Hawthorn to play finals in 2024?

[DQ 4EVER]

Haven't read all posts, but assuming this refers to VFL

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[SSSSSS]

I was wrong. It was August 2023, not September. But here is an example of me saying what I've been saying all along SSSSSS ;

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Oh how could I forget that classic of a post.

It was a piss take right?

....right?

 

[Chadwiko]

Oh how could I forget that classic of a post.

It was a piss take right?

....right?

Hawk fans are so weirdly confident.

 

[SSSSSS]

I was wrong. It was August 2023, not September. But here is an example of me saying what I've been saying all along SSSSSS ;

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This chart was originally used for Richmond supporters but I think it equally applies to North.



Probably need to adjust some of the values but it's close enough.

 

[Chadwiko]

This chart was originally used for Richmond supporters but I think it equally applies to North.

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Probably need to adjust some of the values but it's close enough.

I once again remind you the title of the thread you are currently posting in.

 

[SSSSSS]

I once again remind you the title of the thread you are currently posting in.

Sorry I'll keep it on topic.



Circa August 2023 the 3peat of spoons was looking likely but good on you lot for avoiding it.

 

[the big lebowski]

Alright. Well, I look forward to the season progressing and seeing which one of us was correct.

For what it's worth, I put my money where my mouth is;

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Out on a limb there. You would have won every season since 2019

 

[Chadwiko]

Not that it means much, or should come as a surprise, but zero AFL captains listed Hawthorn as a team that can make the top 8 this year;

 

[SSSSSS]

Not that it means much, or should come as a surprise, but zero AFL captains listed Hawthorn as a team that can make the top 8 this year;

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Seems about right.

I wonder who the crazy is that mentioned Essendon.

 

[Jeremias]

Seems about right.

I wonder who the crazy is that mentioned Essendon.

Probably the same shmuck who voted Brisbane wouldn’t play finals.

 

[VinnieB]

Was the thread started by a Hawthorn supporter?

I would like to make a comment, however, I’m too close to a ban….

 

[VinnieB]

I wonder if the Hawks will play 2 ruckmen this year.

Apparently they have done so for the past 20 years, so I’m told it will always be.

 

[SSSSSS]

I wonder if the Hawks will play 2 ruckmen this year.

Apparently they have done so for the past 20 years, so I’m told it will always be.

According to David Hale we will likely be lining up with 1 dedicated ruckman and relief from someone who can ruck but also possesses forward craft.

Really only Chol and Ramsden fit that bill. Meek is a brute but I haven't been too impressed with him in the forward line.

 

[VinnieB]

According to David Hale we will likely be lining up with 1 dedicated ruckman and relief from someone who can ruck but also possesses forward craft.

Really only Chol and Ramsden fit that bill. Meek is a brute but I haven't been too impressed with him in the forward line.

Personally, I think it makes more sense, now that you have a forward who can chop out in the ruck. Playing Reeves and Meek in the same team seems like it’s wasting the opportunity to bring in a runner.

 

[SSSSSS]

Personally, I think it makes more sense, now that you have a forward who can chop out in the ruck. Playing Reeves and Meek in the same team seems like it’s wasting the opportunity to bring in a runner.

Two rucks work well when they are both mobile and can be a marking threat up forward.

We were pretty blessed to have Hale and Big Boy in the same side together.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Not that it means much, or should come as a surprise, but zero AFL captains listed Hawthorn as a team that can make the top 8 this year;

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Hardly a surprise.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Not that it means much, or should come as a surprise, but zero AFL captains listed Hawthorn as a team that can make the top 8 this year;

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So the same top 4
Brave calls

 

[Judd2Sewell]

I wonder if the Hawks will play 2 ruckmen this year.

Apparently they have done so for the past 20 years, so I’m told it will always be.

Doubt we can afford to play both Reeves and Meek in the same side. Neither have any impact resting forward and neither are influential around the ground.

Reeves + Chol makes the most sense.

 

[hawkman]

Not that it means much, or should come as a surprise, but zero AFL captains listed Hawthorn as a team that can make the top 8 this year;

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More surprising that only 3 had St Kilda and 2 had Geelong

 

[Gavin Excell]

I suspect this year may be the one step back, in the standard one step forward, one step back non linear progression of young teams

 

[Back One Out]

I'm a little bit confused which thread will be the "go to" this year for all the trolls and hard-headed Hawf masochists
We currently have 3 threads getting continually bumped on the Main Board.

• Hawthorn to play finals in 2024?
• Who will be better in 2024? Hawthorn or Essendon?
• Hawthorn rebuild: are they tanking?

It seems a little excessive. The content is basically the same in all three.
Maybe the mods could merge them all into one giant HAWFORN MEGATHREAD

 

[Guardian Hawk]

The difference is Hawks fans think they're going to be good this year. This entire thread is asking if they can play finals for petes sake hahaha. Delusional.

North fans know we are still a bottom squad, but we just want to believe that we will improve this year.

The thread was started by a Collingwood supporter and not a single Hawthorn fan has agreed we will play finals. In fact, the most positive comments in the whole thread have come from non Hawthorn fans with Hawthorn fans surprisingly circumspect (or outright negative).

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Orrrr it means there's a big gap between the worst and second worst.

It's not that hard to understand.

Do you genuinely believe this?

Leaving aside that North's defence is both statistically and on paper widely regarded as the worst in the comp and the clarification made around "medium defenders" was completely unnecessary (in response to the assertion that North and Hawthorn's defence were both poor)...

Do you genuinely perceive there to be a big gap?

Sheezel is a good player but McKercher has never played a game before (so we have no idea), Goater has played just 11 "ok" games and never picked up a single coaches vote before and Zac Fisher has been injured or on the fringes of the Carlton side more often than not.

I don't think there is a "big gap" between those 4 (and McDonald if you like) and the mediums/smalls at Hawthorn. Even though Sicily is obviously a medium @ 188cm (AND style of play), you still have Amon, Hardwick, Weddle, Scrimshaw, Jiath, Impey (and even Will Day who we'd now consider a mid but has spent most of his career as a medium rebounder, including chunks of last season). I don't think North have 6-8 small/medium defenders that have proven themselves to be better than that list, let alone a "big gap".

 

[VinnieB]

The thread was started by a Collingwood supporter and not a single Hawthorn fan has agreed we will play finals. In fact, the most positive comments in the whole thread have come from non Hawthorn fans with Hawthorn fans surprisingly circumspect (or outright negative).

Questionable whether he is a Collingwood supporter. Has a short history of talking up the Hawks at every opportunity. I’ll leave it at that……

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I wonder if the Hawks will play 2 ruckmen this year.

Apparently they have done so for the past 20 years, so I’m told it will always be.

They had, and they did.

Now they won’t. Hope this helps.