Tbf they really did get an unprecedented number of in game injuries
As predicted. They're not managing their conditioning well. Even Curnow shouldn't have played, but they play week to week to win every week, rather at looking long term.
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Tbf they really did get an unprecedented number of in game injuries
“We will learn a lot from this, so in that respect it’s a little bit ‘mission accomplished’ but the competitor in you would certainly want to play better after half time”
“I definitely didn’t say ‘let’s let them walk all over us in the second half.”
So I’m not sure his actual inference was ‘it was our mission to give up a five goal lead and lose by four’
The most overblown piece of click bait possibly ever taken from a presser but if that’s analogy that needs to be drawn to make it work then sure. Remember, that wasn’t actually me that said it.
Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?On a postage stamp ground without Sicily, Dear and Ginnivan.
Spare me
See you in September on a real ground
Playing well, but I'd look more to what they did against Adelaide (who I think have been playing well) to get a line on their form than the Carlton game - the Blues had no hope that day.
They look a different team from Easter Monday, but hopefully so are we.Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
You mean during the 0-5 start?Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
Can't rememberDidn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
Form line wise Hawthorn would go in as favourites in a rematch at the G.You did. We lost to pretty much everyone at that time, so that period is hazy for a lot of us Hawks fans.
Form line wise Hawthorn would go in as favourites in a rematch at the G.
Even with that risk of a finals loss to Hawthorn it's a match up I'd like to see. Win some finals and you never know.![]()
Maybe with the bookies, it's hard to say - Geelong consistently give worse odds than is merited based on a long history of being competitive. In my opinion if Hawthorn win an EF and Geelong lose a QF then they play off in a SF, the consensus opinion at least on BigFooty and from the media "experts" would be that Hawthorn would win.I think we'd be well behind even odds against Geelong in a final, even at our home ground.
But I don't think anyone doesn't love a Geelong vs. Hawthorn game. They've just thrown up results that go against the form line, expectation and ladder positions for some 25+ years now.
Great Falling off a cliff/Cooked vs. You're not a Jedi yet narrative in the making if it happens.
We do need to make finals though. There's still two more games we have to win.
This was in the period where we were 18th in the comp for clearances.Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
Yes in Round 3 we were awful until Round 8.Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
I'm going to be controversial here.This was in the period where we were 18th in the comp for clearances.
Chalk and cheese.
You're not one of "those", are you?Only thing is the AFL and umpires. No team could beet us right now.
I agree with that rant.I'm going to be controversial here.
Any past meetings between any teams do not matter.
I always find it cringe worthy when the media trots out "Side X is 2-8 in their last 10 meetings with side Y" or "Side X haven't won at venue Y in 8 years".
It's all pointless noise. All that matters is who performs better on the day. The round 3 meeting was no more or less relevant than the other match. Neither have any influence on a prospective finals match up, just as they wouldn't if Hawthorn had won both games.
Rant over.
Maybe with the bookies, it's hard to say - Geelong consistently give worse odds than is merited based on a long history of being competitive. In my opinion if Hawthorn win an EF and Geelong lose a QF then they play off in a SF, the consensus opinion at least on BigFooty and from the media "experts" would be that Hawthorn would win.
At a guess I'd say betting against Geelong's line over the past 15 or so years would've paid handsomely. Even when are playing terribly the bookies have us surprisingly competitive. It's just one of those things.Even during Hawthorn's dynasty, Geelong always started favourites.
Even during Hawthorn's dynasty, Geelong always started favourites.
Doubt we would go in as favourites. Geelong's form apart from the Dogs game is impressiveForm line wise Hawthorn would go in as favourites in a rematch at the G.
Even with that risk of a finals loss to Hawthorn it's a match up I'd like to see. Win some finals and you never know.![]()
Was 15 points half way through the final quarter. Hardly say comfortably when it was 20 shots to 21 for the game. Hawthorn had 9 more inside 50's. With how differently this Hawthorn team is playing now, that game means little for how any future games will play out.Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
Doubt we would go in as favourites. Geelong's form apart from the Dogs game is impressive
It's ok to be nervous.Didn’t we also beat you at the MCG quite comfortably this year?
We'll have the ghost of Isaac Smith at all future Geelong/Hawthorn finals, which should act similarly to a Kennett curse for another few years until you beat us in the 2029 prelim.It's ok to be nervous.