The Brisbane Lions tin not triumph a premiership portion Joe Daniher continues to play with "low footy IQ", AFL large Nathan Brown believes.
Speaking connected Nine's AFL Sunday Footy Show, Brown said the 28-year-old's vocation somewhat resembles the aboriginal portion of Jack Riewoldt's vocation earlier helium made a alteration which took him to the apical of the AFL.
Brisbane was knocked retired of the premiership contention successful a large nonaccomplishment to Geelong connected Friday.
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"I inactive deliberation (the Lions) are successful the premiership model ... he's a wonderfully talented player, Joe Daniher, but portion helium plays similar this, with debased footy IQ, I don't deliberation they tin triumph a premiership," Brown said.
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Daniher - who joined Brisbane from Essendon connected a woody said to beryllium worthy astir $750,000 a play - had conscionable 14 disposals successful the Lions' 71-point thrashing astatine the hands of the Cats astatine the MCG.
He kicked conscionable the 1 behind, took six marks and had 11 kicks. In the 2nd 4th helium had conscionable 1 disposal.
"If I'm Joe Daniher's coaching staff, I'm saying 'ring up Jack Riewoldt and inquire however helium changed' due to the fact that Jack Riewoldt successful the aboriginal portion of his career, was a akin benignant of player," Brown said.
"Jack Riewoldt changed and helium became a amended player, a antiaircraft player.
"(Daniher) wanted the shot delivered to him 120 metres distant the different night, helium was arguing with the umpires ... if helium doesn't alteration they can't triumph a flag."
Matthew Lloyd said manager Chris Fagan had a relation to play successful helping Daniher, and that his show connected Friday nighttime was besides acold from his best.
He said the Lions request to look for unit to complement Fagan's strengths.
"I deliberation Chris is 1 of the large antheral managers. You don't request to beryllium everything arsenic a elder coach, but you situation yourself with what you possibly lack," helium said.
"He's not arsenic strategical arsenic a Chris Scott for example, but you tin situation yourself with radical who aren't antheral managers similar Chris Fagan. So that's what I'd beryllium going after."
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