A testament to our fitness

[titan_uranus 23,258]

We're the only team to have won all 5 fourth quarters (none of the remaining teams to play in Round 5 can match us).

Round 1 vs Hawthorn: 4.4 to 2.1

Round 2 vs Collingwood: 3.2 to 2.4

Round 3 vs Adelaide: 2.4 to 0.1

Round 4 vs Richmond: 5.2 to 4.3

Round 5 vs Brisbane: 3.6 to 0.2

Total: 17.18 (120) to 8.11 (59)

One thing that's really improved this year (among a lot of others) is our ability to run games out. We ran Brisbane off their feet yesterday. It's a great advantage to have I reckon.

Last year we won 10/22 fourth quarters.

[big tuna 0]

These are impressive figures... however it also highlights our lack of goal power. In the last 3 games we had all the play in the fourth quarter but could not convert that dominance into goals on the board. Last night with 10 minutes left the Lions had all but stopped running and the floodgates should have opened up. Hopefully this will improve with experience and confidence and the inclusion of a few natural finishers in LJ and Wonna.

[jabberwocky 2,301]

I agree and we also have recruited and developed a number of elite runners in our squad which also makes a massive difference.

[dee-luded 2,958]

We're the only team to have won all 5 fourth quarters (none of the remaining teams to play in Round 5 can match us).

Round 1 vs Hawthorn: 4.4 to 2.1

Round 2 vs Collingwood: 3.2 to 2.4

Round 3 vs Adelaide: 2.4 to 0.1

Round 4 vs Richmond: 5.2 to 4.3

Round 5 vs Brisbane: 3.6 to 0.2

Total: 17.18 (120) to 8.11 (59)

One thing that's really improved this year (among a lot of others) is our ability to run games out. We ran Brisbane off their feet yesterday. It's a great advantage to have I reckon.

Last year we won 10/22 fourth quarters.

Bho dan Baby chook, take a big Bow...

[Real Demon 232]

Fitness and conditioning team deserve massive kudos for the teams fitness.......during the commentary Tony Shaw made note of how hard the team worked running back into the Lions 50 to set up the defensive zone, and made note of the "gut running" required to do that.

Our ability to run out games is a huge advantage!

[JACKATTACK 17]

The ins this year have made a big difference in this space.

Scully, Trengove, Bail, McKenzie (pretty much an in).

A few others have looked much fitter as well.

great work.

[titan_uranus 23,258]

These are impressive figures... however it also highlights our lack of goal power. In the last 3 games we had all the play in the fourth quarter but could not convert that dominance into goals on the board. Last night with 10 minutes left the Lions had all but stopped running and the floodgates should have opened up. Hopefully this will improve with experience and confidence and the inclusion of a few natural finishers in LJ and Wonna.

That's true, however of the three wins, only the Adelaide result was truly still up in the air. Richmond was done and dusted at 3/4 time, and Brisbane needed to kick 5 goals having only kicked 7 for the match to beat us. It'd certainly be nice to see us kicking even more, but I reckon we're doing fine the way it is, and as you say, once we get Jurrah, Wonna, even Watts back into the forward line goals will come even easier.