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aged like milk.
though i guess a carlton supporter would have an eye for tanking.
Analysis Hawthorn rebuild: are they tanking?
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though i guess a carlton supporter would have an eye for tanking.
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That's how we do
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I like your enthusiasm and I like the general gist behind your post, but I think you're drawing a long bow with the "inside the 8" call.
Even if we won the 4 close games vs Richmond, Adelaide, and Giants (x2), we would still be 10 wins, 10 losses with a percentage in the 80's.
But that would be flattering, considering all the times we've been blown away
It's the good teams who show composure and win the close ones. We've still got a ways to go.
Hopefully next year, we'll eliminate those quarters when everything falls apart and the opposition destroys us with 5-6 goals in a 10 minute burst. Or games where it's basically over before half time (or early in the 3rd) and the opposition puts the cue in the rack. Too many games like that this year when things went right off the rails.
Rd 1 v Ess (Q2, Q3)
Rd 2 v Sydney (Q1,2,3)
Rd 4 v Geelong (Q3,4)
Rd 8 v Freo (Q1,2,3)
Rd 9 v Melb (Q1,2)
Rd 12 v Port (Q1,2)
Rd 15 v Goldy (Q1,2)
Rd 16 v Carlton (Q1,2)
Rd 19 v Richmond (Q4)
Rd 20 v Saints (Q1)
That's the hallmark of a bad team. i.e. young, inexperienced and lacking in on-field leadership. That's no slight on our leaders. We just need more of them. We have about 10 guys with 30 games or fewer; and we have another 5 or 6 guys who've played around 50-60 games. Give them all another season or two, another 20-40 games and we'll see some real improvement.
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Slobbo reckons we’re nasty and scary.
Could just be that he has the sweats from his last bender though.
Could just be that he has the sweats from his last bender though.
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Just not seeing it. Even on the weekend we only started getting in Daicos after Josh came in. A nasty team would have been bumping and annoying him from the start
We do have size in the middle but none really have that nasty edge. Nash and Newcombe use it to more get the ball out of contested areas than to try and hurt the opposition
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Nasty doesn't mean getting into blokes off the ball, its all about going hard at the ball or man in play.
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Don't think we that different in that to most teams
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I find the scary thing a weird use of words. Was it used when Collingwood came from nowhere last year?
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The slimy weasel just keeps digging.
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Imagine if we'd kept Tom & Jaeger. We'd still be 16th, just with less wins and a year behind in development.
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The thing that annoys me most is that he keeps trying to claim that saying "it's a form of tanking" was not heavily implying we were tanking.
Like mate just have the guts to admit that is what you meant.
They might have at the start of the season with Harley in mind but then it was obvious that Norths & West Coast were worse there was not much point.
Having a great run injury wise has also helped in the rebuild, beating Collingwood on the weekend topped of what has been a fairly good 2023.
Having a great run injury wise has also helped in the rebuild, beating Collingwood on the weekend topped of what has been a fairly good 2023.
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Rate him and want him to be Chris Scott’s successor. Therefore I hope the rebuild doesn’t work out for Sam Mitchell and he gets sacked.
If I could take a coach with zero credits in the bank then it’s McRae or Mitchell. Credits being finals wins
If I could take a coach with zero credits in the bank then it’s McRae or Mitchell. Credits being finals wins
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He can keep claiming it’s a form of tanking, as it is his opinion. it just confirms my belief that his opinion is a form of lower intelligence
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Some great analysis in this piece.
Does anyone here actually enjoy Damian Barrett’s journalism or do we all think he is a complete flog?
A bit like the class clown.
Thinks he's popular, but everyone's laughing at him, not with him
this is the actual point most miss.
we are improving & moving fwd with a nice little high end pick. the decisions were CORRECT when all the bottom feeders thought differently.
weasels like DB need to take their medicine.
fair play to Korn who saw the light early & has jumped on board.
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If we win the next 2 and Freo lose the next 2, then the loser of the final round end up 16th.
That requires West Coast wanting to win against Freo and losing Picj 1 to the Roos who Im sure have no intention of winning a game before the end of the season.
That requires West Coast wanting to win against Freo and losing Picj 1 to the Roos who Im sure have no intention of winning a game before the end of the season.
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