Game Day Match Discussion - RD 22 vs. Hawthorn. Thur 07/08 @ 7:30pm (MCG)

[eddiesmith]

What is it with Thursday night games? Nearly every game is a one sided boring beat down.

Most probably involve 5 day breaks for team as well which has been a killer most weeks.

 

[upnsmoke]

Nothing wrong with the contest imo. I wonder if most of the damage was done when Howe smashed his head into the ground.

The grass would have saved his brain but its his neck and spine I think what got hurt.

 

[frizzle]

The Crows will do us by 10 goals next week. Dean has to return for Howe, lol....Frampton and Dean against the Adelaide forward line...

The real problem here is they are both playing better footy than our skipper. Instead of leading by example he is being lazy & looks disinterested.

 

[Daicosian silk]

We’re cooked. Lost our mojo. Doing heavy training blocks and resting players. How about winning until
the top 4 is absolutely locked in first? Then maybe rest a few players if necessary. Really missing Bobby and Beau’s forward line speed and pressure

 

[MightyPies2010]

Pathetic (being generous) first half. Let's see what we've got second half

 

[Pendles!]

Newcombe likely to get weeks?

 

[Kappa]

Lazy and shallow analysis. Age hasn't caused injuries to deprive us of our forward half pressure, or for recruits to not gel, or for most other issues. The wheels fell off as soon as started tooting our own horn about 14 wins.

Hawthorn have worse injuries than us, try the next excuse.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

In what world was Newcombe attempting to tackle there?

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

Fly’s mid week video now looks pathetic

 

[Bramax]

Losing Howe brutally in the first minute has rocked the entire team and we’ve been blown away.
In reality, with such a midfield advantage on paper tonight, losing Howe shouldn’t have affected the result because the ball should’ve been getting pumped into our forward line over and over again.
But our mids have turned their toes up and now we’re exposed down back.
Unless a massive response comes from our mids, this will be a demoralising loss.

 

[Pedro]

The 2nd half will tell a story about where we are at. I've been happy to give this side a bit of lee-way, but a response is vital

 

[Finnishpie]

Injuries to a handful of players does not excuse the very sudden drop in form from everyone across the board.

A lack of continuity in the playing side perhaps can. Injuries alone might have been ok. But we added managing players to that. It becomes a little too much of a disruption to continuity then.

Yeah, that's a legitimate argument. We can't be certain though. Sometimes good decisions havre bad results and bad decisions end up with good results.

In this case, I think it was the players we've had out that really hurt us. Howe, McCreery, Hill, De Goey -- pace and power and talent. Our lesser players were exposed.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

I think Fly should just let the players watch the Storm at half time.
If there was any inspiration needed.

I would be watching that if it wasn't Sidey's 350th....

 

[Bramax]

How do we finish 6th if we win the last 2???

Just our luck with other results.

 

[Mick F]

Sorry to intrude but you guys remind of the blues from last year. Hope you can turn it around.

If you’re bored shitless clean out your fridge or go for a run.

 

[anshell]

Funny how opposition players can do the round the corner kick with ease,and we can’t do it at all,

 

[Aussie pie]

Looking forward to seeing the kids next year. HH, TJ, West, HDM even SOS.

 

[Kes1984]

For some reason I haven’t turned it off and just gone to bed.

This becomes a blow out and we lose by 80 points
Or we do a come back with a brief patch of exciting footy, to lose by 4 goals

 

[TW Sherrin]

You epitomize the type of supporter we can do without.

Lik3 it or not but Hills off field adventures would've been an issue without doubt. It affects how people deal with you.

 

[Collingwould]

Did anyone see this shellacking coming?I certainly didn’t.I actually thought we might win.Silly me.

look, I actually did. We are historically rubbish against Hawthorn, earlier this season an rarity. Check the history. I tipped them tonight, didn't give us a chance sadly

 

[gouki88]

Hawthorn have worse injuries than us, try the next excuse.

Howe, McCreery and Hill are at worst just as consequential as Day and Weddle. Unless you're a big Finn Maginness fan - actually makes plenty of sense, a completely negative player is right up your alley

 

[cityslick1]

Howe being knocked out rattled us.

We look bereft of confidence. Fast turning into a wasted season at this rate.

Moore needs to lift or retire. Sorry

 

[Bramax]

Newcombe likely to get weeks?

I reckon he meant it but backed his own toughness to disguise it. But he’ll have no case to answer.

 

[ksardog]

Did anyone see this shellacking coming?I certainly didn’t.I actually thought we might win.Silly me.

To be fair, everything went pear shaped when Howe got knocked out

 

[No SPIN]

Our problem moving forward is we simply have no game breakers in the middle, nobody with power or athleticism, all slow and vanilla or in the back end of their careers, how are we going to fix that? We badly need a Kozzie, NAS type with game and line breaking speed and craft, if you camp on Naicos we turn to absolute butter

McReery and JDG