Review Semi final vs Hawthorn - Ugly, Historically Embarrassing and Pathetic

[crowded house]

Not much to rate except Worrell’s and Milera’s game.

So many missteps but you live and die by your midfield and ours is just cooked.

Our preferred mids don't get the ball enough, so we throw laird in who can get the ball but isn't damaging. It’s just a massive gaping hole in our team.

You can point to Keane as the wrong match for Gunston (which he clearly was), but a lot of those were our mids falling apart and theirs creating turnovers, space and hitting a target, much like last week.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Rachele's two last quarter goals and his pass to Fog in the 3rd the only highlights of the game

 

[SugarShane]

And it's not just the start of the game, IT'S EVERY F*CKING QUARTER!

QF 1st goals:
Q1: Coll 3:19
Q2: Coll 1:12
Q3: Coll 1:40 (2nd Coll 3:46, 3rd Coll 5:44)
Q4: Coll 24:38

SF 1st goals:
Q1: Haw 0:28 (2nd Haw 1:39, 3rd Haw 4:17)
Q2: Haw 7:43
Q3: Haw 1:04
Q4: Haw 1:18

8 out of 8 quarters we gave up the first goal, 5 out of 8 quarters we did it in under 2 minutes. Pathetic when you're playing for your season.

52,000+ at each game just begging them to kick the first goal of a quarter, any ****ing quarter, to get the vibe going.

Edit: For clarity these are in real time, so game time clock would be even less.

 

[arsene wenger1]

This is a positive. Nicks was so diluted about this midfield. Not even he can ignore this.

 

[pjcrows]

Dawson should be stripped of the captaincy. You can't have players that don't perform in finals having that title

I mean, that's just a ridiculous statement. It turns out you need more than one good midfielder to win a final. He's carried us all year.

 

[BunjiMC]

Elite leg from ROB to kick-start the 2nd half

800k to play AFL and can't kick a footy.

 

[por_please_ya]

Where was their fire? The last time we played the Hawks I saw a spark in this team that has basically died tonight. Well it died a month ago. North and WCE almost did us in... I think we peaked too early.

I also wish we had never finished top. We are like the most hated and embarrassed team in the AFL right now. -_-

 

[cleanhands]

 

[Scorpus]

I mean, that's just a ridiculous statement. It turns out you need more than one good midfielder to win a final. He's carried us all year.

He's the leader of the club and didn't show up in either final. What sort of leader is that?

 

[morris086]

The Hawks have won a flag every decade since the 60s and have four this century. They bottomed out, rebuilt and are in for another crack at it.

That's a winner club, it's no surprise they sent a bunch of perennial losers packing.

Compare Mitchell vs Nicks too. A 4 time premiership player and another as an assistant at West Coast vs Nicks and his myriad of finals losses at Swans and Port capped off by a 89 point Grand Final loss at GWS.

Ones a winner, ones a loser.

 

[CrowBloke]

Sack Nicks.

I wish!
They won't.

Rankine should feel disappointed in himself too.

Yep. Let himself and his teammates down.

Glad it's over.

False hope shattered is even worse than real hope.
Saved their worst and showed up the worst of our deficient Coach, until last.

I could live with a loss tonight if our blokes had put up a fight, but ... no.

 

[Trigger13]

This is a positive. Nicks was so diluted about this midfield. Not even he can ignore this.

Of course he will ignore it.

 

[Crowman32]

To play dowling for one game, no games to edwards and give little game time to draper when our midfield has been so ordinary is a joke.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Shows how much we've relied on Dawson and Rankine

Dawson had no real impact in either final and Rankine out and suddenly we were very thin on influential pieces of play

 

[FR0GGY]

Missing Rankine for the first game of the year aswell

 

[Crowman32]

60 goals for the season for thilthorpe- brilliant effort.

 

[jbanger]

Hey ROB, don't give a f*ck about your IQ but it's called FOOT ball bro, think about it.

 

[Trigger13]

To play dowling for one game, no games to edwards and give little game time to draper when our midfield has been so ordinary is a joke.

Dowling isn’t improving this team. That’s the problem. Our depth is shite

 

[arsene wenger1]

Nicks brought back his defensive gameplan for the run home. It worked as well as it did the previous two seasons.

Yep we stopped taking the game on after the showdown.

We continued winning but got lucky at times, such as when we nearly lost to the wooden spooners

He is living in the past when defence won you premierships. Although this is partially true, the top teams are also taking the game on

Fremantle are a classic example. They fluctuate between the 2, however when they play defensive like us, they always lose and it looks poor

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

This is a positive. Nicks was so diluted about this midfield. Not even he can ignore this.

Historically we get amnesia around October and will be dazzled by Nov-Jan training form

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Shows how much we've relied on Dawson and Rankine

Dawson had no real impact in either final and Rankine out and suddenly we were very thin on influential pieces of play

Pretty obvious the "next man up" crowd were huffing copium.

 

[pjcrows]

He's the leader of the club and didn't show up in either final. What sort of leader is that?

Had his colours lowered against Collingwood. "Didn't show up" tonight is hyperbolic. He can't do everything - his midfield core shat the bed.

 

[Crowman32]

Dowling isn’t improving this team. That’s the problem. Our depth is shite

Maybe not but at least give him a go. We have seen enough of berry.

 

[Cromulant]

Had his colours lowered against Collingwood. "Didn't show up" tonight is hyperbolic. He can't do everything - his midfield core shat the bed.

Scorpus is having a Sam Berry like mare tonight.

 

[fossilllCrow]

I'm not sure we will make finals next year

Yep agreed. Minus Tex and a hard draw. Pressure 10 fold now. Reminds me of 2018