James Sicily returns from ACL, Captains the club, signs on for life and wins the PCM!

[Agent Smith]

This is the latest kick in the balls to our once great club.
We have become totally irrelevant as so many supporters and those running the club seem content with year after year of mediocrity.
Hawthorn is now a doormat of the AFL because those in the media and those running shams like the All Australian team know they can disrespect our club and time after time we bite our tongue and take it because humility is the Hawthorn way.
I truly hope that those remaining Hawks in the media like Hodge, Dunstall, Brereton and Lewis call out Sicily’s snub for the disgrace it is. But I fear they will just roll over say nothing as they always do for fear of being called biased.
It’s time Hawthorn stood up for itself again.


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Oh, you think this is something new? Let's go back to years when we were on top... 2013 - one AA, or my favourite, 1991 - zero AA. It's an opinionated award based on the personal biases of a bunch of ex-hacks. It's not worth getting worked up over, just laugh at the ineptitude on display and move on.

 

[Sixpence]

Even Geelong fans on the main board think Sicily was stiff to miss. Shows just how much of a joke it is.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Lets hope we reward Sicily with a Peter Crimmins medal and make him captain for 2023 to wash away the foul taste of this Barry Crocker of a decision

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Unpopular opinion coming up.

In that AA back 6, May and Taylor are genuinely KPDs, Stewart is the third tall / interceptor, Sinclair is the small mop up / accumulator, Saad is the line breaker and Maynard the physical stay at home medium defender.

Blicavs is the utility who plays off the bench and can go back/mid/fwd.

Sicily isn’t a genuine KPD in a stronger side than Hawthorn. We have played him a fair bit there because our KPDs are young/injured. He is competing with Stewart in the AA squad for that third tall intercept spot and Stewart is the master of it in a team which has dominated in 2022.

If there was an AA side for Bigfooty s**t takes you’d be the team captain. Your consistency is red hot.

 

[Sicily]

Beyond a joke - anyone know who the muppets were who decided this farce ?

 

[Simon Crawshay]

You really have to wonder what the * does Sicily need to do to make the team if this season wasn't good enough?

Lets face it, Sicily could average 33 possessions, 12 marks and a goal a game playing Centre Half Back and he still wouldn't get picked.

Its flat out corruption, plain and simple.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Even Geelong fans on the main board think Sicily was stiff to miss. Shows just how much of a joke it is.

Plenty of posters from neutral teams commenting on what a crap decision it was.

That tells you plenty.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Can someone with the figures run the coaches votes on Sicily vs any defenders selected in the side?

 

[HairyO]

AA has been for over a decade now

In 1991 Geelong had 5 and we had zero.

Its been happening for more than 30 years.

 

[KermitJagger]

Can someone with the figures run the coaches votes on Sicily vs any defenders selected in the side?

Sicily had the most of all defenders with 55, key or otherwise.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

If Sicily misses out on any financial compensation from not getting an All Australian spot I hope the club pays it to him regardless because this s..t right here is daylight robbery.

 

[Hodgey 15]

All Australian lost it's credibility years ago.
This is a perfect example why.

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Had an amazing season. All the coaches agreed. Statistically brilliant. Fantastic comeback after being out of the game for 18 months. Winning the Peter Crimmins Medal will far outweigh winning a bogus AA guernsey.

 

[TylerDurden]

Beyond a joke - anyone know who the muppets were who decided this farce ?

Kornes.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Sicily had the most of all defenders with 55, key or otherwise.

Okay, heck it, I’m getting my flaming torch and heading for Docklands.

 

[Fleabane]

Had an amazing season. All the coaches agreed. Statistically brilliant. Fantastic comeback after being out of the game for 18 months. Winning the Peter Crimmins Medal will far outweigh winning a bogus AA guernsey.

Maybe but would have been fitting to have won both.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I hope Sam is on SEN this week because I get the feeling he won’t play nice on this and will go into bat for our players who’ve been pissed upon from a great height by a bunch of media campaigners who don’t even watch more than a handful of games this year.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Okay, * it, I’m getting my flaming torch and heading for Docklands.

I'll grab my pitchfork and meet you there in a jiffy.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I hope Sam is on SEN this week because I get the feeling he won’t play nice on this and will go into bat for our players who’ve been pissed upon from a great height by a bunch of media campaigners who don’t even watch more than a handful of games this year.

The Dylan Moore non selection in the squad was bad but this is multiple levels worse.

Unfathomable in it's sh.tness

 

[The hands of stone]

Do we know how many weeks Sic will get because he missed AA or does it go straight to the tribunal ?


What an absolute disgrace that is , seems the 'parameters' on games missed has changed now .

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Must have been best all time 17 games that Stewart played this year

 

[tommyk72]

I'll grab my pitchfork and meet you there in a jiffy.

I've got some spare tinfoil hats if you want me to bring them?

 

[KermitJagger]

Do we know how many weeks Sic will get because he missed AA or does it go straight to the tribunal ?


What an absolute disgrace that is , seems the 'parameters' on games missed has changed now .

It's funny, the journos and footy personalities all talk about how they love having big characters in footy and then when one of the best characters in it churns out an elite season of football they give em nothing, and instead they'll reward a bloke who missed games for being a sniper and another who was disciplined by his club for getting into slap fights with his teammates.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Added the stats together, it becomes even more dumbfounding.

He's the leading defender in the AFLCA award, every other player who was leading their part of the field was in the AA team, Sicily however. No.

He's
1st for rebounds
1st for marks
2nd for intercepts
2nd for metres gained
4th for one on ones attended
The two key defenders chosen in the team, Sam Taylor

15

Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

& Steven May

1

Steven May

Age

32

Ht

193cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

307.3

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

378.4

5star

D

12.4

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

were great, well earned. But they had the exact same amount of goals kicked on them directly by their opponent throughout 2022 as James Sicily

6

James Sicily

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

.

James Sicily

6

James Sicily

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

was also 2nd in intercepts, behind only Sam Taylor

15

Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

9.5 and 8.5, May with 7.

James Sicily

6

James Sicily

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

was 1st for rebounds, May 2nd with 7.9, Sicily 8.1. Sam Taylor

15

Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

had 3.5.

So he is a very good defensive player, he's the best intercept & rebounder in the competition, he is versatile and plays talls and smalls, he leads the backline, he's gonna be the captain of the Hawks side in 2023.

People will look back and not appreciate his year as much because he didn't make it, it's apart of peoples histories as players, their AAs are apart of that, and i can't believe or fathom how badly they've missed this.

 

[Dewyyyyy]