Joe Daniher has been caught out in damning imaginative and prescient that’s uncovered the Lions star’s hypocrisy.
The Brisbane ahead has come below renewed hearth following his efficiency within the Lions’ Spherical 3 loss to the Bulldogs.
Daniher, a lightning rod for criticism surrounding the membership’s misfiring ahead line, had one other shocker towards the Canines, ending with 0.4.
Nevertheless it wasn’t his goalkicking that got here below hearth on Channel 9’s Footy Categorised on Monday evening.
Extraordinary footage pieced collectively captured Daniher committing a cardinal sin of blazing away for objective when teammate Charlie Cameron was all-but alone within the objective sq..
It got here after footage of Daniher demanding the ball from Eric Hipwood when one on one within the objective sq. with a defender within the Lions win over the Demons the earlier week.
As captured by Fox Footy cameras, Daniher let Hipwood find out about it at their subsequent staff huddle and even shoved his fellow key ahead when demanding a solution.
Veteran soccer commentator Caroline Wilson stated on 9 the imaginative and prescient was “appalling”.
Co-hosts Matthew Lloyd and Kane Cornes had been additionally scathing of Daniher’s efforts.
Watch each match of each spherical of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE on Kayo Sports activities. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial now >
Lions coach Chris Fagan additionally confirmed uncommon public disappointment in Daniher in his post-match press convention.
When requested if he will get annoyed by Daniher some occasions, Fagan responded: “Yeah. Clearly we’ll evaluation the sport and speak about missed alternatives. And that shall be a part of the suggestions that comes his method”.
Wilson stated Fagan’s feedback had been telling.
“That’s the strongest he’s ever been publicly,” she stated.
“They only wrap their arms round him each time. I can’t perceive it.”
Lloyd stated it might be time for the Lions to indicate Daniher some powerful love.
“Along with his effort and second efforts or lack of, I ponder how onerous Chris has been on him,” Lloyd stated on the present.
He went on to say: “The perspective to cease, not chase, once you’ve been round for 10 years, I ponder how onerous they’ve been on him in that scenario.
“I see the killer intuition in Jeremy Cameron to run down and chase gamers. The premiership sort gamers. The premiership sort gamers that get to the dais and win premierships as key forwards. He’s not wanting like one in the intervening time in any case this time with what he’s like when he doesn’t have the ball in his palms.”
Cornes then identified the hypocrisy in Daniher’s failure to seek out Cameron on Thursday evening.
“He can be a irritating teammate to play with,” he stated.
“Per week in the past that is him demanding the ball from Hipwood. You’ll be able to see him within the objective sq. demanding it. That physique language isn’t good as a teammate. That’s why he’s a irritating teammate to play with.”
He stated it wasn’t look when Daniher confronted Hipwood about it on the sphere and stated teammates can be annoyed that he ignored Cameron within the objective sq..
The warmth is on the Lions’ star-studded ahead line after the membership made the extraordinary transfer to enroll Hipwood and Daniher to extraordinary long-term contracts.
Daniher, 29, is contracted to the Lions till the top of 2025.
Hipwood, 25, added an additional six years to his deal, tying him to the membership till at the very least the top of the 2029 season.
Twin premiership Kangaroo David King stated on Fox Footy the Lions’ ahead line is sort of a “field of candies”.
“You’ve obtained no thought what you’re going to get out of Daniher,” he stated.
“You’ve obtained no thought what Eric goes to do week to week. They throw the ruckman ahead as an act of desperation. The smalls that should do the work are hit or miss.”
Lions champion and Fox Footy analyst Jonathan Brown additionally made the daring declaration on Monday evening the membership can’t win the flag with Daniher and Hipwood as their key targets up ahead.
“Three contested marks between Hipwood and Daniher for the yr, that’s a horrible return,” Brown instructed Fox Footy on Monday.
“They’re beginning to see Dan McStay has been missed. He gave the impression to be the bullocking, straight-down-the-line sort ahead that was in a position to contest and compete.
“Any key ahead must be dependable and predictable to his teammates and I’m not seeing (that) in Daniher and Hipwood in the intervening time.
“That’s an issue for the Brisbane Lions they usually’ve obtained to kind it out.”
