Perceptions in football can be hard to shift. Back in April, three games into the regular season, the Brisbane Lions looked shaky, losing two of their first three games and showing an odd lack of appetite for the contest against Port Adelaide in round one, which shocked even coach Chris Fagan at the time.
Since round four, though, they’ve won 14 of their past 18 games. Joe Daniher, who had endured a horror start, and around whom so much discussion of the Lions circles, has compiled his most consistent season since being an All-Australian at the Bombers in 2017.
Joe Daniher’s third season at Brisbane has been his best for the club.Credit: AFL Photos
And the Lions are far from reliant on Daniher. They have arguably the best fleet of small forwards in the competition, led by Charlie Cameron, on track to exceed 50 goals for another season – a target he hasn’t missed since 2019, other than the COVID-interrupted 2020.
