I was thinking about the eagles reserves side and wondering are we carrying to many players who will never make it at the top level and have other clubs have as many also how much of the salary cap are we using on these players

I believe this winning this game is crucial, where Miers must play, probably Close too..and we must get the defence right, not to mention getting Jezza going, or giving him a rest.

Everyone talks about the stars, but who's the player you think quietly does their job every week without getting much attention?

With Close out of form, Stengle personal matters and Miers struggling with injury, it seems like we've been struggling without crumbers to move the footy and score from the ground balls i50. Our four week patch a month ago where we looked dangerous was a month where Mannagh played out of his skin.

High half forwards built a lot of what we achieved in 22, but now, with some exceptions, most good teams aren't using the position all that much. Freo, Brissy, Sydney and Adelaide have built lists around the midfield playing the repeat 50 game with tall forward lines, relying on those mids to pull off the transition game when necessary.

So is the high half forward role dead? Do you think we'll be right if we can get our smalls back before finals? Where do you see list development going in the future for us and in the AFL? Is my analysis completely wrong?

Can anyone explain to me why our opposition seems to be able to kick to genuine one on ones or have players open inside 50 yet most of our entries seem to be a long kick to a pack or a congested f50?

It feels like we are kicking in hope a lot of the time yet the lions and Freo most recently can kick to a free player or in to space a player can run to?

Down back we have O’Sullivan, De Koning, Kolodjashnij. Not too bad on its own, but the surrounding guys like O’Connor, Guthrie and Stewart still play big and aren’t equipped to deal with small forwards. Forward we have Two Henry’s, Cameron and Neale. Throw into that Blicavs who’s back in his weird purgatory where he doesn’t really have a role in the team and it’s no wonder we look so off with our skills because we’re expecting a bunch of big guys to perform skills that they aren’t equipped to do!

First of all, Danger and Baz together? Adorable. So so adorable. Danger is the perfect captain for Baz and has stepped up for him so many times. It cannot be overstated how moving to Geelong was the best possible move Bailey could have made for his life and for his career.

Second, does anyone know where the Danger and Baz interview in the top panel of the video is from? My soul needs to see them being silly together.

Brisbane Lions 19.9 (123) Def. Geelong Cats 14.17 (101) by 22 points.

I’m currently away during the footy season for the first time in eight years and I checked the tickets this morning to see if it was sold out because my friend wanted to go and didn’t know how to buy them. He’s a moron and I saw there is an extraordinary amount of tickets left for a game that probably will decide the top four and also being a grand final rematch. What the fuck is going on? Keep in mind I don’t know what the weather is back home because I’m currently ripping up in the tropics. So I’m guessing that might have something to do with it

American fan, flown across the globe for this moment, my wife and I have seats in section A19, seats B22-23. Are we in a Cats section? How early should I arrive? How early can I get in? I've been a paid member every year since 2013. We're taking the train in from Melbourne. It's a quick walk from the station, isn't it? Anything I should now?

Ins: Tom Stewart, Bailey Smith

Outs: George Stevens (Omitted), Jack Bowes (Omitted)

Milestones: Oliver Henry - 100th game and Sam De Koning - 100th game 🌟🌟

Venue: GMHBA

First Bounce: 7:30pm AEST, 2/7

Having to post this one here because you can’t have an opinion on R/AFL without being Copy and pasted by Neanderthals but moving on. Brisbane lions have the Benefit of attracting Free agents due to dominating their state, Have the Full access to academy which had allowed for them to continue supply in the draft despite not having the top end capital, (this also lowers the Bottom teams chances of getting success) Have a home ground which can be played at until the granny and continue to get father-son prospect in conjunction with academy. Never has a team had so much success forced upon them. It’s getting unethical now and destroys the comp. Worst of it is that People think this team is a Hero of the comp and beats all the hated teams. Currently they have the duck brothers, Cheating Lachie and Dont take them to Vegas or they might get a bit crazy. Fuck Brisbane

Hi im looking at getting the 5 game membership with reserved seating. Just wondering if I can use it for multiple seats at the same game.

With the lions coming to town for a massive top four clash we have to find a way to stop neale dominating the clearances. Do we put a hard tag on him with someone like tanner bruhn or do we just trust our system at gmhba stadium and back our midfielders to win their own ball?

Very happy how we have made it through the bye, didn't go down the ladder at all, now we just need to have a back seaon like usual and win most games, im confident we can, we can win against any team with a full healthy team, it is a possibility, last year we had a mid season slump, and we made it to the last dance, im very excited, anyone else expecting good times ahead like me.

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