Review Round 21, 2021 - Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions

[CarterS]

Brayshaw attempted to gouge Bez's eye: https://www.afl.com.au/news/662377/match-review-freo-gun-rubbed-out-for-contact-to-eye-don-banned

Chief just said on Fox Footy "that is really bad and Berry had a right to react like that" could be a few weeks?

 

[luthor]

if it was one of our plays be more then 1 week
The way Berry went on you knew something grubby happened. He normally does not go on like a few others.

Brayshaw is lucky his name isn't Greene

 

[BangyBangy]

Chief just said on Fox Footy "that is really bad and Berry had a right to react like that" could be a few weeks?

The article states he can accept a one match ban with an early plea

 

[On the quiet]

I've re-watched the first half looking hard at Birchall. He was good, very good. Can't see him being dropped on those two quarters.

I hoped Freo were flat after that game against the Tigers, and I think whilst we were good, they were pretty flat. But still a very good win with lots of good performances across the park. I think Birch wasn't too bad, but his problem is against the fast forwards and or fast ball moving sides, which we likely face in the finals. That said, there is no way he is being dropped for the remaining games.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Brayshaw attempted to gouge Bez's eye: https://www.afl.com.au/news/662377/match-review-freo-gun-rubbed-out-for-contact-to-eye-don-banned

Should read Freo grub rubbed out

New nick Dirty Andy

 

[Mr Ripper]

Should read Freo grub rubbed out

New nick Dirty Andy

"Handy" Andy might be more suitable.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Berry will be a cert to play on Handy Andy in future clashes with the purples. Really did a job on him

 

[On the quiet]

I'd plump for Lester - more flexible, can be sent forward in a pinch or even in to the centre square for a break glass moment (i.e. Berry get injured). All Birhcall can really do is kick (sometimes) and get body on body okay with a bit of bulk and height. I just really hope it's not Lester AND Birchall holding their spot once Adams and Gardiner come back in. The backline looks so much better with a bit of speed, both when defending and launching attacks.

I appreciate Lester has arguably played some of his best footy over the past 18 months or so, but don't think he is best 22 and not in my back 7. Rarely takes a key forward and when he did Riewoldt kicked a bag. Although Riewoldt's 6th goal nothing to do with Lester. A caveat that whilst not at the ground for the past two games, from the TV it appeared against the Hawkes Lester was at times marking an 18 year old #42Tyler Brockman and against Freo at times on a 19 year old #35 Josh Treacy. Certainly Gardiner and Adams ahead of him and arguably even young Payne who has some good speed and agility for a big guy and is flexible enough to play tall or on mid forwards. Think Maddens hand has troubled him recently but can see him playing more permanently next year and hopefully Answerth can overcome his groin issue. Froggy Lester becomes very handy backup or even emergency on occasions. Think both Birch and Lester will be picked for the first semi, although reckon our backline about 6 weeks ago against Geelong without Birch and Lester looked reasonably agile.

 

[Dalions]

 

[martinson]

It's hard to judge off the TV but a mate of mine who goes to most of the WA matches in his home state and isn't a bad judge said the ball movement of the Lions was the best he's seen all year.

And that he never realised how good Zorko is . Said he was brilliant to watch live, a class above.

 

[luthor]

It's hard to judge off the TV but a mate of mine who goes to most of the WA matches in his home state and isn't a bad judge said the ball movement of the Lions was the best he's seen all year.

And that he never realised how good Zorko is . Said he was brilliant to watch live, a class above.

I agree with your mate.

When you watch him live you appreciate how much work he does without the ball and how good he is at getting to the contest.

That's why, apart from anything, else he leads our tackle count more often than not

It really bums me that there are still some who question his captaincy credentials

 

[Dizzle]

It's hard to judge off the TV but a mate of mine who goes to most of the WA matches in his home state and isn't a bad judge said the ball movement of the Lions was the best he's seen all year.

And that he never realised how good Zorko is . Said he was brilliant to watch live, a class above.

Was at the game also. Zorko was awesome. Number of times he surged past or ahead of packs to extract or forward the ball our way, each time I thought “Zorks AGAIN!” He was everywhere, defensively and offensively.

Not everything was crisp and pristine but you couldn’t fault his energy or commitment.

The ball movement was great, but Freo helped. Their pressure was minimal. Birchall could play two more years against that type of oppo. Teams that allow us to push up by moving and passing backwards play into our hands and we would win 90% of those games.

Only a couple Freo bigs (Darcy and Treacy) and a couple smalls (Colyer and Schulz) showed energy or aggro. Schulz especially is a little sh*tbag. Compliment of sorts btw.

One last thing. At the first warm up the Dockers kicked to the goals we sat behind. I swear they missed three of every five set shots regardless of where they lined up. They missed shots I would expect to kick more often than not - and I am old, broken and not good at football.

When they switched ends for the official pre game warm up the Lions boys were 4 from 5 or better from the same areas. That’s where I thought ‘we might be on today’.

