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Here's one for you eagles and Hawks fans. A quote from one Ken Judge. It's a quote from a coach at the beginning of a stint with a team. Contrast it with Rocket Eade, a coach who's been there a few years, wh has less wins than at WC, but still thinks his team can make the eight
''We'll struggle to get there (finals), to be honest,'' Judge said. ''We're just not playing well enough.
''The question that has got to be asked is whether we have got enough talent in this footy club to keep it as one of the top clubs in the competition.
''I've got a question mark over that and so should everyone else. When I took the club over I said it was at the crossroads. Some people don't want to accept that.
''The club is very, very, very delicately placed. We have got some ageing champions that are ever so slightly on the decline and some young blokes that I'm not sure are taking up the slack in the right manner at the moment.
''Let's not put all the blame on the young blokes, either. At the end of the day, I don't know if we've got enough talent in our young blokes.
''That's the sort of things we'll find out in the next few weeks and the rest of the year.
''If we haven't (got talent), we'll have a major turnover of players.''
It's all too familiar to us Hawthorn fans. Is he right or is he already shoring up his own position at the expense of WC players. Or Is Hawthorn now a more talented team than the Eagles (we have had Judgy saying this for four years now - highest finish eigth just once)
Will Eagles put up with it as long as Hawthorn have ?
''We'll struggle to get there (finals), to be honest,'' Judge said. ''We're just not playing well enough.
''The question that has got to be asked is whether we have got enough talent in this footy club to keep it as one of the top clubs in the competition.
''I've got a question mark over that and so should everyone else. When I took the club over I said it was at the crossroads. Some people don't want to accept that.
''The club is very, very, very delicately placed. We have got some ageing champions that are ever so slightly on the decline and some young blokes that I'm not sure are taking up the slack in the right manner at the moment.
''Let's not put all the blame on the young blokes, either. At the end of the day, I don't know if we've got enough talent in our young blokes.
''That's the sort of things we'll find out in the next few weeks and the rest of the year.
''If we haven't (got talent), we'll have a major turnover of players.''
It's all too familiar to us Hawthorn fans. Is he right or is he already shoring up his own position at the expense of WC players. Or Is Hawthorn now a more talented team than the Eagles (we have had Judgy saying this for four years now - highest finish eigth just once)
Will Eagles put up with it as long as Hawthorn have ?
