Review Semi Final, 2022 - Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions

[Sausages]

I've said for ages that Lloyd hates . Yes "hates" Brisbane - he never ever says a kind word about us or our players. Flog - would rather use different words.

All these years later Lloydy…..ya still haven’t learnt

 

[Fatcat08]

I'm definitely Jarrod's longest fan. I've been tracking him since 17th May 1997, the night Troy and the late Jedda conceived him.

The original "bucks coaching services" then

 

[Fatcat08]

Goodwin having a dig at our culture... ? Sheesh

He's not wrong. McCarthy hasn't punched his mate Lachie in the head while out having some food and drinks yet. Can't have a winning culture without that sort of team bonding

 

[royboys4eva]

What a night - what an atmosphere (lions supporters were so much louder then Dees ) - what a win. We kicked a goal right at the end of first and second qtr just to stay in touch. We played awful first half - boring down the line. But we were still in it and the Dees ran themselves silly in the first half.

We needed the first goal after HT and Hippy delivered as he did all night - I think he is a better player at full forward. Played his best game since he kicked 6 against the Dees at the Gabba a few years ago. May doesn't like chasing forwards prefers to just wrestle them.

Berry the game changer - best game he has played for the club. He should have been in the centre along time ago. Why we have him on the wing I have no idea. Neale and McCluggage superb again. Darcy Fort

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Darcy Fort

Age

32

Ht

204cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.6

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

2.9

3star

CL

2.9

4star

HO

17.8

5star

D

9.2

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

3.2

2star

CL

3.6

4star

HO

21.2

5star

D

7.6

2star

K

5.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

CL

2.2

4star

HO

15.6

5star

take a bow. Took on Gawn and Jackson and matched them all night and kicked an important goal. Super effort from the big man.

Thought our defence was good most of the night especially under the first half barrage. Harris was brilliant all night and looked back to his best. Coleman is a such delight with ball in hand - always looking to make the switch kick. Rich had a good game but he is far too slow kicking the ball in. Love Darcy Wilmot. The kid has bought so much enthusiasm into the side.

Charlie and McStay were good without a lot of the ball. Zorko had the last laugh - played a proper captains match - put his head down and won the ball and didn't engage in verbals.

Dees were yelling at each other on the ground and off the ground in the Stands - was the perfect night

Tigers and Dees dealt with next are the pussy cats.

Go the Lions.

 

[Gadzorks]

Same excuse we got, I would say it is a $$$ problem ie. they just didn't view it as a financially profit worthy flight, they are not trustworthy IMO.

My son, his wife and 3 children went on a holiday to Northern Territory a few years ago and had booked to fly out of Uluru with Jetstar, flight cancelled on the day due to "engineering problem" they ended up having to go home via Melbourne with another airline, IIRC Virgin.

That's the whole cheap flight model - the traveller wears the risk, not the airline.

We have rex tickets for the gf weekend. No experience with them but flights a $100 each way. Booked Thursday down in case, and Sunday home but don't really care if we stay longer.

 

[CarterS]

 

[MacMum]

We have rex tickets for the gf weekend. No experience with them but flights a $100 each way. Booked Thursday down in case, and Sunday home but don't really care if we stay longer.

A couple I was talking to while waiting around at the airport said they had flown with them once before and said the service was 1st class and fares very reasonable..

I will check them out next time going to GC

 

[royboys4eva]

Yeah Gawn went off for quite a while at one stage and couldn't seem to jump in the last half.

I know we'll play Oscar but Fort is a very strong backup.

Maybe we can play the 2 rucks if Joe takes Paternity Leav

I was told early last week by a Melbourne supporter who has decent connections that Gawn was no better than 60% fit and he sure played that way. But Fort was outstanding as well.

 

[Section 5]

I was told early last week by a Melbourne supporter who has decent connections that Gawn was no better than 60% fit and he sure played that way. But Fort was outstanding as well.

Yes Gawn and Patracca were nowhere 100% but were still in Melbournes best
Patracca good in 1st half but faded in 2nd
Gawn very servicable but that is well below par
However no one in their VFL team would have played any better in those positions
Going into finals with injured players is a risk
Good for us in the end but we can only play who the opposition run on the field with

 

[twhowler]

your quote -‘Hipwood played a better game against Essendon 5 years ago as a skinny teenager. All the flair and joy is gone. Sad to see.’

