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Every year you argue about ladder predictions like there's a definitive finishing order and you're the only one who has rubbed the crystal ball and seen it.
Let people make their predictions without declaring where they need to place teams.
Let people make their predictions without declaring where they need to place teams.
But what happened here...
It will get very ugly for the Hawks- basically sold this and next years draft for O'Meara.
1: GWS
2: Bulldogs
3: West Coast
4: Geelong
5: Adelaide
6: Gold Coast
7: Essendon
8: St Kilda
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9: Melbourne
10: Collingwood
11: Port Adel
12: Richmond
13: Sydney
14: North Melb
15: Hawthorn
16: Carlton
17: Freo
18: Brisbane
1: GWS
2: Bulldogs
3: West Coast
4: Geelong
5: Adelaide
6: Gold Coast
7: Essendon
8: St Kilda
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9: Melbourne
10: Collingwood
11: Port Adel
12: Richmond
13: Sydney
14: North Melb
15: Hawthorn
16: Carlton
17: Freo
18: Brisbane
nek minnut
Hawthorn debuted 7 youngsters in 2016, and will still have 12 triple premiership players available for the best 22 in 2017.
J.Roughead
T.Mitchell
J.O'Meara
T.Vickery
That's some handy additions in amongst the youngsters who will be pushing for even more opportunity.
J.Roughead
T.Mitchell
J.O'Meara
T.Vickery
That's some handy additions in amongst the youngsters who will be pushing for even more opportunity.
And they've been replaced by two mids with 10+ years ahead of them, so let's not forget that T.Mitchell and O'Meara are both seriously good players(early reports on O'Meara are very positive).
The "flattered by close wins" argument is a really easy call to make in hindsight when Hawthorn don't become the premiers, but those wins were still very good examples of a great side doing everything right in crucial moments.
Hawthorn lost to the eventual Premiers by 1pt more than the runners up did on the big day. Do we say Sydney's close wins against Carlton, North and Brisbane flattered them? No, of course we don't.
People couldn't get their head around Clarkson's attitude towards the contested ball numbers, but even during that final against the Dogs his side continued to ignore the contested ball numbers and open up a 4 goal lead halfway through the second quarter. Dogs momentum late in games was ultimately too much for a number of sides.
Worth noting that had Isaac Smith kicked truly against the Cats, the 52 contested possession differential would've been laughed at.
Regardless, Clarkson knows the contested ball numbers have to improve and I have little doubt that they will.
As much as people may want it to be the case Hawthorn just aren't going to free fall down the ladder when Clarkson is still in charge and has so much talent at his disposal.
The "flattered by close wins" argument is a really easy call to make in hindsight when Hawthorn don't become the premiers, but those wins were still very good examples of a great side doing everything right in crucial moments.
Hawthorn lost to the eventual Premiers by 1pt more than the runners up did on the big day. Do we say Sydney's close wins against Carlton, North and Brisbane flattered them? No, of course we don't.
People couldn't get their head around Clarkson's attitude towards the contested ball numbers, but even during that final against the Dogs his side continued to ignore the contested ball numbers and open up a 4 goal lead halfway through the second quarter. Dogs momentum late in games was ultimately too much for a number of sides.
Worth noting that had Isaac Smith kicked truly against the Cats, the 52 contested possession differential would've been laughed at.
Regardless, Clarkson knows the contested ball numbers have to improve and I have little doubt that they will.
As much as people may want it to be the case Hawthorn just aren't going to free fall down the ladder when Clarkson is still in charge and has so much talent at his disposal.
