Max

• Gawn could be an issue both in the ruck and around the ground.
• Gawn will destroy him in the ruck and around the ground.
• Max Gawn will feast this week. Not much we can do about that.
• Around the ground Gawn actually will damage us.
• If Gawn does completely dominate centre bounces/stoppages, you play man on man with the opposition players around Gawn to restrict the smallls taking it away with little pressure on them.
• I hope Archie has been practising his spoils his week - if he's able to mitigate Gawn's marking it'll be huge.
• Archie has a massive task ahead of him. Almost want him to basically tag Gawn around the ground and not let him dominate in that area.
• The Demons are pretty much relying solely on the brilliance of Gawn and Petracca and those two are playing that well at the moment that they are quite literally able to carry the Demons.
• Gawn, Petracca, Oliver and Bennell all fit and firing simultaneously can challenge any side in the league. 

Everything else

• I'm not confident about this one. I think Melbourne might surprise a few this season after their terrible start and this is their statement game. I can see Melbourne winning this one.
• They have no real key forwards of concern but their smalls and their pace generally could worry us at Metricon.
• Petracca will be the big factor of who wins.
• Oliver can also lift the Demons and carry them home.
• I am genuinely concerned that we don’t play Metricon particularly well.
• I’m really looking forward to watching Harley Bennell. That guys been to hell and back and deserves any success that comes his way.
• If Harley Bennell can stay fit for the rest of this season and find some form he could be the game breaker for them. Such an insanely good talent.
• Viney was very good from what I saw last game too.
• Interesting they brought Jones in.
• Jones is a big in for us. Old and slow. Our boys in the middle should run rings around him.
• I don't think the Jones inclusion is such a good thing for us. He is an old head and in a slog, he can work smarter. Key match-ups
  • McInerney & Smith v Gawn & Jackson
  • Lyons v Petracca
  • Berry v Viney
  • Neale v Oliver
  • Zorko v Harmes
  • McCluggage v Jones
  • Robinson v Langdon
  • Bailey v Brayshaw

Hi @Queanbeyan Demon, these are fantastic - could you provide a link each week to the relevant supporter club page? That'd be great

Nice but shouldn’t it be Vulture Street?

Can’t believe they don’t rate Gawn. 

• I really hope we have a thumping win over the Melbourne Football Club. Not a fan of their fans and given we haven't had a big win in a while, hope we do so this week.

Saw this earlier in the week. We’re a nice bunch aren’t we? 

@DemonOX and other fellow ‘landers that attend, make sure you belt out a strong rendition of the song should we win. 

Edited July 25, 20205 yr by Dee Zephyr

6 minutes ago, Deeman said:

Nice but shouldn’t it be Vulture Street?

Yeah, an interesting one Deeman. I would have thought Vulture Street as well. The address according to their website is Stanley Street. 

17 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

• I really hope we have a thumping win over the Melbourne Football Club. Not a fan of their fans and given we haven't had a big win in a while, hope we do so this week.

Saw this earlier in the week. We’re a nice bunch aren’t we? 

@DemonOX and other fellow ‘landers that attend, make sure you belt out a strong rendition of the song should we win. 

Not a fan of you either Brisbane Person

Get.....

they're pretty much on the money. if Gawn and Jackson dominate as much as they should and we don't just bomb the ball long and high to Harris Andrews we're a big chance. 

pretty simple. 

Win it in the middle. 

Lower your eyes. 

32 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Hi @Queanbeyan Demon, these are fantastic - could you provide a link each week to the relevant supporter club page? That'd be great

Hey EO. Most weeks I obtain the info from FB, supporter forums similar to Demonland and BigFooty. This week it was mostly BF. https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-8-melbourne-versus-the-brisbane-lions.1243439/page-7

19 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Hey EO. Most weeks I obtain the info from FB, supporter forums similar to Demonland and BigFooty. This week it was mostly BF. https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-8-melbourne-versus-the-brisbane-lions.1243439/page-7

Well there you go... just read through it.

Who would have thought there were two OMAC's in the league who incur the ire of both teams loyal supporters!! 

"To say that Oscar is not near AFL standard...are you serious?" 

Quick straw poll - Is this quote about Oscar Mcinerney or Oscar McDonald?

Edited July 25, 20205 yr by Engorged Onion

I reckon we got this. We have them covered all over the ground. Just play smart effective football, don’t rush, don’t handball to a stagnant player and we will win comfortably. 

2 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

 

• The Demons are pretty much relying solely on the brilliance of Gawn and Petracca and those two are playing that well at the moment that they are quite literally able to carry the Demons.

 

I like when I don't have to refute a statement because a poster proves themselves an idiot within that statement. 

3 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

• I really hope we have a thumping win over the Melbourne Football Club. Not a fan of their fans and given we haven't had a big win in a while, hope we do so this week.

Saw this earlier in the week. We’re a nice bunch aren’t we? 

@DemonOX and other fellow ‘landers that attend, make sure you belt out a strong rendition of the song should we win. 

