Dave’s Football Blog

How bad has it gotten in Brisbane these days? Lions coach Leigh Matthews, who earned the nickname “Lethal” during his playing days, is turning to A.A. Milne for inspiration…

Matthews has told his players he doesn’t want to see any long faces like Eeyore’s from Winnie the Pooh around the club.

“We are having an anti-Eeyore week this week,” he said.

“You know Eeyore out of Pooh bear - ‘Ooooh it’s a sad day’. So we are having an anti-Eeyore week.

“I don’t care what people are like a day after the game, you can be miserable or you can do whatever you do.

“But Monday morning the next week’s on. The sky’s blue and you’re going to start nil-nil apiece against Richmond.”

And if anything ever looked like a big fat jar of honey that would get you stuck in a hill hole, it’s a fixture against Richmond.

Nothing quite says “Lethal” like a Winnie the Pooh reference, does it? Hey, here’s an idea — maybe the Lions can swap out their regular guernsey this week with one that has a picture of Tigger on it. Then they can bounce out onto the pitch shouting, “Worraworraworraworraworra!!!” The wooden spoon favorites will be shaking in their boots…

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