Josh Dunkley has embraced dwelling exterior Melbourne’s footy bubble and being a part of a Brisbane Lions group solely simply “scratching the surface” on what they’ll obtain this season.
The former Western Bulldogs star is shortly discovering his high type for a Lions aspect aiming for a fifth successive win after they tackle Carlton at Marvel Stadium on Friday evening.
Brisbane should beat the Blues with out stalwart pair Dayne Zorko and Daniel Rich, who’re every dealing with two to a few weeks on the sidelines after struggling respective hamstring and calf accidents within the Lions’ 48-point weekend win over Fremantle.
However, Dunkley is assured his aspect overcome the losses of Zorko and Rich, pointing to Brisbane’s depth and believing that with every week, a Lions group that began the season with a handful of latest faces is changing into extra settled and unified.
“It’s a hard one with those two going out,” Dunkley stated on Tuesday.
“They’re obviously both very senior players in the group and help us on both sides of the ball.
“Their creativeness to be able to set us up moving forward has been really good, but it is promising the way the (Lions’) VFL (team) has played this year.
“We’ve got guys that are willing to step up and have been playing some consistent footy there, so it’s an exciting opportunity for those boys that come in,
“Everyone talks about getting new players in … and being able to build that chemistry.
“Now we’re starting to learn how each other plays, I feel like we’re only just scratching the surface.”
The Lions haven’t been overwhelmed since shedding by 14 factors to the Bulldogs on March 30.
At that stage it left Brisbane with a document of two losses and a win from their opening matches, however since then, Dunkley and the Lions haven’t appeared again.
“It was great experience,” the 26-year-old midfielder stated.
“I feel like once you play against your old club, it’s that line-in-the-sand type of moment. Now I know that I’m part of the Brisbane Lions and the future’s exciting.”
And that’s each on and off the sector for Dunkley, who stated dwelling in Brisbane allowed him to take pleasure in life away from soccer.
“It is awesome the way that you can get outside of footy up here. You can really leave that outside lifestyle, and it’s been nice to be able to relax a little bit away from the club,” he stated.
“The club does a great job in being able to allow us to do something else outside of footy, and for me, that’s studying real estate, so I’m doing a bit of that at the moment, which is cool.
“It’s a well-balanced lifestyle up here. I’m loving it so far and looking forward to seeing what it has to hold.”
Originally revealed as Brisbane star Josh Dunkley says ‘chemistry’ is constructing in Lions squad
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