BRAB
I don’t know if you remember this,I said to stay tough,(refer below) for I know much love youhippy, and he came through tonight in absolutely sensational fashion.

The mark of an absolute professional and to showcase his immense character, to come back from a knee reco the way he did tonight is a testament to Hippy’s relentless desire to be a star of the the game. You have every right, as do all us to be very proud of what Hippy did tonight, because Hippy showed us tonight he is a GUN. And to do what he has done in such a short space of time from what he has had to endure, can only be stated in one word REMARKABLE!!!!

what i stated before IT SHOULD. BE TITLED DON’T LOSE FAITH IN HIPPY.
please be fair to Hipwood, 1st game in round 9 after serious knee injury.Time to judge would be after the 2023 season.It takes a time to build match conditioning again,confidence and the mental toughness after doing a knee. In terms of the 5 years ago and the forward line in general as it is today,I think it is time to get a different line coach to help Hipwood rediscover his mojo.Hipwood has it,he has proven it, he just needs a different approach to bring out his best.Brab I know you love Hippy just be patient.

For those saying to play Hipwood in the reserves is completely wrong.7 games to go before finals, I agree with the club to play him in the seniors.The more game time Hipwood gets in the seniors, where the speed of the game is completely different, to that of the reserves,can only be beneficial to our finals campaign.The end justifies the means.

Funnily enough he played the same sort of game he used to play as a skinny teenager - using his pace by getting on the lead, and getting up the ground and then outsprinting his opponent. More of that please! He should be encouraged to lead and get the ball 45m out because often defenders don't mind conceding there, but that is his sweet spot.

 

[p4p1]

Most ground covered for this game > Harris Andrews 15.2km, wow Harris.

His coverage of the ground is huge every week. It's definitely something that isn't noticeable on the TV but it must be on the ground.

 

[Ad Astra]

After watching the replay a couple of times I changed my votes a bit. First time around, I hadn’t clocked how important Zorks and Rich were for us. Richie’s stats get bumped up a bit from kick-in play ons but he also won hard balls and defended very well. I thought Dan McStay’s game, apart from a couple of lace-out passes to opposition, was really good too. His early errors were induced by taking the game on but he kept taking risks and was excellent. Also, Dev’s last quarter effort was terrific and he went pretty well when he was on Oliver in the first half.
Live, I thought we were awful in the first half but after repeat viewings I don’t think we were too far off the mark. Had Cam not missed a sitter and McStay’s kick off the ground crossed the line a millisecond earlier, we’d have been very close. Also, many of their behinds were kicked under intense pressure or were rushed. We absorbed their best like a patient boxer would and when they’d tired we unleashed some stinging blows and didn’t let up. By the end, the only behinds we were kicking were clad in dark blue shorts.

 

[M Malice]

After watching the replay a couple of times I changed my votes a bit. First time around, I hadn’t clocked how important Zorks and Rich were for us. Richie’s stats get bumped up a bit from kick-in play ons but he also won hard balls and defended very well. I thought Dan McStay’s game, apart from a couple of lace-out passes to opposition, was really good too. His early errors were induced by taking the game on but he kept taking risks and was excellent. Also, Dev’s last quarter effort was terrific and he went pretty well when he was on Oliver in the first half.
Live, I thought we were awful in the first half but after repeat viewings I don’t think we were too far off the mark. Had Cam not missed a sitter and McStay’s kick off the ground crossed the line a millisecond earlier, we’d have been very close. Also, many of their behinds were kicked under intense pressure or were rushed. We absorbed their best like a patient boxer would and when they’d tired we unleashed some stinging blows and didn’t let up. By the end, the only behinds we were kicking were clad in dark blue shorts.

100% agree on Rich, he looked good at the game live but watching the replay Richy was sensational.

 

[Nathan Barley]

100% agree on Rich, he looked good at the game live but watching the replay Richy was sensational.

