Sydney v Hawthorn

[johnnyhoward]

Sydney will most likely tank this one which is a shame. Can anyone see this being a contest or will the Hawks win by 60+?

[Chadwiko]

Sydney will most likely tank this one which is a shame.

why do you think they'll tank it?

[CAS79]

Sydney will most likely tank this one which is a shame. Can anyone see this being a contest or will the Hawks win by 60+?


Yeah

Cause what the swans want to do is go into the finals without winning the last 3 games.

Tanking this is bullcrap.

[johnnyhoward]

why do you think they'll tank it?
Resting a few key players, and the fact that nothing rides on this result for the Swans in terms of improving their finals situation. If you look at the likely draw, they'll be better off finishing 8th than 7th. Hawthorn will probably be hungrier for a top 4 spot as well.

Still, I don't think it will be a blatant tank on the scale of Carlton or Richmond yesterday, but Roos gives the impression that he won't be trying too hard to win this. I would say they should try to win though - It would give the Swans a bit of momentum leading into the finals which is always beneficial.

[Mr Magoo]

it doesn't bother me who wins today as i ended up backing both teams in my multi bets this week (but if the swans win i collect more) so as long as it doesn't end up being a draw, i'll be collecting more $$ this weekend from the tab.

anyway my prediction is for hawthorn to win by less than 3 goals with Mitchell getting around 25 possessions & Franklin kicking at least 3 goals.

[- PC -]

I tipped Hawtorn to win, which if they do puts the AFC against Collingwood at the MCG..not really my preferred option. I just think Hawthorn are a better team than the one Sydney have on the park atm.

Prefer Sydney to win and the AFC play Hawthorn but I also have 8/8 + $$$ riding on a Hawks win

[Mr Magoo]

Franklin gets the 1st goal ....

[dylan101]

cmon swans

[johnnyhoward]

Hawks with the first goal...we'll learn alot about Sydney's intent in the next few minutes.

[The Floodbuster]

Buddy Franklin warming up for the finals series.
IMO I believe Hawthorn will go very far and if any team I want to avoid would be a Franklin firing Hawks.
On todays game Franklinb will kick 8.

[Line in the Sand]

Foxtel is working now!

[CAS79]

Hawks with the first goal...we'll learn alot about Sydney's intent in the next few minutes.

2 goals in a few minutes, theres enough intent to suggest there not tanking.

As to the resting of a few key guys they have also brought back Leo Barry after severel weeks off and playing Micky O who got hurt last week and Malceski who is playing injured.

[johnnyhoward]

Good to see Sydney are having a crack - we have a game on our hands!

[PUSSIES_07_FLAG]

Go The Swannies!

[Bernie Quinlan]

Memo to umpires: please don't serve up the same b/s as you gave us in the match between these teams earlier in the season.

(EDIT: Oh hell ... they've already started ... two completely different interpretations of HTB against Davis and then Sewell. :mad:)

[black_hart]

Swans doing what they do best suffocating an attacking team. although playing some nice attacking footy themselves as well.

31-7

[CAS79]

Micky O providing a strong target at CHF and players roving off him well.

Good start from the forward line intensity.

[stainedclass]

go swannies!

[Shallow]

Syd 31 Haw 7

Well i expected Hawthorn to win by 5 goals but well done Sydney so far.

[ep2006]

looks like hawthorn will miss top 4 now.....

[nathspazz]

birchall reported

[Rough_Edges]

lol Hawks ****ed.

