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BRISBANE coach Justin Leppitsch refused to make any excuses for an undermanned Lions outfit that was smashed by 87 points by North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.
The Lions, already missing half a dozen players from their best starting line-up, were hit by the late withdrawals of vice-captain Tom Rockliff and best-and-fairest awards, Joel Patfull due to a bout of gastro.
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Leppitsch said while the loss of those players ''didn't help'', the players had to learn to "soldier on''.
"It's probably too many games where we've been manhandled and outrun now,'' he said.
"Sometimes it's leadership, sometimes it's desire.''
Majak Daw takes a strong pack mark deep in attack. Picture: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia
He likened the loss to the 113-point drubbing from Port Adelaide in Round 4.
'We're lacking leadership and a little bit of fitness on our list as it is, so it doesn't help when you lose two of your better players before the game. But you've got to soldier on, and that's a lesson for our guys.
"The footy gods are going to do these things to you at times, but you've just got to keep persisting and we didn't do that. We didn't throw a counter punch all day. We waited for them to pick up the ball before we reacted and that's just a lesson for our guys.''
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The Lions conceded the opening 35 points of the match and lost the contested-possession count by 55 and the uncontested-possession count by 75. "That's just an absolute obliteration,'' Leppitsch said. "You just don't own the ball at all."
He also defended the performance of club champion Jonathan Brown, who managed a game-low two disposals, looked frustrated throughout and conceded a game-high three free kicks.
"Browny was probably a little underdone coming into the game,'' Leppitsch said. "We knew that. We had to use all of our emergencies this week. It wasn't ideal.
"For a big part of the game we played a spare behind the ball, which means (Michael) Close and Brown had and extra defender to deal with.
A disappointed Brisbane outfit trudge off Etihad Stadium. Picture: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia
"So you know when you do that you're just going to make life tough for them. The best-case scenario for them is just to bring the ball to the ground and allow (Josh) Green and Lewy Taylor to get into the game, because it's really difficult for them to out-mark a spare, particularly when it's Lachy Hansen, who is a good chop-out mark.''
Asked about Brown's evident frustration, he replied: "We're all frustrated. I don't think there was a player in a Brisbane Lions shirt who wasn't frustrated.
"I hope our competitiveness will improve each week, and we'll have more games like last week and more like Wellington where we're in games for longer.
"I think with more experienced personnel that will come back in over the next six weeks, we'll get more of that. And when you keep bringing that, you'll always get close to wins.
"The days like this where you just get completely blown out of the park, hopefully they're limited.''
Brisbane now has the bye before hosting Carlton in a Saturday twilight match at the Gabba in Round 11.
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