Autopsy Round 11, 2023: Hawks nail the Saints.

[peetoo]

The commentators ignored this exact point until after we'd won. We genuinely demolished them. If we'd kicked straight, would have been game over before 1/2 time.

Yes would have been a travesty if we lost…cue tanking allusions

 

[peetoo]

"Blanck, let’s be honest, isn’t great as a key defender. Max King kicked four on him on Saturday, while in his previous two full matches this season, the Hawks have let in 13 goals to tall forwards, including five from Logan McDonald against Sydney in Round 2. He offers little with the ball, rarely intercepts, and in general struggles with probably the toughest job in footy: stopping the monsters."


Does this bloke watch footy?

Blanck gave away 1 maybe 2 goals to Max King, 1 was on Frost and 1 was a speccy whose direct opponent isn't clear.

Frost/Blanck both played on him, but it's easy to pot the youngster right?

Blanck's defensive loss % in 2023 is only 23% which is pretty good for a key defender. He has a lot of scope to improve, but he's doing his job currently.

What with all the focus on king who was frankly the third best forward on the ground

 

[Roddy]

For f***s sake, Blanck has played, what, 10-12 games total, in arguably the toughest position on the ground? It's the same old story, when he has 30-40 games under his belt and he's a solid key defender, these blithering, short-sighted morons will eat their words and look like idiots....

 

[CHUBBSS]

For f***s sake, Blanck has played, what, 10-12 games total, in arguably the toughest position on the ground? It's the same old story, when he has 30-40 games under his belt and he's a solid key defender, these blithering, short-sighted morons will eat their words and look like idiots....

Those same short sighted fools will be lording our mid season drafting in a year or two time, just like our trading in the premiership years. The new strength and conditioning bloke has been great for blanck

 

[cryptor]

Those same short sighted fools will be lording our mid season drafting in a year or two time, just like our trading in the premiership years. The new strength and conditioning bloke has been great for blanck

Trolls will use those MSDs to try and put a * on our next premiership. That, Tassie, and the tanking that never happened.

 

[peetoo]

For f***s sake, Blanck has played, what, 10-12 games total, in arguably the toughest position on the ground? It's the same old story, when he has 30-40 games under his belt and he's a solid key defender, these blithering, short-sighted morons will eat their words and look like idiots....

He has the athletic ability and strength, brilliant attitude. Needs more time.

 

[badgrill]

Thought this was an interesting comment from Ross Lyon in his presser -

“If they’re the 17th team in the competition, the competition is not only in rude financial health, it’s also in rude health for competitiveness amongst teams”

Would’ve thought you just got out coached and your players well beaten mate - we haven’t beaten anyone of note until today

I read that as him praising us more than anything, tho?

 

[Teamwork Talks]

For f***s sake, Blanck has played, what, 10-12 games total, in arguably the toughest position on the ground? It's the same old story, when he has 30-40 games under his belt and he's a solid key defender, these blithering, short-sighted morons will eat their words and look like idiots....

Yes I agree. He is a work in progress and will only get better with more games. He frequently get the oppositions best forward. Its a tough gig. But he has the attributes to make it as a great full back

 

[Roddy]

He has the athletic ability and strength, brilliant attitude. Needs more time.

I looked him up, has played a grand total of 14 games. So he should be playing like a combination of Brian Lake, Matty Scarlett and Chris Langford by now.

 

[peetoo]

Lake came with 197 games and still took a few games and nights in the slammer to fit in

 

[badgrill]

I re-read Ross's comments about us been 17th and all but I just DONT get his point. I thought, he was gonna say " if there the 17th team in the competition then this leagues is tough!"

that's what he did say?

 

[peetoo]

Malcolm blight revisited.

What you mean my old game plan won’t work and I have to cut my golf time?

 

[HawksTHteam2beat]

Trolls will use those MSDs to try and put a * on our next premiership. That, Tassie, and the tanking that never happened.

With Barrett leading the way

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

St Kilda v Hawthorn​

10 James Sicily

6

James Sicily

Age

29

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

(HAW)
8 Jai Newcombe (HAW)
6 Dylan Moore

13

Dylan Moore

Age

24

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

5.1

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

(HAW)
2 Mitch Lewis (HAW)
2 Jarman Impey (HAW)
1 Luke Breust

22

Luke Breust

Age

33

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

4.8

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

1.8

5star

(HAW)
1 Max King

12

Max King

Age

23

Ht

202cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

1star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.4

5star

(STK)

 

[Hodgey 15]

SO enjoyable!

 

[Brishawk]

St Kilda v Hawthorn​

10 James Sicily (HAW)
8 Jai Newcombe (HAW)
6 Dylan Moore (HAW)
2 Mitch Lewis (HAW)
2 Jarman Impey (HAW)
1 Luke Breust (HAW)
1 Max King (STK)

Proof the saints are coached to flop

 

[hawkman]

Easy to pick the commentators who only watched the last 10 minutes. A number have mentioned how well we played in that period and not mention that we outplayed them most of the game

 

[KermitJagger]

Easy to pick the commentators who only watched the last 10 minutes. A number have mentioned how well we played in that period and not mention that we outplayed them most ot the game

Saw multiple mentions that we "stole the win" so far.

 

[peetoo]

Saw multiple mentions that we "stole the win" so far.

In the other thread I reckon gws the genuine upset

 

[A Diakos]

For f***s sake, Blanck has played, what, 10-12 games total, in arguably the toughest position on the ground? It's the same old story, when he has 30-40 games under his belt and he's a solid key defender, these blithering, short-sighted morons will eat their words and look like idiots....

he is very young and needs another 20-30 games before we can make judgements true ..esp as a key posi

 

[HODGEYROAD]

What an afternoon it was Saturday at Marvel, delighted to see us rewarded with the late surge and get the W. We should have been 4 goals up at HT, the deserving side won. Best footy we've played in a long time.

 

[jerry_atrick]

Well, to some in the footy world, this was a gutsy effort. Just watching Footy Classified and, on Carro's Arrow, she has gushed an apoliogy to Sam Mitchell for accusing him of tanking, and complimenting him on his coaching style. I wonder when Purple will come out.

To quote her, "Sam, you were right and I was wrong"

Kudos to her for admitting it.

 

[IdiotBox]

First win over a top eight side this year.

Not true. North were in 5th place when we beat them in Round 3. I know, it's a technicality...

 

[Wesley2]

Jeez its been about 5 years since those munged kicks inside 50 resulted in marks.

 

[VandoHawk]

Jeez its been about 5 years since those munged kicks inside 50 resulted in marks.

Worpel is starting to mung those kicks into reasonable positions, which may just come from better understanding where the forwards will be. I'd say 6.5/10 his quick kicks go to a contest. Still frustrating when it goes to an opponent but at least it isn't every time now like previous years.