Rich had 5 clearances. For us only Neale had more

 

[Son of Superboot]

100% agree on Rich, he looked good at the game live but watching the replay Richy was sensational.

As much as we are all great admirers of Richie's kicking, it was his hand-balling, all 5 of them, in traffic and sometime only over a meter or less which were weight in gold.

but Lachie's underground, rolling, with pike handball, whilst diving between Petraca and Oliver was gold medal worthy!

 

[p4p1]

As much as we are all great admirers of Richie's kicking, it was his hand-balling, all 5 of them, in traffic and sometime only over a meter or less which were weight in gold.

but Lachie's underground, rolling, with pike handball, whilst diving between Petraca and Oliver was gold medal worthy!

Richie was great. I have been critical of him because of his lack of speed but he stood up in a big way and was a huge reason for our win. I don't think I put him in the top 5 when I voted but that was the toughest weekend I have had of picking a top 5 personally. Berry, Neale and Fort were huge in the middle, Hippy was massive up forward as was Harris down back. Zorks was massive and stood up in some pivotal moments. We could probably have a top 10 this week and it would still be hard.

Amazing moment. I know we did a who breaks into the 3pete teams a while ago and I personally named Lahcie on the bench because of the depth but while I wouldn't ever put him above Voss because of Voss' intangibles, his performances are starting to make him look like our second best ever player.

 

[KissKiss]

After watching the replay a couple of times I changed my votes a bit. First time around, I hadn’t clocked how important Zorks and Rich were for us. Richie’s stats get bumped up a bit from kick-in play ons but he also won hard balls and defended very well. I thought Dan McStay’s game, apart from a couple of lace-out passes to opposition, was really good too. His early errors were induced by taking the game on but he kept taking risks and was excellent. Also, Dev’s last quarter effort was terrific and he went pretty well when he was on Oliver in the first half.
Live, I thought we were awful in the first half but after repeat viewings I don’t think we were too far off the mark. Had Cam not missed a sitter and McStay’s kick off the ground crossed the line a millisecond earlier, we’d have been very close. Also, many of their behinds were kicked under intense pressure or were rushed. We absorbed their best like a patient boxer would and when they’d tired we unleashed some stinging blows and didn’t let up. By the end, the only behinds we were kicking were clad in dark blue shorts.

I agree I was more impressed by McStay on replay. He had a couple of shockers but apart from that was really impactful (even without the ball). Had some impressive tackles and things that impacted the game without him directly scoring. He's clearly the best Key Forward for providing pressure

 

[M Malice]

Love this photo, check out Matho in the background.

 

[On the quiet]

Be very afraid,” David King said. “Melbourne are going at about 70 per cent of last year, and they’re already proving they are 50 per cent better than the rest of the competition.” Quote after 10 rounds.

Just love it when this bloke is wrong, and for a so called expert it is frequent.

 

[Kevvo]

Be very afraid,” David King said. “Melbourne are going at about 70 per cent of last year, and they’re already proving they are 50 per cent better than the rest of the competition.” Quote after 10 rounds.

Just love it when this bloke is wrong, and for a so called expert it is frequent.

David King tipping against you is as good an omen as you’ll find

 

[PattyKwasagun]

Saw this on AFL Tonight which i didnt see on the night was Harris running and pointing to someone in the crowd after the game and then embracing him - circled in yellow - is that ex-Lion Zac O'Brien?

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I thought it might have been Hugh Beasley.

 

[Brett C]

Be very afraid,” David King said. “Melbourne are going at about 70 per cent of last year, and they’re already proving they are 50 per cent better than the rest of the competition.” Quote after 10 rounds.

Just love it when this bloke is wrong, and for a so called expert it is frequent.

You’re seriously bagging the guy for an opinion that 99% of commentators and fans had at that point?

Anyone who didn’t agree with David King after 10 rounds hadn’t watched any footy.

 

[M Malice]

 

[The Flying Belgian]

You’re seriously bagging the guy for an opinion that 99% of commentators and fans had at that point?

Anyone who didn’t agree with David King after 10 rounds hadn’t watched any footy.

I disagreed and I've watched at least 40 seasons of footy.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

I thought it might have been Hugh Beasley.

Pretty sure you're correct.