Review Round 15, 2019 - Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne

[ZoBlitz]

Nervous.

 

[Berry Picker]

Anyone questioning zorkos captaincy at the start of the year, needs to play that game on repeat

 

[RU_]

Two games clear in the 8 and sitting 5th!

 

[Corrupt_]

Zorko, Hipwood, Neale, Stef, Lyons. Linc very stiff

 

[dlanod]

I really really wanted to vote for Answerth who had probably his best game but this really was won by our centre four and Hipwood.

 

[dlanod]

Anyone questioning zorkos captaincy at the start of the year, needs to play that game on repeat

Zorko better buy Neale a six pack for taking the tag.

 

[Mazza44]

What a game by Hipwood. Lyons was solid again, Zorko with a captain’s game. Our entire midfield fired today and we outran them in the end.

Also, it has been nice to not deal with an influx of entitled Melbourne trolls today. Might as well book your accomodation at the snow now after losing your grand final.

 

[bain22]

Really great game By Answerth. Composed when required but also happy to back his pace a few times.

 

[DaRick]

Another game which evokes the classic Lions side - Melbourne competed on around even terms during the first half but we pulled away in the second. Not as much as against STK, but enough to give us a comfortable win.

For the first time in a while, we've actually won two on the trot, which is encouraging.

 

[ImAFreeMan]

1. Zorko (just)
2. hipwood
3. Neale/Lyons/Stef/Answerth


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[Lazza16]

I Had to give Gardiner a vote. Martin magnificent

 

[Tom14]

Zorko, Hipwood, Neale, Stef, Lyons. Linc very stiff

Exactly the same votes. Wanted to get linc in the votes but the midfield 4 and hippy won the game.

 

[ImAFreeMan]

The thought of the dash and composure in future years of bailey/answerth, honestly leaves me salivating


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[3KZ is Football]

Zorko, Hipwood, Neale, Stef, Lyons. Linc very stiff

I voted the same way.

I hope Oscar is ok. If he doesn’t come in, Walker gets his chance, playing forward and pinch hitting in the ruck.

 

[FLVanLandingham]

What a marvelous weekend of football! Now if the Eagles had lost as well I would have cried.

My top 5 were
Lyons - Absolute beast. Just doing that nitty gritty stuff.
Neale - Absolute beast again. Maybe not his highest possession game, but he was incredibly solid. Exactly what we need him for. Him and Lyons together showed why we should superglue them together
Hippy - Changed the game. Just sit him about 35-45 out in that wing and let him take pot shots. Beautiful kicking, which leads me to
Zorko - He has the great ability of playing at 100k per hour, but also being really aware and smooth with his movements. He and McCluggage i think compliment each other well.
Martin - We all knew Martin could handle solo ruck. Sure he wasn't on Gawn the whole game and in fact Gawn was winning hitouts i think early. But he really lifted and gave good service. Also serviceable around the ground.

Special mentions to Answerth who continued his solid form, Lester who was actually really good, Gardiner who was our Best Defender, Hodge I think played well, oh and I forgot McCarthy. He probably should overtake Martin in the top five tbh. Moving him up the ground a bit more is real nice. His goal was what Christensen should have done earlier on instead of pass into an uneven contest. Nice and calm

Honestly Andrews and McStay looked lethargic. With his role Andrews was drawn to the contest so it wasn't as noticeable as Mcstay who was unsighted. A real shame.

Berry a good in for all his tiredness, just for that beautiful bounce handpass that led to a goal (i think). It happened so quickly and smoothly it could have been a fortuitous fumble for all i know

Rayner for his mistakes was a bull in the end. He needed that kind of game to both give him confidence in his ground ball gets, but also have those horrid mistakes to keep him hungry.

Bailey looked nice in, Starc maybe not so much, but his first for the whole year so not entirely bothered.



Ok i think I will refrain from letting my excitement burst through match threads, just glad I let it happen when we were winning haha.

onto next week !

 

[martinson]

Let's face it we should've won by 8 goals .

3 Zorko
2 Martin
1 Hipwwod

Lyons ,Neale ,McCarthy,Gardiner,Answerth

 

[BRAB]

Stef Martin was playing sore towards the end of the game and still took a really important defensive mark when Melbourne were trying to launch their last counter attack.

Love him. Fantastic player and stuck fat when everything was s**t.

 

[zorkoooooooooo]

Remember when it was difficult to name five whole players for the bests? Now it’s hard to leave guys out.

The real stiff guys would be Rich and Answerth and also Linc.

Hodge was also superb, we are such a better team with Bailey zipping around too.

Great win. Melbourne threw punches whilst we shot ourselves in the foot, really we should’ve won by 60+

Anything’s possible next week

 

[Athlonxp]

Hipwood!!! I danced and cheered all around my lounge room when he cut loose in that 3rd quarter
They said on the telecast that he is the only player this year to kick 4 goals in a quarter in the entire comp

 

[jackess]

In the end a good game apart from those who were probably sick (Andrews, McStay and Cameron), underdone (Berry and Starcevich) or concussed (McInerney).

Dominant performance from Zorko, Neale, Lyons and Stef supported well by Clug and Robbo. Great spark from Hipwood and the defence had a good game even without Andrews having much of an influence.

 

[martinson]

The standout for me was that we really stunk it up in the first half with some horrendous errors but didn't drop our heads and kept going flat out

 

[mpal6]

Won the game that we should be winning. Nice to see us adjust to their overlap game and monster them in q3 and 4.

1 down, 4 more wins to go.

 

[lioninthesand]

Wow. most frustrating first half ever. Did what we had to.

Comments about Rayner (who is a second year player) from a handful of posters where appalling. Most nasty s**t i've seen on here. He was ok bar a couple of clangers. Embarrassing.

Go lions!

 

[FLVanLandingham]

All of a sudden we look fast. Honestly am I going crazy?

Sure Bailey is back in, and we probably gave more opportunity for Answerth, but Charlie Mccarthy Zorko even golly Rayner was doing some nice bursts there.

Maybe it was just the opposition... I certainly don't know. But it was enjoyable (after half time when that speed actually had some control on it.... good lord)

 

[dlanod]

Hipwood!!! I danced and cheered all around my lounge room when he cut loose in that 3rd quarter
They said on the telecast that he is the only player this year to kick 4 goals in a quarter in the entire comp

My wife wanted to know why I almost sounded pissed off at him kicking his third goal and I had to explain about his ability to miss easy goals.