Rnd 6 Match Day Thread. Brisbane Lions V Sydney Swans. 1.10pm at The Gabba

[bandwagon]

I'm happy with the win, and not too disappointed with the way we played. I'm expecting ups and downs with such a young team. Some people may be forgetting we had ten players with less than 50 games experience, for a cumulative number of games of 195. The lion's least experienced ten had 349 cumulative games.


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[mcs]

I'm happy with the win, and not too disappointed with the way we played. I'm expecting ups and downs with such a young team. Some people may be forgetting we had ten players with less than 50 games experience, for a cumulative number of games of 195. The lion's least experienced ten had 349 cumulative games.


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That's a nice stat BW - a good sign for our future surely!

[giant]

Finally got around to watch the replay - think people are being a tad harsh. Brissie played bloody well. Do suspect we need another mobile tall target up front. When's Reid due back?

[Meg]

Seems there is still some interest in pointing the finger at the Swans over Stretchergate.

'Evans suggested the AFL was still investigating the incident.

?We?ve had some contact with the Swans today and we?ll go through that over the next day or so,? he said.

Lions coach Justin Leppitsch queried the timing of the decision to bring on the stretcher and whether a team could use such an incident as a tactic to stop the game and get more players back in their defensive 50.'

AFL umpires blamed over stretcher incident | The Roar

[AnnieH]

Buddy should have kicked 13. Poor hands on Sunday. Sure it was wet but he should have clunked more than four based of the number of times his hands were first to the ball. Sheesh! He was even dropping chesties that my late Nonna would have plucked and popped into the oven in her day.

Great to get away with the win and pretty gutsy in the end against a team that spent most of the day on top. I know it's a clich? but good teams find a way to win when playing below their best. I'm not reading too much into a below par performance. Every team is going to have a shocker every now and again. Best to pick up four points and do no great harm to percentage when you do.

Buddy's poor hands are becoming a habit.

[YvonneH]

Buddy's poor hands are becoming a habit.

They were a problem when he came to the Swans, but then he seemed to get on top of it. Hopefully this come again.

[crackedactor]

Buddy's poor hands are becoming a habit.

Being a bit harsh on Buddy?? He does clunk a few but don't forget he has had problems with his shoulders over the last 5/6 years and even Hawk supporters thought he was gone as a player when he came to Sydney.

[jono2707]

Blind Freddie could tell you that bombing it on high to Buddy and several defenders on a wet day is not going to be too productive. He does his best work on the ground, not in the air, and a bit further up the field. He was pretty good all things considering.

And it's very easy to watch on tv an expect players to easily mark a Sherrin on a wet day. Give it a go sometime and see how easy it is.

[KTigers]

Is there a stat for dropped marks against marks taken? Probably we notice Buddy's dropped marks more than other players because of who he is, and a desire to see him kick
eight or nine or eleven goals every game. Didn't Hall have this problem till he worked out he was as blind as a bat and needed glasses or laser surgery. Maybe Buddy should head down to the local OPSM shop and get his eyes tested.

[Ludwig]

Allen Christensen is a good player, but it always upsets me to see him playing it up to get free kicks. They are often in front of goal and very costly ones. I had to check the records and found that Christensen got 57 frees last year, third in the AFL behind Joel Selwood and Anthony Miles, who both play as inside mids and are more likely to be in situations with their head over the ball. Our highest last year was Tippett at 39. The most Adam Goodes ever got in a season was 32 and he was constantly being accused of staging.

[Meg]

Ok, so AFL says umps mucked up and Swans did nothing wrong.

"the AFL has declared the Swans have no case to answer ? putting blame squarely on the shoulders of the umpires for the stuff-up."

Swans say they feared Sinclair had ruptured his ACL (didn't we all as we groaned).

"SYDNEY has moved quickly to distance itself from ?stretchergate?, claiming it initially feared big man Callum Sinclair had ruptured his ACL."

And the Lions grudgingly say, in very low key way that doesn't go anywhere near their original roar of rage, that "they do not believe the Swans deliberately exploited the stretcher rule".

Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans stretchergate, Swans feared Callum Sinclair ACL injury

Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans stretchergate: Lions don?t blame Swans

[AnnieH]

Hello... what's Buddy's excuse for his poor hands in the sunshine? I've been saying all year that he's got to be carrying some sort of injury that we don't know about. He's dropping enough sitters for me to question it.
Just sayin'.

[RogueSwan]

Hello... what's Buddy's excuse for his poor hands in the sunshine? I've been saying all year that he's got to be carrying some sort of injury that we don't know about. He's dropping enough sitters for me to question it.
Just sayin'.

All our games have been in the late afternoon or evening, apart from the two rain games, maybe the dew has been heavy and the ball is always slippery?
BTW I don't think he has bad hands because his picking up the ball, and in close work is good. Not Mitchell or Micky O good, but he has a very good handball.

[Nico]

Hello... what's Buddy's excuse for his poor hands in the sunshine? I've been saying all year that he's got to be carrying some sort of injury that we don't know about. He's dropping enough sitters for me to question it.
Just sayin'.

I am guessing, but if he had really good hands he would kick 15 this week against the Bummers.

Last week he dropped a couple of chest marks. The Jumpers (synthetic something) were saturated and it was like the footy hitting a bare chest. It must sting a bit, and almost every player was dropping those. Back when jumpers were jumpers (wool) they held on to these. What's he averaging; 4+ goals a game. Not bad really, almost Pluggeresque. If he kicks a genuinely big bag this week he is on track for 100 for the season.

By the way, I think it was generally accepted when he came to us that he had a hand injury, and was never rated as a top over head mark.

[Nico]

All our games have been in the late afternoon or evening, apart from the two rain games, maybe the dew has been heavy and the ball is always slippery?
BTW I don't think he has bad hands because his picking up the ball, and in close work is good. Not Mitchell or Micky O good, but he has a very good handball.

Round 1 - Pies - won easily, weather no factor
Round 2 Carlton - Ethihad Stadium - no dew there
Round 3 GWS - late afternoon game - weather no factor
Round 4 Crows - weather not a factor
Round 5 WCE - wet
Round 6 Brisbane - wet

He is just not a great over head mark. Then again how many top forwards get a heap of over head marks each week. Any stats on that one Ludwig. To me it doesn't matter how he gets his goals if he gets 4+ a week. He is a star and plays well in any conditions.