Analysis Hawthorn rebuild: are they tanking?

[excitingnews]

Nice melt.

It’s even funnier when you realise that we have won double the number of flags that the cats have in the last 10 years

 

[Delisted]

It’s even funnier when you realise that we have won double the number of flags that the cats have in the last 10 years

"Done nothing for 10 years! "

 

[5minutes_of_Dew]

Interesting what some minds find amusing. Plenty of time on your hands to write that creative piece of writing as a response to something that was pretty straight forward.


Yes I am going to double down on judging foolishness on the nebulous/ambiguous trivial concept of when the Hawks tanking began, something that based on this thread even Hawthorn fans between themselves can't agree on.

Like I said Hawthorn fans can believe the rebuild started this year for all I care, all I know for a fact is that Hawthorn has been struggling down the bottom of the ladder for close to a decade and now are finally clawing themselves out of that hole. Well done for finally putting to good use all the top tier talent handed to you in that time.

...4 years, 10 years. Same thing right?

Counting is hard.

 

[blue harvest]

You have a bag of excuses to match constantly being wrong.

He was right this time though!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

He was right this time though!

I’ve always schooled vinnie.

Another one who doesn’t post anymore.

 

[blue harvest]

Typical hawks supporter deflecting

Ive seen enough to know the Hawks are in a world of strife. Massimo being let go for a packet of chips was the icing on the cake

Oh dear.

 

[Yoda_]

Oh dear.

egg on your face champ..

ive put my hand up and said I got it wrong but you want to act like a 12 year old saying "look mummy, I was right" when so much other stuff has happened since this comment was made

good on you my man. good for you

 

[Yoda_]

Oh dear.

join date 2008
first post 2023

almost like its a troll or alias account Chief

 

[Fastback]

Interesting what some minds find amusing. Plenty of time on your hands to write that creative piece of writing as a response to something that was pretty straight forward.


Yes I am going to double down on judging foolishness on the nebulous/ambiguous trivial concept of when the Hawks tanking began, something that based on this thread even Hawthorn fans between themselves can't agree on.

Like I said Hawthorn fans can believe the rebuild started this year for all I care, all I know for a fact is that Hawthorn has been struggling down the bottom of the ladder for close to a decade and now are finally clawing themselves out of that hole. Well done for finally putting to good use all the top tier talent handed to you in that time.

You should work for the H/Sun captain click bait.

 

[Wormkilla]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 35% of their games against the bottom 5 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

 

[BIGHAWK23]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 30% of their games against the bottom 4 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

Yeah, its almost like a fixture is made at the start of the season, so bottom 4 teams play previous bottom 4 teams

Oh wait, Adelaide finished 1 game out of the 8 last season

Muppet

 

[Wormkilla]

Yeah, its almost like a fixture is made at the start of the season, so bottom 4 teams play previous bottom 4 teams

Oh wait, Adelaide finished 1 game out of the 8 last season

Muppet

Name me another sporting league in the world has a fixed bias with the fixturing than the AFL. Naive muppet.

 

[Walshawk]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 35% of their games against the bottom 5 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

Shame we didn’t have WC twice as well.

 

[Walshawk]

Name me another sporting league in the world has a fixed bias with the fixturing than the AFL. Naive muppet.

Soccer World Cup.
Every other World Cup.
Every tennis tournament.

 

[BIGHAWK23]

Name me another sporting league in the world has a fixed bias with the fixturing than the AFL. Naive muppet.

Im sorry

Did you not know how the AFL fixture works?

How naive

Jog on muppet

Should be glad we only dealt with your pathetic mob once

 

[hawkman]

Name me another sporting league in the world has a fixed bias with the fixturing than the AFL. Naive muppet.

NFL

 

[SSSSSS]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 35% of their games against the bottom 5 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

We had the 5th hardest fixture based off of what we knew in November 2023. Not very nice given we finished bottom 4.

Winners and losers: Who cashed in on AFL’s ‘weighted’ 2024 fixture as Dimma gifted dream run

Winners and losers: Who cashed in on AFL’s ‘weighted’ fixture as Dimma gifted dream run

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 35% of their games against the bottom 5 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

Amazing thought process.

Guess what happens when Richmond and Crows lose both games to the Hawks?

I’ll give you a tip, they don’t get 4pts.

 

[Philhawk]

We had the 5th hardest fixture based off of what we knew in November 2023. Not very nice given we finished bottom 4.

Winners and losers: Who cashed in on AFL’s ‘weighted’ 2024 fixture as Dimma gifted dream run

Winners and losers: Who cashed in on AFL’s ‘weighted’ fixture as Dimma gifted dream run

www.foxsports.com.au

Don’t be silly by using facts, please.

 

[James Colorado]

By the end of this weekend Hawthorn would have played 35% of their games against the bottom 5 teams. No other team played North, Richmond and Adelaide twice.

#fraudthorn

It really is a pity our tanking for Harley Reid hasn't helped us and kept us anchored to the bottom of the ladder. I'm sure there's a lesson about culture in there

 

[NetworkNerd]

Bottom 6 teams should always double up against the other 5 bottom 6 teams the following year. That makes 22 games.
With gather round that allows for another 'rivalry' game, such as Hawthorn v Geelong

Hawthorn should not have faced GWS, Geelong, Adelaide and Collingwood twice. That's a 2 middle 6 and 2 top 6 team from 2023

So the fixture was too hard for Hawthorn as others have mentioned

Does it allow for 13th/14th ranked sides to shoot up the ladder? Possibly but whats wrong with that?

 

[RCAB]

It really is a pity our tanking for Harley Reid hasn't helped us and kept us anchored to the bottom of the ladder. I'm sure there's a lesson about culture in there

We tanked for Watson

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

We tanked for Watson

And hid Dear

 

[James Colorado]

We tanked for Watson

I hope we're punished by him having a long and successful career for us

 

[James Colorado]

And hid Dear

WE'RE BASTARDS