{"id":376434,"date":"2024-03-15T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376434"},"modified":"2024-03-15T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:03:55","slug":"glad-he-did-fagan-lauds-neales-fiery-lions-whack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=376434","title":{"rendered":"'Glad he did': Fagan lauds Neale's fiery Lions whack"},"content":{"rendered":"

B\ufeffrisbane<\/a> coach Chris Fagan<\/a> has leapt to the defence of his star midfielder Lachie Neale<\/a>, who whacked his side's efforts after their one-point loss to Carlton in Opening Round.<\/p>\n

The Lions coughed up a 46-point lead at the Gabba to hand the Blues their first win at the venue since 2013<\/a>, a rare loss for the home side.<\/p>\n

Neale then took it upon himself to publicly hold his teammates to account after the shock loss.<\/p>\n

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He blasted his side for taking "easy options", while allowing Carlton to flourish in front of goal, piling on eight unanswered majors in the third quarter.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"… selfishness, we weren't cohesive on defence, probably thought scoreboard was ticking along all right, so maybe that intensity dropped away a little bit \u2026 we probably chose some easy options," Neale told media during the week.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

"(We) didn't dig in and basically, you're shitting on your teammates."\ufeff<\/p>\n

The dual Brownlow medallist copped some backlash for the comments, but Fagan was only too happy to defend Neale's words.<\/p>\n

"All Lachie did the other day was report that back. He wasn't giving his opinion. He was reporting back what was talked about in that meeting," Fagan said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Fagan, whose side went down to Collingwood by just four points in last year's Grand Final, declared the mistakes made in Opening Round have already been addressed ahead of round one.<\/p>\n

\"Blues<\/p>\n

"I'm glad he did (call out our mistakes) because we're not going to shy away from it," Fagan said.<\/p>\n

"We're a really strong organisation, and you know what good organisations do? They 'fess up to the truth, and that's what he did."<\/p>\n

"Poorer organisations would hide and not say what we've got to improve.<\/p>\n

"I was proud of the way he stepped up, I was disappointed with the way it was reported.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Brisbane will look to get their first win on the board against Fremantle at Optus Stadium on Sunday night, before a bye in round two.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Neale will miss the clash due to a low grade hamstring strain sustained against Carlton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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