AFL Toast RND 8: Bombed the Hawkes

[ant555]

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.
fu** Hawthorne.

Yew

I actually has $20 on us at $2.85 . Had a bonus bet from todays races sitting there so I thought why not.

 

[Mootsy]

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

I agree, 2MP and Francis were good. The issue is, we have Stringer, Tippa, Jones and Baldwin as options when they come back, and I think it’s just as important that we accomodate Francis and settle him into a role. So that’s a challenge for the selectors. Which is why I don’t understand why they don’t play him at CHB.

I’d love to see Smith as a permanent small forward. He played more midfield time, but I think he’s perfect as a small forward, fast and quick reflexes. Kicks well at any angle and it takes him away from the frustration of the midfield contests.

 

[Yoda_]

Must say there were so many unheralded players today.

Laverde was enormous in the first 2.5 quarters. Looks a man possessed when confident in his body and game.

Hind was the one of old. Game high metres gained (552), rebound 50's (8) and bounces (8).

Devon Smith

5

Devon Smith

Age

31

Ht

176cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

5.3

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

16.3

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

15.6

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.2

3star

played like a team man and one I can get around. Match high 3 tackles inside F50 coupled with play8ing on the edge was good to see in Red n Black.

Mason Redman

27

Mason Redman

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.1

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

262.0

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

210.3

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

MG

144.2

3star

was another soldier who probably isn't getting the recognition he deserves. Unassuming who played very well.

Ben Hobbs showed why we were so happy to get him. Putting my hand up and saying I should've been happy when we got him on draft night. Genuine chance for the rising star nomination this week. Star in the making.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Best part about the win was we did it with the three tall forward and a ruck structure. Hopefully they makes them less gun-shy in the future.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

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From the hawks autopsy board.....jade you legend

Legend!

 

[Nicholas61]

thought I was watching the 1984 grand final.

Even had a classy player from the WA league causing havoc up forward and snapping them of his left boot.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

hello new avatar

We should all change that to our avatar.

 

[windyhill]

Alot have dropped off, but the crowd were brilliant last night, loud as F.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

He got pantsed in the first half

Kinda, he was working way harder than Lynch who was essentially just playing a vertical game of centre square to Hawks goal square. Where as the mentality of continually getting to contests was what got us the win.

 

[NAB777]

Haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if this was already raised....

Did anyone do a lockdown job on T Mitchell?

 

[ghostdog]

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.

1 mark. We need him to help transition as well.

 

[rumply]

 

[Mercurial89]

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

You could sense early they were trying not to, Merrett though seemed to be struggling with it.

It was interesting watching the pressure build as the game wore on.
Some aggressive Manning the mark too which is something I'd wanted.

They still moved the ball easily at times, and that will go up a level next week but the offensive improvement was nice to see

 

[rumply]

might just put this on loop for a while

 

[Yoda_]

couple of fun facts for your Sunday morning

Hawthorn have not beaten a bottom 4 side in the last 3 years (10 - 0). North Melbourne in round 1 this year, the closest.

Peter Wright's goal on the run from 55m was his first non set shot of the year

 

[Don Won]

Reading a lot of smack on here about Sam Mitchell the coach, but credit where credit is due - it only took him one game to get us playing fast free flowing football again.

 

[Phone]

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

they were plenty of times when they "overused" it last night....but they were almost always following situations where a mistake has been made that broke play down, a fumble, a dropped mark, etc etc. I don't view it that differently to the other weeks tbh. We weren't over-using it because we wanted, we were over-using it because we were making errors and we sucked

Laverde was enormous in the first 2.5 quarters. Looks a man possessed when confident in his body and game.

thought he had a mare in this same period. was at the wrong spot or didn't make an impact at multiple contests. it's fine, it happens. (two examples, I may be wrong, but this is how I remember it): the one where Lynch walked into the open goal, up on the flake Laverde was there, didn't make an impact which led to Bryan having to leave Lynch, and when Bryan run back into the flight to make that spoil that went into Gunston's (?) hands, Laverde had already left Gunston, which led to Bryan both making the spoil and having to be the one to chase Gunston whilst Laverde was in no-man's land)

 

[84859300]

Checks Big Footy
Checks (digital) newspaper
Checks phone - with no Hawkes mates messages
Checks expired beer cans from last night
Checks crotch

Yep - we won!

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Couple campaigner hawks fans would flick on their phone lights during our set shots. Didn’t stop hobbs from drilling it.

 

[DapperDon]

 

[boncer34]

they were plenty of times when they "overused" it last night....but they were almost always following situations where a mistake has been made that broke play down, a fumble, a dropped mark, etc etc. I don't view it that differently to the other weeks tbh. We weren't over-using it because we wanted, we were over-using it because we were making errors and we sucked



thought he had a mare in this same period. was at the wrong spot or didn't make an impact at multiple contests. it's fine, it happens. (two examples, I may be wrong, but this is how I remember it): the one where Lynch walked into the open goal, up on the flake Laverde was there, didn't make an impact which led to Bryan having to leave Lynch, and when Bryan run back into the flight to make that spoil that went into Gunston's (?) hands, Laverde had already left Gunston, which led to Bryan both making the spoil and having to be the one to chase Gunston whilst Laverde was in no-man's land)

I consider last night very different to the last few weeks.

Our kick to handball ratio last night was 1.72.

The 3 games prior were:

Bulldogs - 1.12
Collingwood - 1.02
Freo - 1.11


Extremely evident to me there was less sideways handball and an emphasis on getting the ball on the boot.

 

[Beerfish]

pretty dusty this morning

 

[boncer34]

pretty dusty this morning

Tell me about it

 

[Beerfish]

Tell me about it

i'm pretty dusty this morning

 

[Cold Sober]

Haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if this was already raised....

Did anyone do a lockdown job on T Mitchell?

Nah, I had that covered, I picked him my SC team.