Autopsy Round 24: Hawks cull the Roos

[Jet_black]

This result in the wet was awesome.

The form of the team is ominous and would hate to be on the match committee in 10 or 11 days time.


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[Bugs1977]

I've got a good feeling about this

A feeling in the good old giblets

 

[Nugett]

That was absolutely spectacular.

The forward line rebuild in one off season has been extraordinary and with the ages of Dear, Watson, Moore, Ginnivan, McDonald, Chol and possibly Weddle if he moves forward means we will have a decade of watching this excitement machine.

Today’s opposition was lamentable but that forward group didn’t let up one bit and absolutely feasted. It was an exclamation mark on the most incredible in-season turnaround I’ve seen from a hawks side.

Now the real stuff begins and we are back where we belong in the thick of it. No side will want to come up against that forward group.

I love the way how our forwards are not being selfish either.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

You seen the score over in Geelong??? WCE say “ hold my beer “

WCE can’t finish bottom though.

 

[Nick the Pig]

At the end of round 7 we were 2nd last on the ladder

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And we finished with a 118.5%. Who would.have thought that at the bye. We were worried that even if we finished with enough wins our poor % could see us miss finals. Extraordinary turnaround

 

[Blackhawk42]

Duke is charging into September like a seriously pissed off bull.

Wouldn't want to be going head to head with him in the finals.

6 Brownlow votes to finish off the season.

 

[TylerDurden]

124 pt licking in the rain is nothing to sneeze at.

Absolutely clinical last qtr.

Get Day back, and God knows where this ends up.

Been a rough 6 years, but without the sour, there's no sweet.

Be proud of this club! We are epic!

 

[Argy]

What a wonderful, unexpected feeling. I can't wait to see how far we go into September.

The belief goes deep in this team.

IMHO the hardest teams for us to overcome will be GWS and Geelong.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

We just took our draft picks no charity priority bull$hit , we tried to trade in a couple of big names but they knocked us back too , but here we are . Everyone else wanted us to stay 2nd or 3rd last for at least a decade but it’s not the way the Hawthorn FC operates .

Sam has shown what a fallacy that tanking for draft picks is.

High draft picks are a long way behind gameplan, training standards, player development, talent identification, smart trading, etc, etc.

 

[Tuck In]

This is what this club is about. Take the losses, learn from them and bounce back quickly and hard. Good foundations, good culture, good people. No handouts or begging bowls.

Superb today (again). Looking forward to finals with Hokball at The G - what these boys were made for!

 

[Hawker_85]

Good. He deserved a better last game than he got. Hope he enjoys the premiership reunions for a long time to come.

 

[HedgeFund]

I really liked Mckenzies game today. 23 touches at 87% even with 11 contested possessions

Yep.

Morrison and Maginness also made solid contributions.

I think you add Ward, Day and CJ to today’s line up and that’s our squad of 26 for the next 4 weeks.

 

[HedgeFund]

Sam has shown what a fallacy that tanking for draft picks is.

High draft picks are a long way behind gameplan, training standards, player development, talent identification, smart trading, etc, etc.

Single handedly ruining every third thread on this board, but yes.

Players:

It’s not where you pick them or how you get them….its what you do with them that matters.

 

[seysearles]

13-3 149% since round 7

Two loses were 1pt and 2pts

 

[Nugett]

Love that Punky and Gunners were there next to him

 

[seysearles]

 

[Kuuz]

Hokball hits different

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Single handedly ruining every third thread on this board, but yes.

Players:

It’s not where you pick them or how you get them….its what you do with them that matters.

Only every third thread you say?

I must be slowing down in my old age.

 

[Makedonija]

Scary to think that with a couple more pieces we really could be on the cusp of a few more flags. Going to be tough without the double chance but the momentum and experience gained from this season will be monumental, regardless of what happens. The excitement and buzz from within the club and the fans is very very real.

Now begins the stressful task of trying to secure a ticket for the elimination final.

 

[Bremner20]

So are we thinking we're at home to Carlton in 2 weeks?

They have to beat StKilda first and they’ve got some injuries.

 

[I got the outside word]

We’d be sitting in second if we had the correct amount of game time this year. 19 seconds is a long time in footy.

 

[Wile E Coyote]

Is that the highest team score of the year?

Squiggle has us at 3.

We are pumping, running hot as.

All the components that have made us good this year we're on display today...the kicking from the back line...smalls went to work...winning the post clearance stuff...some of those tap ons were genius level...hard running...good goal kicking.

Loved Massimo and Moore...Wiz...some exciting signs from Weddle playing more forward and free late on.

I swear when Sicily kicked that centre forward goal off the floor late on that Dear was thinking he just stole a goal from me.

Yep, pipped the GWS 164 score against Geelong in round 10 and Geelong who just scored 168 vs WC.

 

[bigmaxi]

Great win, astounding result. Lucky it was wet, could have been a blow out!

 

[bigmaxi]

Any word on Nash's injury? Missed it.

 

[Franko Armani]

What an amazing ride this season has been. The boys are growing in stature and confidence by the week. We are playing exceptional footy.

Praise Sam Mitchell and praise HOKBALL !!!

Whatever happens from here , everything about the efforts this year has been incredible.