Are these guys really on the way up ?
2 Top 4 finishes would suggest ‘YES’…I’m not so sure.
The Richmond win was impressive, but it all went their way.
A Home final, no Lynch, then Richmond inexplicably gift wrap a couple of goals for them with undisciplined 50m penalties.
They have an unhealthy reliance on 3 superstars (Andrews, Neale & Cameron).
Assuming Zorko’s midfield days are numbered (32 next year), who is Neale’s midfield support ?..Lyons, Berry ???
Clug’s a quality wingman, however they are pretty skinny in there for talent.
There has to be strong doubts that their 2 key forwards will ever be better than serviceable.
A fit Joe might make a difference.
At this stage, I reckon they finish outside the Top 4 next season.
Talking to a former lion triple premiership player yesterday at a school thing in Brisbane, I played dumb (easy for me) and said do you think the Lions can get Daniher fit.
He said it was promising that he played a few games late this year, but he’s surprised they paid what they did for him and he isn’t confident his body will hold together
I think the only 3 Lions triple Premiership players who live in Queensland are Shaun Hart, Clark Keating and Alastair Lynch. Guessing it’s one of them!!
I didn’t even know of Aaron. I just had to google him.
But looking at Clark’s stats, he played more in those premiership years than I recalled. 2001 he played 20 games, but he missed a fair bit of footy the following 2 years, only playing 12 games each year
Reckon if you went through some periods where clubs were winning 4+ on the trot you’d find better ratios (one example I found was Frank Adams who played in 6 flags with the Dees in the Barassi era - premiership every 27.33 games!).
