Brisbane Lions Reserves 2012 #2

[Mr Ripper]

Tough day at the office for the undermanned Lions. Will fall to second place and face Southport next week barring a miracle Redland win in Darwin. Liked Billy Longer's last quarter.

 

[irish]

Tough day at the office for the undermanned Lions. Will fall to second place and face Southport next week barring a miracle Redland win in Darwin. Liked Billy Longer's last quarter.

what was the score ?

 

[Haso]

 

[Hollow Knight]

Kevin Murray was there from the start, so I am not sure what the article is getting at there.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Obviously things started to improve after I left then...

 

[piari]

Boys tried hard but it was the battle between the boys and the men that made the difference.

Felt really sorry for Todd - tried hard but overran the ball and kicked a beautiful pass into the forward line - straight to a Swans player though. Didnt seem to be able to get near the ball or read the play - might have been the wind though - it was very swirly.

Pat K at full forward was a change - he is a good player but needs to be able to run to the fall - he was muscled out a bit but still managed

Bartlett could be a very good player - he needs to be paired up with Blacky to be taught the fundamentals of clearing the ball from the centre - he moved well though.

Longer was jumping very high at the centre - still needs work on his second phase - very small criticism though.

Clarke and McKeever were solid at the back neither dominating - they were on smaller opponents some of the time - few mismatches.

Had no idea who the fill ups were but they all gave it a red hot go - physically they were beaten but not for courage - well done boys.

 

[PattyKwasagun]

Had a mate who was there who said Cal was close to our BOG today, and played one of his much better games for the club. Accurate at all? He's been known to be a bit biased towards Bartlett in the past, so just thought I'd see if he's on the money or not.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Cal started really well but he went missing in the third. I left at 3 quarter time so I don't know how he finished the game off.

 

[piari]

Cal wasnt the worst by far but he just needs to be taught the smarts at stoppages - 2 years off wouldnt have helped.

Hawk & Stiller did the od good thing - not a lot of teamwork as the make ups struggled in that department.

Lots of god things from the performance though.

Buchanan is pretty well gone - just too long a season for him.

 

[Tassie4ever]

Outmuscled and outskilled.

Longer outstanding- the best from him that I've seen anyway. Bartlett tried hard but ran out of puff- why he seems to still be lacking a bit here so late in the season is a bit of a mystery. Nevertheless will still be very handy next year.

Michael and Clarke the best of the rest. Of concern, Karnezis went missing against strong opposition- again. Needs to be much harder in the contest.

Missed Cornelius badly. Banfield an absolute shocker- tried hard but his confidence has disappeared just about completely.

 

[piari]

Liked the way that the injured captain was coaching the forwards - well done Retzy.

New scoreboard is a real improvement.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

 

[Jorgo]

Yup sadly I think this might be the case

 

[PattyKwasagun]

Yup sadly I think this might be the case

Even if that does eventuate, it's been brilliant having a very successful side to go an watch every week after how both the seniors and the reserves performed last season.

 

[whizkizz]

Buchanan finished the game with an ice pack on one knee (I think his right), and an ice back on his thigh (left I think). Agree with piari that he's probably gone.

I thought Longer was our best, but that may be because of my expectation of him. I didn't expect to see much from him, being a first year player and tiring towards the end of the season. Clunked some good marks however, was a handy 'get the hell out of defense' card.

Stiller had a blinder of a last quarter.

Banfield stank. Amazing to think that I watched this little red head running around in the curtain-raisers at the Gabba in 2009, a class above the reserves then. Ball doesn't bounce up for him, doesn't run to the right places, has no confidence. May have only had 1 touch to three quarter time, managed to get a little bit of the pill late in the game, laid a couple of tackles, but his confidence is shot. His form line now is very Sherman like, the reason for it is a mystery though.

Liked Bartlett's game (not sure I'd say he was BOG though), did some nice things. I'm hopeful he gets a game before the seasons out, but I'm afraid it may be too late. Just can't see who's place he can take.

Karny and Hawksley seemed to get into the game when the sting was out of the contest (in the last). Hard for Karny though, being left in the forward line when the ball rarely got down there.

Midfield got smashed, not having 'regulars' Green, Beams, Polec etc in there probably hurt too much. Wayyyy too many top-ups out there.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Hawksley's speckie in the 3rd Q was pretty good.

 

[Ray Button]

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Liked Bartlett's game (not sure I'd say he was BOG though), did some nice things. I'm hopeful he gets a game before the seasons out, but I'm afraid it may be too late. Just can't see who's place he can take.

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Possibly get a game as a sub, just to get a look at the higher level?

 

[POBT]

Possibly get a game as a sub, just to get a look at the higher level?

As much as possible, I'd like to reward the 22 blokes who played in the seniors on the weekend.

 

[Dylan12]

Considering Drummond was an emergency, did he play in the ressies?

 

[LION UP]

Considering Drummond was an emergency, did he play in the ressies?

Nope

 

[PattyKwasagun]

Considering Drummond was an emergency, did he play in the ressies?

Played the first half.

EDIT: (I think?)

 

[Jorgo]

Played the first half.

EDIT: (I think?)

Nope, did not play.

 

[Sammy94]

Do you guys believe that in three weeks time if we make the gf we will play harwood,lisle, green and crisp? Or just give 'em a spell until the start of pre season. Don't reckon they'll play harwood and green but may play lisle and crisp.
This is only if they hold their spot in the senior team.

 

[PattyKwasagun]

Nope, did not play.

That's what I meant...

 

[Jorgo]

Do you guys believe that in three weeks time if we make the gf we will play harwood,lisle, green and crisp? Or just give 'em a spell until the start of pre season. Don't reckon they'll play harwood and green but may play lisle and crisp.
This is only if they hold their spot in the senior team.

From the sounds of it we're not trying very hard to get to the GF, in fact we might be trying to do the opposite... so might not be a problem...