Recent content by Hawk Presidente

Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but Stuart Fox notably told Susan Alberti that we didn't give a damn about women's footy. This is not in dispute and was a huge reason why we were so far behind. Most experts would argue that only Port are as far behind as we are. As for Goddard knowing...

Great selection to compliment our pre-draft selections. Provides some serious outside speed that we currently lack. The Isaac Smith of our first AFLW flag?

Two seasons too late. We went for the optics instead of the substance with our first coach and we are paying the price. We also recruited some very questionable veterans, some of which barely played, so we wasted list spots and development time. We were always late comers to the AFLW and our...

Great pick up and like Stone, a guaranteed 1st round pick in a traditional draft format. The ER link has been very kind to us in 2023. Our recruiting this off season really feels some holes. I doubt our current captain will last much longer in the team, as I don't think she is an automatics...

In an AFL draft, would have gone in the top 3, maybe No. 1. We got very lucky with the ER girls this year, with three free hits who would be on every list in the AFLW.

Moraes is very keen on being selected by us. No guarantees though. He and Smillie are already a dynamic duo at Eastern Ranges, but do we need two mids next year? It'd be nice if clubs could select one NGA player or F/S per draft and for another decade, allow GWS & the GC to select up to two...

Willing to declare I was unable to attend the AGM this year, but it seems to me that Andy Gowers was very courteous and allowed Don Scott the leeway a man of his standing within the club deserved. In regards to fundraising, we received the $15m from the state government when Merlino got the...

It's been a while since I've visited, so for what it's worth, we are going to land a quality player with pick 4 (really 5). Pick 5 averages more games than pick 4 over the journey, so there's a silver lining. My preference remains Curtin. He is the Gary Ayres of the new millennium. A good...

I don't hate the Weddle in 23 idea, but I'd prefer to give it a spell for a year.

Have to agree with Mr. Premiership. The BHH looked like a very organised team today and put away a more highly fancied opponent. Big Pitt was sensational all day and took plenty of marks around the ground, which has probably been the knock on him so far. That taste of the big time has certainly...

If you saw Mitch's presser, even he said he'd be roving to Nic Nat on the weekend. Our rucks are not game breakers and Monkey has just kept them honest, nothing more. I doubt anyone would put our ruckmen in the top 10 players in our side.

For those worried about the wind, we have cut teams to ribbons at Launceston and that wind is the strongest breeze in the AFL. Yes, it makes it scrappier, but we adjust extremely well and are conditioned to doing so. As for the Eagles being the best defence, well, 0.4 of a point per game is...

HFC Official, I assume the club has pointed out that in 91 both clubs wore their coloured shorts and that TV is no longer in black and white? Any chance of an appeal to higher reasoning so that we can wear our brown shorts?

I think the point about Monkhurst is well taken. No one can say that our ruck have improved significantly over Monkey era. We keep going after blokes who can't get off the ground, yet he doesn't seem to be able to teach them anything. Whenever I watch him at training, he just leans on them with...

Bruce if Cyril ever wins!