SA Footy

Hawks were great today.

Big Lance on fire with six goals, Dixon an able foil with three and a dominant midfield - Mitchell Lans-whatever with a heap of the ball.

Bagged out Tim Clarke last week but he was close to BOG today.

Hawks will cause a bit of trouble when they get some of those missing veterans back.

Best thing about the win was that it put us in the eight for the first - and hopefully not the only -time this year.

Woo-hoo!

Hawthorns improvement was always going to happen. When you have plenty of draft picks you will eventually see good signs. Today some of there younger players stood up and played well. When they get a full team on the park and some of there younger guys get some more games under there belt they will be very good team. I would next year they will make the 8 and do quite well.

Richmond and Freo players need to have a good hard look at themselves over the break. With St Kilda losing on Friday a perfect opportunity to get into the 8 and for Freo solidify themselves in the eight and they failed. Pathetic really, everything to play for against teams they should have beaten and they failed...

Wallace would be spewing and C Connolly a memo, you want your club to considered as one of the powerhouses of the comp and respected more, becasuse of your membership base, matey your club will be considered a light weight until you start winning the games you have to particularly finals matches (if you ever make them)....

Umm guess who I tipped this week.....

As our resident safooty funny man once said:

"Fraudmantle."

I was so annoyed with Richmond today, we have showed some great signs but today was right back to the pathetic old days, but full credit to the Hawks.

Wallace slams Tigers after Hawthorn loss
Sunday Jun 18 19:25 AEST
Fuming Richmond coach Terry Wallace accused his players of getting ahead of themselves after the Tigers were handed a 41-point belting by an undermanned Hawthorn outfit at Aurora Stadium on Sunday.

Richmond would have moved into the top eight for the first time this season had it been able to see off a Hawthorn side riding a six-match losing streak.

But instead of rising to the occasion, the Tigers once again came up woefully short in a must-win game and lost 16.9 (105) to 8.16 (64) to finish the end of the first weekend of the split round 12.

"I'm trying not to take anything away from Hawthorn but the reality is if (the opposition) step on with seven or eight key players out of the line-up, you ought to be able to get the job done," said Wallace.




"That was the disappointing factor - not only did we not get it done, but we never looked likely at any stage of the game to get it done."

Wallace said the worst element of the loss was his players' refusal to put their heads over the ball and win it.

"I just think we were appalling at our ability to man up," he said.

"We had some guys who I thought were more worried about what their numbers read at the end of the day in relation to their own stats than they were worried about playing two-way footy."

Skipper Kane Johnson, who had the better of Hawks star Luke Hodge, was one of the few Richmond players spared Wallace's wrath.

"I don't have any issue with (Johnson's) mindset, where he was at," said Wallace.

"The rest of the group need to have a look at themselves.

"Just a little bit of publicity, it doesn't take much and there's a few little sounds coming out of the rooms over a week where a few things have been said that perhaps a couple were getting a little ahead of themselves.

"You learn a very, very harsh lesson in this competition if that's the case."

Hawthorn's big-name injured absentees included Peter Everitt, Trent Croad, Shane Crawford, Danny Jacobs and Brent Guerra, while Richie Vandenberg was serving the last game of a suspension.

The Tigers, who have a tough month after the mid-season break, are among a glut of four teams locked on 6-6 records occupying positions 7-10 on the ladder.

That group includes Fremantle (ninth), which was the other big disappointment of the weekend having let slip a gilt-edged chance to win a pressure game.

The Dockers were humiliated by Geelong 18.10 (118) to 6.16 (52) at Subiaco Oval, increasing the pressure on Fremantle coach Chris Connolly.

West Coast paid the price for its below-par 13.19 (97) to 8.12 (60) loss to Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night, losing top spot to Adelaide.

The Crows moved to the top with a routine thumping of St Kilda on Friday night, 18.15 (123) to 8.12 (60).

The Western Bulldogs continued their brave form with a sparkling 42-point win over the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, 22.13 (145) to 14.19 (103), despite the loss of Mitch Hahn as the club's fifth victim of a season-ending knee injury.

Melbourne confirmed its status as one of most in-form teams with a 16.15 (111) to 10.15 (75) win over Essendon at Telstra Dome on Sunday.

The Demons started slowly but powered to an eighth win from nine games, which condemned Essendon to its 11th-straight loss - the second-worst in the Bombers' history.

The Kangaroos play Carlton on Friday night and Sydney hosts Collingwood on Saturday night to complete round 12.

Hawthorn's victory was a major relief for coach Alastair Clarkson, who re-signed for two more seasons last week, but had not won since beating Essendon in round five.

This weekend was the first time both Perth clubs had lost since round 22 of last season.

U Beauty!

Go Buddy!

At least you could hear the siren this time.

MatteeG wrote:U Beauty!

Go Buddy!

How do you turn your game around like that in one week? He played like an old mole against Port and then came out and kicked six! Hawks will only get stronger from here as there are some key players to come back into the side. With any luck, Adelaide should only beat us by about 345. Go Hawkers!

LOL Gilly.

Buddy wasnt alone in playing like a mole against port

Gilly wrote: With any luck, Adelaide should only beat us by about 345. Go Hawkers!

In view of Hawthorn's performance against the Sainters yesterday and Adelaide's thumping of the Cats today, I revise the my margin estimate to 645. Hawthorn will need to start lobbying the AFL for a mercy rule - NOW!