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not sure what the point of this thread is. reiwoldt could have kicked 7000 and only richmond people would vote for him, such is the hate for anything richmond in this place.
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Go nuts and find it bro, waste your time. Rent free lol
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Yeah because Geelong are a super popular team among neutrals...
Riewoldt. Just.
Hawkins has been remarkably consistent, and he's become like a fine wine, maturing in style.
But Riewoldt's best was probably better. How many people have won the Coleman easily, playing for a team who finished 15th?
He has an extra 40 odd goals too.
Hawkins has been remarkably consistent, and he's become like a fine wine, maturing in style.
But Riewoldt's best was probably better. How many people have won the Coleman easily, playing for a team who finished 15th?
He has an extra 40 odd goals too.
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To me Jonathan Brown is severly overrated.
Because he played in the Lions 3-peat he gets rated a lot higher he should if you take a stats look at it both JR & Hawkins are notch above him.
He also was beaten up & cooked by 256 games, where as both Tomahawk & JR have played 300+ games & had longevity.
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Not the one that is known as Junktime Jack
Brown took a bit of time to finally get going. He was always regarded as the main player the mighty Lions had to build their ageing team around. It really wasn't until the Lions began to decline did he take his game to a whole new level. Unfortunately, as you eluded to, this is also the same period of time he started copping horrific injuries. Right in the middle of his 'prime' years. He was so courageous, so manic in his approach to attacking the football, he ultimately ended his career much sooner than what it should have.
Statistically speaking, Brown averaged 14½ disposals, 7 marks (2 contested), 2.3 goals per game. He also averaged same amount of direct goal assists per game as Jack Riewoldt.
At his peak, he was in the discussion of greatest CHF since Wayne Carey and certainly sat alongside Nick Riewoldt during that era.
Jonathan Brown also had an aura about him something of which Reiwoldt and Hawkins simply do not have. Very similar to Dustin Martin and Lance Franklin.
Sure Hawkins is more of a FF in the traditional sense now but he used to play ruck and also play up the ground.
He's also 2nd all-time for goal assists. Not sure what makes Jack more versatile and better overall.
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Combined goals and goal assists have Riewoldt ahead, as he's pretty handy in that area himself (only 0.09 per game behind Hawkins).
I don't believe Hawkins has a single statistical advantage over Riewoldt (Edit: Of the stats that matter when assessing forwards). This is outstanding considering Riewoldt spent half his year in an absolute basket case, whereas Hawkins has had an amazing midfield since day dot.
If you're going to base the argument on stats and individual awards it's Jack Riewoldt by the length of the Flemington straight but on reflection something still pulls me towards Tom Hawkins, it could be recency bias, I'm not sure what it is.
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Good comparison, pretty hard to split. Can understand each team's supporters backing in their guy.
Probably leaning slightly towards Hawkins, but could easily go either way.
Probably leaning slightly towards Hawkins, but could easily go either way.
Are cats fans expecting Hawkins to go around again?
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Yes! One more year. And why wouldn’t he? On track for another 50 goals.
He might choose to go out on top rather than hanging on for another year, particularly if cats miss finals.
Jack is on track for 40+ too but he's almost certainly hanging them up.
Hawkin's daddy is Jack.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Depends on how he finishes up in the second half.
At the moment, he looks like he can play on for another year.
The jumper swap between Jack and Tom seemed pretty significant. Could well be that Jack will be pulling the pin, but it seemed more than that.
Hawkins should go on.
I think Jack will definitely retire. Maybe if Lynch had been in the team the forward load could have been spread more, with Richmond (and Jack) having better seasons. That might have prompted another year for JR8. Also, a new coach might want to just get to work with longer term options.
I think Jack will definitely retire. Maybe if Lynch had been in the team the forward load could have been spread more, with Richmond (and Jack) having better seasons. That might have prompted another year for JR8. Also, a new coach might want to just get to work with longer term options.
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