
3KZ is Football
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- Jun 17, 2008
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- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
- Other Teams
- Fitzroy Football Club
When: 7:30pm Thursday, 29 May 2025
Where: Gabba, Brisbane / Yuggera – Toorabul
Form Line:
Brisbane Lions: WWDLW
Essendon: LWWLW
Last Met:
Rd 24, 2024.
Brisbane 11.21.87 def Essendon 10.7.67
Goals: Lohmann 3, Cameron 3, Neale, Morris, Hipwood, Daniher, Bailey
Best: McCluggage, Neale, Lohmann, Ashcroft, Dunkley, Wilmot, Lester
Let’s Set the Mood – Beating Essendon is Fun!
The Game – 3KZ is Football’s Suggested Line Up
Given uncertainty about who will be available, picking the team this week from the sidelines is going to be difficult. Starcevich won’t play and I am not sure whether Coleman or McInerney will be available, so picking the team at this stage is fraught with danger. Given the opportunity to rest them for another week, in the lead up to a tough stretch in the fixture for the Lions, I am going to suggest that we will probably end up going into this game UNCHANGED. After all, our game against the Hawks was rated by Fagan as our best four quarter effort for the year and it is hard to drop players out of a side that has achieved that. That being the case, we should line up something like this:
B: Lester Payne Answerth
HB: Zorko Andrews Wilmot
C: Berry McCluggage Fletcher
HF: Bailey Hipwood Cameron
F: Ah Chee Morris Rayner
Foll: Fort Dunkley Neale
Int: Lohman W Ashcroft L Ashcroft D Gardiner
Sub D. Robertson
While I was initially skeptical about having Darcy Gardiner
in the side, I love the look of him on the interchange bench, because he gives us flexibility and can play at either end in case of an injury. I’d love to see Robertson get a bit more of a run this week and hope that he is able to demonstrate his value to the team.
As far as Essendon go, it really doesn’t matter who they select, they are going to get done like a dinner this week. I watched their last game against Richmond and it was possibly the worst game of football I’ve seen for a very long time. Against Richmond, they turned the ball over 76 times during the game, and they appeared to lack all system moving the ball inside 50. Lester, Andrews and Payne would be licking their lips at the prospect of Essendon hitting them on the chest with their appallingly bad attempts and entering their offensive 50. Fort should have an absolute field day against Goldstein and our midfield will be far too strong and importantly too clean. Essendon’s decision making under pressure is highly suspect and if we can continue to bring the tackling pressure that we brought against Hawthorn, Essendon will crack and crack early. Psychologically, I think we really need a big win to build our confidence, and I think that is what we are going to see.
Hopefully Lohmann can continue to improve, and Cameron continues to grow in confidence. Cameron's three consecutive goals in the second quarter last game really cracked the match open and getting him onto the scoresheet early will help his confidence and our chances. Bailey is having his career best year and Ah Chee is showing why he is one of the classiest and most underrated forwards in the game. If there was a Mensa for Footy IQ, Ah Chee would be in it. The same is true for Lester, Fletcher, Zorko, Neale, Berry, McCluggage and Dunkley, to name a few. Footy IQ is so important, and we have elite decision makers on every line.
Then we have the icing on the cake, the irresistible force meeting every moveable object … CAM RAYNER! If he can get going for four quarters this will be a BLOODBATH. Failing that, he might continue to tease, but he will still have a big impact. Last but not least, we have the Ashcroft boys. If ever there was a game to sit back and watch them go to town, this is it.
The Result
LIONS BY LOTS
“If it bleeds we can kill it."
Where: Gabba, Brisbane / Yuggera – Toorabul
Form Line:
Brisbane Lions: WWDLW
Essendon: LWWLW
Last Met:
Rd 24, 2024.
Brisbane 11.21.87 def Essendon 10.7.67
Goals: Lohmann 3, Cameron 3, Neale, Morris, Hipwood, Daniher, Bailey
Best: McCluggage, Neale, Lohmann, Ashcroft, Dunkley, Wilmot, Lester
Let’s Set the Mood – Beating Essendon is Fun!
The Game – 3KZ is Football’s Suggested Line Up
Given uncertainty about who will be available, picking the team this week from the sidelines is going to be difficult. Starcevich won’t play and I am not sure whether Coleman or McInerney will be available, so picking the team at this stage is fraught with danger. Given the opportunity to rest them for another week, in the lead up to a tough stretch in the fixture for the Lions, I am going to suggest that we will probably end up going into this game UNCHANGED. After all, our game against the Hawks was rated by Fagan as our best four quarter effort for the year and it is hard to drop players out of a side that has achieved that. That being the case, we should line up something like this:
B: Lester Payne Answerth
HB: Zorko Andrews Wilmot
C: Berry McCluggage Fletcher
HF: Bailey Hipwood Cameron
F: Ah Chee Morris Rayner
Foll: Fort Dunkley Neale
Int: Lohman W Ashcroft L Ashcroft D Gardiner
Sub D. Robertson
While I was initially skeptical about having Darcy Gardiner
PLAYERCARDSTART
27
Darcy Gardiner
- Age
- 29
- Ht
- 192cm
- Wt
- 91kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 12.6
- 3star
- K
- 7.4
- 3star
- HB
- 5.2
- 4star
- M
- 4.1
- 4star
- T
- 2.1
- 4star
- G
- 0.0
- 1star
- D
- 10.7
- 3star
- K
- 7.9
- 3star
- HB
- 2.9
- 2star
- M
- 3.7
- 4star
- T
- 2.1
- 3star
- G
- 0.0
- 1star
- D
- 10.2
- 3star
- K
- 6.0
- 3star
- HB
- 4.2
- 4star
- M
- 3.6
- 4star
- T
- 1.8
- 4star
- G
- 0.0
- 1star
PLAYERCARDEND
As far as Essendon go, it really doesn’t matter who they select, they are going to get done like a dinner this week. I watched their last game against Richmond and it was possibly the worst game of football I’ve seen for a very long time. Against Richmond, they turned the ball over 76 times during the game, and they appeared to lack all system moving the ball inside 50. Lester, Andrews and Payne would be licking their lips at the prospect of Essendon hitting them on the chest with their appallingly bad attempts and entering their offensive 50. Fort should have an absolute field day against Goldstein and our midfield will be far too strong and importantly too clean. Essendon’s decision making under pressure is highly suspect and if we can continue to bring the tackling pressure that we brought against Hawthorn, Essendon will crack and crack early. Psychologically, I think we really need a big win to build our confidence, and I think that is what we are going to see.
Hopefully Lohmann can continue to improve, and Cameron continues to grow in confidence. Cameron's three consecutive goals in the second quarter last game really cracked the match open and getting him onto the scoresheet early will help his confidence and our chances. Bailey is having his career best year and Ah Chee is showing why he is one of the classiest and most underrated forwards in the game. If there was a Mensa for Footy IQ, Ah Chee would be in it. The same is true for Lester, Fletcher, Zorko, Neale, Berry, McCluggage and Dunkley, to name a few. Footy IQ is so important, and we have elite decision makers on every line.
Then we have the icing on the cake, the irresistible force meeting every moveable object … CAM RAYNER! If he can get going for four quarters this will be a BLOODBATH. Failing that, he might continue to tease, but he will still have a big impact. Last but not least, we have the Ashcroft boys. If ever there was a game to sit back and watch them go to town, this is it.
The Result
LIONS BY LOTS
“If it bleeds we can kill it."
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