Mitchell corkie
Batmean hammie/quad
Birchall reported

[Shallow]

^ All posted at same time

Sydney 32 Hawthorn 7

[happy_eagle]

birches name taken

swans are flying

hawks are hopeless

[- PC -]

Wait till 1/4 time and the Hawks do a Hulkamania and Hawk up :cool:

[happy_eagle]

sydney 5 2 31

hawthorn 1 1 7

[Bernie Quinlan]

This looks like being a great result for all the final 8 sides except Sydney and Hawthorn. :)

[happy_eagle]

Wait till 1/4 time and the Hawks do a Hulkamania and Hawk up :cool:

is that a drug reference :D

[happy_eagle]

rushed behind from hawks

sydney 33
hawks 7

[SpecialComments]

why did i not put more than $50 on the swans at 2.35, should have put $200 on - i cant believe they were at those odds at the SCG

they have come to play massively

[happy_eagle]

richards crunched by gilham

gilham could be in trouble

[TheWiseOne]

This is why we are not a top 4 side... Skills killing us

[CAS79]

Swans kicking in to the forward line is starting to fade, swans could be further up. Hope for the hawks.

[happy_eagle]

21 1/2 minutes gone

another crappy rushed behind

sydney- 5 4 34
hawks- 1 1 7

[TheWiseOne]

How is that holding the ball... :rolleyes:

Shocking call on young

[happy_eagle]

o'keefe
roberts thompson
o'loughlin

all playing brilliantly

[johnnyhoward]

why did i not put more than $50 on the swans at 2.35, should have put $200 on - i cant believe they were at those odds at the SCG

they have come to play massively
That's why I was considering whether they'd tank the game or not and it's what stopped me putting a bet on :( I knew they were ridiculous odds but thought there must have been a reason for them - turns out there wasn't.

What's wrong with Mitchell? The Hawks' season on the line here.

[happy_eagle]

shnieder marks in the pocket and will line up

[happy_eagle]

and shneider misees

sydney by 28 points

34-7

[Shallow]

Syd 35 Haw 7

Remmber just because a side is loosing doesnt mean they are tanking.

[Bernie Quinlan]

How did Hawthorn make the finals? :confused:

[happy_eagle]

lewis drops a sitter

[nathspazz]

crows would be licking their lips at this hawthorn side

[MR K]

Embarrassing by Hawthorn... what a disgusting performance...

Every time the pressure is on they fail the test....

Wait until finals, 100 times tougher than this

SKILLS ARE DISGRACEFUL.. have not hit one target

[SpecialComments]

This looks like a ugly one for Hawks, im talking a 130 - 60 result

[happy_eagle]

syndey wasting a few oppurtunitys through turnovers and clangers

[happy_eagle]

another rushed behind from hawthorn

syndey by 29 points

[Shallow]

Hawthorn rush it over again.

[happy_eagle]

hawks cant kick to targets

[happy_eagle]

boyle tries a bannana but misses

sydney 5 6 36
hawks 1 2 8

[Mr Magoo]

quarter time .

swans 5 . 6 - 36
hawks 1 . 1 - 7

[happy_eagle]

hawks messing around with the ball

[happy_eagle]

qtr time

sydney 5 6 36
hawks 1 2 8

swans dominating

[nathspazz]

hawks paying 3.35 for a win from here, not bad odds considering how well they finished last week and Sydney not quite putting them away.

[TheWiseOne]

hawks paying 3.35 for a win from here, not bad odds considering how well they finished last week and Sydney not quite putting them away.

Dont waste ya money :thumbsu:

[Shallow]

As long as Sydney dont go def and try to keep the lead they have,they should keep 40+ lead over them.

[jonesy86]

looks like it will be Pies v Swans and Hawks v Crows if they keep this up

[SA HAWK]

We can't handle contested footy which is what finals is all about. I am afraid until we get better in this area we are just making up the numbers.

Can see it getting very ugly today.

[PrideofSA]

Cmon Swannies

I would much rather play the Hawks than the Pies.

[CAS79]

Really that was an eight minute purple patch for the swans and after that they lost their disposal into the forward line and LRT looked awful.

Hopefully Roos can get the refocus on what they were doing and keep the ball moving, The ruck duel was good though and the Hawks were winning it which gives them hope if their midfield starts running they could break the centre open.

[Whiskers]

Bloody hell hawks, LIFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT i want revenge and i want a saturday game damnit

[happy_eagle]

with the ammount of domination by sydney, they should be flogging them by at least 40

[WakeUpTaz]

Go Swannies

[MR K]

We can't handle contested footy which is what finals is all about. I am afraid until we get better in this area we are just making up the numbers.

