Preview The return of the Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats Preview (Round 3, Post-Alfred!)

[The Flying Belgian]

Don't try and reassure us now. We know we're DOOMED

That's the spirit.

 

[Saucery]

Heart says Fort in Day out

Head says Fort in Day out

But I think Day does deserve a few more matches to show his stuff. He looked short of a run to me, though maybe that's how he always looks? We know Fort can ruck and roll forward so he's a known quantity. I am somewhat concerned about how fast the BIG O comes up, whether we need to rest him, or has setbacks. We know Fort can fill the breach but, in that case, we will still need a forward who can chop out in the ruck and Day certainly has the body to do that. No point in throwing young bodies into the most punishing position on the ground this early, let them knock the door down as they say.

 

[Footytradgic]

I didn't see the match so have no idea. In the stats for HO I can see Fort had 37, then the other team A.Kuol Man had 24, T Hofert 20, J.Miller 4, then our boy T.Gallop and Darcy Gardner even had 1. Henry Smith had just the 1 HO, 6 disposals total, 3 kicks, 3 handballs to be the very last player on the list.

Was he the medical sub or was he just pushed out that much?

He played a permanent forward for about 35 minutes total game time was emergency for the 1s so they would have wanted him fresh just in case

 

[PertRoosOsborne]

Time to smash the geelong shackles

 

[Grasshopper17]

Heavy rain forecast.

Why do we always have to play Geelong in the slop.

Wait till you learn what they have in store for our ruckman/ruckmen.

 

[BRAB]

I think wee could end all droughts by scheduling a Brisbane Geelong game in the impacted areas.

 

[fugitive]

Fagan said in the press o, players won’t be training too much this week after weekends sapping effort. We need to start well as wont be easy to manufacture a come back in a mud bath against the cats!

 

[mpal6]

Feel like resting the core and playing 2s. Oppressive heat one week and heavy rain weather next week? It's a long season to risk anyone not fully fit. Ring the rotations and let the young ones have a go.

 

[POBT]

He played a permanent forward for about 35 minutes total game time was emergency for the 1s so they would have wanted him fresh just in case

I didn't see the whole game but I saw Gallop go into the ruck but not Smith.

 

[Sproj]

I didn't see the whole game but I saw Gallop go into the ruck but not Smith.

How did Gallop go in the ruck? If he shows promise there, could he do a Morris and debut midseason and never then be left out again?

 

[Nunez]

How did Gallop go in the ruck? If he shows promise there, could he do a Morris and debut midseason and never then be left out again?

Even if he went great, he is still a kid and you are playing with injury fire by playing kids in the ruck - even if it's for 20% of the game.

 

[Sproj]

Even if he went great, he is still a kid and you are playing with injury fire by playing kids in the ruck - even if it's for 20% of the game.

Yeah I know but you wouldn't be asking him to play a whole season. As we showed last year, winning premierships is about peaking at the right time. If you have Gallop learning his trade in the 2s and starts really impressing like Morris did, you can bring him in in the back half of the season. It is definitely a risk but again as last year showed, you don't win by not taking calculated risks.

 

[braddsey]

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Hopefully we get a reversal of Alfred and that storm hits Brisbane early. The humidity would still be about 6000%, but better than playing on a lake.

At least the AFL scheduled this as a night game, though why it’s head-to-head with GWS-Hawthorn is beyond me. Still we should be thankful - the Sunday midday slot is open. Can only assume they were taking care of Geelong on that one by not giving them a 5-day break to their round-4 Friday night game.

If it goes badly, it just shows the importance of picking up 8 points from the first 2 weeks - particularly considering we do appear to be a bit slow out of the blocks again (understandable for teams that go deep into finals).

 

[Elixuh]

Hopefully we get a reversal of Alfred and that storm hits Brisbane early. The humidity would still be about 6000%, but better than playing on a lake.

At least the AFL scheduled this as a night game, though why it’s head-to-head with GWS-Hawthorn is beyond me. Still we should be thankful - the Sunday midday slot is open. Can only assume they were taking care of Geelong on that one by not giving them a 5-day break to their round-4 Friday night game.

If it goes badly, it just shows the importance of picking up 8 points from the first 2 weeks - particularly considering we do appear to be a bit slow out of the blocks again (understandable for teams that go deep into finals).

I was hoping to be 3 and 1 after the first four rounds, so barring a disaster against Richmond this week feels like a bit of a free hit.

 

[braddsey]

I was hoping to be 3 and 1 after the first four rounds, so barring a disaster against Richmond this week feels like a bit of a free hit.

I was thinking the same, but 1-week at a time!

 

[KissKiss]

Heart says Fort in Day out

Head says Fort in Day out

But I think Day does deserve a few more matches to show his stuff. He looked short of a run to me, though maybe that's how he always looks? We know Fort can ruck and roll forward so he's a known quantity. I am somewhat concerned about how fast the BIG O comes up, whether we need to rest him, or has setbacks. We know Fort can fill the breach but, in that case, we will still need a forward who can chop out in the ruck and Day certainly has the body to do that. No point in throwing young bodies into the most punishing position on the ground this early, let them knock the door down as they say.

Im not massive on chopping and changing 1 game in and then straight out.

I said at the start of the season we should give each of the options 3 or so rounds each to see who is the best option - plus giving both the older and younger options enough rest. So Im happy to stick with Day for another round or 2 to see what happens.

But I dont want it to be another Gunston, Birchall, Gardiner, etc where we stubbornly stuck with the badly out of form player for way too long and then got hurt by not giving the next guys a chance.

 

[Perrip]

 

[NotQuiteJezza]

If it’s wet I would want Oscar and Fort to play.

 

[RU_]

If it’s wet I would want Oscar and Fort to play.

Sacrifice a small for 2 talls?

 

[NotQuiteJezza]

Sacrifice a small for 2 talls?

Fort in for Day is my suggestion.

 

[Dalions]

Love these new training guernseys, they look awesome.

 

[Lazza16]

I was hoping to be 3 and 1 after the first four rounds, so barring a disaster against Richmond this week feels like a bit of a free hit.

Ur a thinker Elixuh n thanks for seeing the light and changing ur Avatar back.

 

[LionCub29]

If it’s wet I would want Oscar and Fort to play.

Ruck dominance can have a greater effect in very wet games.

 

[Elixuh]

Ur a thinker Elixuh n thanks for seeing the light and changing ur Avatar back.

Everything I do, I do for you

 

[BigHuddo]

Anyone had a look at the injury report? Charlie and Kai might be looking good for Saturday