Dee can’t sing to save my life but if we win you will hear me (and my kids) belting out our song through the effects mics on the ground ?. 

Brisbane are in great form and are one hell of a rapidly developing team.

We've beaten Gold Coast and Hawthorn the past 2 weeks. Hardly giant killing form.

A win over Brisbane will tell me that we are serious. Expecting a narrow loss.

Talent for talent in the middle we  will deliver.  Max will lead by example and the rest will follow.  The confidence is Building.

Dees by 15

Time to stand up

The Club expects to make finals this year. 
 

These are the times to show it...

They have reason to be confident. Other than Max, they match us (at a minimum) in practically every position on the ground.

I have tipped us to win the last 2 rounds, but Brissy, imo, will probably have a narrow win tomorrow.

My opinion of MFC being a flakey, mediocre team will change if we do beat the Lions tomorrow. This is a seriously good test for us.

 

7 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Max

• Gawn could be an issue both in the ruck and around the ground.
• Gawn will destroy him in the ruck and around the ground.
• Max Gawn will feast this week. Not much we can do about that.
• Around the ground Gawn actually will damage us.
• If Gawn does completely dominate centre bounces/stoppages, you play man on man with the opposition players around Gawn to restrict the smallls taking it away with little pressure on them.
• I hope Archie has been practising his spoils his week - if he's able to mitigate Gawn's marking it'll be huge.
• Archie has a massive task ahead of him. Almost want him to basically tag Gawn around the ground and not let him dominate in that area.
• The Demons are pretty much relying solely on the brilliance of Gawn and Petracca and those two are playing that well at the moment that they are quite literally able to carry the Demons.
• Gawn, Petracca, Oliver and Bennell all fit and firing simultaneously can challenge any side in the league. 

Everything else

• I'm not confident about this one. I think Melbourne might surprise a few this season after their terrible start and this is their statement game. I can see Melbourne winning this one.
• They have no real key forwards of concern but their smalls and their pace generally could worry us at Metricon.
• Petracca will be the big factor of who wins.
• Oliver can also lift the Demons and carry them home.
• I am genuinely concerned that we don’t play Metricon particularly well.
• I’m really looking forward to watching Harley Bennell. That guys been to hell and back and deserves any success that comes his way.
• If Harley Bennell can stay fit for the rest of this season and find some form he could be the game breaker for them. Such an insanely good talent.
• Viney was very good from what I saw last game too.
• Interesting they brought Jones in.
• Jones is a big in for us. Old and slow. Our boys in the middle should run rings around him.
• I don't think the Jones inclusion is such a good thing for us. He is an old head and in a slog, he can work smarter. Key match-ups
  • McInerney & Smith v Gawn & Jackson
  • Lyons v Petracca
  • Berry v Viney
  • Neale v Oliver
  • Zorko v Harmes
  • McCluggage v Jones
  • Robinson v Langdon
  • Bailey v Brayshaw

All of Brisbane is jumping on the Lions bandwagon as the Broncos are unbearable to watch. Should be a cracker of a game.

14 minutes ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

All of Brisbane is jumping on the Lions bandwagon as the Broncos are unbearable to watch. Should be a cracker of a game.

I thought they were quite amusing to watch last night

2 hours ago, faultydet said:

Brisbane are in great form and are one hell of a rapidly developing team.

We've beaten Gold Coast and Hawthorn the past 2 weeks. Hardly giant killing form.

A win over Brisbane will tell me that we are serious. Expecting a narrow loss.

Yes Hawks beat Brisbane, gold coast are good side, better then half the teams, going around.

 

 

If we’re to play finals we need to pull out wins against quality opposition, we lost to West Coast, Geelong, and Richmond albeit the cats one was close and I great chance to snatch it. 

We simply have to win one of this week or next week. I think we face Brisbane in an interesting time because they are in form and we are just starting to find some confidence. The Lions fans aren’t wrong about a couple of things, Gawn and Petracca are a large reason for our form but also the way we’re playing around the ground is a lot more reminiscent of 2018. 

2 hours ago, ding said:

They have reason to be confident. Other than Max, they match us (at a minimum) in practically every position on the ground.

I have tipped us to win the last 2 rounds, but Brissy, imo, will probably have a narrow win tomorrow.

My opinion of MFC being a flakey, mediocre team will change if we do beat the Lions tomorrow. This is a seriously good test for us.

 

They took the best part of 3 quarters to get away from a Melbourne side that basically showed nothing all year 2019 at the Gabba. We should be right in this all the way.

Thanks   QD   always interesting to get the other view.    Do not think it will be easy,  not in any way, But if we play well with few passengers   we could win,  hope so anyway,   Go Dees

No evidence to show we will be able to beat Brisbane away. We have hit some form so it will be interesting to see where we are at. I suspect a close game at times but the bears will be too good and win by 2-3 goals 

our season is far from over if we lose. North and crows to come shortly after