Brisbane may look like an 'ordinary' side to some but they have some pretty good players and a decent game plan:  exploit our lack of midfield pace https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/brisbane-coach-chris-fagan-backs-his-midfield-to-go-headtohead-with-melbournes-hard-nuts/news-story/6fe6ae0d4bbca3c78ec6d975436de177  That is how Pies beat us in rnd 23 last year and to some extent Geelong did last week. 

Brisbane have a very decent midfield - they will match our fierceness and have better disposal skills. They will find their outside runners.   Martin is no slouch either altho I expect Max to get the better of him.

And, if Fagan was paying attention to Scott's strategy on Lever last week and to Pyke's strategy on Rance the other night, he will isolate Lever and make him accountable one on one.

I hope Goodwin has also been paying attention and has plans to counteract these two very effective strategies. 

And, if we underestimate Brisbane, Fagan, Hodge etal we do so at our peril.

Edited March 30, 20187 yr by Lucifer's Hero

3 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Brisbane may look like an 'ordinary' side to some but they have some pretty good players and a decent game plan:  exploit our lack of midfield pace https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/brisbane-coach-chris-fagan-backs-his-midfield-to-go-headtohead-with-melbournes-hard-nuts/news-story/6fe6ae0d4bbca3c78ec6d975436de177  That is how Pies beat us in rnd 23 last year and to some extent Geelong did last week. 

Brisbane have a very decent midfield - they will match our fierceness and have better disposal skills. They will find their outside runners.   Martin is no slouch either altho I expect Max to get the better of him.

And, if Fagan was paying attention to Scott's strategy on Lever last week and to Pyke's strategy on Rance the other night, he will isolate Lever and make him accountable one on one.

I hope Goodwin has also been paying attention and has plans to counteract these two very effective strategies. 

And, if we underestimate Brisbane, Fagan, Hodge etal we do so at our peril.

No way their mids have better skills than ours. Their skills are terrible and it's the main reason we'll win easily.

To a certain extent it will be these matches - the ones that we should win - that will let us see how good a coach Goodwin is. 

38 minutes ago, A F said:

No way their mids have better skills than ours. Their skills are terrible and it's the main reason we'll win easily.

My reference was to their disposal skills (ie abililty to find targets/not turn it over) being better than ours.  To my mind their mdifield (Martin, Beams, Zorko, Taylor, Christiansen) match the fierceness of ours (Gawn, Jones, Oliver, Salem, Tyson).

So a genuine question A F: in what way do you think our skills are better than theirs?

Edited March 31, 20187 yr by Lucifer's Hero

So, St kilda beats Lions last week

St kilda plays one of the worst games I have seen in a long while- they are rubbish

Dees play Lions tonight- lions are worse than st kilda

My predictions

Dee’s by 6+ goals 

Mathieson to be awarded 6+ free kicks for head high tackles as he continues to drop his knees in a tackle- although umpires seem to be picking up on this unless it involves Selwood ( a serial expert in this dark art ) 

Oh, and Jack Watts to play another good game for PA

I’m pretty confident we shook the rust off last week and tonight we’ll look a much better football team. I expect us to connect better and drastically improve our F50 conversion rate.

And I hope we kick the bloody footy more than handball it.

Dee’s by 48 points.

Tyson BOG.

21 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

My reference was to their disposal skills (ie abililty to find targets/not turn it over) being better than ours.  To my mind their mdifield (Martin, Beams, Zorko, Taylor) match the fierceness of ours (Gawn, Jones, Oliver, Salem).

So a genuine question A F: in what way do you think our skills are better than theirs?

It’s a non-argument.

Their mids are better by foot without question. 

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The question is, in which quartervwill we totally drop our bundle?

I just want to avoid a quarter where we lose it by 4-5 goals. 

Thus, the result should take care of itself.

Should win tonight. But it will not be easy. 

The Bears will sense a kill and give us a hard run

Over to you Goodwin, stop the dead Quarters please. 

46 minutes ago, fndee said:

To a certain extent it will be these matches - the ones that we should win - that will let us see how good a coach Goodwin is. 

Maybe it should be “how good our players are” you can make all the changes you like but ultimately it is up to the 22 who take the field & are ultimately a far more talented list than Brisbane have  at present.  

20 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Should win tonight. But it will not be easy. 

The Bears will sense a kill and give us a hard run

Over to you Goodwin, stop the dead Quarters please. 

think it's time we rated the coach and perhaps the positional coaches in our Joeboy three word thread.

Have not been impressed by Goodwin so far but I am open to my appreciation growing.

4 hours ago, Tough Kent said:

A win is a win tonight. The last two  formal games we’ve played have left a really bitter taste in our mouths. We need to get the winning feeling back and build some momentum. This will make footy fun again.

We have to feel 'nasty' tonight, against Brizzy. Give 'em hell for four quarters and make the plays. A tidal wave only grows. 

If we are a serious football team this year we will win this.

Otherwise we will have to reset the expectations.

36 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I’m pretty confident we shook the rust off last week and tonight we’ll look a much better football team. I expect us to connect better and drastically improve our F50 conversion rate.

And I hope we kick the bloody footy more than handball it.

Dee’s by 48 points.

Tyson BOG.

Agree with you, Mr Black Jack-Marlboro-Ferrari! Kicking just has to be with purpose across its volume. 

1 hour ago, brendan said:

Too many broken supporters on here, we will win by 40 plus 

I cannot find it my heart to be critical of them Brendan 50 years of losses  takes a while to get over.

17 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

think it's time we rated the coach and perhaps the positional coaches in our Joeboy three word thread.

Have not been impressed by Goodwin so far but I am open to my appreciation growing.

This dead quarter rubbish has been around for the 3 seasons Goodwin has been with us. 

We now have serious talent on the list, but the attitude and application on Matchday is paper thin when pressured. 

That is the job of the Head Coach to fix

We will need to put a lot of work into Beames, Zorko and Cameron

4 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

We will need to put a lot of work into Beames, Zorko and Cameron

100% right.

The good lord died on the cross for our sins. We've been crucified on the cross of mediocrity and downright ineptitude for too long. It's time for our resurrection. It begins tonight!

GO DEES! 47 points or more.

I can’t see this being a blowout. I think Brisbane will push us most of the way, we should win but I’m thinking 3 goals 

6 minutes ago, The Reverend said:

The good lord died on the cross for our sins. We've been crucified on the cross of mediocrity and downright ineptitude for too long. It's time for our resurrection. It begins tonight!

GO DEES! 47 points or more.

Helalulah brother!

2 hours ago, DemonOX said:

I feel exactly the same way TK  

It is really draining watching and supporting this team and it would be nice to start winning and having some fun supporting our team. 

I can’t remember the last time it was enjoyable to support this team on a consistent basis. 

So it's all about winning for you then, last week's game was a really good game of footy, apart from the last kick I enjoyed and appreciated it

What we needed last week was an extra midfielder with class and know how. However it didn't take long for them to wake up the coach.

Tyson is back and that will be the help that was needed. Feel better now.

21 minutes ago, The Reverend said:

The good lord died on the cross for our sins. We've been crucified on the cross of mediocrity and downright ineptitude for too long. It's time for our resurrection. It begins tonight!

GO DEES! 47 points or more.

Not sure about your sins, but mine have not been that bad to deserve no grand final for 54 years. I promise to go to church if we win one this year. Hell, I might even go twice.

We have the most pessimistic supporters in the AFL.  

It really pisses me off how so called supporters are so negative towards our team.  

Its rd 2 of the footy season for [censored] sake, have some confidence.

Edited March 31, 20187 yr by Demons11