Autopsy Round 2, 2021: Hawthorn defeated by Richmond

[Bumps"N"Grins]

TOB is a pea heart needs to go.
Skills were absolutely woeful today
We had our chances, disappointing

Well done peanut

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Now that Hardwick is fully fit his critics should be a lot quieter.

 

[Breustiful]

Quite happy with the performance. We are competitive which is what we want in a rebuild. Would’ve liked them to take on the game more, hesitant around the play.

Thought Howe, barring a few mistakes, did well. Anyone else noticed TOB kept getting nudged out in every marking contest?

 

[Ridingthebumps]

Our strategy of defending their kick ins was terrible, we just let them walk out of defence time after time. At the other end they pressured every possession when we had a kick in. Clarko needs to change this up.

 

[Wingnut19]

We probably need to look at running scrimmers or Day through the midfield. We can’t continue with what’s in there now. Brockman is already our best kick. He’s gonna be elite

 

[madhawksfan]

Pleasing effort considering the opposition were at full strength and we were missing 3 of our best players. Thought CJ, Brockman and Day all stood up. CJ could be a superstar in a year or two if he can tidy up a few of those silly errors.

Hartigan, Frost and Dimma were in our best for mine. Lynch is such an overrated poser and Hartigan beat him comprehensively. Howe was good and Phillips and Impey improved as the game went on. Morrison and Cegs had better second halves.

Midfield is a concern. I know Richmond has an excellent midfield but we got badly outplayed in this area. Mitchell got heaps of it but did little damage, Jaeger had a few handy touches but burned it too often (actually looked better playing off a HFF), Worps struggled but the way he’s being used isn’t helping and Shiels was ineffectual.

If O’Connor tags Mitchell next week he should drag him to half forward and give Worpel, Jaeger and hopefully Wingard first crack in the centre.

Plenty of positives from today. Certainly not disgraced by a very formidable side.

 

[LMGjr]

Oh well - I think we're actually better then what we thought we'd be.

The midfield is still a massive massive problem. Tich, O'meare and Worpel with Shiels just does not work. 1 is brownlow medalist. 1 is a PCM medalist and the other cost us a fortune. Unfortunately Worpel is the only one with trade currency - what do you do with that to move forward, since the two big names are going nowhere?

Ned Reeves step on up please.

I can see the forward line coming good.

CJ is a ripper. Him and Day forming a good combo

Burgs - hmmmm

Good signs I reckon except for this midfield problem. Phillips got shown up a bit with the heat on, re disposal and desicion making, but he wasn't alone from the middle age group of players that's for sure.

I missed a bit because I love Kayo - not sure this is going to come across about how I truly feel about Kayo

 

[Sturty]

Thought we did pretty good. Obviously delivery into FW50 needs work, but ill take this loss over any loss we copped last season. Would like to see M Lewis and hopefully Wingard in next week to crush the handbaggers.

 

[SSSSSS]

Hardwick ran to support in defence a lot and ended up with 31 touches. Would be close to a career best.

Just quietly doing his business but watching the game and seeing the numbers he is in AA form.

 

[Rushed_Behind]

29 points with Day mIssing last quarter and Chad, Sis and Gunner out.
Not a bad effort really.

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Tigers in second gear.

 

[Nastyfish]

9 possies at 88% and 4 score involvements from Scrim in one quarter.

His polish by foot stands out, although I am not sure the effort is always there.

 

[TylerDurden]

Cant play 2 rucks when we don't have a marking fwd FFS!! Lewis has to play this week.

Give em the cup now. They are next level.

We tried but couldn’t handle the pressure. Then just let them walk it through our defence all of the last quarter.

Brockman a gun.
CJ settled and will be elite.
Hardwicks best game for the club.
Phillips can't kick.
Morrison improving.
Impey getting fit.
Day had good patches.
Ollie not up to it.

Some parting of the clouds moments.

Need Chad this week.

 

[HairyO]

Quite happy with the performance. We are competitive which is what we want in a rebuild. Would’ve liked them to take on the game more, hesitant around the play.

Thought Howe, barring a few mistakes, did well. Anyone else noticed TOB kept getting nudged out in every marking contest?

Yep. Richmond shove in every contest knowing maybe 20% will be called. Much easier than relying on a 50/50 contest.

 

[PT Bar None]

Hardwick ran to support in defence a lot and ended up with 31 touches. Would be close to a career best.

Strong overhead too, I thought

 

[westhawk]

9 possies at 88% and 4 score involvements from Scrim in one quarter.

Spot on, and just how creative he is with the ball. Our best kick by a mile.

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Can’t fault the effort but the skills weren’t there today especially with the delivery into the forward 50. Their well-drilled defensive unit + our fairly inexperienced forwardline + poor delivery meant we struggled to score. Concerned with TOB.

I felt our defensive unit was great. Given their good ball use we limited their ability to score albeit they missed some opportunities. The running halfbacks were good once they game settled & Frosty was fantastic. Hardwick has been a different beast so far this year.

Concerned about our midfield. Mitchell & Worpel are struggling to gel together badly. O’Meara & Sheils were both disappointing with their impact. Howe was probably our most impactful in key moments which is a significant worry. I’m not sure how we fix it.

Wingard in there helps.

 

[TylerDurden]

Scrim good late. He's best 18 without a flipping doubt.

 

[WWSD]

Now that Hardwick is fully fit his critics should be a lot quieter.

With Hardwick, Jiath and even Burgoyne at times playing as the small defenders, I would like to see Impey play on the wing.

 

[Siri]

Tigers in second gear.

Mate ... watching the Tigers ... made me think ... for the first time in a long time ... this is what we used to do to teams.

 

[OnTheRocks]

Take out Ceglar, Howe and Hanrahan, replace them with Gunston, Wingard and Sicily and we probably win.

Did you not see O'Brien play?
I didn't either btw

 

[Mercy Seat]

Just leaving the ground. Not too disappointed, about as expected. I regret supporting Tigers in the 17 GF, they clearly pinched one early and are now peaking. Will take a lot to stop them.

CJ was the highlight. By the time final q came along, the crowd would get a buzz every time he went near it. So great to watch.

TOB I’m not sure how much more can take. Have always been a defender but he just fizzed today.

Saw Birchall outside the G, great to see him there

 

[eldorado]

Glad we kept it below 5 goals

 

[Dave Id]

Bit harsh.
Just had a bad one today.

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Still had fourth most disposals for us.

 

[Rudi Gilham]

Hardwick ran to support in defence a lot and ended up with 31 touches. Would be close to a career best.

And 16 marks!

 

[hawkman]

Effort was decent enough. The decision making was terrible though. Seemed to be constantly too slow to get back off the mark or miss the easy short option going forward to go to a 1 on 2 contest.

Got caught goal side a bit too often as well which made it too easy for them to go through the middle. Defense did well to keep them to 78 with the amount of free ball they had through the middle