Preview Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans, Friday June 16, 7:50pm, Gabba

[mattsmob]

I don't think lohmann will be returning to the team.

Based on form or the structure we usually keep?

 

[Dalions]

I don't necessarily disagree, and I think against a team with an undermanned defence like Sydney it would probably work well.

My concern is what happens when we get to playing the likes of Melbourne and Collingwood. If we go in undersized it gives May/Lever/Moore licence to zone off and do what they like.

Yes I know we aren't playing Melbourne or Collingwood tomorrow night. But in my mind we need to start developing a plan which stands up in September. So whilst I agree that going a bit smaller would be quite exciting, I think we'd find once we got figured out it would hamper our ball movement between the arcs.

As we did earlier in the year I reckon we are likely to play Fort against Melbourne anyway.

 

[Dalions]

 

[CarterS]

I've been following footy a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a situation where a player has gone to the coach and dropped themselves because of form.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Prior was probably cooked from covering Rich tbh

Can't remember when but there was a passage of play where Prior (Back pocket) shanked a kick to Rich (Half back), resulting in a turnover because A) Prior's kick was crap and B) Rich was too slow to cover his mistake.

So no, he wasn't covering Rich, he was just as shocking.

 

[Section 5]

Left this thread on page 6 while my sister and i had lunch at Wynnum.
Came back and noticed it was up to page 14 so knew something was up.

I thought BF posters would have been over the moon about the announcement, but it is BF after all.
How or why the decision came about is not important in regard to the next 6 rounds.

Squad wise we now have Adams out for the season, Gunston & Rich unavailable for say 5+ weeks.
Apart from McCluggage our injury list is small, and we need to keep it that way for a while. Hope our luck does not run out.

Only 40 minutes to the squad announcement.
You would expect a bit more pace added and some added marking ability up forward.
Most likely a tall forward but could be someone that takes a good grab and applies pressure.

 

[KissKiss]

As we did earlier in the year I reckon we are likely to play Fort against Melbourne anyway.

I agree we would think that. But just maybe we should practice that plan before then

 

[Tom14]

I've been following footy a long time and I don't think I've ever seen a situation where a player has gone to the coach and dropped themselves because of form.

Jack Watts: Watts solid in VFL after 'dropping himself' before Hawks clash

 

[Tom14]

Based on form or the structure we usually keep?

Structure. We'll no doubt pick Fort instead of Gunston, Fletcher replaces Prior, Kiddy Rich, and Zorko in for clug.

 

[trikster]

Lohmann in also

 

[Squizz89]

5 changes would have to be close to the record in Fages’ time?

3KZ is Football Xmas has come early. Gunston, Rich and Gardiner all out on the same day Lester comes back in.

 

[Sproj]

So Fletcher for Prior you’d imagine and in my opinion that is 100% the right call.

I am not sure we’ll see Prior in the first team again, he was just putrid against Hawthorn.

 

[Sproj]

Wow! Go Fagan! This is what needed to happen, this makes the statement that has been needing to be made.

 

[Tom14]

Structure. We'll no doubt pick Fort instead of Gunston, Fletcher replaces Prior, Kiddy Rich, and Zorko in for clug.

Zorko didn’t get up by the looks of it. Dizzy injured again as well.

Must be youngest team we’ve put out for a while?

 

[Nathan Barley]

No Zorko

 

[Dalions]

Wow, statement made

 

[Sproj]

No Zork?

 

[Elixuh]

Zorko didn’t get up by the looks of it. Dizzy injured again as well.

Must be youngest team we’ve put out for a while?

Yup

 

[Nathan Barley]

So we've got an extra forward and one less mid?

Might need Rayner and Bailey to spend more midfield time unfortunately

 

[Squizz89]

Heeney & Buddy out. Who actually plays forward for them atm? I know the backline has been decimated previously as well.

 

[Dalions]

So we've got an extra forward and one less mid?

Might need Rayner and Bailey to spend more midfield time unfortunately

All out attack

 

[Dalions]

So we've got an extra forward and one less mid?

Might need Rayner and Bailey to spend more midfield time unfortunately

They might give Berry more of a run in there?

 

[Dalions]

Interesting that they have noted Gardiner as Injured.
Wonder if that one is a soft drop?

 

[vic_LION]

Hope Ah Chee's the sub

 

[briztoon]

5 changes would have to be close to the record in Fages’ time? 3KZ is Football Xmas has come early. Gunston, Rich and Gardiner all out on the same day Lester comes back in.

Guess Fagan really took note of that email.