Moved Thread Hawthorn - Excuse Now?

[markjjj]

IMO, Hawks have 2 weaknesses that need to be addressed for them to win the flag.

They need some decent key defenders....maybe Roughy will step up.

And stop Mitchell and you go along way to stopping the Hawks. He needs help in the midfield.

Oh and one other thing....Buddy needs to stop trying to kick "Hollywoood" goals and just kick the ball properly.

 

[toeknee2]

Top game to watch, as a completely neutral supporter I felt Geelong to be the stronger team but obviously under great pressure from a very skillful team on a high.
Geelong are the best team still, at the moment... some others are coming. Its a long season.

 

[Jedstar]

OP is a huttburt Collingwood supporter digging in the heels after crying about last week.

This week was my turn to cry. Just devastating. So many chances, all spurned. Disgraceful effort.

 

[Dangas]

3rd best team in the comp

who is second? collingwood?

 

[SA HAWK]

IMO, Hawks have 2 weaknesses that need to be addressed for them to win the flag.

They need some decent key defenders....maybe Roughy will step up.

And stop Mitchell and you go along way to stopping the Hawks. He needs help in the midfield.

Oh and one other thing....Buddy needs to stop trying to kick "Hollywoood" goals and just kick the ball properly.

Hodge & Shiels are 2 players who could help Mitchell out in the midfield. Hopefully at least 1 of them will be back next week.

I agree on the defence we have Gilham to come back but he is undersized too and isn't the answer imo.

I would like to see Roughy tried at CHB and maybe even throw Shoenmakers forward and see how he goes.

 

[Blues_Man]

Whats wrong with dribbling the ball? It was a wet and windy day so dribbling it wasn't a bad option.
Take the wind out of play and the ball always skids straight when it's wet.

Yup ..wet days are the best times to dribble the ball through the goals ..wet slippery conditions keep it from bouncing offline .

 

[toeknee2]

Shoenmakers=Dawson

Ask Milne about dribbling in the wet

 

[Off The Couch]

Amusing the op is a pie supporter

No excuses and jimmy bartel is the difference
As soon as the cats hit the front, knew we were done.
So many wtf's - buddy dribbling the ball x 2, roughie missed and the biggest brain fade of all - ossie. I can't even imagine what he was thinking.

Well done cats

 

[SurreyBlue]

Good game - spoilt by biased umpiring towards losing team!
Geelong will get found out for pace as the year goes on but boy are they a bloody good team. Hawthorn need some KP defenders, will be exposed come finals unless they find some.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Hawthorn need to stop blaming Schoenmakers when Buddy had about 3 chances to win the game and blew them all.

I think you'll find 'Hawthorn' don't blame Schoenmakers, it's the keyboard heroes that do.

A 21yr old CHB is not going to dominate a bigger, stronger opponent in every contest. He's got a lot to learn, but that's why Clarkson is persisting with him.

We lost the game through poor decisions and goal kicking deep in the last.

I'm a little confused as to how I should store this one in the memory bank actually.....a 3 pt loss, or a 3 second one. It's all a bit too familiar, to be honest.

 

[AG]

Good game - spoilt by biased umpiring towards losing team!
Geelong will get found out for pace as the year goes on but boy are they a bloody good team. Hawthorn need some KP defenders, will be exposed come finals unless they find some.

How will they get found out for pace?

 

[Pessimistic]

The reason ? Choked on at least 7 occasions

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

How will they get found out for pace?

Because Carlton are.....fill in the blanks

 

[Jentleman Geff]

How will they get found out for pace?

By Carlton.

 

[FisherHawk]

Geeez there's some spankers in here. School holidays I suppose. Everybody watched a great game of footy against great rivals in last years premiership side Geelong, and the up and comers in Hawthorn all decided again by less than a kick.

Excuses? Geelong ended up being the better side again and got the points. I just hope the round 19 game is another cracker.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

By Carlton.

beat ya

 

[Off The Couch]

Good game - spoilt by biased umpiring towards losing team!
Geelong will get found out for pace as the year goes on but boy are they a bloody good team. Hawthorn need some KP defenders, will be exposed come finals unless they find some.

As will Carlton

 

[dazbroncos]

How will they get found out for pace?

I guess Smedts, Bundy, T Hunt, Motlop, Duncan, will all be slower than Jimmy, Sel, and Chappy....

Those under 30 gamers are slower than the older blokes you know..:roll eyes:

Go Catters...

 

[Forward Press]

As will Carlton

I like to hang shit upon Carlton as much as the next poster, but Michael Jamison?

 

[markjjj]

Yup ..wet days are the best times to dribble the ball through the goals ..wet slippery conditions keep it from bouncing offline .

Yeah but don't dribble it from 40 out. Kick it 30 and it will still go straight for the last 10 ( most times).

 

[lemon chicken]

Read 2 pages of Schoenmakers and figured the tv must of cut out when Osborne missed from the goal square and then gave away a stupid head high free at the other end.

 

[The_Big_Ship]

Good game - spoilt by biased umpiring towards losing team!

Were you watching the game? Hawthorn had the rub of the green almost the entire game

 

[Forward Press]

Were you watching the game? Hawthorn had the rub of the green almost the entire game

Uh - his post DID mean he thought the umps were biased towards the losing team ie Hawthorn.

 

[final fight]

great game. Put simply Geelong owns Hawthorn like Siegfried owns Roy.......

 

[crowsarethebest]

It's a psychological barrier at the moment. They had it but.. just let it go with a poor drop in intensity early in the 4th. Once Geelong got back into it... they always looked the winners even though there was less than a kick in it. I mean they only lost by 2 but it feels so much more. Hawks just can't do it against Geelong.