The pressure and effort in our forward half was dismal. The ease of which the Essendon defenders found each other and then moved the ball forward was laughable. It was what made our defence look out of position all day and gifted Essendon too many easy goals. Without Jonas back there...
Clearances 7-14
Contested Possessions 33-43
Yet... Inside 50s 13-11
Our complete lack of effort and intent is making a very average side look like stars going forward. Bad news if this doesn't turn around.
While Kingy does at times go a little crazy on the stats, I enjoyed how he tried to describe the tactics of teams and gave some insight that basically no other footy show does. Hopefully Roos will be providing some of this during the year.
I'd love for them to broaden the scope of their...
I think the extra work on his body playing midfield last year contributed to some injuries so I'd imagine he'll play predominantly forward with maybe 20-30% time in the midfield. He's lethal at the centre bounce with all that space!
A brilliant read from Martin Flanagan, one of footy's best writers. Your mob must be proud to have a such a great book to always remember the '16 GF and to have the next generations hopefully read it and understand what it all meant. What a day for Aussie Rules it was!
Best of luck in 2018.
Gerard Whateley's new show on SEN made mention in the first episode that Ken Hinkley will be a regular contributor this year. Excellent news as Kenny and Gerard have had some great chats on ABC Radio over the years.
I went the Camries vs. GWS game on Easter Sunday in 2014 and I think there were 45,000 there. I see no reason why we won't have a similar figure at our game tomorrow. Hopefully more!
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/23/the-rise-and-rise-of-hawthorn-afl-favourites-once-more-this-season
Really enjoyed this read from Jonathan Horn about the Hawks.
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