Chris Fagan has rubbished suggestions the Brisbane Lions are in a rut, but admits he's searching for answers to their defensive inconsistency.
The two-time defending AFL premiers were well beaten by Geelong last Thursday and, sitting 6-4, head to Sydney to face the battling Giants (4-6) on Sunday for the first time since their epic semi-final comeback in 2024.
They are conceding an average of 11 more points per game than last year and rank in the bottom half of the competition in a variety of defensive metrics.
Fagan anticipates the Giants to respond against a Lions outfit they have beaten in three of their past four encounters.
"There's some obvious things that everyone's talking about in the football world," Fagan said on Thursday of his side's leaky defence.
