Section 5
Norm Smith Medallist
- Nov 26, 2018
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- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
Lions v Eagles Sunday 23rd March at 12.10pm AEST (Perth time 10.10am)
First i would like to encourage any posters that have thought of doing a "Preview" please consider having a go.
Just do the preview in your own style.
You can, but don’t have to do it all in one go and then post.
I find it easier to do it on a word document (dlanod suggestion to me way back) over a few days.
This way you can easily change things till ready to post. Then copy and paste to your post when finished.
Then do any adjustments like adding an image, giff anything else that suits your style.
Free word documents are available from Google docs and Microsoft Word
There are still 6 spots available to round 16. Give it a go.
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Bring sunscreen, hat and water as more than ½ the crowd will need it.
People in Perth can watch the game while having morning tea.
The Eagles got thrashed by the Suns in Perth and now must travel to The Gabba
No point in going over the recent years' records between the two sides. Lions have been good, Eagles bad.
This should be a guaranteed 4 premiership points to the Lions, but the boys will still have to turn up ready to play
At this early-stage Starch will miss and Lohmann only looks like missing just 1 or 2 games thank heavens.
MY CHANGES
OUT: Fort, Lohmann, Starcevich
IN..: Day, Cameron & Reville (sub).
McKenna was sub last week so he just moves to the defense 7.
POSPONED GAME
I am glad our Geelong game was postponed to round 3.
The way we played against Sydney it would have been hard to get that win against Geelong a week earlier.
Then we would be fronting up to a Swans team with that loss and that could easily have had us down 0-2
Now we should be meeting the Cats with a 2-0 record and i think that makes a difference.
EAGLES
The Eagles main 2 KPF are Allen and Waterman. They kicked an Eagles game high 2 goals each on Sunday. That being 4 of their 7 goals.
Waterman came off in the 3rd quarter so may not get up for the Lions game.
Eagles traded in Graham, Baker and Owies. Graham was their best with Baker and Owies okay.
Reid hardly sighted and Kelly looked a shadow of his Geelong days.
Their defenders got a bit of the footy but that’s because the ball was constantly in that area.
The Suns were just too slick and when you lose these stats below by a big margin you get thrashed.
H/O 77-19, H/O to advantage 20-5
Centre Clearances 16-8
Inside 50’s 67-34
Suns even won the free kicks 20-10
LIONS
We did not play well in the 1st quarter but improved as the game progressed.
Under the circumstances it was a gutsy win in the end.
The Lions story starts again before round 1 got under way. Linc does an ACL, sadly new trade recruit Days father passes away.
Prior to that cyclone Alfred restricted training and the players and family had to deal with that.
We lose Charlie before the game. Lohmann and Starcevich during the game. Still went on to win in a close encounter away from home.
When Fagan says it was a gutsy win, then it is. A few years ago, we don’t win that game.
I think overall we still have a lot of improvement to do before the round 3 Cats game.
This clash gives us a chance to improve match fitness and gameplan before we meet them the following week.
Day comes in for Fort and should relieve a little pressure on Morris, Hippy and Ah-Chee.
With Starch out McKenna's role may change slightly, but we do still have one lockdown defender in Answerth.
Wilmot is pretty versatile, and they might give him a slightly different job to do this week.
Anyone could get that sub spot, but Reville would be a good choice seeing he was named in the VFL trial game bests.
Oscar most likely has little stints in the forward line too. Just to mix it up a bit.
Andrews did not have his usual influence on the game, but he and Payne kept Amartey and McCartin to just 1 goal, so job done.
I originally thought the Eagles would tag Neale but maybe not.
They did not bother in the Suns game and i doubt it would have made any difference to the end score.
Lions' midfield of McInerney, Neale, Dunkley, McCluggage, Will & Levi Ashcroft with Rayner getting a go at some stage.
The Eagles are in trouble just on that line alone.
Berry had a great game. I predict he will be better again this year, so opposition watch out.
Will had a great debut game. Rushed his kicks a bit but so did Will in his early games.
Once he settles in, who is going to replace him and who misses out.
That's a question for another day, as Levi will start on the ground again this week.
Zorko still running around like an Energizer bunny at age 36 moving to the wing/forward area when Fletcher was having an off day.
Great that the coaches made the change. In previous years that may not have happened or taken too long to decide.
How will the game go. We are a 2 goal better side per quarter so 45–50-point win is on the cards. Could be more but will settle for that.
Long range weather forecast 29 C, a few showers under 1mm between 10am-1.00 pm.
The game is not sold out but close. Sales are very good for an Eagles game on a Sunday at midday.
Last Eagles game at the Gabba was Saturday July 1st at 1.45pm crowd 24,843.
Can’t wait to get to the game with my daughter as it will be 178 days since we saw the last game at the MCG on grand final day.
Still on days not Sam, it will be 150 days between when the LNP won the election, and they release the 100-day review recommendations and what the government decides to accept on the 25th of March.
Unveil that premiership flag for the fans. Go Lions.
