but thought worth a separate thread for discussion? Not condoning but also not shutting my eyes/mind to a possible cause and effect in this incident. I agree it looks bad but... might one be able to suggest that if the force used by Merrett was LESS THAN the...
  7. blynd_freddie

    Competitions 2014 - Lions BigFooty Quiz

    BIGFOOTY QUIZ - 2014 Acknowledgment/praise goes to @Grimreepar whose BigFooty quiz’s were ALWAYS TripleA, having said that, let’s hope my Triple B… BIGGER – BRIGHTER & BOLDER… is able to continue the tradition. So, as Grim would say… Welcome back, and well done to BigCat2 for taking out the...
  8. blynd_freddie

    Opinion Expressions of interest - 2014 Quiz

    Grim - are there any plans for a 2014 Quiz? Mods - do know the answer to Q1? Grim/Mods - if the answer both Q1 & Q2 is No - would you like me to reinvent the wheel of fortune? Punters... Do you want a 2014 quiz?
  9. blynd_freddie

    Universal Love 2013 - Lions Fancast series - by round

    I think these Fancasts have been a great inclusion to my weekly footy fill - great work by Dom Fay & Michael Whiting and kudos to the club for the weekly player access. Rnd - 01 - Rnd - 02 - Rnd - 03 - Rnd - 04 - Rnd - 05 -
  10. blynd_freddie

    Good footy brains...

    The above is from ‘PK’s 2012 Player highlights thread – that I wish not to derail… So true brother sean! I’m going to grab that ‘footy brains’ baton and run with it… running left, no really… way left - going to go so bloody way left field that if it was a geographical point on the earth it...
  11. blynd_freddie

    2012 Preview Writer - vacancies!

    Hi All, Seeking expressions of interest for the job of PREVIEW WRITER, Rnds 21 v ADE and Rnd 23 v WBD - both Gabba home games for the Lions... Who knows the effect on the players who do read your preview may find it just the combatant tonic that allows them to get us over the line and into the...
  12. blynd_freddie

    2012 NAB Cup Round 1 - official preseason PREVIEW

    NAB CUP - Round1 bc36b302c1 Direct link for those on mobile devices Squads BRISBANE LIONS 2. Ryan Harwood, 3. Sam Sheldon, 4. Jared Polec, 5. Billy Longer, 6. Joshua Green, 7. Jed Adcock, 8. Bryce Retzlaff, 9. Ashley McGrath, 11. Pearce Hanley, 12. James Hawksley, 16. Jonathan Brown...
  13. blynd_freddie

    Pubs and Footy -"Best seats in the house"

    A delightful article from John Mangan in todays Age about a couple of inner suburban pubs that I’m sure a few of the Melbourne based have fond and/or foggy memories of. With September and finals footy just around the corner I look forward again to the old Melb tradition of heading out with a few...
  14. blynd_freddie

    Less games in Melb from 2011?

    With the suggestion of 4 North games in Hobart – Lions away games? Two in Tassie? One Perth One in Adelaide One in Sydney One in Geelong And one ‘away’ game at the Gabba vs GC17 11 away games? with the possibility of only 4 Melbourne games? Waiting for...
  15. blynd_freddie

    Fitness Vs Skill Levels

    Must say I think Voss might be establishing one of the fittest squads in the comp. The following is a bit of a dogs dinner of thoughts that some may wish discuss over the remainder of the weekend. IIRC there was some discussion last year of ‘the hardest preseason ever’ with opinions...
  16. blynd_freddie

    Do the Lions overdo the nepotism thing?

    From Football Department Watch - pg 14 Nepotism may be useful in this instance BrownDog, notably with Laurie Serafini’s who is a current director on the Lions board who specialises in Executive Sports Recruitment. LINK The salary available will most likely dictate the level of...
  17. blynd_freddie

    2009 MidYear [split round] discussion thread.

    As there is no Lions game/preview discussion thread this week, I thought I’d offer an observational discussion thread for this week. To date our win loss ratio is 7:5 with a For and Against percentage of 105.33. Our quarter by quarter running total scores so far this year are...
  18. blynd_freddie

    Luke Power – fined for ump contact.

    Luke Power was today *charged for negligent contact with an ump. *A fine of $1950 if he pleads guilty or $2600 if he unsuccessfully challenges. Can anybody please explain to me why the Police, Fireman, SES, builders, couriers, lolly pop road crossing supervisors, even bloody TAC and VFL...
  19. blynd_freddie

    Reality Bites

    Ok a couple of games dropped, yeah I’m p!ssed off like most supporters but give the guys, coaches, club some credit. We are in the 8 for goodness sake, we still have the chance, a bloody good chance of making the finals. The AFL have got a fair bit right so far as an even competition is...
  20. blynd_freddie

    Is Peripheral vision – Learnt or inherent?

    An interesting subject and well worth revisiting. This article from last year Link Some people have the ability to learn another language, yes I remember the French word for please isn’t it “silver-plate”? Similarly I believe some players are born with the ability to learn and refine their...
  21. blynd_freddie

    Alcohol free Challenge - from Lethal

    LINK Great to see the Lions attempting to set an example – Surely if players are wanting to be a truly professional athlete and are attempting to get the very best out of themselves personally and as part of a team, where’s the problem?
  22. blynd_freddie

    2007 - The year that was...

    Just a quick stroll down memory lane with a couple of my highlights of 2007 some on-field, some off. Please add one or two of yours… The Great Jumper “discussion” - As always the perennial “great debate” over the aptly named clash jumper was colorfully discussed ALL year. From its...
  23. blynd_freddie

    Linked to Brisbane Lions – according to Matt Burgan

    An interesting view from someone who is generally close to the mark. Guess we now just wait for Saturday's actual selections. http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=53455 Selected: #8-Henderson, #25-Whitecross, #41-Mayne, #52-Austin, #56-Hill Linked/considered if...
  24. blynd_freddie

    Chris Johnson announces retirement...

    Did I hear correctly on SEN just then?????? Can anybody confirm please !
  25. blynd_freddie

    Define irony....

    In the past, to define irony, I have painted a picture using a scene from Con Air…. with "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd playing in the background actor Steve Buscemi in the role of Garland Greene asks, Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a...
  26. blynd_freddie

    Selwood a true Roy Boy

    A quick browse on the portal link and found a nice fluffy story and a pic that brought a little tear to my eye. :thumbsu: Link GO (heritage) ROYS!
  27. blynd_freddie

    A sneek look @ Lions new AFL site

    As has already suggested on Main Board http://prod.www.lions.cfour.com.au/ A look at their updated layout.
  28. blynd_freddie

    The New Five Elements of FOOTY

    The Plagiarists Post Sat. 10th. February 2007 By I’m not Hammo (grimreepah):eek: Recent hearsay forwarded by a fly on the wall. Sitting near a possible leaking tap at the Chalk, was someone who may have looked like an A-F-L bigwig. What I believe he was thinking about was the A-F-L’s new...
  29. blynd_freddie

    Freddie’s Hypothetical

    Chez thanks again for your photos and observations, :thumbsu: Does this shed you mention, contain a white board and cattle prod? :eek: Of the 39 players that pulled on the jumper last year only 14 players registered 10 or more scoring shots, with 6 of these players accuracy less than a...

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