Matthew Lloyd is a month of footy away from potentially making the most controversial football prediction in recent AFL media history.
Caroline Wilson asked Lloyd on Footy Classified whether Brandon Ellis is closer to a third AFL premiership now that he’s at Gold Coast than he would be if still at Richmond.
The former Essendon captain, to the surprise of the rest of the panel, said if the Tigers don’t correct their form slump in the next month it might just become true.
“Give me another month and (Ellis) could quite possibly be (closer to a flag at Gold Coast than Richmond),” Lloyd said.
The reigning premiers’ streak of over 365 days without a loss came to an end in Round 3, losing to Hawthorn on Friday night by 32-points. This comes after a poor performance against Collingwood in Round 2 were they played out a 36-36 draw.
The Suns meanwhile have become the competition darling, beating West Coast in an enormous upset before dominating Adelaide a week later to put themselves third on the ladder.
When asked by Kane Cornes how he could possibly think Ellis is closer to a flag at the reigning wooden spooners than he would be at the reigning premiers, Lloyd said it had to do with hunger.
“Give me another month and if some of these players from Richmond continue to play like they don’t have the hunger like they do, Brandon could quite possibly be closer (to a flag at the Suns),” he said.
Gold Coast takes on Fremantle at Metricon Stadium this weekend, while the Tigers face St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.