Autopsy AFL 2025 Round 3 - Hawks v Giants Sat March 29th 7:35pm AEDT (UTAS Tasmania)

[JHF1870]

Selwood said this for 10 years. And to be fair the umpires have ignored Watson in 2 of our 4 games this year.

It's not really ducking though. He lowers his body into the tackle and throws his head back. That part is what I hate the most. You have to tackle those players differently.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Blues supporters reek of jealously, just because we have good smalls and you guys have a bunch of vfl plumbers running around.

VFL plumbers is kind to Frankie Evans

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Selwood said this for 10 years. And to be fair the umpires have ignored Watson in 2 of our 4 games this year.

Your entire supporter base also called Selwood a cheat for over a decade because he did the exact same thing.

 

[2Sewell4School]

Hawthorn played finals, last year, though, big difference with finals experience vs no finals experience.

Won a final at that. 2007 into 2008 Déjà vu.

 

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[WalshistheGOAT]

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We don't want our draft picks back, we're more than happy with Jagga. WCE the ones who will be in tears over that trade.

 

[Xtreme]

Watson has never ducked for a free. Rival supporters are just jealous of The Wizard!l

 

[CobberRodgers]

We don't want our draft picks back, we're more than happy with Jagga. WCE the ones who will be in tears over that trade.

I genuinely believe it was a 50/50 pick for WCE and they went with our picks because we have a “tougher” draw per se

 

[Hungdaddy]

Bit harsh on Watson. Like most players in his position these days he can shrug the tacklers arm up, not unique. I think the risk for opposition players is he is so short (listed 170 cm) that even average sized players (eg Coniglio, 182 cm) struggle to get low enough to effect a legal tackle. Compounding this, he's clearly courageous enough to drive forcefully through the tackle, embracing the hit. I have never seen that "drive" with Ginny for example. Watson is a ripper.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Watson has never ducked for a free. Rival supporters are just jealous of The Wizard!l

To quote you...

"Sookwood did nothing to grow the game except introduce the ducking epidemic - far worse than anything else, even COVID"

Have some integrity Xtreme, you have an entire page worth of posts about Selwood ducking.

 

[Delisted]

We don't want our draft picks back, we're more than happy with Jagga. WCE the ones who will be in tears over that trade.

Yeah realised after i made it. Still sorta relevant though.

 

[hawkman]

I genuinely believe it was a 50/50 pick for WCE and they went with our picks because we have a “tougher” draw per se

Draw was announced after trade period

 

[Nugett]

Blues supporters reek of jealously, just because we have good smalls and you guys have a bunch of vfl plumbers running around.

Not to mention that we also have their first and 2nd draft picks, while they have nothing to compensate for this years performance..

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Bit harsh on Watson. Like most players in his position these days he can shrug the tacklers arm up, not unique. I think the risk for opposition players is he is so short (listed 170 cm) that even average sized players (eg Coniglio, 182 cm) struggle to get low enough to effect a legal tackle. Compounding this, he's clearly courageous enough to drive forcefully through the tackle, embracing the hit. I have never seen that "drive" with Ginny for example. Watson is a ripper.

Watson is better than Ginnivan with the flops but both are shockers at it. Watson would be a gun regardless so I'd much rather he ditch the tactic and play without it.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Not to mention that we also have their first and 2nd draft picks, while they have nothing to compensate for this years performance..

We have 4 father sons and NGA kids this year and the likely pick 1 favourite next year, I'm not sure Blues fans should be losing too much sleep over that one.

That said, I have seen about 3 'Sack Voss's painted on the road on Twitter so im tipping they'll happily be mad about just about anything atm.

 

[hawkman]

It's not really ducking though. He lowers his body into the tackle and throws his head back. That part is what I hate the most. You have to tackle those players differently.

A lot of the frees he gets he starts low often when getting the ball and then stays low or comes up slightly and drives through the tackle. He is not actually ducking but comes up slower than the tackler expects

 

[CobberRodgers]

Draw was announced after trade period

Yeah, but we finished inside the top 6, and Carlton outside it, so they possibly based their call on that piece of info.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Bending your knees and leaning forward is comical running form?

Apparently it's cheating to bend your knees while running

Straight leg running only allowed.

But tackling someone around the head should be fine if they are in fact, running with bent knees and leaning forward.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Yeah realised after i made it. Still sorta relevant though.

For some it will be, personally couldn't care less about the trade. Thats WCE's issue now.

 

[Xtreme]

Have some integrity Xtreme, you have an entire page worth of posts about Selwood ducking.

That is an out and out lie

STPer18 knows that I think Selwood is a relic of the game

 

[Coasters7]

That's not why they won. But I hate it as much as Geelong throwing themselves to the ground

It changes how opponents approach the game though. Little holds, leading with the head, playing for free kicks. Makes the opponent second guess their attack on the ball

 

[Coasters7]

Another melt in a Hawks thread about umpiring.

Your brain is broken.

You support a club hell bent on bending rules rather than playing footy. Sam Mitchell’s bread and butter so not really unsurprising

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Apparently it's cheating to bend your knees while running

Straight leg running only allowed.

But tackling someone around the head should be fine if they are in fact, running with bent knees and leaning forward.

Do you think if I pulled up comments from you about Selwood they'd be consistent with this view?

 

[triple treat]

Watson will go down as a perennial duck specialist

What a pathetic legacy to leave behind

Worked ok for Selwood, he has a stand named after him!!

 

[Hungdaddy]

Watson is better than Ginnivan with the flops but both are shockers at it. Watson would be a gun regardless so I'd much rather he ditch the tactic and play without it.

Yeah but, he plays in front of goal much of the time. Do you think Sam Mitchell is saying to him "mate, have some honour and don't embellish contact, we don't want free kicks"?

He might get a free kick or 2 in front of goal but on the balance of it, I think he plays tough, skillful footy.