Autopsy Elimination Final 2025 : Hawks crush Giants

[extractasam]

Watching the replay right now. And just realised how beautiful is the brown and gold in the September sun? The gold is glowing.

Love when we wear our home kit with white shorts for away games. Don’t mind the legends kit but when we’ve got the regular kit on in an away game it just feels like finals

 

[bamp]

I was in the car for the entire 7 goal run by GWS, so wasn't following the thread. (If anyone is interested, I got out of the car and left it on the side of the road, once I realised I was the problem.)

Thank-you for your sacrifice

 

[grumbleguts]

Thank-you for your sacrifice

Now I have to go and get it. Got a call from the police. Apparently, I just left the doors open.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Just finished reading the game day thread. I was in the car for the entire 7 goal run by GWS, so wasn't following the thread. (If anyone is interested, I got out of the car and left it on the side of the road, once I realised I was the problem.)

If I tune in to a game we were winning and the other team gets the momentum after I tune in I’ll tune out for a bit because I’ve caused the problem obviously. Drives my wife mental.

 

[CHUBBSS]

This is one of the best end of game interviews I’ve seen, sicilys analysis of the game is elite

 

[grumbleguts]

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

When we're 42 points down ad losing epically vent all you want, but putting shit on a team that's actually still ahead is just petulance.

Not sure what gatekeeping emotions the following day achieves. Everyone handles things differently.

I didn't yesterday but I've vented in a gameday thread many times, if people I knew read it and knew my online identity I would be embarrassed, but no regrets.. It an anonymous outlet where I can quietly jump on my phone and be a bit irrational and then put it away and continue to act more normal around my friends and family in front of the tv

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Thought I'd watch a replay with Seven's commentary.

Heard BT call Wardy as Macdonald, not once but twice within the first 30 seconds.

Cancelling Seven's replay and will watch a repeat of Fox Footy's coverage instead.

He would have been furrowing his brows really hard when Alliir was playing on Mabs

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Understandably Hardwick is getting a lot of love, but it felt there was an entire team intent towards Toby Green. A real desire to ensure he didn't get off the leash.

Absolutely.

Yet after all that he had a chance to put them in front, 35 out on a slight angle, and missed. He kicks that and I think we might be cooked.

They got in his head.

I like Toby too.

 

[StackedHunch]

All of our defenders absolutely killed it yesterday - all had massive moments and I’ve already (rightly) gushed about Dimma. However Scrimshaw’s game was beyond massive also. He was an absolute colossus last night and when Barrass was stuck on the bench in the last he dropped to fullback and went full 2013 GF Q4 Brian Lake mode. He was brilliant all game. I don’t get why anybody can talk even hypothetically about trading him - you can’t easily replace what he’s got and he’s easily in our top echelon of players. Any talk of him leaving makes me genuinely sad.

He's two from two so far in tough interstate finals. Even though he had a worse year this year, we might be seeing a pattern here, that he is lifting for September.

 

[RCAB]

This is one of the best end of game interviews I’ve seen, sicilys analysis of the game is elite

This year, many people here saying "he's not a good captain" or "the worst ever Hawthorn captain".

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Is it the best defence in the league?

Barrass, Battle, Scrimshaw, Sicily, Hardwick.... All killed it yesterday.

Impey, Amon, Weddle can all chop out and be dangerous...

2023 we sorted the fwd line, 2024 we reinforced the defence. Sort out the midfield this off season and we are set.

 

[HedgeFund]

He would have been furrowing his brows really hard when Alliir was playing on Mabs

Trying to work out which one is Jiath

 

[Arkadia]

So, and try to put recency bias aside for a moment, which was the better win, this year or last year's EF?

Two very different wins. '24 was pure, we were in unstoppable form and in an irresistible mood that night.

Yesterday was a gritty, guts-it-out win against a surging tsunami.

For me, it's still last year. Maybe it was partly because I was there with 98,000 others, but I maintain that was the best I've seen us play since the threepeat. We would have beaten anyone else in the league that night.

What about you?

There is no doubt about that Roddy...
It was one of the best nights I have experienced only matched by the '08 Grand Final.
The atmosphere that day behind the goals at the Punt Rd end during the 3rd qrt when Dew went on a rampage was unbelievable.....
Likewise last year's elimination final against the doggies...we outnumbered them 5 to 1....

I loved last year's elimination win only because we attended and soaked up the atmosphere and adrenaline watching the Hollywood Hawks play Hokball...

 

[Leather Poisoning]

What a game!

Absolute roller coster. This is why I love footy.

Newcombe is built for finals.
Weddle is as good as Day - they are both elite players that completely change our team.
Forward line looked better without the extra tall, and Ginna/CMac/Wiz kicked 6 between them. That's us at our best.
Scrimshaw has been taking marks like that a lot the last month or two, he's a gun.
Meek was cheated against all game.
Chol's goals completely made me lose my mind. The celebrations at my place after both goals were amazing
Worpel stepped up a gear and Ward was really reliable all game.

We took our chances better than we have all season.

Solve that problem where we completely go to sleep for 15 mins and we'll go pretty deep into finals

 

[Fulgent]

For those who want to re-live it, SEN are currently replaying it. Close to half time I'm afraid.

 

[TassieGrown]

For those who want to re-live it, SEN are currently replaying it. Close to half time I'm afraid.

Have had it on walking the hound

 

[Fulgent]

Have had it on walking the hound

You might want to tune out for a while in about 15 minutes!

 

[Bedi]

Your Mrs must have been happy.

Reminds me of the classic Chevy Chase line in Three Amigos

ROSITA: Well, we could take a walk and you could kiss me on the veranda.
DUSTY BOTTOMS: Lips would be fine.

 

[Slaatybaadfaast]

There's no full match replay up on the AFL site despite the other 3 game full replays being there. Why's this? Anyone know if there's a link to a replay elsewhere?

Observe:

 

[Simon Crawshay]

How good was Impey yesterday as well? Especially the first 15 minutes when we were under the pump.

He has had a seriously good year, wouldn’t surprise me if he finishes top 3 in the PCM this year.

Such a great trade getting him across from Port.

 

[TassieGrown]

You might want to tune out for a while in about 15 minutes!

Funnily enough I did

 

[RustyHawk]

OMG!

Lloyd MEEK and James SICILY

6

James Sicily

Age

31

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

both cited by the MRO!!

(RELAX - FINES ONLY LOL)

Meek for striking Briggs in the 1st quarter and Sicily for making contact with an umpire. Both $1,000 fines with early plea.

 

[Maybloomer]

Sad really that you'd think that funny. I'm traveling around Australia and everywhere I stop there is evidence of aboriginals massacred or in chains, culture destroyed or long term damage. I love AFL but a bit of perspective and respect is needed. How would you feel if it happened to your

I actually stayed up to watch the game live. My poor wife, I woke her up a few times.

The first quarter performance, more of that please against the Crows. Just very pleased.

I drove 6 hours to watch the game and then drove 6 hours home again afterwards and still had to watch the last quarter on Kayo when I got home. Adrenalin and Red Bull.

 

[Maybloomer]

OMG!

Lloyd MEEK and James SICILY both cited by the MRO!!

(RELAX - FINES ONLY LOL)

Meek for striking Briggs in the 1st quarter and Sicily for making contact with an umpire. Both $1,000 fines with early plea.

Didn’t see the Meek one but Sicily definitely did give the umpire a good old seeing to. His opponent tried to use the umpire as a buffer to run off and Sic was not in a buffered state of mind.