Review Round 19, 2025 vs Hawthorn

[Sewer de Lance]

Easily pushed off the ball, listless efforts, dumb decision making, & multiple players not up to AFL standard.

Does the club even have a weights room?

I was more invested & enthusiastic during the Primus years, thanks Koch.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Played like a team that never trains in the wet. I would guess that when the rain comes at training they go inside to the nice dry climate controlled high performance centre.

It's been a problem for 20 years or more but for ****s sake get them in the gym and put some decent size on the players. We always look like boys against men - another reason our finals and big games record is so abysmal over the last decade.

We slip over more than any team I've ever seen - in the wet or dry. It's like half our players are wearing sneakers instead of boots with sprigs. Again, this has been a problem for years. Is there nobody at this club capable of recognising a basic problem and taking steps to fix it?

Sweet played well

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Played like a team that never trains in the wet. I would guess that when the rain comes at training they go inside to the nice dry climate controlled high performance centre.

It's been a problem for 20 years or more but for ****s sake get them in the gym and put some decent size on the players. We always look like boys against men - another reason our finals and big games record is so abysmal over the last decade.

We slip over more than any team I've ever seen - in the wet or dry. It's like half our players are wearing sneakers instead of boots with sprigs. Again, this has been a problem for years. Is there nobody at this club capable of recognising a basic problem and taking steps to fix it?

Sweet played well

Did they not train in anticipation of wet weather footy this or something? The amount of slipping, fumbles was insane.

Where's the balls soaked in soap for training?

 

[RossFC]

Season was over weeks ago. Not sure why the commentators kept talking up our finals chances.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Did they not train in anticipation of wet weather footy this or something? The amount of slipping, fumbles was insane.

Where's the balls soaked in soap for training?

I suspect they never train in the rain - which for a winter sport would be mad. I could be wrong though and we're just the most naturally fumbly group of footballers ever assembled. Even our best players can't handle the wet ball, so it's not just a 'depth' problem

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Shit game umpires are trash that venue is trash mossiny5/6 players ..
Meh Kenny's dead in 5 weeks


Bring on 2026

 

[Bump Bailey]

I suspect they never train in the rain - which for a winter sport would be mad. I could be wrong though and we're just the most naturally fumbly group of footballers ever assembled. Even our best players can't handle the wet ball, so it's not just a 'depth' problem

Nah, you’re right. Pretty sure they head straight indoors to the synthetic stuff inside the MG Centre if the weather’s inclimate. Absolute madness for a winter sport.

 

[JimmyBC]

No coach will EVER break his record of 13 years without one Grand Final appearance, nobody.

No shit but the airplane is here to stay.

 

[Duck Farmer]

My highlight was the Fox commentary team glazing Meek as a lock for AA for three and a half quarters while his opponent just about racked up the most ranking points in AFL history.

 

[240volt]

No shit but the airplane is here to stay.

I believe the Airplane will crash when Captain Ken flys his last mission.

 

[MrMeaner]

I believe the Airplane will crash when Captain Ken flys his last mission.

It will be one of those things the Hawk supporters will keep going. Many of them will not know why.

 

[FishingRick04]

Everyone bar sweet and Richard's was shit

You mean Sweet right?

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

It will be one of those things the Hawk supporters will keep going. Many of them will not know why.

It’ll be like the jacket wave between Essendon & West Coast fans.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Love the AFL website saying the plane is "cheeky theatre" but when we do it, its 20k out of the soft cap.

 

[Harlott]

It’s hard to single out individuals in such a poor performance, but it’s the usual suspects.

Jackson Mead what the actual fk is this guy doing.

Boak again was deplorable, literally fumbled every posession

Logan Evan’s looks like an absolute fish out of water.


I thought Wil Lorenz showed some nice signs, Sweet clearly our BOG.

Edit - Adding Josh Sinn to the best players, he played a really tight solid game against I thought.

Giving Sinn a big pass is rose coloured glasses. He really has yet to do much at AFL level. A good game here and there doesn’t cut it. Yet to see him string some games together and yet to see what some others see in him.

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Giving Sinn a big pass is rose coloured glasses. He really has yet to do much at AFL level. A good game here and there doesn’t cut it. Yet to see him string some games together and yet to see what some others see in him.

It’s nice to Sinn finally get some continuity after an interrupted three seasons with injury.

Next season, I do expect Sinn to start using his attributes more in his run and carry rather than being used as a lockdown defender.

 

[Rash]

Is it just me or whenever Sinn tires to put any power or penetration in his kick he ends up either kicking the ground or completely shanking it

 

[RossFC]

Love the AFL website saying the plane is "cheeky theatre" but when we do it, its 20k out of the soft cap.

Wonder why the entire Hawthorn media mafia are not crying about this like last year.

 

[240volt]

Is it just me or whenever Sinn tires to put any power or penetration in his kick he ends up either kicking the ground or completely shanking it

His kicking in his draft highlights package I seen before we drafted him didn’t look good.
We did a lot of dancing to get him, hopefully next year it starts to pay off.

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Is it just me or whenever Sinn tires to put any power or penetration in his kick he ends up either kicking the ground or completely shanking it

If I were to use my PS2 AFL 2006 premiership logic, Sinn overcharged his kicks and therefore, shanks it badly.

 

[JimmyBC]

I suspect they never train in the rain - which for a winter sport would be mad. I could be wrong though and we're just the most naturally fumbly group of footballers ever assembled. Even our best players can't handle the wet ball, so it's not just a 'depth' problem

I suspect they come indoors when it's pouring during training, the Crows did it the other week when news cameras caught them all running off the ground before they got their hair wet to Beige Towers at West Lakes.

I can remember training in hail at Greenacres.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Match reports saying Hawks getting their revenge against us after last years finals. Does that even count when they lost to us in r5 this year already?

 

[Skindy]

The fact that an exceptionally skilled player like Lukosious has no left foot at all astounds me. It's genuinely non-existent.

 

[The Hobo]

Match reports saying Hawks getting their revenge against us after last years finals. Does that even count when they lost to us in r5 this year already?

Yup how long does this "revenge" last? Going to lose at some point!

 

[Scodges]

Can’t blame injuries for the result even though Hinkley might hint at it. We would have lost comfortably even with a full strength side

You’re off ya guts