Game Day Round 18 - Melbourne v Hawthorn - MCG - Saturday July 17, 7.25pm

[Imet Hassa]

fu** you sportsbet

Wanted to checkout on a Hawks win and couldn’t get on - crappy, oh and the game as well!

 

[Bluelegs]

Midfield was smashed mostly. When they did get it they bombed it long or did useless Hollywood crap.

Agree. As much as the team talks about being selfless they are still very prone to believing their own hype and paying no respect to their opponents.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Very frustrating we can’t back up our big wins to consolidate our spot. Draw better than another s**t loss.

 

[RandB]

Regardless of the result, the lack of composure from our players in the last 5 mins was concerning. A goal up and we're frantically bombing to contests that we haven't won all night. Where's the sense to kick sideways or backwards in order to soak some time and spread their defence?

Especially when Gawn was clearly stuffed and our connection between talls and smalls was ordinary all night. Lever complete lack of awareness with that kick.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Imagine 6-7 years ago being pissed that we were only 1/2 game clear top of the ladder with 5 games to go

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Imagine a side sitting 1/2 a game clear losing to/not beating bottom 4 teams for fun....unheard of surely?

 

[Topkent]

I’m getting a really bad feeling about where ‘home’ may be located though.

So maybe it matters less now. God I’m just tired

Yeah incoming home final at metricon infront of 14 people

 

[Clink]

If Goodwin had just replaced half of the squad for the games with those bottom teams, I suspect it would have been better results.

 

[The Dr]

Mental short people.


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[blitznu]

I'm loading the * up on gcs and Adelaide then it'll make 5 loses from bottom. 5 teams. winning

 

[Proper Gander]

Yeah incoming home final at metricon infront of 14 people

I’d still like to win some finals under whatever circumstances but it just looks like bleh ATM.

Maybe 2022 will be a marvellous year in every way. I feel like I’ve been saying stuff like this the past 5 years. I’m owed at this point surely

 

[Bluelegs]

The pink lady match has basically been cursed since 2010 yeah?

 

[Proper Gander]

clarko did well to plan for us in this game. Identified all the things that we were likely to do and made them difficult at every turn.

Interesting that he’s the guy they would like to move on

 

[slackboy72]

Lost to 3 of the bottom 4

Who? We've lost to Adelaide and Collingwood. GWS aren't in the bottom 4.

 

[Ando727]

clarko did well to plan for us in this game. Identified all the things that we were likely to do and made them difficult at every turn.

Interesting that he’s the guy they would like to move on

Goody-->Clarko succession plan?

 

[blitznu]

Who? We've lost to Adelaide and Collingwood. GWS aren't in the bottom 4.

claiming this not as a loss?

 

[Bluelegs]

clarko did well to plan for us in this game. Identified all the things that we were likely to do and made them difficult at every turn.

Interesting that he’s the guy they would like to move on

Weird he can do that sort of thing this week but last week seemed to have no answers for Freo.

 

[Proper Gander]

Weird he can do that sort of thing this week but last week seemed to have no answers for Freo.

Yeah I would like to have played against last week Hawks. Maybe their is literally no science to this s**t and there are just a group of four massive footy gods rolling dice or something

 

[RandB]

I like Luke Jackson

9

Luke Jackson

Age

22

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

and he's played some good games in patches this year but boy, when he struggles he struggles.

1 mark tonight, from god knows how many marking attempts. 7 disposals.

Trys hard but mis-coached IMO. I don't know the solution but we need to be smarter in how we use him and improve his effectiveness in marking contests, particularly tapping to advantage.

 

[Bluelegs]

Goody-->Clarko succession plan?

1. Get Clarko as a 'senior assistant'
2. Goody continues to coach from the bench
3. Due to soft cap cuts goody has to perform more jobs on the bench
4. Goody starts taking runner duties, or as I like to call it 'On-field coaching'.
5. Clarko officially promoted to coach, goody demoted to full time runner.

See: 'The Switch' episode of Seinfeld for reference.

 

[00Stinger]

Only 3% above the cats. Could easily cost us a spot.

Draw makes % irrelevant

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[00Stinger]

I get what you are saying, but what positives do you take from that? It was pretty insipid against a team decimated by injury and with a dearth of talent.

Top of the ladder

Beat every top 8 team convincingly.

Relax



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[Topkent]

Draw makes % irrelevant

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Only if you finish on the same wins.. if anyone wins one more it absolutely costs us.

 

[00Stinger]

People are disappointed by a sh*t performance, how dare they!

Perspective

90% of the population are idiots, remember that

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[00Stinger]

All I care about is a 'home' qualifying final

Guaranteed

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[00Stinger]

Imagine a side sitting 1/2 a game clear losing to/not beating bottom 4 teams for fun....unheard of surely?

Imagine bagging a team 1/2 a game clear on top that had a 7-0 record v other top 8 teams

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