Review Round 21, 2025 - Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions

[Nathan Barley]

Made some high quality gifs of my favourite defensive moments.

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Still can't believe that first one wasnt holding the ball

 

[BuntonRules]

His setup of Henry's third goal was sublime. Ground ball pickup, saw he would get smothered - when 9 out of 10 would just kick - pivot on to his wrong foot and hit Henry off one step. Priceless.

 

[mpal6]

I'm trying to keep a count of "who tf is Henry Smith ?" across all boards

 

[Hollow Knight]

I'm trying to keep a count of "who tf is Henry Smith ?" across all boards

Ditto with all the “who did we draft ahead of Morris?” posts.

 

[mpal6]

Henry has to stay. He is slow slow slow but everytime he was in a contest he was good. Its important for him to get home & away games under his belt now before finals.
The only downside is our opposition could easily use his lack of pace to run the ball out of defence and into attack. Makes Hippy’s job more intense for sure.

If he kicks 1-2 every game and brings the ball to ground in the forward line, that's all we need.

3 goals yesterday was a bonus.

 

[GenericUsername202]

Combine Hipwood's defensive ability and pressure with Smith's ruckwork and goalkicking, and you've got the ideal second forward/ruck option.

 

[Tom14]

Imagine if Toby Greene had done that, somehow they would have weened a 100metre penalty.

Toby probably has deserved to have several 100m penalties paid against him tbh. #TobyTax = dirtiest player in the comp occasionally being punished.

 

[Tom14]

Henry has to stay. He is slow slow slow but everytime he was in a contest he was good. Its important for him to get home & away games under his belt now before finals.
The only downside is our opposition could easily use his lack of pace to run the ball out of defence and into attack. Makes Hippy’s job more intense for sure.

The speed difference between him and Darcy Moore was pretty absurd, lol.

Henry looked absolutely cooked in the 4th quarter which isn't a surprise given minimal pre-season, injuries and only a few games back in the VFL. Did a really good job nt getting outmarked though and the goals are a bonus.

 

[010203]

Post match on Fox last night

Kath "I can hear Lions fans watching at home saying we won, so how about you talk about us"

2 minutes later Jay Clark talks about Dan Houston

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Dan Houston

Age

28

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

.

 

[p4p1]

Still can't believe that first one wasnt holding the ball

It would be unbelievable if it wasn’t for the guy who was getting tackled.

 

[Paul Mac]

Toby probably has deserved to have several 100m penalties paid against him tbh. #TobyTax = dirtiest player in the comp occasionally being punished.

My comparison is in direct contrast to the Darcy Moore incident.
I dont think dropping your knees into someones back coming in late whilst your opponent is on the ground 2 times in the last 3 weeks is such a good look either to be honest

 

[Nunez]

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We haven't gone back to back in 22 years.

 

[LionsOrDieTrion]

What was the expected score last night? I dare say it would have been a 40 point margin

 

[LionsOrDieTrion]

I wonder if there is an opponent accuracy ladder. I’d be confident that teams kick more accurately against us than anyone else, probably wouldn’t be close either.

 

[FLVanLandingham]

I wonder if there is an opponent accuracy ladder. I’d be confident that teams kick more accurately against us than anyone else, probably wouldn’t be close either.

AFL Team Statistics

AFL team statistics.

www.wheeloratings.com

there is an expected score stat too. and you can look at stats for the opposition?

out of my wheelhouse, unsure if that is what you're looking for

edit: tentatively...... we're not the worse for expected score, not are we the worse for opposition accuracy as expected score?

 

[Jivlain]

Brennan with 7 (8?) against the Pies?

Brown had 6 against the Hawks two weeks after that one, which is the most recent

 

[Section 5]

It looks like last night's game was the highest H & A attendance for the Brisbane Lions
It should have been a great experience for any BF poster that attended.

Last night the attendance was 82,326 beating the previous best v Tigers in 2019 by 5,331
A great experience for the players that have not played in a finals series with big crowds.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Made some high quality gifs of my favourite defensive moments.

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How good is this from Dunkley. Runs 30+ meters with crosshairs on prince nick

 

[moncon]

Cal's new haircut is great!

How annoying are the commentators. "Oooh Collingwood's pressure has gone up, Lions can't get it out of their D50, oooh" - yeah maybe because Lester's HIA means we have to adjust? And now half our starting D isn't playing? Maybe??? Idiots. I just watched the GF again and Lester & Answerth (& to a lesser extent Payne) were sooooo good.

Also, Morris's's field kicking is elite.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

How good is this from Dunkley. Runs 30+ meters with crosshairs on prince nick

In fact I think this is my favourite thing from the season. This stuff PUMPS me up

 

[Gadzorks]

It looks like last night's game was the highest H & A attendance for the Brisbane Lions
It should have been a great experience for any BF poster that attended.

Last night the attendance was 82,326 beating the previous best v Tigers in 2019 by 5,331
A great experience for the players that have not played in a finals series with big crowds.


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Reckon that was down to less than 40,000 by the time the siren went. Many empty seats.

 

[Tom14]

My comparison is in direct contrast to the Darcy Moore incident.
I dont think dropping your knees into someones back coming in late whilst your opponent is on the ground 2 times in the last 3 weeks is such a good look either to be honest

Yeah I obviously agree Moore should be punished. Toby often gets away with stuff too! Like kicking rampe in the groin last week.

 

[Section 5]

Thought i would have a look at the Premiership odds from a bookie perspective after our win over the Pies.
9 teams in the frame.
I tend to agree about the Dogs.
Hope they don't make the 8 even though we have beaten them twice this year.

Really want the Dockers to somehow get over the Blues tonight. They are 24 points down at this point in time.

 

[Denno]

Pity we didnt have some of those collingwood supporters behind us last night. Some of the stuff coming out of this blokes mouth was just unbelievable. I said to my niece dont say anything as he is trying to bait us. Just an absolute flog.

I had a feral old cow near me too. Quite shocked at how she was.

Thankfully I moved.

 

[Nunez]

Blows my mind that the Crows are heavy favourites for the flag.