Three Things I've Learned - Round 23 Edition

[jeemak]

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The concern with Rich this season has been with his effectiveness when more closely checked by the opposition. Let home roam free and he can be very destructive with his kicking but he has gone missing too often when he hasn't been given the latitude, granted that this is his first season back after his ACL.

How do you think he'd go in a side readily stacked with inside mids with him left outside ready to show his strengths?

I appreciate what you're saying, and you've pretty much summed up my only apprehension about him.

[SonofScray]

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1. The heat up there was a significant change coming up from Melbourne. Was only 24 I think, but I was cooking in the sun. At some level that'd have an impact on the lads. Either in game, or wrongly, post. I hope they get a decent recovery in.

2. Roberts and Cordy battled to stay in control of their area. The press up the field was getting pulled from side to side and it left them out of position quite a bit. I think the development of these guys is going to be in their capacity to defend one out when they have to.

3.If we lose too much momentum,too quickly, we just freeze up. This game felt a bit like the Saints game, albeit with a different scoreline and context injury wise.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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3. A meaningless round 23 win may set back Brisbane football 5 years if the Lions miss out on both Weitering and Schache (would happen if Blues lose Kreuzer and gain pick 2).

Ouch. That scenario really hurts. Would hate the blues to get picks 1 & 2.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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1. With Picken as the only player with 100+ games experience, we really struggled without the cool heads of Murphy, Boyd and Morris, and there is NO WAY we would have lost that game with those three in the team.

2. To come back and hit the front near the end when we were clearly having trouble adjusting to the heat was a good sign.

3. Bontempelli. What a young God he is.

[Sedat]

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2. This should have been a twilight or night game.

Only if it was a Friday night. Saturday night match would have completely compromised our preparation for this week. Flying back after midnight or even this morning would not have been ideal, and the humidity is sapping enough without the sun in any event.