Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Thread X

[Phone]

and so he should have. Clarkson's going around hugging his players after they've just frickin' won and some person with a mic is trying to drag him away from that. and nothing remotely interesting even happened in the interview anyway

and just to be clear, I don't blame Tim for this, as he's clearly following his producer's orders, but jesus christ

 

[Coldacre]

Each year we tell ourselves, so and so will become elite.

Our players will take the next step.

Coach (insert name) will fix the team.

We won't drop matches against the likes of St. Kilda and Melbourne.

We will learn to play four quarters.

We will address our half year fade out.

When will this actually eventuate cause based on our past decade, we seem to be clinging on false hope.

none of us actually want to admit it, but we have about 4 players that would get a game at Hawthorn / Sydney .. and a bunch of second/third tier players.

Watson, Heppell, Hooker & Goddard.
Ryder had been great this year, but he's just as likely to go missing next year regardless of who he plays for.


we are miles away from the pressure the Hawks applied today.


God I miss Soloman & the Johnson brothers

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

none of us actually want to admit it, but we have about 4 players that would get a game at Hawthorn / Sydney .. and a bunch of second/third tier players.

Watson, Heppell, Hooker & Goddard.
Ryder had been great this year, but he's just as likely to go missing next year regardless of who he plays for.


we are miles away from the pressure the Hawks applied today.


God I miss Soloman & the Johnson brothers

You can add Carlise,Hibberd,Zaharakis to the list.

Think we have more than 4 players that could fit in Hawks best 22.

 

[eddie_punchclock]

Watching two of my best mates, who are Hawks supporters, enjoy the day the day left me wondering how long it will be until I'm in that position again. We're not even close based on recent performance, which hurts when you think that we are 10+ years removed from being in that position.

keep the faith and enjoy watching the games

We can hate the Hawks all we like, but damn they are a great footy team

Welllll....Let's not start sucking each other's d--ks quite yet.

 

[eddie_punchclock]

we are miles away from the pressure the Hawks applied today.

On our good days, we were a top four team. Very inconsistent this year.

 

[Vander18]

Unfortunately Kevin Sheedy has left us in quite a spot of bother.

Look at Lewis Hodge and Mitchell, Burgoyne, Lake, Hale, Roughead, Birchall. All been around for 10 years, all played 200 games and know exactly what they're doing and always show up in the big moments as your senior players should.

Rewind 13 years to when Hodge, Hale, Mitchell and Lake were all being drafted (admittedly by different clubs) and we were f***ing around with drafting Daniel McAlister a 2nd time, wasting 1st round draft picks on James Davies and Shane Harvey and not even feigning interest in trying to develop Ted Richards.

That's why we're where we are and Hawthorn are where they are despite what I think is a big gap in younger talent between the sides

Every time someone suggests the return of Sheedy, in any capacity, I cringe....from about 2002 onwards he did an absolute number on this club. The game passed him by very quickly but he either didn't see it or refused to admit it.

 

[yaco55]

Hawks were my tip, and they way they used the ball in the forward half was the basis of my selection. Swans bomb into forward 50 too often, and through some Franklin genius were able to scramble 11 goals. And the Hawks midfield blitzed.

 

[Vander18]

none of us actually want to admit it, but we have about 4 players that would get a game at Hawthorn / Sydney .. and a bunch of second/third tier players.

Watson, Heppell, Hooker & Goddard.
Ryder had been great this year, but he's just as likely to go missing next year regardless of who he plays for.


we are miles away from the pressure the Hawks applied today.


God I miss Soloman & the Johnson brothers

Think we have plenty who'd get a game in either team, they'd be different players to what you see with us if they'd developed in those systems.

 

[Vander18]

Hawks were my tip, and they way they used the ball in the forward half was the basis of my selection. Swans bomb into forward 50 too often, and through some Franklin genius were able to scramble 11 goals. And the Hawks midfield blitzed.

