Brisbane needs help

[Merdel]

Quick, someone make a ''North Melbourne needs help'' thread because Brisbane are about to beat them

 

[MSB ROYS]

Quick, someone make a ''North Melbourne needs help'' thread because Brisbane are about to beat them

Tried our best to lose though!

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Can someone make another one of these? IIRC the last time this sort of thread was made we beat St. Kilda.

 

[djrossie16]

umpires need help

 

[hench]

"Brad Scott needs help"

 

[whatboutbob]

Great point. Homesickness is a convenient excuse rolled out when a player wants to leave a club that's not doing well. In Headland's case he was going to be fifth wheel in close to the best midfield the game has seen. Fremantle offered him more security as a top line player. Once he got the premiership medal, it was a no-brainer to head to another club. We've benefited from it (Gunston) as well as being on the losing end (Jarman, Allan, McPharlin).

Yeeeeah, about that...Headland played 20 games in 2001 and another 20 in 2002 - considerably less than what he averaged at Freo. Does that fit your definition of insecure?

 

[whatboutbob]

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Yeeeeah, about that...Headland played 20 games in 2001 and another 20 in 2002 - considerably less than what he averaged at Freo. Does that fit your definition of insecure?

He was excellent that year but was still going to be fifth wheel in a superb midfield. What he ended up playing at Fremantle is moot - point was Brisbane were blessed with great players in the midfield. Not dissimilar to Hawthorn noting being able to fit Josh Kennedy into a midfield of Mitchell, Sewell, Lewis and Hodge.

 

[Beasley]

Sadly that is how it is up here.
Apart from diehard fans no one in Queensland cares about aerial ping pong..This is is usually said with a dismissive smirk by rugby league stalwarts who dispise our game.
If you live in any other state but NSW you have honestly no idea what it is like up here.
That includes you fat Eddie.you who took any support we had away.
Hope Pies never win another flag in your lifetime you self centred %&-+

I dunno what you Lions fans are squealing about. FFS, you have won three premierships!
Take a moment to think how Bulldogs, Demons and Saints supporters feel.

 

[Dom PC]

He was excellent that year but was still going to be fifth wheel in a superb midfield. What he ended up playing at Fremantle is moot - point was Brisbane were blessed with great players in the midfield. Not dissimilar to Hawthorn noting being able to fit Josh Kennedy into a midfield of Mitchell, Sewell, Lewis and Hodge.

You make it sound like he was a goalkeeper being played as a striker. He had career best statistics at the Lions... not sure your hitting the mark by suggesting what your suggesting. Maybe try again via another angle

 

[Ceebee]

I dunno what you Lions fans are squealing about. FFS, you have won three premierships!
Take a moment to think how Bulldogs, Demons and Saints supporters feel.

Got nothing to do with it.you live in Victoria.The discussion was about the disinterest in Afl in Queensland and how we appear to have been forgotten by the head honchos.
Of course I feel for those clubs.Never thought we would win one let alone three.so we have been blessed by an awesome team.
My better half is a Bulldogs fan.he is just resigned to never winning another flag .sadly.

 

[Plugger_87]

Can somebody please change the thread title to Saints need help

 

[harmesy 37]

Got nothing to do with it.you live in Victoria.The discussion was about the disinterest in Afl in Queensland and how we appear to have been forgotten by the head honchos.
Of course I feel for those clubs.Never thought we would win one let alone three.so we have been blessed by an awesome team.
My better half is a Bulldogs fan.he is just resigned to never winning another flag .sadly.

Don't worry....The Bulldogs is one of the AFL's preferred teams, so I am sure they are working on this as we speak. "Equalisation" or the transferance of funds from Carlton, Richmond and Geelong to the Bulldogs will be in process next year. There is hope for the Bulldogs.

With Brisbane winning on the weekend and with them having a better team than Carlton's I started to ponder do I want Carlton's funds to be transferred more to Brisbane or to North Melbourne. I think it is about $350,000 Carlton is donating next year. Maybe Carlton supporters can vote on whether they want say

1) $250,000 to Brisbane, $100,000 to North
2) $350,000 to Brisbane or
3) $150,000 to North, $100,000 Bulldogs, $100,000 to Melbourne.

It would be nice to have more of a say in the transferance of Carlton's assets in the name of "equalisation"...or "equalisation for some, not for others".

 

[Football Pope]

I dunno what you Lions fans are squealing about. FFS, you have won three premierships!
Take a moment to think how Bulldogs, Demons and Saints supporters feel.

Yeah sad..The AFL doesn't recognize the 8 VFL flags won by Fitzroy as part of the merger ....It only includes the 3 AFL flags post merger...If the AFL are out to make all things even under "equalization" then logically the start date of AFL premierships should be from 1990. and remove all VFL flags the AFL premierships would look like this.....

