Round 5 & its ensuing palaver.

[The Dark Knight]

I always thought Hawthorn would jag it it's in Melb. We can take heart we were better than the premiers for all but 20 seconds of the game.

A lot of positives to take out of it a great showing by the Crows in a big match.

You have to love the way the Crows moved the footy tonight, they were super impressive. As you said lots of positives for the Crows to take out of the game.

[MW]

Absolutely, and the missed handballs in the 3rd quarter. At the end of the day, the better team won.

[carey]

well played umps, well played.

Even my Hawks supporters are mentioning the ride they got in FB. Take off your teal glasses

Nothing to do with who I follow. I'm enjoying watching the crows at the moment great exciting brand of footy. As a neutral watching the game tonight the differsnce certainly wasnt the umpires in my opinion.

Maybe look at Tex missing or the Smith missing Seedsman for a certain goal and put you 3 goals in front with 3 mins to play instead of banging on about umpires.

[Spargo]

Free kick to win the game again

The free was there but he marked it anyway.

Cracking game

He never marked it

[Brodlach]

Smith holding the ball?

I thought it was.

Just that small issue of no prior opportunity.

What about incorrect disposal? Walker got pinged for scooping the ball to a teammate....

Just saw it again, that's holding the ball everyday of the week

[MW]

Big difference between skill errors vs umpire errors, one is out of your control. Anyway, like I said, better team won anyway.

[JK]

Perhaps us Crows supporters need to look at the poor Brodie Smith turnover that allowed the Hawks to kick three goals in the last 5 minutes

Yep, that was always potentially super costly and it proved to be. Had a fantastic game ither than that from what I saw.

Stoked for Pup, spoke to him after the 2010 GF and he was adamant he could play and succeed at AFL level. Such a hard worker, deserves everything good in his career that comes his way.

There's room for improvement still for the Crows, but they'll need to because you know the Hawks will definitely improve.

[woodublieve12]

Cows shot themselves in the foot. 3 goals up with 4 minutes to go!!!

[The Dark Knight]

[quote="Brodlach"]Smith holding the ball?

I thought it was.

Just that small issue of no prior opportunity.

What about incorrect disposal? Walker got pinged for scooping the ball to a teammate....

Just saw it again, that's holding the ball everyday of the week[/quote]
Yep and Duck just confirmed it on national TV. Definitely holding the ball.

[helicopterking]

I take my hat off to Lynch.
Sacrificed his game to drag Gibson away from the kick and going 3rd man up and spoiling. That's the key to beating Hawks.
That move almost got the Crows over the line.

[woodublieve12]

Karma's a bitch, two dubious decisions in two weeks which affected a crows game

[Gozu]

I always thought Hawthorn would jag it it's in Melb. We can take heart we were better than the premiers for all but 20 seconds of the game.

A lot of positives to take out of it a great showing by the Crows in a big match.

You have to love the way the Crows moved the footy tonight, they were super impressive. As you said lots of positives for the Crows to take out of the game.

That's it we would've all had this game penciled in as a loss to come that close to beating the best says a lot. The hunger the Crows are playing with and the great brand of footy their playing is fantastic to see.

[Yank Man]

Facts are the Crows are now a serious contender, great game of footy and as a neutral supporter I thought the Crows were never going to win a close one at the G. The crowd noise went up 20 decibels with 4 minutes to go and the maggots joined in.

[The Dark Knight]

Still the smAll problem of letting Mitchell run right again and set up the match winner.

He's a genius. Too bloody smart, does what he wants and I still don't understand how he's allowed to roam free like that.

[MW]

Just got to be cleaner with the ball through the midfield. We fire the handballs around like crazy and when it comes off, we look great, but when it doesnt we get turned over and exposed out the back (same happened against Sydney). Still, great game, took it up to the reigning premiers (x3) and with a bit of luck could of walked away with the game. Bring on Freo next week with another 50k+ crowd at the best ground in Australia!

[MW]

Still the smAll problem of letting Mitchell run right again and set up the match winner.

He's a genius. Too bloody smart, does what he wants and I still don't understand how he's allowed to roam free like that.

If we won, it would not have been an issue. Without knowing the effectiveness of each possession (except for the last one lol) maybe he was getting them in areas the Crows were not concerned about? Dunno. We're not the first side this year to allow that many poss. to him.

[daysofourlives]

Cry me a river!
Wait until we start playing some good footy and we get Roughy back
Winners are grinners losers can please themselves.

[Gozu]

I take my hat off to Lynch.
Sacrificed his game to drag Gibson away from the kick and going 3rd man up and spoiling. That's the key to beating Hawks.
That move almost got the Crows over the line.

I get the shakes anytime I see Gibson come into view you just know he's going to spoil it.

[MW]

Facts are the Crows are now a serious contender, great game of footy and as a neutral supporter I thought the Crows were never going to win a close one at the G. The crowd noise went up 20 decibels with 4 minutes to go and the maggots joined in.

Neutral supporter with Hawks in your profile

[Corona Man]

Have to admit the crows have improved dramatically, and there is further improvement to come. For
Mine they are now deserving of respect. They may not win a flag this season, but keep on the path they are going, and a flag is a reality before 2020. Window opening up. For the Hawks, and this season we will only get better. Great to see some decent footy on the big stage!