Chris Fagan is relishing the Brisbane Lions’ uncommon return to the MCG to face Melbourne and their 12-game common season shedding streak.
A nine-year hoodoo will be damaged in Friday’s conflict with the Demons, simply the second of two video games on the grand remaining venue for Fagan’s males this common season.
The final was a shock loss to a struggling Hawthorn that prolonged their barren MCG run to 12 video games.
At the time Fagan stated he had no solutions for the streak, however thought they’d exorcised any demons with an upset win there over Melbourne in a semi-final final season.
The Lions have struggled there ever for the reason that membership’s 1996 merger, with simply 16 wins to go along with one draw and 41 losses of their 58 visits.
But, after cruising in an 81-point defeat of West Coast on Saturday, Fagan stated he would not be dwelling on it.
“I haven’t because … coming off the bye (against Hawthorn), we didn’t play well at all,” he stated.
“I felt like we were getting better at the MCG last year, just by playing on it.
“We made progress … and I’m not as caught up in it as what the entire footy world is.”
After Friday, Brisbane won’t play there again until finals.
Their penultimate round blockbuster against Collingwood will take place at Marvel Stadium, both clubs understood to have had their request to move the fixture knocked back.
“You’d love to have the ability to play there a bit greater than twice a yr,” Fagan stated of the MCG.
“If we may I’d play there each week for the subsequent seven weeks, only for the apply.
“But we’ll take every opportunity we get.”
Fagan hopes to have some choice complications after Jack Gunston kicked six targets after being recalled and Dayne Zorko additionally made a profitable return from harm.
Callum Ah Chee (concussion), Lincoln McCarthy (suspended), Jarrod Berry (hamstring) and Josh Dunkley (calf) all missed the sport, with Dunkley the one man more likely to stay sidelined.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
