Game Day Round 12, 2020: West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn, Sunday 6.10 PM (AEST)

[eldorado]

Ummm, so...yeah...

CJ and Glass new blood for the Hawks...

Here's hoping...

 

[Kil Phearns]

We’ll either win by 5 goals or lose by 10.

 

[grumbleguts]

We'd better win this, I've bet ten meals of my mother-in-law's cooking on us. Mixed feelings.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I just want to see better ball movement and some possession chains that conclude with running shots on goal and/or 1 on 1 opportunities for our forwards.

 

[Sturty]

Predicting late OUT Stratton, IN Hartley

Just want us to take the game on, better ball movement.

 

[Freshmeat]

Not expecting a win today. Just hoping for a competitive hawthorn. Eagles by 25pts.

 

[B&GBlood]

We'd better win this, I've bet ten meals of my mother-in-law's cooking on us. Mixed feelings.

Interesting, is that a good or bad thing? Will you get the meals if we win or be forced to eat them if we lose?

Fun fact: an anagram of Mother-in-law is Hitler Woman

 

[Pessimistic]

With the obvious audition for future wingmen, it’s a damn shame cant watch this in person

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Would have been better to see more changes and more youngsters given a chance. Hopefully CJ and Glass impress.

 

[Toasted]

Our wings have gone from Smith, Henderson and Scully to CJ, Glass and Day. We wanted youth, now let’s see if we like it.

 

[TylerDurden]

First time in about 15 years where I actually don't care about winning. Just wanna see a better game style and blokes having a crack/ improving.

 

[Delecate Des]

Whipping boys Ceglar and Scully out, leave TOB for posters to froth about!!!!! Brace yourself Timmy

 

[Bugs1977]

I really hate where the HFC is right now. My absolute love for the club wants us to pull off an upset today but I also know if that happens then it could likely ruin our chances at a high end draft pick. This must be what it is like being a Carlton fan

 

[savagelunchbox]

First time in about 15 years where I actually don't care about winning. Just wanna see a better game style and blokes having a crack/ improving.

X2.

A win is only a short-term gain. Players know where the team is at so we'd get more out of trying to win the game playing attacking football instead of slow, defensive football in the near impossible occurrence that WCE fall over and we steal a victory.

 

[madhawksfan]

Don’t think we’ll get within 4 goals if the Eagles are switched on but I thought the same against Blues.

Just hope that we take the game on and guys like Glass, CJ and Nash show something.

Would love Sicily to start forward and Timmy back:

Stratton Chip Dimma
Scrim Frost Impey
Day Mitch Glass
Bruest Gunston Wingard
Silk Sicily Nash
McEvoy Worps Jaeger
Shiels CJ Morrison Timmy

 

[Walshawk]

I just want to see us going more direct and quickly and scoring. When the game is on I will be barracking hard, but deep down prefer the loss and better draft picks. We have never finished lower than 15th so that is my preferred spot, hopefully with Freo (in draft deficit) below us, giving us pick 3.

 

[bris tarangau]

Just hoping to see a competitive Hawks team today.
Not sure if I will be doing any fist pumping if they win

 

[The German Hunter]

I just want to see better ball movement and some possession chains that conclude with running shots on goal and/or 1 on 1 opportunities for our forwards.

A tackle that actually sticks wouldn’t be bad either

 

[Bugs1977]

I just want to see us going more direct and quickly and scoring. When the game is on I will be barracking hard, but deep down prefer the loss and better draft picks. We have never finished lower than 15th so that is my preferred spot, hopefully with Freo (in draft deficit) below us, giving us pick 3.

I feel the same and I hate feeling that way. It goes totally against everything I believe in as a Hawthorn fan. I think most of us need to start looking past the short term (ie after today’s game and really this season) and start thinking about the long term. We need to start building for the long term.

 

[Rudi Gilham]

Constant rain in Perth for the last 12 hours, apparently, and more forecast. Will help nullify their tall forwards, Kennedy, Darling and Allen. Might be an upset brewing?

 

[TylerDurden]

A tackle that actually sticks wouldn’t be bad either

Scully's not playing, so...

 

[TylerDurden]

I feel the same and I hate feeling that way. It goes totally against everything I believe in as a Hawthorn fan. I think most of us need to start looking past the short term (ie after today’s game and really this season) and start thinking about the long term. We need to start building for the long term.

Agree. It's not Hawthorn, but it is what it is.
Just wanna see improvement in game style for mine.

 

[The Offerman]

We’ll either win by 5 goals or lose by 10.

Only ten? Geez you're really confident in us. If we play as poorly as well have in recent times, we'll be the first team to lose by 100+ this year

 

[Falco131415]

A tackle that actually sticks wouldn’t be bad either

This please please.
One of the priorities this off season is to get a tackling coach of high regard!
We're the worst tackling side by far.
Get an ex MMA fighter whatever it takes.
I don't care who, but its one area we have improve expediently.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

What I like to see, we get at least 1 holding the ball go our way, not holding my breath