Prediction Will the Hawks go a step further in 2025?

[reubski23]

I have mentioned on this forum many times - that 2025 isn't going to be our year because of our mid-field - with a semi final appearance being a strong achievement and a preliminary final appearance being above expectations and a huge outcome for our team.

Day going down confirmed my thoughts with the above and makes our current position of being a 50/50 proposition heading into a Semi Final after winning an interstate final a significantly greater one.

In saying all of the above - there was only one team this year I thought we were no chance of beating and that is Brisbane - but Brisbane without Lachie Neale

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Lachie Neale

Age

32

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

is quite unlikely to make a GF (only way we would meet them) - I still do not think we will win this year - but I am at 10-15% now

 

[Nugett]

Beat Adelaide and yep, we will have bettered last year

 

[Whats a Battle]

Apparently, we did.

 

[m0zza]

Yes.
Yes they have!

 

[chippie]

Loved in his press conference last night that Sam is definitely not satisfied with making a prelim. There is huge belief in this group that they can go all the way

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Loved in his press conference last night that Sam is definitely not satisfied with making a prelim. There is huge belief in this group that they can go all the way

Why not? We can beat everyone.

We'll easily account for Geelong. Not worried in the slightest

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Everything from here is a massive bonus to me.

Guys like Newcombe, Weddle, Ward, Watson, Massimo, CMac are now all playing their 5th final and getting huge experiences under their belts.

 

[Nugett]

2 more games to win and our premiership record is still intact.

The thing that should scare other supporters is in the next 2-3 years this group will only get better.

 

[tommyk72]

The one unknown for me is how our new backline structures up and then settled in. Many were buoyant last year on our forward line due to some of the offseason recruitment. I had thought it would take them a good amount of time to settle. It took longer than some thought, but less than I thought.

For 2025, I’m hoping our back 6 settle quickly, as the first 5-6 rounds are super tough and we’ll need to hit the start of the season with all guns blazing. If we get though the first 6 at 4-2 or even 3-3 the sky is the limit.

I guess last night anwswered how well our back 6 can gel

 

[cs61]

Everything from here is a massive bonus to me.

Guys like Newcombe, Weddle, Ward, Watson, Massimo, CMac are now all playing their 5th final and getting huge experiences under their belts.

Nuts that they are playing in their 5th final already. Who would have thought after 0-5 last year that would happen.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Nuts that they are playing in their 5th final already. Who would have thought after 0-5 last year that would happen.

I want Calsh playing a few more finals.
It's like 10 games of experience for every final

 

[MrPremiership]

Great that we have gone 1 step further this year compared to last year.

 

[Bugs1977]

I guess last night anwswered how well our back 6 can gel

I mentioned that the additions of TB and JB alone could drive us to a flag. There’s a long way to go but I reckon we’d only be a fit Will Day away from me walking around Strapping Young Lad style with Hawthorn Arrogance tattooed on my forehead

 

[RobHawk]

It is remarkable how after our 2024 round one loss to the bombers the opposing trajectories the two teams have taken.
You could almost refer to that game from a bombers’ standpoint as the ‘line in the quicksand’ game

 

[grumbleguts]

2 more games to win and our premiership record is still intact.

The thing that should scare other supporters is in the next 2-3 years this group will only get better.

Also, the captain's record. Richie Vandenburg is the only Hawthorn captain since 1961 who does not own a premiership medallion.

 

[Steven Tyler]

2 steps further would be better

 

[Nugett]

I mentioned that the additions of TB and JB alone could drive us to a flag. There’s a long way to go but I reckon we’d only be a fit Will Day away from me walking around Strapping Young Lad style with Hawthorn Arrogance tattooed on my forehead

No one can take that mantle…