Hawks only ever beat Geelong when it matters
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Hawks only ever beat Geelong when it matters
Hey now, we won 2011 Qualifying Final and 2016 Isaac Smiss game….or you could call it the Double Agent game in Geelong’s history books
Not always.Hawks only ever beat Geelong when it matters
Geelong still beat them in a QF on the way to a flag in 2011 and called time on Hawthorn's dynasty in 2016 (softened them up for an easy Bulldogs kill the next week). I believe the Cats also kept them out of finals in 2009 and almost did the same this year.
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Hawks only ever beat Geelong when it matters
Hawthorn vs Geelong - All Finals
Hawthorn: 6
Geelong: 4
Hawthorn vs Geelong - Grand Finals
Hawthorn: 2
Geelong: 1
Its the 2008 GF that gives rise to this debate.
Fair enough we threw it away but the record is hardly a one sided one
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Hawthorn have certainly shown improvement from the start of the season but we aren’t getting carried away. One week at a time.
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Cannot.
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Not one sided but overall they have the edge (slightly) against Geelong when it truly matters most - Finals Footy.
Like the 2011 and 2016 Qualifying finals?Hawks only ever beat Geelong when it matters
Sorry if that doesn’t suit your narrative.
We threw it away with shit goal kicking yes, but they also exploited the rules to the point where the league had to step in and change the rule the following year.
Geelong hasn’t ever won in an elimination style final, EF, SF, PF or GF. Aka when it matters, 2011 and 2016 Hawthorn played on after losing. 2011 they even made a PF.
Pressure and out coached
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Joel Bowden is the reason they changed the rule.
So the Hawks doing in 10 times in the Grand Final had nothing to do with it?
I believe these are the games that matter;
Yeh there were some other games - they didn't really matter though
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Sorry if this has been stated previously but I was surprised when I looked through the hawks year that they haven't actually beaten a top 8 side away this year.Round 8 against Bulldogs except they weren't in 8 at the time and weren't playing that well at that time.Last week against a banged up Carlton team without a bench is it..Not the hawks fault that there draw hasn't been the hardest and not to say they can't go deep into September but it's still relevant
It’s irrelevant, beaten every top 8 side currently beside Port, Sydney and Geelong.
+ Carlton and Collingwood who are the other closer sides to the 8.
You didn't throw it away, you were outplayed.
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This. Hate seeing our fans not acknowledge it.
I think it’s fair to say we didn’t play our best, but equally I think it’s also fair to say Hawthorn turned up and didn’t allow us to, either, and had a fairly significant say in that.
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Geelong have bullied Hawthorn the last few years and both times this year. It is up to Hawthorn to rectify that.
Cats are our kryptonite.
In that second qtr we blew it with the dumb shots on goal
But fair comment - had every opportunity second half and got done over
Yep, there was a deliberate strategy to starve the Cats of the ball or "kill the shark" and force them wide inside 50. No doubt cats were the best team that year, Hawks just stuck tight to a game plan on the day....oh and the rotund bloke moving fwd for 15 mins in the 3rd also helped.
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