Brisbane’s Jarrod Berry has revealed the AFL membership’s mindset shift from hunter to hunted as they put together for each rival’s finest.
The Lions have completed second, second, fourth and sixth in latest seasons, bettering a disappointing September report in 2022 with a run to the preliminary closing.
Berry believes that consistency, coupled with an eye catching low season of recruitment and drafting, has firmly landed them within the sights of fellow contenders.
“I assume we’re in all probability a scalp for lots of groups in the meanwhile,” he mentioned.
“We have been like that a couple of years again after we weren’t doing too effectively and we have been all the time getting up for video games and making an attempt to take scalps.”
Brisbane are 2-2 after a testing opening month, bouncing again from losses to a fired-up Port Adelaide and Western Bulldogs with wins over the credentialed Melbourne and Collingwood.
“We are the hunted now, we’re not looking,” Berry mentioned.
“We spoke about that loads in our conferences and have spoken about altering our mindset to being the hunters, so that is what you may count on for the remainder of the 12 months.”
Berry was thrilled for teammates Eric Hipwood and Joe Daniher countering midweek criticism with key roles of their defeat of the Magpies.
“I feel our boys that have been underneath a little bit of stress fired, and that is superior, that is what we need to see,” he mentioned.
“I do not understand how a lot they learn into it, however you simply love seeing your teammates succeed, particularly after they’re underneath stress like that.”
Coach Chris Fagan felt that criticism was unwarranted.
“I wasn’t disturbed by final week’s efficiency in any respect,” he mentioned after their win over Collingwood.
“I really feel like everybody thinks we’ll go on the market and win each week.
“It is not the way it works within the AFL; it is a exhausting, powerful, competitors and you need to earn each single win.”
Brisbane loved large crowds of their earlier two Gabba clashes however will go off-Broadway for this week’s Collect Spherical within the Adelaide Hills, towards North Melbourne in Mt Barker on Saturday.
