Autopsy Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles

[Tuck In]

As many have said, full effort combined with players having roles aligned to their strengths brings wins!!! So good and for min our hardness around the ball and contest won that for us. Harwdick and Burton to play every week for mine.

 

[satan1]

Big Boy, last 2 weeks have been outstanding. Showed everything we have been lacking.

TOB and Sicily straightened us up and a bit of forward structure got the smalls involved.

Hardwick and Burton used it very well, goo-like at times. Glad it wasn't Hodge dragging us kicking and screaming like last week, full team effort.

 

[WWSD]

Blake Hardwick for the Round 5 Rising star nomination?

19 disposals - 4 marks - 3 inside 50s - 89% disposal efficiency

 

[zucchini]

How good was that.
Clarko bog.

 

[KOLOKOTRONIS]

Can't keep this club down for long.

This season is all about development. A week is an extremely long time in football.

As long as we continue to hunt the ball, attack each contest and never roll over no matter how far behind we are.

Our next tilt is still a while away, however we will climb slowly over the next three season.

KOLOKOTRONIS

 

[MadDawg]

 

[Billyc]

Great performance, very satisfying (though it does raise a lot of questions about the first month).

Senior players and leaders (McEvoy, Breust, Rioli, Smith, Shiels, Gunston) stood up and performed and surprise surprise, the next tier and young players were able to show a bit.

Tom Mitchell was sensational. He's a gun.

TOB played his best ever game.

Hardwick, Brand and Burton are starting to look quite settled across half back. Good signs there.

Clarkson has copped criticism this year and deserved some of it. But his faith in sticking with the group rather than swinging the axe like most (including myself) were calling for paid off. Guys like TOB, Hartung, Hardwick played like guys who felt their coach believed in them. Great to see.

Positive signs after a disastrous month. Now let's see it again.

 

[LuckyHawk]

And suddenly our rebuilding is back on track.

 

[madhawksfan]

Wowee! That was an awesome display. I was confident that we would win but not so easily.

Cannot fault any of the blokes out there tonight.

Thought Mitchell was our best over 4 quarters, with Rioli, TOB, Big Boy, Shiels, Hartung, Brand, Burton, Gunston, Bruest, Rough, Langford, Poppy, Frawley, Brand, Stratton, Hardwick, Sicily, Silk and Gibbo playing their best game of the year/their career in the case of TOB, Dimma, Big Boy, Brand and Hartung.

So proud of the boys!

 

[JordyLuke]

So happy with the younger brigade today.

I didn't see that result coming.

Proud of Timmy O and McEvoy in particular. Also Sicily is a star and we need to lock him down.

 

[Off The Couch]

Finally I can watch a replay
Back later

 

[MadDawg]

Big boy was immense

He was.

It looks like he plays his best when he is rucking 90% of the game. I say we stick to that.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

So are the media planning to attack the $wans and question the viability of Longmire all week now? I dare you to do it you head****ed campaigners.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Happy TOB stepped up
Thrilled Big Boy backed up from last week

 

[WWSD]

Tom Mitchell best game as a Hawk.

37 disposals (18 contested) - 5 marks - 6 tackles - 6 clearances - 3 inside 50s

He's leading our best & fairest by a fair way so far.

 

[Smithdogmaddog]

Said it in the game day and I'll say it again

Tommy Bloody "Sam who" Mitchell haha

 

[A Cut Above]

Thank God we broke our duck! Massively improved effort levels today in all four quarters, fantastic to see. I can't remember being more grateful for a measly H&A win in recent years, feels like the team and the club really needed that with the media picking at us like vultures.

O'Brien & Hardwick were both fantastic as was the form of McEvoy. Great to see Roughy having more of an impact too. Hodgey also brilliant, vindicating the decision to offer him another year as he's looked good this year.

 

[Kuuz]

 

[kazzooka]

McEvoy really shines when left to Ruck alone. I know he was devastated after last week despite him personally playing a decent game (after 3 poor ones).

Great that this week McEvoy, O'Brien, Pittonet, Fitzpatrick and Vickery all playing well this week.

 

[seysearles]

ohh and .....

 

[JoeHawk]

Hey Sydney....how many games have you won??? Ha ha ha .....

 

[beta_condition]

Loving Roughy's post match comments - "you blokes have been waiting 5 years to have a crack at us"

Loved he hit right back and said it was our young players that lead the way.

 

[Billyc]

Tom Mitchell best game as a Hawk.

37 disposals (18 contested) - 5 marks - 6 tackles - 6 clearances - 3 inside 50s

He's leading our best & fairest by a fair way so far.

Yeah but we traded our future away for this 23 year old.

 

[Smithdogmaddog]

Fantastic response from the entire team.

But O'Brian, Hardwick, Brand and Burton were just impessive.

But but but we've got no kids

 

[Sleutheren]

I had some nasty things to say about our ruck division a couple of weeks ago. While I still think we have major issues, I'm more than happy to eat my words today. Great game, McEvoy.