Autopsy Round 14, 2024 : Hawks skin Tigers

[MightyHawks86]

Wizard still learning how to cast the correct incantation. He needs to study a bit of Latin and maybe do some reading on the Salem Witch trials. But once he's sorted out his magicks he will be unstoppable.

Little more eye of Breust?

 

[KermitJagger]

Little more eye of Breust?

You had a perfectly good eye of newc joke there

 

[OnTheRocks]

Kind of don't want the bye now, we need this momentum to keep rolling

A break for the young lads to chill and reset might do them no harm and could actually be a good thing

 

[The Sizzle Factor]

heck they hyped this one up something chronic hey?! Even had some of us thinking Richmond were a chance

 

[Agent Smith]

Nice to square the ledger - now have as many wins as losses

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

You've got to love the media. Hawks won by 8 goals, and all the news feeds tell us is Dusty kicked a "showstopper" in his 300th game. I'm a big fan of Dusty, but I'm fed up with hearing about him this week.

 

[Birdofprey]

Great performance today.

It was a big stage for our lads, and we worked hard right to the end. I’m rapt with the boys.

Been awesome to watch Dusty, just amazing player. Incredible grand final performances, a record that will be hard to beat.

Big shout out to Mr Sam Mitchell. Would have been a tough time early in the season for him. But he has shown that he is taking this young group forward in an exciting way.

Go hawks.

Oh, and I love that we won all 4 quarters of football. That’s great.

 

[MightyHawks86]

You had a perfectly good eye of newc joke there

Thought about it*, but Breusty's deadeye won out.

*still kicking myself though!

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Team needs to get an internal fine system towards the bar at end of season if you go for the around the corner kick and don’t make the distance. Does my head in.

It’s like golf. 100% of short putts miss.

 

[bigbuddyboy]

Good performance, great win.

Scrimshaw, Sicily, Weddle, Mass, Newcombe and Day were brilliant.

Mitchell needs to have a word with the Wiz and tell him to pull his head in and to settle himself. He has kicked something like 5.16 for the season, and that's not including the complete misses, OOTF's. His defensive efforts are elite, he just needs to settle down.

Interesting re the Wiz, I’m not sure any of the coaches have noticed that.

 

[Dinsdale]

Great game.

Day, far out, so good, no surprises here that we've been winning since he returned from injury.

Ginni, love how he gets up the ground as support, but trying to kick around a non existent corner, maybe 10 degrees off centre, does my head in. A week off, hope Breust and Gunston take him for drop punt practice.

(And a great game day fred on the bay, lots of good stirring of the tuggers)

 

[HedgeFund]

Strange feeling, not our best performance this year but the margin was a fair amount. We are only going to get better.

Genuinely felt after the 15 minute mark of the first term - that the intensity and quality dropped off enormously.

In the end it was a massive turnover fest.

Both sides coughed the ball up in low pressure situations. Skill level of Richmond was horrible.

Biggest ever crowd to watch a practice match standard game.

Still - bank the 4 points and move on.

We are still in the hunt.

 

[Mercy Seat]

Just got home after the game. Great win.

Felt like a bit of a threepete era game. Beat a team we should have by a regulation 8 goals, without too much fan fare nor really needing to get out of 2nd gear.

Still plenty of a way to go but it’s great to see it all clicking at the moment.

 

[Hodgey 15]

Fantastico win!!

 

[TassieGrown]

Great win, played great. Tiges GF and belted them.

Not relying on 1 midfielder to dominate the possession count, even spread with damaging touches.

 

[scout]

A Japanese wizard

 

[grumbleguts]

That would be the biggest ever h&a crowd we have played against right?

Great win

No 1981 VFL Park vs collingwood.

 

[Rhayader]

Interesting re the Wiz, I’m not sure any of the coaches have noticed that.

If I was Nick Watson kicking for goal, I’d just try to not miss

 

[burger09]

Sicily masterclass.

Tigers cupboard is empty. They will probably finish last.

Hey Wiz. Love the pressure acts. Hate the ducking. Stop doing it and the footy gods might let a few more go through the big sticks.

