Autopsy Round 2, 2022: Hawks disconnect the power

[Ned Ryerson]

Agreed. Luke Darcy is actually a pretty good commentator.

Darcy and Richo are both far better in BT’s absence than they are when they join in with his dickheadedness. Bennett and Darcy called a game recently that was really well done.

 

[OnWardnUpWard]

Loved the way we moved the ball tonight, with some clever passes to our forwards.

Exciting times ahead.

 

[Roddy]

Hats off to Dylan Moore - just absolutely everywhere in our forward half, 9 score involvements overall and just never stops trying to make an impact.

On top of the ripper he played last week too...

 

[Topiary]

I am plus more !!!

Is about to lose power, but this hAs to be one of the best. Just stunning

 

[KermitJagger]

I thought Hardwick was extremely underrated. Hardly got beaten all game, went to SPP in the last and kept him almost completely out of it.

 

[hawkguru]

Hats off to Dylan Moore - just absolutely everywhere in our forward half, 9 score involvements overall and just never stops trying to make an impact.

Yep I think a is born some of his handballs to teamates came from nowhere, ran 14.8 ks lead total sprints with 25 and 10 repeat sprints that's work ethic right there

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Unsure if it was discussed in the game day thread as I was enjoying things too much to go near my phone. Is it a very deliberate tactic that we don’t allow the ball to stay on the ground? I noticed if the ball hit the deck that someone would either put their body over it or strike at it and kick it forward. Unsure if this was a tactic catered for Port as I didn’t note it at the game last week. Seemed to be far more kicking the ball off the ground than usual.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Hats off to Dylan Moore - just absolutely everywhere in our forward half, 9 score involvements overall and just never stops trying to make an impact.

He's become an elite player in that roaming half forward position. It's indisputable. Such a gun.
Edit: Pretty sure his breakout game was on the AO a couple years back so it's fitting that things have come full circle

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I thought Hardwick was extremely underrated. Hardly got beaten all game, went to SPP in the last and kept him almost completely out of it.

That sequence I think in the third quarter where he somehow got an arm in to punch the ball out of a Port forward marking it and did it all without giving away a free was just superb.

 

[killerspud]

While our youth is getting the attention tonight. I thought out senior players were also outstanding. McEvoy, Mitchell, O'Meara, Gunston and Breust were all great it shows the value of having awesome established players to help bring on the next generation

 

[Buzz Hawk]

THE NUKE! Love that kid so bloody much.

Yep, just get him to keep running in straight lines, keep dashing and bullocking and he will be a gun.

 

[Turly]

The game was absolutely amazing BUT....

Sammy's shit eating grin whilst walking on to the field was just pure gold

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Which of our B grade, not good, shithouse youngsters would Kane Cornes

Kane Cornes

Age

41

Ht

183cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

11.0

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

like the most at PA?

 

[Strattonsphere]

The fumbliness that has plagued us early this season was mostly gone.. (except for Wingard)

 

[Sixpence]

64 point win. Imagine how much more it'd be if Sam Mitchell wasn't ruining our culture?

 

[halfback dasher]

Is about to lose power, but this hAs to be one of the best. Just stunning

Changing ya tune yet boss .

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Well,that made for a pleasant evening.

Defence, superb.
Midfield, better, still work to be fine, but doing ok
Forward line, superb. How nice is it seeing forwards lead at the ball carrier?
Actually looks like it’s working. There’s SPACE!!

We made a heap of errors, but that’s fine. We’re trying to attack.
So much to like

We are definetly still working on our execution (although tonight was pretty good) but I think if you take the game on, move the ball with intent and try to score it rattles the opponent.

All of 2020 and first half of 2021 I reckon teams coming up against the Hawks would be like, "okay the Hawks will be well drilled and execute their defensive game plan. It wont be pretty but we should still beat them as long as we score over 10 goals"

Now teams should be worried, be like coming up against a boxer who is trying to knock your block off in the first round. Like I said, unsettling!

 

[heh]

I enjoyed that game soo much!

So much fun watching the kids just take the game on and the older guys just adding class.

And I am back to having to apologise to neighbours for me carrying on like a clown at the tv

 

[threesixpio]

All I’m going to say is

That was sublime

I could watch that game every week for the rest of the year

I had a dumb smile on my face for long periods

 

[KermitJagger]

Changing ya tune yet boss .

We still have a long way to go we still need 7 A Graders, 4 brownlow medallists and a coleman medallist before we can think of making the top 6

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

A lot of running from Finn again. Noticed he started half back most times. Wonder if it is to teach more defence? Without looking at the 1v1 data that the AFL kindly keep under lock and key it seemed he did okay

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

I am still a bit bewildered with the dismantling we handed Port tonight. In the end they gave up because we broke them.

I expect to have crapper weeks during the season as younger boys will vary in their effort and output during the year.

But our recruiting has been top notch for a few years now. The outsiders can shit talk all they like about the quality of our youngsters. We will just continue doing what this club has done for decades.

Go hawks

 

[StillAtLarge]

Really liked Worpel's game tonight. Super brave and absolutely selfless. No one was tougher

 

[Nastyfish]

Thinks I like.

• that game
• the Port Board right now
• Nash kicking lace out bullets
• Lewis leading the coleman
• Mcdonald & Ward first goals
• Defence
• DGB spoils
• Cornes tears
• Damo tears
• basically everything else

Does anyone miss burton?

 

[Hawks1523]

I’m loving the positivity after an absolute belting like that. I just hope it’s not setting our expectations too high, and we quickly become toxic when, inevitably we get touched up in a few games along the way.

But what a pretty faultless game. Couldn’t pick a bad player out of anyone, all played their role and honestly I’d say all beat their men. They might’ve had us statistically, but where it mattered we were infront by a long, long way!