Umps if anything favouring Eagles
Rioli could win the Norm Smith fair and square at this rate
Hawthorn looking way more composed
A few strands broken in the web
Long way from over imo. Hawks fans would be feeling comfortable but I think west coast have the legs to run over them. Just need to stay in touch. Hawks get the first goal in Q2 and it's going to be a mental mountain.
Simpson will bring up the errors that cost West Coast. Hawthorn certainly outplayed them but there was Darlings' kick in the backlines, Shueys' selfishness, and their overall inaccuracy. Things should be square so West Coast at least have something to hang their hat on at 1/4 time. Fix things up and not allow themselves to be panicked and they could come back in the second quarter.
The Eagles are fumbling because they aren't used to the pressure. And they aren't used to the pressure because they fell into a GF with their best wins away being against us and Richmond.
This is what getting into a GF on the back of an easy draw gets you.