AFL Toast RND 8: Bombed the Hawkes

[BuffDog]

We had much better structure around the ground tonight, the two rucks were good and allows Wright do his thing. BZT and Reid were adequate and Francis and Baldwin competed.

Much much more balanced.

Hobbs, Martin, Reid and Perk will all be 200 gamers.

 

[Halftimehero]

He is still all over the place when the opposition have the ball. Worst ball watcher on the ground. Just as well he can do some good stuff offensively.

He had 4 kicks 0 handballs and 3 turnovers, he was putrid in the first half, was better in the second than his stats read but he needs to lift.

 

[BomberManU]

Just enjoy the win for 5 minutes will ya?

Umm, I am - I was responding to someone earlier who said the 'win papers over the cracks'. I have the opposite view.

 

[Beerfish]

Umm, I am - I was responding to someone earlier who said the 'win papers over the cracks'. I have the opposite view.

Well you didn't quote anyone so how am I supposed to know that?

 

[Duckworth]

We look much better vs teams of our level. Collingwood was a coin flip, good win tonight. Our other losses were to highly ranked teams.

 

[essendon]

Howz Sam Mitchell you flog...hope that smartass smerk is off ya face tonight beaten by a reserves team.....

 

[WindyHillZephyr]

I'm on my way home from a party. First game I've missed this year. Looking forward to KAYO replay.

 

[srobbo]

Somebody teach Zach Reid the words to the song please.

Wtf was he doing? Was bizarre

 

[TheBrightSide]

I'm on my way home from a party. First game I've missed this year. Looking forward to KAYO replay.

Just watch the last quarter 4 times.

 

[Vindicater]

Did nto expect that last quarter...

 

[srobbo]

Great win, hopefully gives us a little belief heading into the byes. Who knows what we can do against a flat sydney next week…

Just glad to give it to Mitchell & those Hawthorne flogs who prob thought they had 4pts on a platter tonight…**** them!!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

The night just keeps getting better

 

[VelvetSledge]

Well, I tipped Hawthorn by nearly 10 goals, and I have never been so happy to be so wrong.

Sam Mitchell can lick my nads.
**** Hawthorne.

Yew

 

[the PILL]

It's worth winning just for Drapers after game celebrations...

 

[JayJ20]

Whatever this forwardline set up was, that's the one

 

[andleanback]

That’s what heart and grit looks like

 

[brutus76]

2MP is GOD

Why has it taken 8 weeks to deliver that sort of effort?

Nick Martin is a STAR

#8 = I LIKE THE BOY


Heart, spirit and effort!!!!

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

So good to beat those f*ers and that smug campaigner Mitchell. fu I hate them.

Our intent and willingness to compete can’t be faulted but geez we conspired to undo all of that with some dumb footy and poor skill moments.

Peter Wright. I don’t know which way to feel when I watch him. I loved his match-winning performance but that spilt overhead on his own in the 3rd that rebounded for a goal and that free kick against in the goal square when we were charging… he has so much bad to get out of his game it’s not funny… and it’s really bad.

Franga. Spoils his teammates yet kicks the game clincher.

Shiel. Bereft of confidence but he worked hard tonight and that last qtr tackle meant more than his missed goals moving forward.

Drapes. 4 disposals and 100 supercoach points. WTF.

When we are working hard in our congested forward 50 I can’t quite work out from the TV how when the Hawks get the ball out and rebound they have a player on his own in their forward 50. Where’s our cover? In soccer, if your centre backs go forward for a set piece you have a full back or central defensive midfielder sit back to cover the clearance or rebound. It’s drilled into them. I can’t fathom how we don’t have Lav or Reid or Zerk or all of them back preventing a Hawk from getting ahead of the ball. Bewildering and frustrating to watch.

I can answer the last paragraph, as I was at the game.

We would ball watch in defence and take our eyes off our man. On top of that, the Hawks forwards were sprinting into space while we kinda jogged after them once we realised there were loose players.

I was so angry at what was atrocious defence for 3 quarters, but in the 4th it was like a switch flipped.

 

[Call Me Cake]

So good to see EFFORT.

 

[sacka]

24 tackles in the last quarter and look what it produces, an 8 goal to 1 term. Pressure breeds confidence.
Bloody great win after being smacked around by everyone, including our own all week, but it won't mean bugger all if we don't bring that effort again next week.

 

[Pleasedonot]

Eating crow after predicting a 10 goal Hawks win. Happy to be proven wrong. It barely needs repeating but **** Sam Mitchell. Hope it's a portent of what's to come for their LNP mates in a couple of weeks. God I hate Hawthorne and the LNP.

 

[Stopher]

Just watched a replay then.

No mention of Laverde in here. I thought he was very good tonight. Backs himself to leave his man and attack the ball.

And I want to echo all the Sam Mitchell shouts in here. When they showed him at the end of the game, a stream of words came from my mouth I could only describe as being ones that my nan would have been disappointed in!

Still, **** that smug prick.

 

[boncer34]

Amazing what happens when you don't overuse the ball by hand.

 

[foj1]

GeezI was at another game and came home and thought I was watching the 1984 grand final.
great To see some spirit
defensive efforts does not take talent just desire
chicken soup for the soul

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]