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How Lions' premiership formula is breaking without its foot soldiers
Every premiership team needs its role players – and Brisbane is running in short supply at the moment
OF THE issues troubling Brisbane – team defence, injuries and inconsistent form – one has slipped through the cracks.
The Lions have been playing without their role players, their worker bees, their foot soldiers – and they're struggling to plug the gaps.
The scales that have the stars on one side and the helpers on the other is out of balance.
While most of the focus has been on the form of the team's star-studded midfield, as it should be, it's the absence of the lesser lights that has hurt just as much.
‘Exact situation’: Undeniable evidence premiers can’t be ruled out… but ‘gaping hole’ looms large
Despite the prestige that comes with winning back-to-back premierships, these Brisbane Lions are hardly unfamiliar with adversity.
It’s part of the reason why club icon and premiership star Alastair Lynch believes it’s not yet time for “alarm bells” at Springfield, in spite of consecutive concerning losses – and one “huge hole” that looms large in the short and long term.
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The three-time flag-winner believes Brisbane still has the requisite “hunger” to surge to a vaunted three-peat, but there’s a “major concern” that must be addressed.
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Hard home truths after 'disaster' help Lions refocus
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After a meeting where plenty of home truths were said, the Brisbane Lions have turned back to their valued philosophies as they attempt to put last week's horror show behind them.
The defending premiers' aura took a battering last week when they conceded a record 14 goals during the third quarter of their 78-point loss to GWS.
It left Brisbane nursing a 6-5 record in their pursuit of a third-straight flag, and they will receive another huge test on Saturday when they take on a red-hot Fremantle outfit at the Gabba.
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