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Pre-game show and most of them think Gunston > Kennedy. How the hell, JJK is about to go B2B Coleman's.

As soon as it's half time, we go straight to Fox Footy saying it's a matter of Stratton not playing. GTFO.
 
I'll add Wayne Carey to this list, what an utterly insufferable campaigner he was tonight. Even had the call to call them pretenders after the game as well.
Got proven wrong the entire night and still backing himself.
 
Did anyone see that thing Cyril did good? You know the thing he did that didn't lead to a goal but it was so good and Cyrilly. Just amazing, a real special player.
 

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Marlin01 said:
"... And that's why Hawthorn are such a great side."

Fair enough, they are but do the commentators have to repeat the same bloody phrase after every action in the game?
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Just amazing that they were SO outplayed but only lost by 25 points. I mean no side other than Hawthorn could play so badly and only lose by 25 points. And I mean the game has been over for an hour now but really a deficit that big an hour after the game has finished is not an insurmountable lead for a champion team like Hawthorn.
 
Mr Casson said:
Just amazing that they were SO outplayed but only lost by 25 points. I mean no side other than Hawthorn could play so badly and only lose by 25 points. And I mean the game has been over for an hour now but really a deficit that big an hour after the game has finished is not an insurmountable lead for a champion team like Hawthorn.
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You'd be mad to write them off. Having said that, if the Eagles can keep applying pressure until 9am tomorrow morning, they might be able to sneak away with the win.
 
Marlin01 said:
You'd be mad to write them off. Having said that, if the Eagles can keep applying pressure until 9am tomorrow morning, they might be able to sneak away with the win.
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But that Hawthorn.. What a team of champions.
 
What a putrid call of the game tonight. That was campaigning and barracking as bad as I've ever heard.

Such a champion team the Hawks. Even when they get outplayed and look like garbage it's because they're such a champion team.

Free Kick Hawthorn. That's why they're such a great team Hawthorn.

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HoneyBadger35 said:
I'd send in the entire game of Adelaide vs Carlton about 10 weeks ago as the definitive proof, but by god is the coverage for us brutal as well. Really nothing to be done for it though, no way of changing it until we get a few more ex-Eagles or at least people with a clue to replace the Breretons, Taylors, Darcys, McGuires, Richardsons, Frawleys etc etc

The ones who are the best (Huddo aside) are the radios callers on national calls. As you say, let local shows be bias or much more focused on the local boys sure, but national ABC calls are terrific, Gerard Whately in particular. Basically need to clone Gerard and Huddo and have them cover every game to have any chance of intelligence.
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You could always listen to the radio coverage on headphones, mute the TV and watch with the radio commentary lol.
 
Well, like it or not the AFL is still largely Vic-based. It grew out of the VFL, of course, and 10 teams are still Victorian. In what other league is the Grand Final played at the same stadium? I mean, I'm not necessarily against it, but the AFL is pretty unique, and even more centred in Melbourne than the NRL is in Sydney. In Perth, of course, the coverage is much more Eagles-Dockers focused/biased. In Victoria, not surprisingly, it's more biased to Vic clubs.
 

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Carbine Chaos said:
Honestly didn't think the call was that bad, bit of a victim mentality at play.
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Cameron Ling's numerous references to Hawthorn being great because they weren't down by more.
BT insisting that Cripps wasn't pushed in the back even after numerous replays.
BT playing down Jordan Lewis' strike on Lycett.
Ejaculating over Cyril soccering a ball along the ground.

Probably numerous others.

I have said before that I don't really think these guys are biased but they are definitely incompetent.
 
Mr Casson said:
Cameron Ling's numerous references to Hawthorn being great because they weren't down by more.
BT insisting that Cripps wasn't pushed in the back even after numerous replays.
BT playing down Jordan Lewis' strike on Lycett.
Ejaculating over Cyril soccering a ball along the ground.
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Yep...not normally bothered by Ling but last night, ugh.

BT is losing his sight.

Dark Sharks said:
One has to ask, if Hawthorn were so "brilliant" and "a great side" all night, why didn't they win the game?
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Stratton was out, didn't you hear? :rolleyes:
He is a big out for them but the reason we won is because we outplayed them. If Sheppard was out and we lost by 25, no one in the media would even mention him.
 

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Carbine Chaos said:
Honestly didn't think the call was that bad, bit of a victim mentality at play.
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Normally I'd say something similar, but it was pretty shit yesterday. I'm getting pretty sick of listening to commentary that is predominantly from the POV of our opposition. Eagles playing shit, it's all about how our opposition are not letting us get our game on. Eagles playing well, its about what the opposition need to do to get back in the game...OR as it was last night, how awesome the Hawks were even though they were 40 points down.

All they seem to have on us is how Gov takes a mark and Priddis is so tough and Nic Nat is a freak. It was more like the perfunctory, 'Eagles Pressure is up tonight or Eagles have rocked up to play, but Hawthorn blah..blah...blah'. I reckon if you'd just tuned in and didn't have a clue what the score was you'd be forgiven for thinking Hawks were on top.
 
I thought everyone on here was just being a bit precious. Got home and watched the game and agree with everyone potting it. It was disgusting to have to listen to. Watching a replay knowing its a win generally lets me be blasé and let things slide but it was so noticeable how hard they were for the hawks
 
Brad Hardie .

I used to think he encouraged deluded demented Fremantle supporters to call his radio show with their Eagles bashing shit because if he didn't nobody would call him at all.After listening to his radio call of the first quarter of GWs v Fremantle Im convinced hes genuinely irrational to put it mildly.GWS were almost as bad in the first quarter as they were against the Eagles according to Brad.
And then my thoughts drifted back to about eight weeks ago when the Eagles lost to the Westernbullshit and Hardie went on a ten minute rant about how Naitanui had not progressed as a player since the juniors hadn't learnt the game etc etc when anyone with half a clue would know he was playing injured.Brad Hardie a genuine spud.Would never have got a vote if he wasn't ginger.
 
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Brad Hardie .

I used to think he encouraged deluded demented Fremantle supporters to call his radio show with their Eagles bashing shit because if he didn't nobody would call him at all.After listening to his radio call of the first quarter of GWs v Fremantle Im convinced hes genuinely irrational to put it mildly.GWS were almost as bad in the first quarter as they were against the Eagles according to Brad.
And then my thoughts drifted back to about eight weeks ago when the Eagles lost to the Westernbullshit and Hardie went on a ten minute rant about how Naitanui had not progressed as a player since the juniors hadn't learnt the game etc etc when anyone with half a clue would know he was playing injured.Brad Hardie a genuine spud.Would never have got a vote if he wasn't ginger.
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I was driving home one day listening to a pre-season game that he was calling. He literally spent an entire quarter where his sole contribution was barking like a dog every 30 seconds or so.
 
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