Well done to McKenzie. Obviously he has worked hard on his goal kicking and it is showing. Good stuff.

Chol stuck it right up em.

 

[humid hawk]

I will watch the replay tonight with a significant amount of red wine, so my initial undrank impressions are:

• Once again, the man, Mabior Chol
  18

  Mabior Chol

  Age

  27

  Ht

  200cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  7.5

  2star

  K

  5.3

  2star

  HB

  2.2

  2star

  M

  2.3

  2star

  T

  2.7

  4star

  G

  0.8

  4star

  D

  8.0

  2star

  K

  6.0

  2star

  HB

  2.0

  1star

  M

  2.3

  2star

  T

  2.3

  3star

  G

  0.7

  4star

  D

  9.2

  3star

  K

  6.8

  3star

  HB

  2.4

  3star

  M

  3.2

  4star

  T

  1.8

  4star

  G

  1.2

  4star

  . Some were worried that he might repeat his Suns game considering we were coming up against his old team. He certainly put that to bed. His kicking action is pure, fluid and uncomplicated, and I think it's fair to say that he's the best set shot in the team. What I am really noticing about him in Hawks colours is his second and third efforts. I don't think he was known for those at his previous clubs. The team obviously loves having him in the side and he is HUMMING.
• Will Day will be the best player in the league in a few years (copyright Conor Nash
  11

  Conor Nash

  Age

  26

  Ht

  198cm

  Wt

  94kg

  Pos.

  Mid

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  8.7

  2star

  K

  3.9

  2star

  HB

  4.8

  3star

  M

  2.0

  2star

  T

  3.1

  5star

  CL

  0.3

  2star

  No current season stats available

  D

  8.4

  3star

  K

  4.2

  2star

  HB

  4.2

  4star

  M

  2.4

  3star

  T

  4.0

  5star

  CL

  0.2

  2star

  , 2024). Everything he does is class mixed with aggression and toughness. I doubt there are many mids who can snag 20 possies and still be close to best on ground.
• I said CLOSE. Because James Sicily
  6

  James Sicily

  Age

  29

  Ht

  188cm

  Wt

  90kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  18.3

  5star

  K

  12.7

  5star

  HB

  5.7

  4star

  M

  6.3

  5star

  T

  1.5

  3star

  MG

  365.0

  5star

  D

  19.4

  4star

  K

  14.3

  5star

  HB

  5.1

  3star

  M

  5.9

  5star

  T

  1.0

  2star

  MG

  437.4

  5star

  D

  10.0

  3star

  K

  6.0

  3star

  HB

  4.0

  3star

  M

  4.2

  4star

  T

  2.0

  4star

  MG

  173.8

  3star

  absolutely owned Richmond today. They'll be having nightmares about him. 874 metres gained, 33 disposals and a metric ton of intercepts (yes I don't know how many precisely). And it's not just the meterage - some of those kicks were absolutely sublime. 60 metre bullet passes to open up the ground.
• Scrim and Weds were hard and tough, and the intercepting was first class. The flew for everything, and aside from a couple of fumbles and an errant kick, were switched on all day and provided so much impetus from D50.
• Duke was back to his best. I reckon I'll catch more on the replay, but he seemed to be covering the ground more than some previous games? Got to plenty of contests and that crumbing goal was top notch!

I reckon some of the small forwards need to sit on Chol's shoulder and watch his kicking action over and over. If you are in front of the goals please kick a drop punt - my neighbours kids don't need to learn new and horrible words that will surely punt them into therapy when they are older.

Anyway, more to come!

 

[earthworms]

We should focus on goalkicking during the bye. Great w

 

[mustang]

If I was Nick Watson kicking for goal, I’d just try to not miss

I wonder why he doesn’t run straight at the sticks.

Surely Wingard will come in for him once fit

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Reckon the wizz high in the pocket in the last was there on replay. Looked like a duck live but to me the replay showed he gathered low and stayed low and the tackle was high.

 

[peetoo]

I reckon both teams need the bye

 

[satan1]

A Japanese wizard

He makes certain goals disappear

Jks