Preview FACE OFF Round 2: 8th time lucky? Hawthorn v Adelaide @ MCG

[Murray2503]

I'm going to predict Hodge breaks his own campaigner record frankly.

Expect him to come out and thug it up. He'll take the chip on his shoulder at being dropped out on us.

Hopefully he gets ironed out early as he has been a dirty player throughout his career.

 

[Glenno23]

We were robbed last year by the umpires but I feel the margin will be large enough this time round that the umpires will not be able to influence the result. Expect a response from the hawks, but the crows classy run and scoring options will prevail and it hopefully may get ugly. Crows by 5 to 8 goals.
Out: Kelly, Menzel
In: Lever, Walker

Smith robbed us by not hitting a completely open Seed on the F50 when he was under no pressure

 

[Murray2503]

Smith robbed us by not hitting a completely open Seed on the F50 when he was under no pressure

That was very poor by Smith but the umpires cheerleading for the hawks and paying numerous dubious free kicks was pretty pathetic.

 

[Swooping Crow]

Hendo on the Gov... .

Boy oh boy, wow wee Richo!

 

[xazos79]

Oh I forgot the battle. Forget Burton

Henderson and Mackay on a wing. wooohoo

The both of them going for the same ball would be similar to two like poles trying to touch.

 

[Infra Ted]

Man I hate bookies, It's Hawthorn at the G, we're not that good, Hawks aren't that bad. Even money would flatter us as far as I'm concerned.

Utter nonsense

 

[Deaneus!]

The Hawks remind me of predator

One of the greatest movies of all time. I might even watch it this weekend just for fun; i know every line by heart.

I love that scene for a few reasons:

Mac, after emptying the clip in his own rifle, pauses to remove his hat before picking up the minigun.
Plus, it's not in this clip, but right after they show the carnage and they've practically mown down the entire jungle.
Finally, it ends with: If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It

 

[Deaneus!]

The both of them going for the same ball would be similar to two like poles trying to touch.

I really, really like this post. That's an awesome comparison.

 

[DynaBass]

One of the few games I'll get to this year, hope we break that hoodoo, I was gutted last year.

 

[Goody1971]

Hey guys, you should be pretty confident of a win after both of our teams' Rd 1 performances. Your forward line is scary and with Tex back as well, our defence looks severely underdone. I can only hope our boys are revved up to redeem themselves and can show a dramatic improvement in skills execution from last week.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Will Puopolo play like a combination of Leigh Matthews, Peter Daicos and Usain Bolt again?

 

[Rabman]

They have Ty Vickery in their team, honestly i cant take any team seriously who has that player playing for them, he was terrible against Essendon. Cakewalk this Saturday.

 

[TazHawk15]

They have Ty Vickery in their team, honestly i cant take any team seriously who has that player playing for them, he was terrible against Essendon. Cakewalk this Saturday.

Thats the spirit.

 

[BRL121]

They have Ty Vickery in their team, honestly i cant take any team seriously who has that player playing for them, he was terrible against Essendon. Cakewalk this Saturday.

He has one point in his favour: he hasn't got a man-bun.

 

[WWSD]

If Clarkson plays Gunston up the ground and Sicily in defense, then party now Adelaide.

 

[LoBu]

Adelaide are rightly the bookies favourite, Hawthorn have traded 3 key players out and while Titch is prolific, he doesn't use the ball the way S Mitchell or Lewis did, and the way Hawthorn are famous for. O'Meara is unproven, though no doubt a gun, and Hill's speed will be missed, particularly against the crows.

I'm tipping Crows under 40, but not with the bookie after I stuffed up with the same bet last Sunday against GWS.

 

[JPetro83]

Sorry, but easy money to be made this week with the hawks at $2.25....
They haven't lost the opening two games to a season in years! and never lose to interstate clubs at the G..

 

[jaytex]

is this the battle of the dud traders?

King Squib and Ty Effing Vickery vs The Team Who Missed Out On Bryce Gibbs

 

[jaytex]

Wednesday prior to Rnd 1 - "WE HAVE THE SLOWEST MOST TALENTLESS PLODDING MIDFIELD EVER GONNA GET SMASHED BY 100 POINTS MINIMUM"

Wednesday prior to Rnd 2 - "GONNA BREAK OUR BIGGEST EVER HOODOO BY TEN GOALS AT THE G AGAINST THE DOMINATORS OF THE PAST DECADE"

I'm not even mad, I'm impressed! with our collective ability to be hyper-aware of not getting our hopes artificially up because we've been burnt before whist simultaneously getting our hopes artificially up and priming ourselves to be burnt again. never change, crows fans

 

[HolyRioli]

He has one point in his favour: he hasn't got a man-bun.

Could if he wanted to



Also, excellent thread title. Love the movie

 

[GreyCrow]

Never write a team like Hawthorn off. Hodge back and in campaigner mode will make life tough for some of our players. Saying that I am always confident

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

The new and improved missus dips is a hawks supporter. I have much riding on a win here

Please do it!!!

The new and improved missus supports a hawks and that's an improvement?

The old missus must of either supported Port or Donald Trump

 

[Rotayjay]

Anybody think the humid, hot game and shorter break will affect us - make us flat?

 

[DD#23]

Anybody think the humid, hot game and shorter break will affect us - make us flat?

I reckon we ran the game out too well to be worried about it. It was a pretty one-way game for the most part after half time too which is always a lot easier.

an extra day is an extra day though, but I wouldn't expect it to be the difference between winning and losing.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Anybody think the humid, hot game and shorter break will affect us - make us flat?

If we lose I'm sure that will be the reason. And we'll stroll blissfully unaware into another finals series not worried about results like Rnd 2 vs the Big Dogs at the MCG because it was an anomaly.

But hopefully we win and start to gain confidence when faced with these sort of matches