Autopsy Round 21, 2024 : Hawks snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

[Mr Meeseeks]

All match. Funny she could only mention that we last won against GWS through controversial decisions. Than hams up that we lost to Port in similar circumstances, without mentioning that too was won by Port by poor time keeping.

So you may think it was at the end, I say it was throughout the match

She said that about 5 times. I cant even remember what the controversy was.

She's just awful to listen to and a complete moron.

 

[VandoHawk]

Can see the need for another lock down defender re Battle and Barrass- don’t think we can rely on Weddle to play that role long term

Weddle on Hogan was a perplexing decision given they’d subbed off Gruzewksi. You’d think we’d have Frost on Hogan, Scrim on Cadman then Weddle on a smaller player.

Instead I watched Hogan just bully Weddle around.

 

[hawkermart_09]

I don’t want to talk about it. But I will.

We need to win at least two of the last three, preferably all of them, to be in the eight more.

We’ve dropped to tenth, need to get back into eight contention.

Had some good moments but even when we were ahead, seeming to score better and leading, we weren’t playing our best, and we weren’t playing how we should’ve.

This game changed a lot. Need to win next week, Carlton are in a slump, perfect opportunity to take them. After that, North and Richmond, need to win those, no other option.

Let’s start by beating these Blues, they’re without some of their best, should be a good game.

Disappointed at the moment, but we will get over it if we get to finals.

Riding the bumps with a grin, right?…

Let’s go hawks!

 

[Lickmesocks]

Don't understand why Weddle was on Hogan. Thought Frost would match up well on him tbh.

Our backline was all at sea today.

Multiple times they looked at each other rather than going to the contest and spoiling the ball.

It had the feel all day it was a 1 goal game even when we were up by 30.

 

[seysearles]

There is a fine line between having a great week with a spring in my step and eagerly checking every football news source and living in a haze of dread. The Port game and this one have been the difference between playing finals (possibly top 4) and finishing in that no man’s land where you manage to compromise your draft pic without getting any finals experience.

 

[hawksfan71]

Just had that feeling all day that we were not capitalising enough.


Onward and upward.


Go at it.

Notice how the umpires gave them the frees when it mattered towards the end? Still we should have been able to overcome that. Now very unlikely to make finals.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Weddle on Hogan was a perplexing decision given they’d subbed off Gruzewksi. You’d think we’d have Frost on Hogan, Scrim on Cadman then Weddle on a smaller player.

Instead I watched Hogan just bully Weddle around.

Maybe a teaching moment for Weddle

 

[Mississippi]

I’ll say it again, Ward ain’t up to it. Has all the skill in the world but continually struggles to get decent possessions. Doesn’t deserve a game in front of maginess and McKenzie

We desperately need another quality mid who can step up when our primary mids struggle

We obviously need Barass but hate that we will probably give a top ten pick to get him across

You took the words right out of my mouth.
Ward was totally ineffectual. We can’t select a bloke who just gets a few possessions running into space.

I’d be amazed if he’s not dropped for Mackenzie next week.

 

[Nugett]

Dear was nowhere near it before he got subbed out. Keeping Gunston on made complete sense. He kicked 4 goals FFS.

Dear was providing contests. Gunston hasn’t played a full match for 3 weeks. Dear was the wrong person to be substituted.

 

[badboybobba]

In hindsight we pulled the wrong player off, we started playing keeping’s off with eight minutes to go because it appeared that we didn’t trust our forwards to compete hard enough.

Dear is the one player who competes for everything

Our clearance dominance wasn’t at all capatilised by our forwards, in fact it seemed to help them propel their attacks forward

 

[LRobbo]

The Newcombe and then MacDonald miss when we dominated late in the third quarter really could have put the game to bed, we could’ve been 40 points up .

Frustrating but season isn’t dead, next week is a must win and if we think we belong in September we win

 

[Geead]

We weren't good enough in the last qtr, but we seriously need a please explain from the umpires on the man in front mark rule.

