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Review Hawthorn v North Round 5 Review
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Black Diamond
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Take it back to the peptide board.
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I'm thinking particularly of Anthony and Gibson.
We have elite kicks in the twos in McKenzie and Sierakowski, both are also lefties which isn't a bad thing either.
Can't agree that Anthony was good..........I thought he was very ordinary and had no impact only had 4 disposals as the sub. Was ordinary as a sub against Brisbane last week I doubt he'll be selected next week.
Thought you boys were the better team today. Whether we were poor or you were too good, I am not sure. Probably a bit of both. Thomas although I dislike him is a gun these days. Thompson played well although the last two games against your mob have showcased Buddy. Brilliant one week, abysmal the next. And I think he played terribly rather than Thompson being that good. Your midfield killed ours in the middle and that usually doesn't happen so kudos on that.
Horrific
We were lucky to be close at 1/2time imo.
But, by the end we were terribly unlucky not to get across the line.
Wellsy, Swallow and Thompson are absolute stars.
Unfortunately Cyril is a complete freak of nature.
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Awesome effort by the guys, shame to fall short but hopefully another step forward.
Positives;
Wells - just outstanding.
Thompson - see Wells.
Swallow was, well typical Swallow.
LT firing goals under pressure.
Black - showed a lot, should have played earlier.
Macmillan continually played the percentages, impressive game.
Midfield absolutely smashed theirs, even if disposal still not quite there.
Work rate, intensity, defensive structure all much improved.
Negatives:
Petrie made multiple shocking decisions in second half - very costly, could have been the difference.....
Atley was disappointing for mine apart from a few moments. Kept getting caught out of position.
Ziebell - love his attack and he is a gem, but his foot skills and decision making really need to improve. Costly turnovers.
Daw - had a crack, but costly misses and seemed to continually misjudge the footy and spoil his own players. Still, can't be too hard on him.
Disappointing loss obviously, but can't ask much more in terms of effort. Should have won but then if we take positives out of it we might get them next time.
Positives;
Wells - just outstanding.
Thompson - see Wells.
Swallow was, well typical Swallow.
LT firing goals under pressure.
Black - showed a lot, should have played earlier.
Macmillan continually played the percentages, impressive game.
Midfield absolutely smashed theirs, even if disposal still not quite there.
Work rate, intensity, defensive structure all much improved.
Negatives:
Petrie made multiple shocking decisions in second half - very costly, could have been the difference.....
Atley was disappointing for mine apart from a few moments. Kept getting caught out of position.
Ziebell - love his attack and he is a gem, but his foot skills and decision making really need to improve. Costly turnovers.
Daw - had a crack, but costly misses and seemed to continually misjudge the footy and spoil his own players. Still, can't be too hard on him.
Disappointing loss obviously, but can't ask much more in terms of effort. Should have won but then if we take positives out of it we might get them next time.
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Just a note to opposition supporters of any colour: this is the North board. It's home team rules so show them respect and tread very carefully.
Black Diamond
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How did Wright go today?
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Bigeasy
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Was fantastic. Tagged Birchall out of the game.
I think it was pretty obvious that Thompson had the better of Franklin, that's why the spitfires were starting to happen, but I'm also starting to agree with the theory that Petrie only fires against ordinary defenders. ot that Lake was that good but he was offered monumental opportunites to win the game and failed. Daw has an excuse, he's a 2nd game player, Petrie doesn't. I was pretty disappointed in his performance. It was also obvious that Clarkson was going to flood the backline, it is their weakpoint, and yet Petrie allowed Daw to go it alone on several occasions. Not good enough.
grizzlym
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Did you ever try doing that when you modded? My motherboard blew up.
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Can we end post after post of analysis and leave it at this?
Black Diamond
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Thought so. I could only remember him missing that soda at the end and shanking another shot.
He breaks games open in a way that Heppell will never be able to do with his cheap possessions.
Plus Heppell is under a separate ASADA investigation for shelving ****.
Fair call:
I agree with you about Anthony he's had 2 poor games in a row as the sub now is the time to reward either Sierakowski or McKenzie but I would like to persist with Gibson at least in the interim. He's an ELITE endurance athlete, an accumulator of the football and a work in process but that being said I prefer to see him handball rather than kick!
P.S Boomer returns in.............. 13 days
He definitely had the better of him but he still could have had 5 goals. He screwed them all up unfortunately but I don't think that was anything to do with Thompson. Anyway don't want to start an argument but well done and today I will watch the rest of your games throughout the year with interest
There was nothing poor about Anthony's game as sub. He was involved in some great drives forward and if Drew had turned around quick enough Anthony would have lined up after the siren. Add to that the great mark he took and it is impossible to bag that performance.
Neither Sierakowski or McKenzie have the elite running capabilities of Anthony either.
