The positives thread

[Section 5]

It was no worse than last year's round one.

The result was no worse but the situation different
Home game and crowd v Away game but no crowd
Players from last year both had to deal with covid 19 looming large but maybe Hawks faired better than our guys

 

[ooby]

Substantially better - people were able to attend this one.

Was better when no-one was allowed to watch

 

[M Malice]

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[Ceebee]

Happy Joe got through the game .

 

[luthor]

Our score of 94 was the highest losing total of the first round

In fact it was the fourth highest score of the round.

We have plenty of scoring potency in the team

We just need to clean up our defensive structures, especially when the opposition gets on a roll.

 

[mikey127]

Round 1 is the best time to get a wake up call.

 

[M Malice]

Round 1 is the best time to get a wake up call.

Worked last year, we're just going with a tried and true formula.

 

[mikey127]

Worked last year, we're just going with a tried and true formula.

Despite winning the game our worst performance last year was probably against North. Never been so flat after a win

 

[luthor]

The thrilling one point after the siren win against the Pies the other night has got the "big stage" monkey off our back.

 

[luthor]

Despite winning the game our worst performance last year was probably against North. Never been so flat after a win

Awful performance in an awful match

Talk about coming down to your opponents's level

EDIT: Sorry, not a very positive post in the Positives Thread

 

[BangyBangy]

We're still a mathematical chance of playing finals.

 

[Jivlain]

4th quarter ladder

 

[trikster]

While we haven't played well lets put our first 4 games in to perspective :
Round 1 : Lost to sydney at home, they are currently 2nd (finals team)
Round 2 : Got screwed by the umps to Geelong away, they are currently 8th (finals team)
Round 3 : Beat Collingwood away during the covid reschedule mess, they are 13th (some were thinking a finals team but yeah, nah)
Round 4 : Lost to Bulldogs away (top 4 team)

If that isn't the definition of a very hard first 4 games of the season I don't know what is.

 

[lionraven]

We don't have to watch crap footy at fricken Mars stadium again. How is it meant to be good for the game if the match resorts to king of the pack because the wind blows away your chance at accurate kicking?

 

[snooplions]

Our premiership odds are getting juicier.

 

[CarterS]

4 home games in a row to finish the season, could you think of a better way to play ourselves into form for the finals.

 

[Creepy]

2020 - lost three games, finished #2
2019 - lost six games, finished #2

 

[Dalions]

It’s not all doom and gloom.
We are only 1 win and 17 percentage points outside the 8.

 

[MacMum]

We need to destroy someone.......Bombers would be a good start.

 

[bungalow_bill]

4 home games in a row to finish the season, could you think of a better way to play ourselves into form for the finals.

4 straight weeks of sleeping in their own beds the flag is ours

 

[Roogal]

We don't have to watch crap footy at fricken Mars stadium again. How is it meant to be good for the game if the match resorts to king of the pack because the wind blows away your chance at accurate kicking?

Remember that BOTH teams have to play in the same conditions on a given day. So much frankly is ridiculously, even hysterically overstated by the media about the playing conditions at Ballarat. The oval is superb, the weather is no different on a given day to Geelong, and certainly is no worse than Hobart or Launceston. The AFL players are not China dolls, they all pretty much grew up playing footy and developing their kicking skills and accuracy on grounds that would barely pass as paddocks, being rained upon in Winter with no protection from prevailing winds. It is a Winter game after all. In Hobart the Southerly winds at Blundstone Arena are notorious and only North Melbourne have mastered the art of using them to their home ground advantage. Then of course there is a little phenomenom in Perth known as the Frematle Doctor, which hammers in East to West mid afternoon. Nobody moans when it monsoons at the Adelaide Oval or at Metricon or the Gabba ... and it has. So why the hysteria about Ballarat?

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Most of the grounds are protected from the stands. This place turns into a sloppy mess with a slight breeze

 

[Bobby Beecroft]

The ‘official’ crowds in the AFL China games were larger than that at Ballarat last weekend.

 

[pulpdriver]

The ‘official’ crowds in the AFL China games were larger than that at Ballarat last weekend.

Why do we even get this game? ****ing stupid. Give it to a team that doesn't have support in Melbourne. Beating a dead horse but it should have been at Marvel.

 

[BRAB]

Remember that BOTH teams have to play in the same conditions on a given day. So much frankly is ridiculously, even hysterically overstated by the media about the playing conditions at Ballarat. The oval is superb, the weather is no different on a given day to Geelong, and certainly is no worse than Hobart or Launceston. The AFL players are not China dolls, they all pretty much grew up playing footy and developing their kicking skills and accuracy on grounds that would barely pass as paddocks, being rained upon in Winter with no protection from prevailing winds. It is a Winter game after all. In Hobart the Southerly winds at Blundstone Arena are notorious and only North Melbourne have mastered the art of using them to their home ground advantage. Then of course there is a little phenomenom in Perth known as the Frematle Doctor, which hammers in East to West mid afternoon. Nobody moans when it monsoons at the Adelaide Oval or at Metricon or the Gabba ... and it has. So why the hysteria about Ballarat?

How do you even find a post like this on a niche thread on the Lions board?

Do you have a search set up for the phrase “Ballarat”.