Autopsy AFL 2025 Rd 21 - Crows v Hawks - Fri August 1st 7:10pm ACT/7:40pm AEST (Adelaide Oval)

[demondavey]

How, exactly?

Because you get looked after non stop. That clown Watson has become a serial cheat by ducking and the umpires are doing nothing to prevent it by not calling it out. It’s pretty well known that Stevic will gift you free kicks any chance he can.

 

[Humblebob]

That was my thought when posters said about Stevic but now I'm a believer, you?????

I’ll be honest mate I have no idea who ‘Stevic’ is.

 

[Long Live HFC]

Because you get looked after non stop. They clown Watson has become a serial cheat by ducking and the umpires are doing nothing to prevent it by not calling it out. It’s pretty well known that Stevic will gift you free kicks any chance he can.

Maybe you can borrow danster’s dictionary after he’s finished with it.

 

[Humblebob]

Every supporter thinks their team get the wrong end of the pineapple.

Sport definitely brings out the worst in people.

They do absolutely, not every supporter turns that thought into a perpetual underdog and victim campaign though .

Bang on with the last bit.

 

[Cleric]

Hawthorn played well and the difference was the home ground advantage.
Day is so important for their team and is their best player without a doubt. He is such a gun.
What a career he would have had without the injuries.

 

[SA HAWK]

Hawthorn played well and the difference was the home ground advantage.
Day is so important for their team and is their best player without a doubt. He is such a gun.
What a career he would have had without the injuries.

Crows were tougher and made better decisions also your tall forward had a much bigger impact than ours.

Your best players are in better form than ours also.

Window is just opening for the Crows imagine if you get Nasiah next season.

Looks like Day might be injured again disastrous for us if he is.

 

[hawkman]

Hawthorn played well and the difference was the home ground advantage.
Day is so important for their team and is their best player without a doubt. He is such a gun.
What a career he would have had without the injuries.

Difference was Adelaide took their chances late. Rankine converting from near the boundary and Walker twice from 50 out near the boundary was pretty much the difference

 

[Cleric]

Difference was Adelaide took their chances late. Rankine converting from near the boundary and Walker twice from 50 out near the boundary was pretty much the difference

There wasn't alot in it, which should give Hawks fans some confidence. I get no one wants to lose, and at this end of the season with a tough draw, any close loss is a missed opportunity.

 

[Apsaalooke]

Never been done, looking forward to the parade on Wednesday

It's been cancelled due to rain

 

[Humblebob]

It's been cancelled due to rain

 

[Apsaalooke]

Just a note about the Rankine incident. Let's presume the ump called ;play on'. That would leave Rankine free with Sicily 2 metres away.

Doubt that Rankine would have the talent to manufacture a goal from that, would need a special level of skill

OTOH, bringing a free kick back after a player plays on and kicks a point is very dodgy. And if excused by saying the umpire didn't call advantage, then there's no argument for the Rankine decision, is there?

Rankine skipped backwards instinctively when he saw Sicily coming towards him, but even then he didn't go off the line which was why the ump called a 50 and not play on.

 

[Ashman23]

There wasn't alot in it, which should give Hawks fans some confidence. I get no one wants to lose, and at this end of the season with a tough draw, any close loss is a missed opportunity.

Nice to see some reasoned posts.

BTW, I hadn't seen Dan Curtain play apart from highlights. You have a good one there, great size to him too.

I hope you guys go a long way come finals.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Remindrr that to be legged the tackle has to go below the knees, not just below the hips.

He had it around his shins and ankles. He tripped over as he dished it off. Definitely a free but it wasn’t the game in the end again. Bad but can’t do much.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Was that before or after Milera received a hand to the face and got called HTB which allow another inside 50??? The chances would have level the score if they had been goal instead of point so I'm not sure what you meant by "well ahead". We had more scoring shot in the end and also played off a 6 days break in massive wet deck and you guys getting 3 goals directly from 50/50 calls.

It was a horrible game of umpiring both ways. One they’d like to forget, often inserted themselves unnecessarily aswell.

 

[SA HAWK]

There wasn't alot in it, which should give Hawks fans some confidence. I get no one wants to lose, and at this end of the season with a tough draw, any close loss is a missed opportunity.

3rd away game we have lost on the road against another top 8 contender when leading at 3/4 time.

Win 1 of those and we probably play finals the Freo one in particular hurt.

Just not quite good enough this year for various reasons.

 

[ok.crows]

How can you not see Rankine play on..are you watching something else.

Were YOU watching something else? Rankine did not go forward of the mark. Rankine did not move left or right of the mark. Rankine's only movement was back away from the goals, on the line. Rankine did motion to handball, but he didn't handball. That's not play on.

By the actual rules, Rankine did not play on. Period. The umpire did not call play on. Correctly, by the rules.

Sicily went over the mark. 50 metre penalty, every time. Every day of the week. By the rules.

 

[Cyclonus]

It was a shit decision and so was Lewis' play on.

 

[Soggy2112]

It's a mix of overregulation, bad rules, ego, inconsistent enforcement of rules and bad culture. It's always funny how umpires give coaching advice, when they're suppose to be rule enforcers only. I don't understand how criticism of the umpires in general means to you that a person hates the sport. I think you're deflecting. The Crows have gotten stiffed by umpires in matches, I don't like that, either, that's my point, I don't like seeing teams getting screwed over by bad rules or inconsistent frees. Like, I couldn't enjoy that St Kilda win against Melbourne because the umpires essentially handed them the victory with that terrible 666 rule they don't even penalize 99% of the time.

The conversation on this thread is overwhelmingly about the umpires.

 

[Chief]

Will Day Sidelined for Remainder of AFL 2025 with Foot Injury

Hawthorn has confirmed that midfielder Will Day will miss the […]

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Vindicater]

Horrendous for the young man.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

So depressing

 

[Soggy2112]

Will Day Sidelined for Remainder of AFL 2025 with Foot Injury

Hawthorn has confirmed that midfielder Will Day will miss the […]

www.bigfooty.com

Disappointing. Hopefully he gets a good run at it eventually

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Ginnivan embarrassing himself. No surprises there.

 

[Soggy2112]

Ginnivan embarrassing himself. No surprises there.

I don’t have a problem with Ginnivan 90% of the time.

You’re in a media driven industry, and you have built your brand on being controversial and antagonistic. You can’t then complain when the attention then comes. Calling someone who’s doing their job “embarrassing” feels disrespectful to me.

 

[Long Live HFC]

How, exactly?

Good to see you back, Vindicater, how you going with this answer? I hope you can do better than the last two contestants.