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  • Reggi
    On the Rookie List
    • Jan 2003
    • 2718
    #1

    Anyone got a shovel?

    Gotta get down to Victoria Park and dig up those Colliwobbles.

    They are an awesome side Brisbane - greatest I have ever seen - and they had fitness problems - played against a side that had two injuries on its entire list .

    Awesome effort.


    What is big green and eats Magpies?
    You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler
    Tags: shovel, Swans, sydney
    • lizz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16844
      #2
      It's scary how good the Lions were today - and have been for the past 3 or 4 years (weren't that far behind Essendon by the end of 2000). And although they're thought to be an oldish side, so many of their really good players are still pretty young - Black, Brown, Power for example - while the likes of Johnson, Akermanis, Leppitsch, Lappin, the Scott brothers are young enough that they should be able to maintain that level for another 3 or so years yet. Losing Lynch within the next year or so will hurt them, and you wonder how much longer Voss' body will hold out, but they look capable of remaining the benchmark of the competition for several years yet.

      (Mind you, I still reckon we should have beaten them last week had we played the kind of footy we were capable of )

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        • Reggi
          On the Rookie List
          • Jan 2003
          • 2718
          #3
          I'm not so sure Liz - probably what we saw in the final qrtr and Collingwood today was certainly the greatest side I have seen.

          IMO their strength around the footy would have been too much for us.

          In a sense this has opened up next year.

          B'Bane have a lot of 30 yo's and only 35 on their list they really can't keep going forever.

          Collingwood will be mentally scared - and were really shown up for their lack of genuine class - from a talent perspective they are a 6 - 10 side who managed to play at their maximum.

          Port have lost Stevens and look set to implode.

          Next year will be interesting - no obvious contenders really.
          You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler

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            • Mike_B
              Peyow Peyow
              • Jan 2003
              • 6267
              #4
              While it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Lynch, Ashcroft and White call it quits, they are all playing well enough to go around again for at least another year.

              Add in the fact that McDonald and the 2 Scotts weren't playing, and they'll be back next year, there's no reason why the Lions couldn't do it all again.

              But as is always the case, injuries will really determine whether or not they get a chance at it in 2004.

              And of course, there's that issue of the Sydney Swans that they'll have to contend with

              I'm on the Chandwagon!!!

              If you cannot compete for the premiership, it's better to be young and exciting than middle-aged and dowdy.

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                • Reggi
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 2718
                  #5
                  If Doyle and Ball were going to tackle their two rucks it would be interesting

                  Academic until next year
                  You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby Ziegler

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                    • lizz
                      Veteran
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16844
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Reggi
                      I'm not so sure Liz - probably what we saw in the final qrtr and Collingwood today was certainly the greatest side I have seen.

                      IMO their strength around the footy would have been too much for us.
                      Don't disagree with that Reggi. But...

                      Roos has constantly held up the Lions as the team to emulate. No rocket science there - they're clearly the best. And if he can instill anything like the mental toughness that the Lions have into our team it will go a long way to getting us where we desperately want to be.

                      But in terms of building a team, he has no chance (with the core of the current squad) of emulating the type of team the Lions are. They are just so big and strong and we don't have the players with the physique to develop that kind of strength. But it isn't the only type of team that can win a premiership. The Bombers team of 1999-2000 was built more on skill and class (not that the Lions aren't also pretty skilfull) while the Adelaide teams of 1997 and 1998 were nothing like as big and strong as this big Brisbane team. He has to build a team that plays to its strengths - and ours have to be speed and daring, hopefully combined with an ever increasing skill level (which they definitely demonstrated this year). Where we lost the game last week, IMO, was we stopped taking risks. For the short period we did, we played some good footy.

                      Of course it's all very easy on an internet board in six weeks before pre-season training starts!

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                        • swan_song
                          I'm SO over the swans!
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 981
                          #7
                          Lizz, u give me great heart... is it only 6 weeks now to the start of pre-season training....mmmmmmmmm footy again!!!!!
                          "Davis...Davis has kicked 2...he snaps from 40...dont tell me, dont tell me, hes kicked a goal....unbelievable stuff from Nick Davis, can you believe this, he's kicked 3 final quarter goals and Swans are within 3 points..."

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                            • anniswan
                              Footy Mother Big Time
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 2031
                              #8
                              Now Collingwood can head off to their end of season trip, they may decide to choose somewhere not so familiar to them, Western Australia

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                                • Grant
                                  On the Rookie List
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 579
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by anniswan
                                  Now Collingwood can head off to their end of season trip, they may decide to choose somewhere not so familiar to them, Western Australia
                                  LMAO,Love it
                                  The Future is Bright,The Future is Red And White.

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