Can see it getting very ugly today.

Finally a Hawthorn supporter that tells it as it is... All our supporters do we can get smashed is make excuses...

Finals will be 100 times tougher than this, that is the scary thing...

Consistently through the season Hawthorn has failed when the pressure is on

[happy_eagle]

play back underway

[Shallow]

Sydney goal

Syd 42 Haw 8

[happy_eagle]

nick davis takes a good mark and will line up

[Kapow!!!]

Davis with a strong chest mark. Lines up from 25m straight in front and doesn't miss.

Swans: 42
Hawks: 8

[happy_eagle]

and he kicks the goal

sydney 7 6 42
hawks 1 2 8

[Lach72]

Hakws are in deep do-do now...

[Shallow]

Who thinks Hawthorn can get more than 1 goal this quater?

[Kapow!!!]

Crawford stabs a shot at goal on the run from about 50 and misses

Swans: 42
Hawks: 9

[happy_eagle]

rushed behind to hawks

sydney 7 6 42
hawks 1 3 9

[matty lloyd the champ]

hawks are in deep trouble
Franklin will have to win the game single handedly

[jerry springer]

umps refusing to call anything on sydney

[jonesy86]

Cmon Swannies

I would much rather play the Hawks than the Pies.

and if you end up playing the hawks it would be at the TD, which suits the crows even more

[Shallow]

16:15 to go if anyones wondering

[MmkMrMackie]

Hawks have choked. Definitely peaked to early. Start planning for 2008.

[CAS79]

umps refusing to call anything on sydney


three in a minute after that. I dont want to hear it from a collingwood supporter I really dont after last week. I'm not whinging but i dont want to hear back about us.

[Kapow!!!]

A stat that shows the dominance: Maks inside 50 Swans 7 Hawks 0!

Hawks almost gave up a goal and they just refuse to kick it long. At the moment the Hawks are opening up a little but aren't looking likely to bridge the gap

[happy_eagle]

malceski to o'keefe

o'keefe 35 degree angle just inside fifty

[happy_eagle]

and he misses

syndey 43
hawks 9

[Kapow!!!]

O'Keefe has a shot from about 40 out on a tight angle and pushes it across the face.

Swans: 43
Hawks: 9

[Shallow]

After 38 minutes Hawthorn goal

Syd 42 Haw 15

[happy_eagle]

boyle marks and should kick a goal 10m out

[TheWiseOne]

Just give our forwards a chance.. kick the ball long

[MmkMrMackie]

I'm gonna cheer for the Hawks. I'd love to play this rabble in the first week of the finals.

[m0nty]

Hawks have a gameplan to win on the wide expanses of the MCG where they can get space, it falls down on postage stamp grounds like the SCG. Luckily, no finals will be played at postage stamp grounds this year.

[tarky]

hawks tanking? :P

[happy_eagle]

and he kicks the goal

sydney 6 7 43
hawks 2 3 15

[Shallow]

Sydney reply quickly

Sydney 48 Hawthorn 15

[dylan101]

Jared Crouch goals

[happy_eagle]

nick bloody davis kicks a goal


great team goal

swans- 49
hawks- 15

[Shallow]

Another goal for sydney

Sydney 55 Hawthorn 15

[MmkMrMackie]

Perhaps the Hawks don't want to play the cats?

[MR K]

"Captain Fantastic" from Hawthorn's goal that one.... C'mon Hawks supporters keep saying how good his leadership is... every time he is near the ball something bad happens it is unbelievable

[happy_eagle]

crouch kicks a beauty

swans 55
hawks 15

[dylan101]

Nick Davis takes a contested mark and kicks a goal, his fourth

[Shallow]

Swans have another shot on goal and kick a goal, Nick Davis has 4 in this quater.

Syd 61 Haw 15

[dylan101]

Goodes kicks another for the swans