The positives thread

[chopperduck]

A win makes Monday at work feel so much better. A win over Collingwood lasts the whole week.

 

[dlanod]

A win makes Monday at work feel so much better. A win over Collingwood lasts the whole week.

The other main AFL supporter in my workplace is a Pies man. Normally he'll have a chat about the weekend's games but for some reason he's been pretty quiet this week.

 

[ZoBlitz]

The good thing about Collingwood seemingly having fans everywhere is that after games like that you can always find someone to needle about it.

 

[Big Lion]

Having salary cap room for the first time in a long time.

 

[The Golfing Lion]

Lucky enough to have lunch with Ron Barrassi today with a few others. It is the positives thread and he is positively a champion.
(Apologies for the name drop but just excited and humbled).

 

[Skoob]

Lucky enough to have lunch with Ron Barrassi today with a few others. It is the positives thread and he is positively a champion.
(Apologies for the name drop but just excited and humbled).

Back in the 60s, there was some sort of function in Brisbane, to which a number of famous footballers were invited. As a TV personality, my great aunty was also a guest, and at the last minute invited her niece (my Mum). A young lass in her early 20s, from a working class family, and not a chance to go home and change, she wore her office job attire. Anyhoo, lots of meets & greets before retiring to the ballroom for some dances, Barrassi looked my Mum up & down with a sneer of disdain, looking down his nose with a real air of self importance at this starry eyed girl like she was common trash.
Teddy Whitten on the other hand, had noticed that girl's upset, very politely introduced himself and invited her to dance.
Oops, positives thread. I am positive Barassi was an arrogant pig of a bloke, while EJ. was a respectful gentleman.

 

[The Golfing Lion]

I am really sorry your mum had a bad experience Skoob. Maybe he and many footballers in their 20's struggle to maintain a level head when young, others mature earlier. I would suggest that in the next 50 odd years of his life Barrassi has put a few coins in the bank of human decency and would say to you the man I met yesterday would not be proud of that day and would apologize if they met again. I am not sure why you felt the need to bring it up to be honest.

Anyway, back to the positives.

 

[Panthera]

A win makes Monday at work feel so much better. A win over Collingwood lasts the whole week.

Post and Pre-season for mine

Our Lions were the KARMA bus that ran over Eddie & his team...we ended the Pies season

 

[Panthera]

Having salary cap room for the first time in a long time.

Haven't we been paying between 90 - 95% for years now...

 

[Skoob]

I am really sorry your mum had a bad experience Skoob. Maybe he and many footballers in their 20's struggle to maintain a level head when young, others mature earlier. I would suggest that in the next 50 odd years of his life Barrassi has put a few coins in the bank of human decency and would say to you the man I met yesterday would not be proud of that day and would apologize if they met again. I am not sure why you felt the need to bring it up to be honest.

Anyway, back to the positives.

Sorry, just offering some contrast I guess.

 

[Nunez]

Man it is crazy, watching other teams play then watching our boys play and it really seems our guys love and play for each other more than a lot of other teams. The GC for instance seem like they lack personalities etc. Ultimately, I am so glad our crop of lions are our team

 

[Hollow Knight]

Man it is crazy, watching other teams play then watching our boys play and it really seems our guys love and play for each other more than a lot of other teams. The GC for instance seem like they lack personalities etc. Ultimately, I am so glad our crop of lions are our team

Yeah I have a mate who is a Lions man who was a bit disengaged in recent years due to some life changes but has been paying attention again this year.

He keeps remarking about how likeable and fun our young players are now and the spirit they play with.

 

[whatboutbob]

Yeah I have a mate who is a Lions man who was a bit disengaged in recent years due to some life changes but has been paying attention again this year.

He keeps remarking about how likeable and fun our young players are now and the spirit they play with.

Between Zorko, Green, Rocky, Squizzy, Dizzy, Clark, and Hanley there are a lot of great characters in the team, but kudos to the Lions social media efforts in helping to get them out there.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Between Zorko, Green, Rocky, Squizzy, Dizzy, Clark, and Hanley there are a lot of great characters in the team, but kudos to the Lions social media efforts in helping to get them out there.

You mean Zorky, Greeny, Rocky, Squizzy, Dizzy, Clarky and Hanl'y. And our departing champions Blacky, Browny, Molon'y and McGrath'y.

