Review Good/Bad/Ugly vs Hawthorn, R6 2023

[ABAB]

Interesting stat - Hawks had their highest pressure rating for a match since 2018.

Usually you expect their pressure to drop off playing especially playing that game plan but credit to them they did applied it for most of the game.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

rankine worth every cent , we don't win showdown or that one without him

 

[CrowBloke]

They saw this as an opportunity for a win pre-game. Came with a plan. We let them off the hook in the second quarter and they smelled blood in the water.

Credit where due --- they had 88 tackles!

 

[Eddie Murphy]

I don't think Soligo was having a great game, I think he got a lot of ball and used it very poorly all game.

I gotta disagree. Thought he handled the pressure Hawthorn threw at us better than most and was one of our better users.

 

[Moonwatcher]

The ugly is all this has done is reduced our draft pick. We're not competing in finals this year.

 

[StonesThrow]

Not really. Their skills were horrible. The only thing they brought was pressure. Especially in the first half they were handing it to us on a platter in the middle of the ground

Only for 1.5 quarters (we failed to convert). After that they got their shit together and were pretty sharp.

 

[brucetiki]

Good sides know how to win ugly, and that win was about as ugly as it gets.

It’s great to see how we don’t give and kept fighting, and we got the reward for it.

At the end of the day, the stats will show that we got the win, and we’re now 4-2 heading into a tricky part of the draw (Collingwood, Geelong, Brisbane), but with the confidence we can grind out a tough win on an off day if needed

 

[Mutineer]

Good:

Win when we play average and they play well. We're not a top side and can't expect to beat every team below us comfortably.

Hawks were pretty good. Barely gave us an inch at the stoppage and tackling was first class. Didn't let us get a quick handball out. They also did well on the rebound. Credit to them. Didn't play like a bottom team after the 1st quarter.

Walker and Fogarty probably bog despite being beaten in d50 in the air.

Michalanney again. Will he ever gave a bag kicked on him? Played very well defensively this week. Not much offensively this week.

Hard to pick winners this week. Lots of good and bad.

Pedlar had a decent game. He's a midfielder for certain. Crazy intensity at the contest. Fun to watch. Will get suspended a lot.

Bad :

Midfield I feel got torched a bit by a pretty average midfield. No real winners there. Even Dawson struggled at the contest.

Forwards struggled in the air for the most part. Their kpds did well when we didn't have time and space.

Doedee average after a very good game last week.

The commentators said a number of times the Hawks were the leading clearance team in the comp in 2023 I'm sure?

Today Crows 46 Hawks 39.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Are any of the Ben Keays fan club that jumped all over me last week tell us all where Benny was in that second half?

Missing persons report is in order..

him and murphy struggled

keays first half quite good

murphy tried hard late couple of good clean possessions when i mattered

overall down, no lone soldiers but hope they play better next week

 

[Scorpus]

The ugly is all this has done is reduced our draft pick. We're not competing in finals this year.

Imagine going up against a team bringing that pressure in a final, but with actual AFL standard skills

 

[40porpoise]

Pretty happy with that win. Was a disgusting game but we managed a way to get 4 points and that's all that matters.

Sloane huge in the last. And I've got no idea how fogarty managed to kick a drop punt from that angle.

 

[The Karma Bus]

On the hawks board they're saying Rankine was out of bounds on his last goal, was he?

If so, I guess it squares up that 2012 Preliminary Final..
Yeah? Nah.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

The commentators said a number of times the Hawks were the leading clearance team in the comp in 2023 I'm sure?

Today Crows 46 Hawks 39.

correct

dawsons fumbles today were a tough watch

 

[Betts are off]

Walkers 4 goals and 20 disposals not a bad effort either

Walker and Sloane might not play that way every week. But today they both showed the value of their experience

 

[jackster83]

SANFL team looked flat, AFL team looked flat.

Whatever we did over the 10 day break (probably put some load into the team) took the edge off.

But that was also a reversion to the mean.

It's obvious we drank too much of our own bathwater after the Carlton game.

Just take the win and never speak of the game again.

 

[TheRankineFile]

If so, I guess it squares up that 2012 Preliminary Final..
Yeah? Nah.

Port fans at Birk said out. I didnt think so and am pretty fair.

 

[CrowBloke]

Rankine's class, Sloane's grunt and Fog's composure sealed it.

This!
Sloane was excellent that last quarter.

I thought it was an awful game; happy they never gave up. Take the win, move on.
Nicks has got some work to do before next game.

 

[TheRankineFile]

It's obvious we drank too much of our own bathwater after the Carlton game.

Just take the win and never speak of the game again.

I think there was value in that win. They found a way. We had all given up.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Good: that’s the type of game we usually lose by 4-5 goals when the oppo has worn us down and then kicks away in the last 15 mins. To fight back from 2 goals down with less than 10 mins left - i didn’t think we had that in us.

We have turned a corner.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Good:

Was definitely not a "drank the bathwater" moment. We came out well, and worked hard. Hawks though are a tough skilless side who have only one style and that is make everything hard for the opposition. Not every game in the AFL is like us v Carlton - that's why that game was so special. Sides that have drank their own bathwater get tapped early in the game and then go to pieces. We didn't.

Fog - can kick
Rankine - worth everything we paid.
Rachele in the first half and last kick to Fog
Soligo in the first half
Sloane worked hard and a lot off disposals, but until the last half of the last quarter I wasn't really aware of him doing much

Not a lot of winners, such a fricken ugly game.

Hinge and Butts were not great

A lot to think about for Nicks after this. Collingwood are going to be very tough, but a much different game - basically two side who play the same way, should actually be fun to watch.

The umpiring was shit. Putting away the whistle penalises teams laying actual good tackles

Anyway, it's 4 points and a win when we were absolute toast. Could be the difference between playing the finals or not.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Sloane close to BOG. Probably pipped by Nash.

The old dog still has some life left in him. Showed the kids how to grunt out a win.

 

[Samcro24]

Painful to watch. Kicks to forwards were always a little off early. Talls were mostly poor in the air, except fog. The made Laird and Dawson earn everything. Rachelle could have torn the game apart in the first half but kicking was off.

But, we broke a hoodoo.

Talent stood up when the game was on the line and we won from behind.

Fog and Rankine kicked clutch goals. We’ve got a few years of that to look forward to.

Just bank the points and move on.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I don't think Soligo was having a great game, I think he got a lot of ball and used it very poorly all game.

be biased but don't be stupid

 

[Mattrox]

No use wasting a loss on a bad game.

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[Mutineer]

correct

dawsons fumbles today were a tough watch

And only 1 clearance all day