Dayne Zorko has thanked his teammates for helping him get his hands back on the football but says that team-first attitude needs to be better with the game on the line for the Lions to break their AFL duck.

The All Australian has responded well after being effectively tagged by all comers to open the AFL season, kicking four goals in each of his last two games.

But while the Lions have been competitive they are still winless from eight starts this season, with premiers Hawthorn next at the Gabba on Sunday.

The Lions have been within reach in six of those matches, falling frustratingly short against the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood in the last fortnight.

Asked what might make a difference, Zorko hinted at a tendency to try and do it all on their own with the game on the line.

“In pressure situations, we’re not doing it on purpose, but we’re going outside the team a little bit and trying to do it all ourselves a bit too much,” he said.

“Everyone wants to win. I don’t think anybody is doing it on purpose.

“There just seems to be a better option we could have used, and when we play really selfless team football we’re able to score really quickly.”

Zorko was marked out of games to start the season but had done his research and received a bit of help to record 34 and 24 touches in the last two games.

He says now he’ll be offended when the opposition doesn’t tag him.

“Absolutely, it’s been really nice to touch the ball again and a lot of credit needs to go to them (his teammates),” he said.

“Tagging went out of the game there for a bit; it was surprising that it was happening weekly.

“I guess I wasn’t prepared for it and didn’t have the tools to cope with it.”