We might need to play better against the top tier squads, but Sunday showed us that our way still works. Hopefully we lift further and continue up from here on in.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Was at the game also. Zorko was awesome. Number of times he surged past or ahead of packs to extract or forward the ball our way, each time I thought “Zorks AGAIN!” He was everywhere, defensively and offensively.

Not everything was crisp and pristine but you couldn’t fault his energy or commitment.

The ball movement was great, but Freo helped. Their pressure was minimal. Birchall could play two more years against that type of oppo. Teams that allow us to push up by moving and passing backwards play into our hands and we would win 90% of those games.

Only a couple Freo bigs (Darcy and Treacy) and a couple smalls (Colyer and Schulz) showed energy or aggro. Schulz especially is a little sh*tbag. Compliment of sorts btw.

One last thing. At the first warm up the Dockers kicked to the goals we sat behind. I swear they missed three of every five set shots regardless of where they lined up. They missed shots I would expect to kick more often than not - and I am old, broken and not good at football.

When they switched ends for the official pre game warm up the Lions boys were 4 from 5 or better from the same areas. That’s where I thought ‘we might be on today’.

We might need to play better against the top tier squads, but Sunday showed us that our way still works. Hopefully we lift further and continue up from here on in.

Not surprising as the commentators remarked Freo are the least accurate side in the comp.

 

[wattoxi]

Thought Clug was stiff not to get a single coaches vote

 

[LionsMaw]

Fages pretty happy:

Fages "twerking" has to be one of the funniest things ever!

 

[knaf]

Coaches votes

10 Dayne Zorko

15

Dayne Zorko

Age

35

Ht

175cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

6.0

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

5.0

5star

CL

2.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

6.6

5star

CL

1.2

4star

(BL)
5 Joe Daniher (BL)
5 Harris Andrews

31

Harris Andrews

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

(BL)
4 Jarryd Lyons

17

Jarryd Lyons

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.5

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

21.7

5star

K

14.7

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

5.1

5star

CL

4.7

5star

D

11.0

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

CL

1.6

4star

(BL)
3 Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

24

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

(BL)
2 Oscar McInerney

46

Oscar Mcinerney

Age

29

Ht

204cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.1

2star

K

4.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

CL

1.4

4star

HO

14.3

5star

D

6.9

1star

K

4.1

2star

HB

2.7

2star

CL

1.9

4star

HO

16.4

5star

D

7.6

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.6

3star

CL

0.4

3star

HO

11.2

5star

(BL)
1 Daniel Rich

10

Daniel Rich

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

430.3

5star

D

14.9

4star

K

13.1

5star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

384.3

5star

D

16.2

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

5.2

5star

(BL)

interesting compared to BF voting. Hugh and Dan stiff but it was a hard game to give votes. So many played well. Glad to see Harris recognised. Thought he was huge as the only genuine KPD. Beat his man and impacted some many contests.

 

[Nunez]

Genuinely feel that was the penny drop performance we needed heading into finals. I think we'll win our next two games well and think we'll make the prelim at the very least.

 

[jackess]

Genuinely feel that was the penny drop performance we needed heading into finals. I think we'll win our next two games well and think we'll make the prelim at the very least.

Will be interesting to see if we have a slow start whether or not we can lift or if we go back into our shells

 

[Dalions]

Will be interesting to see if we have a slow start whether or not we can lift or if we go back into our shells

We don’t appear to be a good team when playing from behind.
Especially late in games.
We seem to panic a bit.

 

[On the quiet]

Genuinely feel that was the penny drop performance we needed heading into finals. I think we'll win our next two games well and think we'll make the prelim at the very least.

I too believe we win the next two, and even beat Richmond or whoever in the elimination semi at the GABBA. After that I am not so sure, although with Bruce out Dogs forward structure might not be as potent. Might put the mock on them but think Port are slowly building into some form and would be hard to beat in Adelaide.

 

[morsie]

On my ladder predictor ( totally unreliable ) we play Freo in first week of finals. Unlikely but a possibility.

 

[JasRulz63]

McStay is 3rd for us (behind Zorko and Lyons) for tackles inside 50. Has more than any of our other forwards despite playing a few less games. Had 5 tackles on the weekend along with his 15 disposals, 8 marks and 2 goals (with a goal assist). Really helps our forward pressure when one of our key forwards is providing pressure too.

 

[Elixuh]

I thought they got a better balance with Charlie on the weekend. While I wasn’t a fan of him being too deep back in defence, I thought it balanced his contribution a bit better and meant that it wasn’t feast or famine for him.

 

[bungalow_bill]

McStay is finally turning into the gun forward we thought he could be. A rich man's Jack Darling

27

Jack Darling

Age

31

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

 

[OldLion]

Again - Daniher's difficult shot for goal after the siren. Cannot deviate so - just line up and shoot. And he nails it. It's all there - just too much thinking on approach. It's happened a number of times. Just pretend the siren's gone !