This was the surprise to me...can't believe how badly they beat the Sydney mids. Prior to today I would have rated Sydney the best midfield in the game.

 

[Coldacre]

You can add Carlise,Hibberd,Zaharakis to the list.

Think we have more than 4 players that could fit in Hawks best 22.

and this is why we are dreaming. Zaharakis is a downhill skier, Carlisle brilliant about 50% of the time and Hibbo.... nearly there but not quite.

it's one thing to match the Hawks for 3 quarters during the home & away season... but I'm talking about teams that win flags. we're barely top 8 material with our list. close enough isn't good enough

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

and this is why we are dreaming. Zaharakis is a downhill skier, Carlisle brilliant about 50% of the time and Hibbo.... nearly there but not quite.

it's one thing to match the Hawks for 3 quarters during the home & away season... but I'm talking about teams that win flags. we're barely top 8 material with our list. close enough isn't good enough

I disagree we are not far off some tinkering and pace added will take this team to the promised land.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Whoever first posted that the hawks were $2.40+ for the win thanks. It would have been nice if tippet had of marked in the square instead of letting it bounce through, but it's still a good day.

They were at $11 for 40+. Chucked a tenner on that. All in all:

 

[CourtzMajora]

At least I won $170 today! Thanks Kennedy!

 

[baz_machine]

Booze was the real winner today

 

[DonsRule]

You're My Hero



Moment of the day.

 

[Drummer_19]

I feel dirty by saying this, but that was the most complete game I've ever seen from Hawthorn.

**** Hawthorn.

5th best team tho yeh?

 

[Yoda_]

You're My Hero



Moment of the day.

Luke Hodge - All class

 

[BrunoV]

Jesus I feel sick with envy. We are so far off it it isn't funny. I was only 7 when we won 2000 and obviously didn't understand the magnitude of winning a granny but watching Hawthorn up there, it just feels s**t.

Yep.

When have we even played in a game when an opposition has sustained a finals level of pressure for w whole game?

 

[Jesse Custer]

I disagree we are not far off some tinkering and pace added will take this team to the promised land.

It's that easy is it? We'll just storm into finals and pinch a flag? Teams need to build finals experience. Our players have none of that. Actually winning a final getting deep into September for a few years. Once we do that then we can start looking at a flag.

 

[Yoda_]

It's that easy is it? We'll just storm into finals and pinch a flag? Teams need to build finals experience. Our players have none of that. Actually winning a final getting deep into September for a few years. Once we do that then we can start looking at a flag.

Just need to see Port Adelaide last year. Finish 7th, out 1st week of the finals to this year bordering on top 4, next year, who knows?

 

[Jesse Custer]

Just need to see Port Adelaide last year. Finish 7th, out 1st week of the finals to this year bordering on top 4, next year, who knows?

But still they didn't just waltz in and win a flag. They are in the process of building finals hardness. Finals footy is a complete different ball game. Soon they will be in a position to win one. Probably next year tbh.

 

[eth-dog]

Just need to see Port Adelaide last year. Finish 7th, out 1st week of the finals to this year bordering on top 4, next year, who knows?

They were out 2nd week last year.

 

[BrunoV]

They were out 2nd week last year.

Two really strong results.

 

[BrunoV]

I have to say it.

Massive respect to Hawthorn. It is one of the greatest performances over the course of a season I can remember.

Clarkson, the ill-tempered little campaigner that he is, is a ******* genius.

I didn't want to admit it to myself but I wanted Hawthorn to win all along. It was strange that Buddy's mates didn't turn up on the day. He did about everything he could do to be the difference.

The bastards just know how to build premiership dynasties.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

But still they didn't just waltz in and win a flag. They are in the process of building finals hardness. Finals footy is a complete different ball game. Soon they will be in a position to win one. Probably next year tbh.

I'm tipping them for the '15 flag.

Extraordinary to think they were 3 points away from denying Hawthorn the chance to produce that. What might've been...