2 TIMES hogan rips the ball out of Weddles hands (once in the last qtr), at minimum should be play on

 

[theiaofseed]

That's assuming our percentage stays the same. Given we play 17th and 18th, we can fill our boots.

Carlton have a 10% lead and also play 2 bottom 2 clubs.

 

[extractasam]

Well that was painful. Season over in a quarter. We were never going to win the flag but the disappointing thing is that it’s made our final three games dead rubbers. Next week was set up to be a huge game but there truth is we can’t make finals now. It’s mathematically possible but it would involve Carlton losing to west coast and stkilda which ain’t going to happen.

They would only have to lose one of those 2 games. I just watched Sydney lose by 100 points. It is entirely possible and to be frank their supporters are terrified of the fact with their injury list growing.

 

[vanders]

Giants wanted it more in the end and the scoreboard probably flattered us a little early. Another learning curve for our guys and if they want to play finals they need to learn how to absorb that kind of pressure and win.

Hard to be too disappointed considering where we were at the start of the year. Season isn't over yet and we've proven we can learn quickly and adjust things and bounce back. Bring on the blues

 

[cam975]

I’ll say it again, Ward ain’t up to it. Has all the skill in the world but continually struggles to get decent possessions. Doesn’t deserve a game in front of maginess and McKenzie

We desperately need another quality mid who can step up when our primary mids struggle

We obviously need Barass but hate that we will probably give a top ten pick to get him across

Morrison should have been playing in front of Jiath and McKenzie over Ward - he's just not strong enough in the contest and can not kick on his right foot [emoji1751]

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[Simon Crawshay]

Any side that doesn’t have a speedy mid as a sub, is doing it wrong.
This ‘sub out a mid sized forward for a slightly smaller forward’ is just trash.

Morrison has been good as our sub all year when he's been picked yet we seemingly continue to want to be too smart for our own good with these left field substitute choices.

I know Bruest started his career as a substitute but he was a much younger, quicker player back then who was good defensively as well as offensively (as opposed to now where it's just 100% offense).

 

[hawksfan71]

Just had that feeling all day that we were not capitalising enough.


Onward and upward.


Go at it.

Needed that strong lock down key defender needed barass or battle today, would have won!

 

[Nugett]

She said that about 5 times. I cant even remember what the controversy was.

She's just awful to listen to and a complete moron.

Think that was the match, where sis got a 50m, and Breust scored

 

[seysearles]

It kind of is though. A fair few of the teams above us are playing each other in the next few rounds.

Because of % we need to make up 8pts on either GWS or Carlton. Carlton’s final two games are layups so the the only chance we have is GWS drop 2 of their last 3 and we win all of ours. I’m not pinning my hopes to that.

 

[hawksfan71]

Morrison should have been playing in front of Jiath and McKenzie over Ward - he's just not strong enough in the contest and can not kick on his right foot [emoji1751]

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You gotta ask when does CJ get dropped and what does he do? We have so many other great players in the waiting.

Needed that strong lock down key defender needed barass or battle today, would have won!

 

[hawkheart]

Well that was painful. Season over in a quarter. We were never going to win the flag but the disappointing thing is that it’s made our final three games dead rubbers. Next week was set up to be a huge game but there truth is we can’t make finals now. It’s mathematically possible but it would involve Carlton losing to west coast and stkilda which ain’t going to happen.

Have you seen Giants’ run home? All is not lost.

 

[Jethro!]

Thought Meek, Gunna, Newk, and Mass were good today.
Worp, Ginny, Day and CJ quiet.

 

[Mappa]

Didn’t learn from Port game. Disappointing loss.
Also if we are down, got to go man on man. What’s with them letting chip the ball around and milk the clock?

It’s a good performance overall but coulda, shoulda, woulda…

I think we’ve learned plenty, but for most of the day we just looked sluggish.

Had the feeling all day that we were lucky to be in front.

 

[Flag08]

Siss playing with one arm isn’t helping. Can’t spoil or tackle.