Re: Hawthorn 2016
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 1:38 pm
That's f..ked. Fingers crossed.
Brodlach wrote:Goes go show we worry about stupid things like umpire decisions when there are more important issues
All the best to Roughy
MatteeG wrote:Cant help but think the boys may be flat as a tack this week. Good to have Cyril back.
MatteeG wrote:Cant help but think the boys may be flat as a tack this week. Good to have Cyril back.
daysofourlives wrote:MatteeG wrote:Cant help but think the boys may be flat as a tack this week. Good to have Cyril back.
I agree, have taken Swans 40+. Hope im wrong.
daysofourlives wrote:MatteeG wrote:Cant help but think the boys may be flat as a tack this week. Good to have Cyril back.
I agree, have taken Swans 40+. Hope im wrong.
MW wrote:I wouldn't read too much into this game TBH. A very emotional week took its toll. Taking nothing away from Sydney though, but under different circumstances, Hawks win.
MW wrote:I wouldn't read too much into this game TBH. A very emotional week took its toll. Taking nothing away from Sydney though, but under different circumstances, Hawks win.
woodublieve12 wrote:MW wrote:I wouldn't read too much into this game TBH. A very emotional week took its toll. Taking nothing away from Sydney though, but under different circumstances, Hawks win.
Are you psychic?
Corona Man wrote:Well....that was pretty tough to watch, and won't be much fun to write about.
First up, well played Swans, too good last night. Heeney impressed, along with Hewett (a bloke I had never heard of) good game. But enough about them.
A tough week in the lead up to the game, but it's not like the Hawks had not dealt with adversity before. Now whether you feel it leaves them flat, or revs them up, I reckon once your on the ground all that stuff it peripheral. Game on, get on with it. Hawthorn controlled the first 7 or 8 minutes play, but made zero, ziltch, didly effin squat impact on the scoreboard. All wasted effort and energy. Then it became an arm wrestle. Some may say "crap football", I don't subscribe to that....it was a contest, and one in the end that the Swans won.
By half way through the second quarter Hawthorn looked like the team that got a fair touch up by the West Coast in that first final last year.... The good news was the way they responded to that game. Can we respond again?
Then Buddy did, what Buddy does, still a champion in my books, the boo's were disappointing, but hey... we've all got them!
The Hawks forward line - non existent - Gunston, Poppy, Bruest, Cyril all unsighted. While we are missing Roughy down there, neither Big Boy, or Cegs making an impact either.
Third quarter and the magnet board got a much needed shuffle... Cyril onto the ball, far from having much impact on the game, at least he got a bloody kick. Gunston started leading up, and we looked better. Overall just far too many mistakes to beat any team, let alone one who are at the pointy end. Both Sicily & O'Brien took marks but neither could goal when we needed it..... too far behind game over.
So what do they take out of the game. The players - a decent reality check, and a solid boot up the ar$e. The Coaching staff - my bet is that some laptops will be working over time picking apart what the Swans did last night, and a structure worked on to counter that for later in the season.
There were times in 2015 I thought the Hawks were dead set shot, but they picked themselves up, dusted themselves up, and responded.... it's that time again. Some "winnable" games ahead....Interested in your take on the game, and the road ahead... MatteeG, Grenville, Days Of etc.,.