Interesting thoughts Ash
Nathan Brown is a great footballer, don't get me wrong, but he is so far up himself it is a wonder he can walk. I like watching him play football cos he is all class, but hate seeing him on the footy show with his always smug "Fcuk Im Good Just Ask Me" look and I find him to be so full of himself that it irritates the shit out of me and I love it when someone takes the piss out of him and he falls flat on his face now and then.
I can't see the Brisbane Lions bottom of the ladder cos they have some quality youngsters that tasted some gametime this year, and they will have Nigel Lappin back who is a class act, and if Brown can stand up then they still have a fairly sound goal to goal line. Any team with Power, Black and Lappin, and the emerging Sherman in the guts, with Brown and Bradshaw as key forwards have the capability of outscoring the lower sides more than 5 or 6 times to avoid the wooden spoon.
Having said that there last 4 games this year were not so good.
R19 - 60
R20 - 52
R21 - 40
R22 - 57
Fairly poor scoring there, but Johnathon Brown is capable of winning games off his own boot, and they also have Charman in the ruck who is fast becoming one of the League's best ruckmen. So they have the foundations of a goodside, and Matthews has been patience with the youngsters. Doubt Leigh would have re-signed and stayed in Brisbane if he envisaged a lean period for the Lions. Some of there kids are very good players, the ones that played this year anyways.
The Bombers look big improvers to me (worse luck)
