AFL Autopsy Loss to the Hawkes

[Nuggs Bunny]

Gonna be a long year

 

[Learntopray]

McGrath, Shiel and McKay in one backline. Precison kicking. Top 4 material.

 

[Maddogm]

Free kick Hawthorn

 

[MightyDon]

Can we trade McGrath for anyone at port Melbourne?

 

[Im New]

Gonna be a long four years until McGraths contract is done…

 

[Andronicus]

Could've been far worse.

Hope scrimshaw is out for a few.

 

[silk]

Withdrawing my statement here

 

[mxett]

cant really knock the effort, but the skills just arent there, and the decision making from the backline is comical

 

[Learntopray]

Gonna be a long four years until McGraths contract is done…

A serious club sheds dead wood. We double down.

 

[Steele13]

Not Geelong 2022 levels bad, not great either. We beat them by a similar margin round 1 last year. Things can change. I'm not throwing the toys out of the cot yet.

 

[Zach Package]

I actually rate it.

It’s disgusting and you’re almost predetermining the result by deciding you’re not picking the most predictable forward that can bring the ball to ground in Wright and trading the most dangerous dirty ball player in Stringer but I actually don’t mind it.

It resembled something like an AFL football side, just super scrappy.

 

[Beerfish]

Well, at least we made Carlton supporters feel a bit better tonight..

 

[quotemokc]

Hawks are a top 4 team this year, we did well to keep it competitive despite many of our supposed senior players being rubbish.

Prior is a pea hart, has to be dropped.

The worst part was them winning every single centre clearance for an easy score after we busted our ass to get a goal.

 

[MightyDon]

It's getting the stage where, given his injury history, Ridley is a liability. I don't mean this as a pot shot, just ****en sick of the bad luck here.

Getting ko’d by an opposition player ain’t really great

 

[jdwood]

Brad Scott is the worst coach in football. And ours for another 3 years.

Dylan Shiel should never play for the club again. Jaxon Prior ... let's just forget you were ever here.

Andy McGrath couldn't have possibly played a worse game.

I'd hate to think what McKay gets paid per possession.

Caldwell, Merrett and Duursma were great.

Another year.

 

[MiguelM]

It's getting the stage where, given his injury history, Ridley is a liability. I don't mean this as a pot shot, just ****en sick of the bad luck here.

Really? hardly Ridley's fault there

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Love watching Roberts/Duursma. Just angry competitors. Need half a dozen more just like them.

 

[Duckworth]

Using the eye test it didn't feel like we were that far behind...
Put Reid free and McKay to take Chol.
Someone needs to tell the umpires that when Watson runs 3 steps, that's his prior.
Caldwell was really good.
Caddy and Kako are a great pairing.
We were able to generate plenty of shots and the intensity was up.

 

[eth-dog]

We worked hard but the early run killed us. Hate that they're good again.

 

[nylexbandit]

Are they that good? I know it’s early season but we could easily have had them.

 

[andleanback]

Gonna be a long year

Youngest team in the comp and with only be younger next week

 

[Call Me Cake]

Sloppy at the beginning and the margin followed us to the end.

Need to work on disposal efficiency.

Could've dropped our heads particularly from a lack of experience and we didn't. Proud of them for that.

Hopefully we'll be better for it going into next week.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Well done Caldwell. Nice first goal Kako. Duursma worked hard. Durham was OK.

Martin, Merrett, our supposed best players looked very scrappy. McGrath shit as per usual.

Shiel as a defender doesn't work. Last thing we need is another slow hack in the backline.

Lots to work on. Skills and defensive work was poor.

 

[Andronicus]

It's getting the stage where, given his injury history, Ridley is a liability. I don't mean this as a pot shot, just ****en sick of the bad luck here.

I get the frustrations, but this isn't really the same.

Concussed after a shot that will see a suspension is not the same as his usual issues.

 

[Stopher]

Fought it out well. Those quick replies for them a few times were momentum killers though.