 

[AFLQLD]

I think it is a rarely considered upside of having a few guys in a team who consider it a privilege just to be playing AFL for a living. For players like Rockliff, Clarke, Hanley, Taylor they were considered something of a risk to draft - too short, too unexposed to top level footy, wrong body type, too...Irish, whatever. So every game is a reminder how good it is to be playing at this level. Increasingly they play like they love it too.

The Gold Coast and GWS are interesting social experiments because never before have so many young players been brought together as top draft picks with the expectation that they will be "great" at some non-specified point in the future. There is a self-fulfilling prophecy at work that greatness is imminent but at the same time, their belief in some sort of destiny as a group is going to be under increasing pressure for each year that passes where they don't achieve greatness. Right now, time is on their side. This year they might play finals, but likely won't. Next year there will be an expectation that they should be playing finals. From then on, the clock will be ticking for them and the pressure will build. The players' reputations as a group of low draft picks will rest on them getting success within the next five years. It might not be such fun for them with the expectation on them. With the group they have, anything less than a flag would have to be considered a failure by their club and the AFL.

In the meantime, the Lions will be quietly sneaking up the ladder and playing with enterprise and enthusiasm and with much less sense of expectation. And then we will steal "their" flag from under their noses.

 

[Hollow Knight]

I think it is a rarely considered upside of having a few guys in a team who consider it a privilege just to be playing AFL for a living. For players like Rockliff, Clarke, Hanley, Taylor they were considered something of a risk to draft - too short, too unexposed to top level footy, wrong body type, too...Irish, whatever. So every game is a reminder how good it is to be playing at this level. Increasingly they play like they love it too.
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Yep, we have more than our fair share of players who are grateful for being given an opportunity and play with a chip on their shoulder after being overlooked by everyone else. I like that.

Zorko, Rockliff, Taylor and Stef Martin come to mind.

 

[Monkey Daniel]

Son's under 14 team won their first final 14.14 to 3.0
Prelim final next Saturday

Down at half time 1.1.7 to 3.3.21, the boys came out and dominated the premiership quarter.
Ran out winners 6.2.38 to 4.6.30
Grand final next week !!!

I'm one very proud father...with not much voice left

 

[Simba Moyo]

I love how Swann has been our CEO for just over a month and is changing the club image immediately. Even in the interview saying we have cash to splash is so exciting, regardless if we grab a big fish or not, it shows that we're looking forward and taking the steps to be a powerhouse in the AFL once again.

With the recent signings of our guys and more to come, good performances on field and being more settled off field, it's hard not to be excited really.

 

[a mayes ing]

I love how Swann has been our CEO for just over a month and is changing the club image immediately. Even in the interview saying we have cash to splash is so exciting, regardless if we grab a big fish or not, it shows that we're looking forward and taking the steps to be a powerhouse in the AFL once again.

With the recent signings of our guys and more to come, good performances on field and being more settled off field, it's hard not to be excited really.

yep definitly more excited now than this time last year. The players we got from the GH5 are going to exceed them imo.

 

[Simba Moyo]

yep definitly more excited now than this time last year. The players we got from the GH5 are going to exceed them imo.

Absolutely. Even to a point where Aish looks to be the icing on the cake with Dizzy, McStay, Taylor etc instead of the other way around

 

[Nunez]

Big positive for me today: this game will mark my first season attending every single home game

 

[Nunez]

And Daniel Rich is out the front of gate 2 chatting with fans

 

[Cringle]

Thought I'd just say...

I used to never watch Brisbane. The past two years you've played pretty shit and boring football. However, over the past month its turned completely around. I'm enjoying watching the improvement and development of Aish, McStay, Freeman, etc. It's rather exciting. And so is the way they're playing.

Give this group another year or two and they'll be right in the 8.

 

[a mayes ing]

Thought I'd just say...

I used to never watch Brisbane. The past two years you've played pretty shit and boring football. However, over the past month its turned completely around. I'm enjoying watching the improvement and development of Aish, McStay, Freeman, etc. It's rather exciting. And so is the way they're playing.

Give this group another year or two and they'll be right in the 8.

If you had of payed attention last year, the style of footy is relatively similar. We were still doing the run in the middle of the ground last year.

 

[Cringle]

If you had of payed attention last year, the style of footy is relatively similar. We were still doing the run in the middle of the ground last year.

Different players. I enjoy watching the new kids. Unlike St Kilda your youth actually have ability.