Game Day Round 7, 2020: Hawthorn v Melbourne, 3.35pm

[Strapping Young Lad]

To Gawn’s credit, the bloke is a machine. Covers the ground remarkably well for a big fella.

He could stand in one spot, we’d still put it on his head.

 

[rei154]

Worpel you're killing me here

 

[VandoHawk]

Worpel needs to be reminded he was a really good player last year

 

[Hot Cheese Rioli]

Live Ladder has us with percentage of 77%. Says a lot

On Pixel 2 XL using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[RoughysMullet]

Don’t think Scully can play modern footy - just not physical enough
Worpel third year blues.. 95% of the side down on confidence atm
Time to make some changes

 

[Luv_our_club]

We need to play Cousins, Glass, Nash, Scrimwshaw, CJ whenever they are fit. They have pace.

 

[grumbleguts]

How about one player fly while one stays down?

 

[Max Powers]

Cmon Morris, smash it through!

Edit: ☹

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Well considering some mod keeps deleting things I'll post it here, until after the game of course when it will get its own thread.

Mods: don't delete this. This isn't being posted because we've been trash today. This is being posted because we've been bog average since 2017.

It's time to face up to reality: this plan for a flag by 2022 is pure fantasy land stuff.

We have shot our shot at Whitfield, Coniglio and Lynch - and for various reasons we have come up empty handed.

We are currently playing the most boring style of football in the league and are seemingly too stubborn to try and change the plan up, despite the fact we have seen the same kind of results since the start of last year. This slow, boring, panic-bombing long to a well set-up defense is as laughable as it is predictable.

We haven't adjusted to the new grounds and are seemingly far too stubborn to even try.

We currently have aged players getting games based on past reputation alone. The players aren't hungry and are maybe not even playing for the coach anymore, which would be a huge worry.

Essentially everything about what we are doing is pointing towards an embarrassing crash towards the bottom of the ladder. Never mind a brief finals campaign.

It's time Clarkson and the club own the fact we are a poor team and start planning accordingly. No more games for aged veterans that won't be around in 2022, never mind whenever our next tilt will be. Let's get games into our young and hungry players - look at how exciting having Day in the side is.

Give the fans something to look forward to, not just this same predictable football that has got us sliding down the ladder over the last two seasons.

 

[Zack]

What do you say, we had a crack but we don't have the cattle.

We are basically playing a game where we'd be better off put our three midfielders behind McEvoy and just run at the Melbourne guys to make them kick over us at least then there is some slight pressure to dispose, rather than what we have now, every centre bounce is a free run for Melbourne to set up a free goal. You are basically gifting them 60m and an opportunity to isolate.

And Clarko's hatred of actual good ruckman his whole career is somewhat to blame as is list management. Pittonet the best Ruckman Carlton's seen in recent history. Sure Kruze, is smart but he's short and soft in centre bounces and gets injured most years... and we gave him away for steak knives.

BTW the more I see Clarko and Bolton in the coaches box by themselves, the more I get worried. They need to separate from each other once again, Bolton's positive reinforcement that Clarko is right means he shouldn't be in that role. Clarko needs someone to challenge him, not admire him and that is what that role is about.

 

[kazzooka]

1st step to get us working towards another flag is to pick our best available team.

Stratton hasn't been in that for 18 months yet is picked every week.

Scrimshaw has to come in for him and stay for 10 years.

Puopolo to have a press conference on Monday.

Goddard needs to tell Worpel that he hasn't stagnated he has gone backwards.

 

[A Cut Above]

Brazzers

Good call, I'd rather watch a couple of hot chicks getting boned than 18 grown men being ****ed.

 

[QuietB]

Hawthorn pretty much lack everything, pace, skills, leaders, hardness, everything

 

[Mitchell Madness]

At least it's easier watching these drubbing without cocky opposition fans there

 

[Mercy Seat]

Lewis has been putrid.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We need to play Cousins, Glass, Nash, Scrimwshaw, CJ whenever they are fit. They have pace.

Cousins is a battler. He is not the answer.

 

[HedgeFund]

Sicily kicks it to Gawn - mark it down.

Every. Single. Time.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

at this point im watching in case day minch or morris grabs a goal

 

[Hot Diggity]

The lack of football "intelligence" in our team is disturbing.

 

[Mrzohs]

The worst hawthorn side since 2005 attitude and structure. 3rd week in a row the last qtr is getting flicked off.

Positives Day,Frost,Minch.

 

[A Cut Above]

The lack of football "intelligence" in our team is disturbing.

Overcoached.

 

[Hot Diggity]

The mark Scully took in the 50 that led to the Gunners goal, he was clear by 20m, took the mark and still went to run backwards. It’s a team mindset and explains where we are.

Yep spot on

 

[Mitchell Madness]

That was ******* dirty!

 

[On Topic]

He's a non impact player.

Every AFL squad has role players. I'd argue he has made more of an impact for our team in the last two weeks than most. Strange stretch of games to critique him.

 

[In2theWild]

Really? Go outside, go down to the supermarket and shake bare hands with the first person you come across.

Then try tackling them for the next hour. Gee I did mention that it may of been a Covid thing in the original post. You lot are mean