Adelaide 2, Brisbane 3, Carlton 1, Collingwood 2, Essendon 2, Fremantle 0, Geelong 3, Gold Coast 0, GWS 0, Hawthorn 3, Melbourne 0, North 2,
Port 1, Richmond 0, St.Kilda 0, Sydney 2, West Coast 3, Western Bulldogs 0,

 

[Freomaniac]

One of the greatest teams 10-15 years ago. Now they have hit rock bottom. Many teams struggle and struggle for so many years. Teams like Hawthorn, Sydney, Collingwood, and Geelong will continue to have success. This better change in a few years time.

Sadly brisbane kicked 2.5.17

 

[Freomaniac]

Make no mistake, they are the worst team in the competition at the moment.
They have issues off the field and on the field. Administration is a joke, their leader is out injured, probably never to return, support is down, crowds are down, profits are unheard of.

Brisbane is just as an important market as Sydney in the grand scheme of things and everyone loves the Fitzroy Lions - the competition is better off to have that link to them, it needs it I believe.

If Sydney deserves a "COLA" then Brisbane surely deserve some extra help as well. Yes a lot of their predicament is their own doing (see poor admin) but in the interests of a strong competition it isn't good for any team to be like Brisbane is right now

When I thought of Brisbanes horrible game on the weekend, I thought of your thread

 

[RUNVS]

If Brisbane got the help they needed 4 years ago they might not be in the position they are in now. Unfortunately because the AFL did nothing they are in exactly the same position they were in 4 years ago.

 

[snooplions]

The past weekend was an abberation from a young team who had been up for three weeks but had a down game that happened to be against the reigning premiers. We did nearly beat Port at AO a week prior. If a similarly bad result happens again this week against the GC at the Gabba then sure, fire away. But I am extremely confident this Richmond game will not be viewed as an accurate reflection of us by seasons end.

 

[Power Raid]

The past weekend was an abberation from a young team who had been up for three weeks but had a down game that happened to be against the reigning premiers. We did nearly beat Port at AO a week prior. If a similarly bad result happens again this week against the GC at the Gabba then sure, fire away. But I am extremely confident this Richmond game will not be viewed as an accurate reflection of us by seasons end.

there's no doubt the Lions are on the rise but if the AFL is truly serious about expansion and the Qld market, they shouldn't have sat on their hands for so long.

QOLA should have and should be a thing. It worked for Sydney and demonstrates sustained investment is required before dividends are paid.

 

[spotthedog1]

Nah, the AFL is still generally pleased by the state of football in QLD. We're exactly where they want us to be. They're probably rather us get about 6 wins a year so there wouldn't be as many questions, but really, they're fine with it.

We're still stuffed. Things won't change under the current rules. We were hurt by previous administrations, and GC/GWS entry (more than other teams due to our ladder position), and now we're in the middle of our third rebuild without really getting anyway. Two years, then Beams Zorko Martin all retire, then back down for a fourth rebuild.

All the "young, promising list" and "on the up" is just sales tactics. We're still stuffed. The club's just getting better at putting out a positive message.

 

[iBeng]

We screwed ya'll!

 

[Ned_Flanders]

The past weekend was an abberation from a young team who had been up for three weeks but had a down game that happened to be against the reigning premiers. We did nearly beat Port at AO a week prior. If a similarly bad result happens again this week against the GC at the Gabba then sure, fire away. But I am extremely confident this Richmond game will not be viewed as an accurate reflection of us by seasons end.

The scoreboard was horrid, but the lions are improving. Just a bad day, and imo you guys have turned the corner

 

[Power Raid]

Nah, the AFL is still generally pleased by the state of football in QLD. We're exactly where they want us to be. They're probably rather us get about 6 wins a year so there wouldn't be as many questions, but really, they're fine with it.

We're still stuffed. Things won't change under the current rules. We were hurt by previous administrations, and GC/GWS entry (more than other teams due to our ladder position), and now we're in the middle of our third rebuild without really getting anyway. Two years, then Beams Zorko Martin all retire, then back down for a fourth rebuild.

All the "young, promising list" and "on the up" is just sales tactics. We're still stuffed. The club's just getting better at putting out a positive message.

Port and the Lions demise after the 2001-2004 period and last gasps of squeezing out success in 05-07 without success meant a rebuild starting in 08. 2009 was the birth of Gold Coast, followed by the Giants, meant slim picking were to be had by rebuilding through the draft. This compounded the two respective clubs off field dramas with poor management.

Port were lucky to survive and some devious foul play by people very close Port, screwing the SANFL, was the only reason it survived. If Port found it hard in an established market, what chance did the Lions have in an emerging market?

Good luck by the way, the lions will have some good years ahead.

 

[iBeng]

SANFL is a superior level to NEAFL, something which holds us back I suspect. And of course we lost our 5 infamous players who, if out there for us today, apart from Longer, would have made a big difference.

 

[Hollow Knight]

SANFL is a superior level to NEAFL, something which holds us back I suspect. And of course we lost our 5 infamous players who, if out there for us today, apart from Longer, would have made a big difference.

Yeah, if only Karnezis was still here...