goatmaster
27 May 2001, 18:47
Well last night was fun . Not!!
I actually ended up at the Essendonians dinner before the game & was almost thrown out for abusing the d!ckhead for his smart remarks about Hawthorn's lack of support. Then when trying to get outside to watch the game was almost thrown out again.
One wonderful moment came in the 3rd 1/4 when a particular James Tird burglar fan who had gone on & on with "class Hirdy" for everything from tossing the coin to falling over (also anytime Jacobs went near it he was Hirdy as well) made the comment when he had the ball in the 3rd 1/4 "watch him hit someone on the chest now" & saw him hit the man on the mark on the chest. This kept me amused for the rest of the night.
On the game itself well it was a disaster but I don't know that that means anything if we meet them in the finals. The score in any new game starts at 0 each. They were up for it & our guys just weren't able to keep the pressure on them or cope with their fantastic body pressure.
We need to learn from that.
Positives-
Johnson - brilliant & must start from now on.
Piccioane- was about the only Hawk who wanted to stand toe to toe with them.
Forward's took enough marks considering our total lack of the footy & maybe on another day when you are just clinging on you get the goals & stay close enough.
Thommo - getting back to his best.
Learning experience - now we know where we need to be. The niggling & stirring they did was unbelievable they just pushed shoved , niggled , stirred did it all.
Essendon are beatable & the very way they play in your face niggling everywhere on the ground all day can come apart when it goes bad it can be a fine line.
Also am i the only one who was amazed to read of Hird as BOG- he did very little until the last 1/4. I know a lot of people hate him but I rate him as a magnificent player was just unimpressed by his game last night.
BOG for mine was Johnson (14 buggered if I can remember which ones which). His storming through the middle of the ground was magnifcent.
I actually ended up at the Essendonians dinner before the game & was almost thrown out for abusing the d!ckhead for his smart remarks about Hawthorn's lack of support. Then when trying to get outside to watch the game was almost thrown out again.
One wonderful moment came in the 3rd 1/4 when a particular James Tird burglar fan who had gone on & on with "class Hirdy" for everything from tossing the coin to falling over (also anytime Jacobs went near it he was Hirdy as well) made the comment when he had the ball in the 3rd 1/4 "watch him hit someone on the chest now" & saw him hit the man on the mark on the chest. This kept me amused for the rest of the night.
On the game itself well it was a disaster but I don't know that that means anything if we meet them in the finals. The score in any new game starts at 0 each. They were up for it & our guys just weren't able to keep the pressure on them or cope with their fantastic body pressure.
We need to learn from that.
Positives-
Johnson - brilliant & must start from now on.
Piccioane- was about the only Hawk who wanted to stand toe to toe with them.
Forward's took enough marks considering our total lack of the footy & maybe on another day when you are just clinging on you get the goals & stay close enough.
Thommo - getting back to his best.
Learning experience - now we know where we need to be. The niggling & stirring they did was unbelievable they just pushed shoved , niggled , stirred did it all.
Essendon are beatable & the very way they play in your face niggling everywhere on the ground all day can come apart when it goes bad it can be a fine line.
Also am i the only one who was amazed to read of Hird as BOG- he did very little until the last 1/4. I know a lot of people hate him but I rate him as a magnificent player was just unimpressed by his game last night.
BOG for mine was Johnson (14 buggered if I can remember which ones which). His storming through the middle of the ground was magnifcent.