Autopsy Round 15, 2022: Hawks mauled by Dogs

[Strapping Young Lad]

Go at it.

 

[Billyc]

Mitch Lewis is a star

Our midfield is terrible and got thrashed by one of the better ones in the comp, as expected

Didn’t learn much we didn’t already know, other than being pretty happy with Blanck on debut

 

[JoeHawk]

Well that sucked.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Positives - Lewis, Blanck, Scrimshaw, Moore (6 inside 50 tackles), thought Hardwick blanketed Weightman who had only one touch

 

[badgrill]

Blanck.
Scrim.
Mitch (Lewis).
Bramble.
Butler.

Ummmm.

 

[WWSD]

Lewis and Scrimshaw easily our two best players. Same age, same draft. They couldn’t have played any better. I wish they had better support.

 

[VandoHawk]

Our younger players show flashes and Mitch Lewis is a juggernaut.
Not many other positives. Crumbled when the pressure went up. We lack leaders especially in the middle.

 

[user33]

I hope I’m wrong but Impey looks cooked. At least players like Shiels and Howe try when they’re out there but Impey just doesn’t seem to care.

Hated seeing him laughing walking off the ground after that effort.

 

[Siri]

I am soooo over our midfield. We were winning it in the centre, then got absof""""inklutely destroyed there. Rinse, repeat!

 

[SSSSSS]

Our first quarter was some of our best footy in a few years.

Bottle that. Work out how to unleash it consistently over four quarters and we have a brand of football that will stand up in finals.

Physically and mentally not ready yet but good signs nonetheless.

Senior players especially in the middle were a massive let down.

 

[blackheart]

Good stuff Lewis and Scrimshaw. Blanck and Bramble good, as well as Breust, Butler, CMac and Moore when the ball actually got down there.

For every person unhappy with Worpel's game, I raise you one Brownlow medallist.

 

[badgrill]

Thought Reeves was good, first half especially.

 

[Hodginator]

Just putting it out there, Scrimshaw was best on for us tonight.

Lewis continues to improve. Some great signs from Duke, Butler, Blanck and CMAC as well. Reeves held his own too.

That’s about all the positives I have.

We just allowed too many of the dogs C grade forwards to play like A graders tonight. But doesn’t help when their midfield dominated.

 

[eldorado]

13 goals unanswered is just ******* pissweak, rebuild or no rebuild...

 

[razarback]

Blanck.
Scrim.
Mitch.
Bramble.
Butler.

Ummmm.

No Lewis?

 

[Endorphin Machine]

Our mids are ******* shithouse

 

[sociable hawk]

Midfield smashed as usual. Really need to at least halve the clearances to be a competitive chance. Desperately need some class in there to make us better. Too many like for like midfielders. Happy with the progress of some of the younger players and we kept at it all game.

 

[WWSD]

One positive is we will have pick 3 or 4 by the end of the Round. A few of the senior midfielders need to be moved on like Mitchell, Shiels and Howe.

The sooner Ward, Day and Maginness are part of the midfield rotation, the better the midfield will be.

 

[RoughysMullet]

We jumped them early but once they slowed us down and the game returned to a normal tempo, their midfield took over and mauled us - we never really stood a chance from then on…

 

[SSSSSS]

Tale of two midfields.

Bulldogs have four genuine A graders. Their fourth best mid in Dunkley is better than our best.

We on form currently have zero.

 

[madhawksfan]

Good: Lewis, Blanck, Scrim, Bramble, Bruest, Dimma and CMac. Thought Worps played a solid game and Moore had some good moments. Butler will be a player with more experience.

Bad: Won’t pot individual players Disposal and tackling in the 2nd and 3rd, kicking for goal, soft efforts when the ball was there to win and not putting someone on Libba

Ugly: Our centre square work was abhorrent as was our midfield mix.

 

[badgrill]

No Lewis?

Sorry that was "Mitch", not mitch

 

[SSSSSS]

Blanck held a good account of himself.

Bramble hitting some form again. Butler and Macca doing some nice things.

Lewis...build the team around him.

 

[Pessimistic]

Thought Reeves was good, first half especially.

13 games. Get some support, experience and use his tools effectively

 

[Blackhawk42]

What a strange game. Isolate the first and last quarter and we're a happy fanbase.

Lewis, Moore, Scrimshaw, Bramble and Macdonald in particular all had tremendous games and moments.

Blanck looked fantastic on debut I thought.

The middle two quarters were some of the most disheartening stuff I've seen since the first 4 weeks of 2017.