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Yep. There's a lot of stuff that reporters are sitting on that the board also leaked, but told them to hold off on reporting. It's a case of if you knew what it was, then your point of view will be different. There's a reason the board leaked when they've almost always remained tight-lipped...

Thanks Shaun for a great career. Shame some of your teammates went to water as soon as the slightest bit of pressure came. Not so easy to look good when you have to play under pressure. We're now going to see some realisation from a few that we're the Hawthorn Football Club and not the...

Richmond are preparing for 2022. Anyone with a slight injury is sitting in the stands and the rest of the players are putting in minimal effort just trying to get through to the end of the season. Their only players playing for something are flat-trackers like Castagna... or however you spell...

If it took getting sacked to change the gameplan to a running, modern style, then the right call was made.

Mitchell was tapped on the shoulder to coach Hawthorn before the bye. It just wasn't reported. It's why BHH played differently to Haw. It was like a trial audition the show that he's ready. The change in watchability form is Mitchell coaching using a modern philosophy as opposed to an out-dated...

It's pretty easy when you know you're not going to get hit as was the case with the Pies' bruise free play.

Kozi's ankle is fubar. Leave him to recover and be ready for the start of preseason. Someone in to cover Breust's injury. Doesn't really matter who. We only have kids excluding emergency experience playing at BHH so it's going to be one of them. Doubt there'd be any other injuries from the...

Game was won before the first bounce. The moment their players decided to phone it in today. Brisbane were insipid for 3.5 quarters.

He's been getting pain killing injections in his ankle the last few weeks. Should have rest him earlier than this week, but, meh.

Sad day this. Could be the last time we see the ball kicked to the top of the square when there's acres of space 40m out directly in front that the forwards are forbidden to lead into. I'm crying.... tears of joy.

No he didn't. He removed all fan interactions with the club and took financial advantage of members by upping membership prices way higher than inflation rate during our GF years. Only cared about money. Ran the club like a business and not a club.

Not mates, but am hearing disturbing things and have so for 18months off of BF that match up with what OP is posting. Partially why I haven't held back on how bad he has been. When I had inside info on the Doping Program, I didn't start a new account and post cryptically. Not my style.

I don't post cryptically. I don't dislike Clarko either, I hated his gameplan and disliked his list management from 2016 onwards and the results it drew. Hindsight shows it was apt. I don't hate anyone at the club personally. I have no personal relationships with them. When I post negatively...

29 year olds on Hawthorn's list: - Liam Shiels - Jack Gunston - Kyle Hartigan - Tom Scully (only on a technicality) He can take any of those 3 if he wants.

Unless Clarko was going to come out and say he was leaving yada yada yada, then the board was never going to look good shooting bambi. Jeff will take all the heat for this, but this wasn't just his work. He's a politician so knows how to handle copping the heat. There's a load of things...

For anyone who still thinks that Mitchell may not be ready, then this game should be your mind changer. It was very Box Hill esk in how we played. There was minimal sideway kicking after quarter time. Minimal slow, backwards, switching of play. Less precision requirements. More playing on...

I expect one of TOB, Jeka, McEvoy or Reeves to go for shoulder surgery after this game to mend a stress-related injury due to hailing cabs along the boundary line all game. I'd say Lewis, too, but he is useless above his head. Here's hoping all the cabs cause a lot of congestion and we can...

Gee Melbourne are a good side. We'll just lack a bit of polish in this one.

So what you're saying is he's a KPF and the door is at the top of the 50m arc, but Clarko is sitting at the top of the goal square not leading towards the door?

So many talls yet none of the ins are any good at marking above their head*. Long, high kicks down the line to hopefully slow the game down and turn it into an ugly, stoppage-based, dour game to stop a blowout. Boy... I'm excited. *Reeves may well be, but it too early to tell

Those of you bagging the media, have a look at how what they're reporting is now the narrative. Happens slow enough that it allows most of the denialist a chance to think about and consider their narrative and accept it. That's why the board goes through them. They will set the narrative...

We'll play long and slow along the boundary as we have all season and did against them earlier in the year so as to turn it into a defensive, contested game. We try and play through the middle and kick to forwards who lead is, in simple ways, how you win, but at the same time, if Melbourne...

Could be. Just don't put any of the gameplan footage into the movie. :oops: However, in non-Hollywood world, if Clarko ever wants to coach again, he will put aside any bitterness he holds and do what's best for both the club and his future prospects. We can continually quote and refer to Mick...

Makes complete sense. Club covering all their bases to get the most value for money. Sack him and it's $1.2m out of the soft cap for nothing. At least if he hangs around he can use his knowledge and experience in some capacity and get something out of the money we're spending on him. Downside...

Not quite right... or not exactly a clear definition. A blind bomb out of your D50 that is marked by an opposition standing by themselves is not deemed a clanger nor is it deemed an inefficient disposal. Reason being that the player has moved the ball more the 1 possession away from their...

These are the games you play them in because losing in not exactly a bad result so it gives you a chance to see who has something to offer against the best sides in the land and who doesn't so the list decisions are more clearer. E.g. Getting 29 possessions against an ammo VFL side tells very...

Could very well be that opposition coaches are happy for Mitchell to get it because he doesn't move with the ball and is not a good kick over 25m. "...but when the ball's in his hands, it's not in the hands of oppo mids." But it's also not going to see the ball go very far towards our goal.

Cyril used to score CD 100's regularly off very few possessions.

Correct. I looked immediately after the game so there must have been some late after-game alterations. I posted from memory. But there was still only 3 points between them, which is hardly a big difference. SC is CD for those who don't play at home. CD, of course, essentially goes by...