Review Round 10, 2025 - Brisbane Lions vs. Narrm

[GenericUsername202]

I can’t believe people can’t call it for what it is. It’s a premiership hangover. We have been saved by 2 quarters efforts, but we’ve only been able to play one 4 quarter game this season. The premiership window tells you that we’ve become a lot lazier and when the game was on the line, we only had a pressure rating of 118 today. If fagan doesn’t get the boys motivated, then this season will fall apart really quickly. Look at the game, and you will see that our players have lost the hunger. I said it weeks ago, but we won’t win the premiership with the way we’re playing, but if we keep this up, we won’t even win a final.

 

[TS13]

Woeful effort from the team again, becoming a bit one dimensional and predictable in the middle as well. Doesn't help when we get smashed in clearances again.

Did Answerth hit a single target by foot today? I know it's not his game, but come on...

 

[MSB ROYS]

Why no replay of that point to Morris that people thought as a goal? Be interesting to see if it gets buried if it as a goal.

 

[braddsey]

Thank you Fort. Useless

Odd post of you’re blaming Fort for that loss. He was up against the best ruckman in the league, and far from the worst Lion today.

 

[mpal6]

Too much x factor and less blue collar grunt at the moment.

Effort just isn't there and we have a tough run of games coming up.

 

[davemc_lions]

What was the game plan the same again every time against the Demons
Kick it to Gawn and May.

 

[briztoon]

A lot of our players play like they just expect things to happen and go our way. To few putting in the defensive efforts required across the team.

Need the team that played Gold Coast to show back up.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Cal Ah Chee putting together some very poor footy 4 of the last 5 weeks. Moving back to sub/2s territory

 

[Brizzys Squizzy]

Not surprised by the result tonight, had that feeling couple weeks ago that we'll have a bad month or so just not working hard enough on the defensive side of our game at the moment, history shows can't beat the hawks so another loss next week. Reckon the bye can't come quick enough. Blokes like Cameron, Rayner, achee, simply aren't getting involved either.

 

[LoganMorrisFan]

Not going to overreact and say we can't win it. Fages has shown he can get the boys up when it matters. Worrying effort for most of the season though

 

[pod17]

I’d hoped last week was the wake up call we needed. Two weeks of clearance domination, and doing exactly what this board said not to - putting it down Gawn’s throat!!

 

[spotthedog1]

Mentally weak.

We should win this, so we don't need to try.
We are 20 points up so we can coast.

We were the better team on the day, but you will be challenged, and we were, and we just assumed it'd come good. Effort and pressure not there.

Deserve what we got. Drop one or two for next week. Put the team on notice that effort is non-negotiable.

 

[Tom14]

Dizzy good. That’s it.

I’d be stunned if we won a final.

 

[martinson]

Need to ask some of the boys how much they want it. Had an easy draw to cover some very poor efforts

The evidence is now overwhelming that the mindset isn't right. Doesn't mean we can't correct it but to get it to the level we had last year is getting unrealistic

It's been gradually dropping off as well.

Very poor performance and effort there today against a team that was coughing it up worse than us and was there for the taking. Our last quarter was a comlpete shocker.

 

[Coastal Lion]

Lachie and Will need to have more of defensive mindset in games they are both great players but the last few weeks they have been poor at stages in this aspect of the game we win when we dominate threw the middle....where is the pressure tackling that was on display against St kilda and the Suns?

I struggled to give votes this week Diz
Suitcase 1st half
Mckenna
Bailey
Morris

 

[The Zork]

Can’t rely on playing an off game and then automatically expecting a lift the next week.
Bombing long is not working. Backline just look so easy to get a kick on at the moment. Andrews looks as slow as a treacle. More so than usual.

Pants firmly pulled down:
Fort
Andrews

 

[Tom14]

Once again lucky that it wasn’t worse:

 

[Bosh Jootsma]

Harris looked to have been thrown forward late to no effect?

May takes an intercept 10m infront of him and he’s covering the inside 45, of course the next kick was down the line to a Gawn contested pack mark, would have been nice to have Harris there…

 

[mpal6]

Well I don't think anyone's surprised are they ?

We've been flirting with our form and lacking intensity for periods during games all year.

How we respond against Hawthorn at the MCG could well tell us whether we're up or it or not.

It'll be a slaughter based on current form.

Our midfield needs a change up. Can't carry Neale, Ashcroft in the same area. Too much ball winning and not a lot of defending going on. Will collects a lazy 30 disposals but hurt factor is questionable.

 

[Harris Specter]

When the forward line of Cameron, Lohmann, Rayner, Ah Chee and Bailey combine for 5 tackles in a game. Just shows they don’t want to dig in. Charlie needs to be dropped to send a statement

 

[Paul Mac]

I said the same thing last week and unfortunately i have to say the same thing this week. Jack Payne do not be pass the ball 15 metres in our defensive 50 please, especially in last quarter. Again stick to the basics and kick the ball 50 metres down the line.

 

[jonnobackpocket]

Hope they enjoyed the flag last year because they not getting another one.

 

[Nathan Barley]

It's been gradually dropping off as well.

Very poor performance and effort there today against a team that was coughing it up worse than us and was there for the taking. Our last quarter was a comlpete shocker.

7 out of 10 games we've been well below our best and clearly a mindset issue. Can we find that extra level we did last year? Very hard to get to giving 110% when you're giving less than 50 most weeks

 

[3KZ is Football]

We are playing bruise free football. Apart from Lester and Dunkley, players happy to watch.

Answerth was putrid tonight. He was an absolute turn over machine. Payne is clearly a slow learner, because once again at a crucial stage of a game he goes the dinky idiot kick that falls apart and costs us. Complete lack of football smarts. Lester was our best defender tonight by an absolute country mile and Gardiner was our best forward (well done Dizzy) - that speaks volumes.

McCluggage needs to go to tackling school.

 

[Mr Ripper]

It’s heeere