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Vossy is talking up the Lion's chances for a premiership either this year or next and to be honest if they keep playing the way they have been I don't see them getting beaten a lot. The upcoming game in Round 12 against the Bulldogs will be the first real test against a top 4 time since they hit their stride and started putting back to back wins together. Vossy is right the current strategy is all very much about staying in touch for September and if fortune and hard paly favours a top 4 spot. Adelaide looks vulnerable and I can only see the Lions or the 'Pies getting a shot in for that position. Sydney is an outside chance but are far too mecurial to be a sure thing.
Vossy for the Gold Coast gig!
I'm still not sure how I feel about it to be honest. Michael Voss is obviously passionate, ambitious and has a heap of desire, but the general question is does that compensate for a lack of assistant coaching experience? Rohan Connaly from The Age explores the question with some considerable thought but the answer still seems to be - who knows? It's one of the great questions of football at the moment.
I'm just having mild fantasies about an unsigned Joel Selwood coming to join his brother in Brisbane.
Ahhhh......
When Lethal speaks, you listen. He's dubbed Lance Franklin from Hawthorn as one of the best players in the game and I have to confess in my mind everybit as powerful as one J. Brown. We're either in for a shoot out or a drubbing at the Gabba this weekend. It all depends on the midfield; oh and catching the ball; and small crumbing forwards; and more run off the half-back line.
No more 47 point comebacks Brisbane. I mean it.
Here at Davemonkey's Talking Thing it's all Goose news, all the time!
Well I expected this. Mick is on one hand magnanimous in defeat and on the other blaming the loss on the umpires. I saw at least two questionable free kicks in front of goal against the Lions so I think at the end of the day it evened out. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't theatrics just to keep the fans onside.
I 'watched' this game. Which really meant I spent time in front of a very dull game of footy reading World War Z, playing with the kids and talking to Min. Poor old Ds. They just seem to be completely and utterly incapable of sustaining effort if they get behind. Its surprising because on paper everyone says they have a decent list but it is like they can't even be bothered trying. Like the old joke about Italian tanks they have one gear in forward and four in reverse. Sigh.
Well the Doggies look a chance this year and should improve on last years bottom four finish. They'll have to remain consistent throughout the year and stay fit.
Goose praise! And yes he was mercurial. I had to slap Nigey Nige after he started to overbag The Goose, who of course did some silly things (including kicking three behinds) but did some amazing work at ground level and in the air. Nige I'll take your Goose badge if you can't wear it!
Oh what a night! No match report because to be frank, the journos do it better. But it was a fantastic game. The tug of war of the first two quarters. The heartbreak of being down at the end of the third. The final quarter fight back and snatching that final goal. It was a nail-biting finish and it was truly wonderful to watch the Collingwood cheer squad just get quieter and quieter as the Lions just rolled over them in that final quarter. The Lions' midfield was awesome after a third quarter slump and the back line was tenacious and rebounded quickly.
We had a great time amongst the unwashed fans of Collingwood. There is no atmosphere like a Brisbane - Collingwood game at the Gabba. There is a fierce rivalry between the two sides and their fans, and it showed when one brave chap in his maroon, gold and blue rain poncho went and had a few words with the head of the Collingwood Cheer Squad and his mates after Brisbane had won the game. He had a crowd watching his back and Joffa knew it.
An interesting perspective from Michael Voss on the mental hold that the Lions have over the Pies since 2003. Also a great example on why footballers should get a little more training as writers - way to labour that analogy Vossy. I particularly love:
Despite personnel changes on both sides, the scars run deep when it comes to the colour of the Lion, like the wildebeest that is on high alert whenever the Lions are around, watching over its shoulder in case of a surprise attack.
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