Review 1st Elimination Final, 2019: Werribee v Box Hill Hawks, 1 September 2019, 2.10pm @ North Port Oval

[savagelunchbox]

All bar 2 goals kicked to the left.

Going to be tough, but not impossible. Will help if they don't kick to the same damn, predictable spots every god damn time.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Box Hill are a dry weather team. They get pushed aside like tooth picks in these conditions because were not big enough. Have seen us play a handful of times this year and we are nowhere near the level we were last year. A lot of soft passengers in this team that rely on others to do the heavy lifting.

 

[Big Hotdog]

Umpiring is shitting me to tears

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[HODGEYROAD]

This game pretty much sums up Box Hill's season as a whole, very inconsistent.

 

[Sleutheren]

Getting taught a lesson on how to play contested footy.

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[BigLittleHawk]

Simply outcoached. Disappointing.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Box Hill packed up when the rain came

 

[Sleutheren]

Our tackling is goddamn horrendous.

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[GrumpyOldFart]

Box Hill trying to play dry weather footy after the mother of all storms. NFI. Just hopeless.

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[Hawks1994]

Well, we did only just scrape into the finals by the skin of our teeth, so it was always going to be a tough task

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Well, we did only just scrape into the finals by the skin of our teeth, so it was always going to be a tough task

Nowhere near good enough this year. Won't even score a goal in a half of footy the way this is going piss poor way to end the year really.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Umpiring is s**tting me to tears

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Been outplayed but any time we did look to push forward they'd get a nice cheapie. Pitto gets held in every ruck contest.

 

[Ram-Man]

Congrats to Werribee far too good.

 

[WWSD]

It feels like some players are just going through the motions now. They already know their fate.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

It feels like some players are just going through the motions now. They already know their fate.

Not just for this game either. Papers are stamped for a few guys and this game is an example as to why. No ticker or hardness.

 

[moginie]

I hope Werribee go on with it & smack the drug cheats next week.

 

[Sleutheren]

Had some things to do today but I was able to put some time aside to watch the second half of this game.
Any chance I could see a goal, Hawks?

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[savagelunchbox]

So the high ball gameplan yet again fails in a final. Winning percentage of 0% at both levels, including a goalless second half today... but I'm still 100% sure it will win Hawthorn a premiership.

Far too many robotic-to-the-structure players that can't or won't adapt to variable changes that affect the quality/effectiveness of the gameplan structures.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Disappointing

 

[OnTheRocks]

And that was the year that was.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I hope Werribee go on with it & smack the drug cheats next week.

Yeah, me too. Must admit I enjoyed seeing them get overrun yesterday

 

[TheFourPillars]

There were a number of hawthorn listed players that wont be playing for hawthorn next year and they knew that before this game. Lets just leave it at that

 

[Pessimistic]

Three non aligned sides won their finals.

 

[Pessimistic]

There were a number of hawthorn listed players that wont be playing for hawthorn next year and they knew that before this game. Lets just leave it at that

That could only be miles mirra and pittonet, and I didnt think they were that bad

Oh i forgot trades

 

[houdinihuddo]

Werribee	3.3-21	4.3-27	10.7-67	12.9-81
Box Hill Hawks	1.0-6	5.5-35	5.7-37	5.10-40

WERRIBEE
Goal Kickers: J. Bennett 3, T. House 2, M. Munro 2, J. Maishman, M. Hanson, K. Declase, J. Henderson, L. Pinnuck
Best Players: D. Nielson, T. Gribble, D. Brew, M. Hanson, N. Coughlan, J. Bennett
BOX HILL HAWKS
Goal Kickers: J. Koschitzke 2, O. Hanrahan, L. Meadows, V. Adduci
Best Players: J. Cousins, O. Hanrahan, D. Mirra, L. Meadows, K. Brand, S. Horner

A very disappointing way to end the season. At half time when I observed the black clouds heading towards the ground I thought we would struggle against the bigger bodied strong contesting Werribee players however I didn't count on our poor positioning in the windy conditions and our even poorer decision making and ball use which resulted in an 8 goals 6 behinds to 5 behinds belting in the second half. Hanrahan had a very good first quarter playing in the midfield and yet he played deep forward in the third quarter when we needed to have someone to kick the ball forward. Looking at the first year players I thought Koschitzke again showed some good signs and Greaves defended well in the one on one contests. Golds received a heavy knock in the first quarter, Walker was consistently bodied out of the marking contests and Reeves was very quiet apart from a few very good hit outs to advantage.