Hawthorn - no better than last year

[Adz]

Have failed to live up to the hype so far and on what we've seen they aren't really a better side than last year or the year before.

Got a depleted Magpies and a Crows in Melbourne - hardly convincing.

A good draw should see them still figure up the top but some serious concerns.

 

[Shane_Mag]

Have some stars but their depth of actual good players is quite poor.

 

[Mitchemx]

Have failed to live up to the hype so far and on what we've seen they aren't really a better side than last year or the year before.

Got a depleted Magpies and a Crows in Melbourne - hardly convincing.

A good draw should see them still figure up the top but some serious concerns.

A good draw?

 

[Effes]

Why is it called a draw?

A draw is when names/numbers/whatever are pulled out of a hat.

The FIXTURE is certainly not a draw.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Horrible start to the year. Seriously being put to the sword now. 15 points in the second half is putrid.

 

[driver 8]

I wonder if the media will give it to them this week..

 

[The Magenius]

I wonder if the media will give it to them this week..

They should, pathetic 2nd half, not quite as bad as pies v blues but very poor. Travel is no excuse either.

 

[gbatman]

not really suprised, backline isn't great.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Is it possible we're all just massively underrating Sydney? They are undefeated for a reason you know...

 

[thegreig]

They were very flat today, well done to the swans 5-0.

(shock me a collingwood supporter started this thread. Didn't see that coming)

 

[Gavin Excell]

Is it possible we're all just massively underrating Sydney? They are undefeated for a reason you know...

Indeed.

 

[outabounds]

Their fans must be very disappointed- hardly looking like a contender this year.

 

[Corrosion]

Hawthorn looked very average. They will recover though. The Swans look great, and even ran over the top of them with one less fit player on the bench with Roberts-Thompson and Malceski injured.

 

[Adz]

Swans top 4 for mine.
Still yet to play Dogs, GWS again, GC, Dees.

 

[seysearles]

A good draw should see them still figure up the top but some serious concerns.

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[SA HAWK]

Is it possible we're all just massively underrating Sydney? They are undefeated for a reason you know...

Sydney looked very good today and have obviously improved since last year.

We seem to have gone backwards.

 

[GoldenHodge]

There's almost no point to make this thread. After that match, we all know that hawthorn are not playing any better, no arguments there. Still early but I suspect we might just be making up the numbers.

 

[Unfinished]

Maybe just maybe Sydney have gotten better this year..

 

[ausbacker]

not really suprised, backline isn't great.

Their tall defenders outside of Gibson are playing ordinary football. It looks like they miss Gilham a fair bit down there. The bigger issue is they have been unable to restrict Sydney once they got their flow. Sydney's performance is the bigger talking point for mine. Their player development program looks second to none.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Is it possible we're all just massively underrating Sydney? They are undefeated for a reason you know...

Quite probably, yet again; but premiership contenders on a ground their opponents haven't seen before and aren't suited to should not get over-run like that.
Its far too early in the year to write the Hawks off though. There is plenty of time for a genuinely good side to bounce back and have a crack at the flag.

 

[The Swert]

I expected to be 3-2 after 5 rounds so 2-3 isn't a disaster. I am concerned at how we can seem to fall asleep though.

Not sure where the hype came from anyway, it's not like we recruited anybody special.

 

[doppleganger]

Sydney didn't even have big Mummy to exploit their lack of rucks.

Not to worry, they have Cyril so are still premiership favs.

http://www.tab.com.au/Sports/Bettin...&LocationCode=0&Competition=101&MeetingType=1

 

[Macca18]

Perhaps the media darlings of the last six months and "Grand Final certainties" are nowhere near as good as many thought...

Going to be interesting to see how this week is handled by the media & Clarkson. Excuses galore probably & like Carlton against my mob I'm sure it will just be labelled a "just a bad day for Hawthorn" and all about how they were "10% off their game".

 

[SA HAWK]

I expected to be 3-2 after 5 rounds so 2-3 isn't a disaster.

So did i but i expected us to beat Sydney in Tasmania.

2-3 is not a disaster but there are a lot of worrying signs so far.

Also the 3 teams we have lost to we play twice this year.

 

[BLPC08]

Pathetic effort from a very overrated team. Buddy Franklin has 1.9 to his name over the past two rounds, even Kent Kingsley would laugh at those figures. We don't deserve to be a contender with some of the second rate hacks we have in our team. I've given up all hope for the season.