‘That’s appalling’: Joe Daniher grilled for act of hypocrisy

The Brisbane ahead has come beneath renewed fireplace following his efficiency within the Lions’ Round 3 loss to the Bulldogs.

Daniher, a lightning rod for criticism surrounding the membership’s misfiring ahead line, had one other shocker in opposition to the Dogs, ending with 0.4.

But it wasn’t his goalkicking that got here beneath fireplace on Channel 9’s Footy Classified on Monday night time.

Extraordinary footage pieced collectively captured Daniher committing a cardinal sin of blazing away for aim when teammate Charlie Cameron was all-but alone within the aim sq..

It got here after footage of Daniher demanding the ball from Eric Hipwood when one on one within the aim sq. with a defender within the Lions win over the Demons the earlier week.

As captured by Fox Footy cameras, Daniher let Hipwood find out about it at their subsequent group huddle and even shoved his fellow key ahead when demanding a solution.

Veteran soccer commentator Caroline Wilson stated on Nine the imaginative and prescient was “appalling”.

Co-hosts Matthew Lloyd and Kane Cornes had been additionally scathing of Daniher’s efforts.

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Lions coach Chris Fagan additionally confirmed uncommon public disappointment in Daniher in his post-match press convention.

When requested if he will get annoyed by Daniher some occasions, Fagan responded: “Yeah. Obviously we’ll review the game and talk about missed opportunities. And that will be part of the feedback that comes his way”.

Wilson stated Fagan’s feedback had been telling.

“That’s the strongest he’s ever been publicly,” she stated.

“They just wrap their arms around him every time. I can’t understand it.”

Lloyd stated it might be time for the Lions to indicate Daniher some robust love.

“With his effort and second efforts or lack of, I wonder how hard Chris has been on him,” Lloyd stated on the present.

He went on to say: “The attitude to stop, not chase, when you’ve been around for 10 years, I wonder how hard they’ve been on him in that situation.

“I see the killer instinct in Jeremy Cameron to run down and chase players. The premiership type players. The premiership type players that get to the dais and win premierships as key forwards. He’s not looking like one at the moment after all this time with what he’s like when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands.”

Cornes then identified the hypocrisy in Daniher’s failure to seek out Cameron on Thursday night time.

“He would be a frustrating teammate to play with,” he stated.

“A week ago this is him demanding the ball from Hipwood. You can see him in the goal square demanding it. That body language isn’t good as a teammate. That’s why he’s a frustrating teammate to play with.”

He stated it wasn’t look when Daniher confronted Hipwood about it on the sector and stated teammates can be annoyed that he ignored Cameron within the aim sq..

The warmth is on the Lions’ star-studded ahead line after the membership made the extraordinary transfer to enroll Hipwood and Daniher to extraordinary long-term contracts.

Daniher, 29, is contracted to the Lions till the tip of 2025.

Hipwood, 25, added an additional six years to his deal, tying him to the membership till a minimum of the tip of the 2029 season.

Dual premiership Kangaroo David King stated on Fox Footy the Lions’ ahead line is sort of a “box of chocolates”.

“You’ve got no idea what you’re going to get out of Daniher,” he stated.

“You’ve got no idea what Eric is going to do week to week. They throw the ruckman forward as an act of desperation. The smalls that are meant to do the work are hit and miss.”

Lions champion and Fox Footy analyst Jonathan Brown additionally made the daring declaration on Monday night time the membership can’t win the flag with Daniher and Hipwood as their key targets up ahead.

“Three contested marks between Hipwood and Daniher for the year, that’s a terrible return,” Brown informed Fox Footy on Monday.

“They’re starting to see Dan McStay has been missed. He seemed to be the bullocking, straight-down-the-line type forward that was able to contest and compete.

“Any key forward needs to be reliable and predictable to his teammates and I’m not seeing (that) in Daniher and Hipwood at the moment.

“That’s a problem for the Brisbane Lions and they’ve got to sort it out.”