Autopsy Round 6, 2022: Hawks fall over against Swans

[Blackhawk42]

A young group coming off the highs of a brutal Easter Monday.

The fast start gave us the best chance when the fatigue finally set in. Remember we were playing a more advanced side off a 9 day break who weren't given any competition last week. Planets aligned for the Swans late in the game.

Didn't deserve to lose by as much as we did, but some perspective is needed. Our forwards had periods of dominance then it was our defenders turn once we started losing the clearances. They held up incredibly well all things considered.

A bit more pain to come next week against Melbourne I'm sure, but our fixture will settle soon enough and efforts like we saw early in today's game will result in far more wins than losses.

Liked Kosi's game.
Scrimshaw, Newcombe, Moore, Morrison and Wingard all great for varying reasons.
Maginness and DGB looked like more assured AFL footballers today too.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

Lack of run and contested marking options forward of the ball really hurt today.

Desperately missed Lewis up forward, you’d think if he misses another game it might be time for Callow to get a game.

Lynch was great early but doesn’t have the match fitness required yet - could get destroyed by Gawn - not sure we have a back up.

Also need some more strength in the middle, Titch tagged out too easily and not enough support for him. Ned Long??

I thought Duke and Jaegs pretty good too

three blokes doesn't make a deep midfield though. Need a bit more help in there on a consistent basis

 

[MinerBoy]

I won't mention the umpiring.

Relax bro I got you

 

[mr e]

Take out the first 15 minutes it was an abomination.

Take out the last 15 (7 goals to the swans) and it evens up

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Wingard needs to play 70% mid.

He won't, because I don't think we want him too.

 

[rdhopkins2]

An abomination of a last quarter. So disappointing.

 

[H00t]

They doubled our inside 50s. Ended up with 70. No defence can hold up against that and our midfield really needs work.

Our defence held up well when the ball was coming in. But they also kept themselves under pressure with shocking disposal when trying to get the ball out.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Maginess did well in winning the contested ball, but his delivery is really poor. We were exposed for height in the ruck and the backline. Our delivery out of the backline continually cost us goals. Maybe it's time to try Callow in the backline and then find an extra ruck in the MSD.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Worpel 0 possessions in the last qtr. Must be dropped properly this time and sent to Box Hill.
He should be off the list at the end of the year. Three terrible seasons in a row. He is simply not good enough.


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You can't single out only Worpel for that last quarter. He was pretty good in the first 3.

 

[MinerBoy]

Not fit enough.

That 100% isn't the issue.

 

[big footy cyril]

Young team with an unfit 3rd choice ruck. Spent it all on geelong, I’m ok with that.

 

[lethalselbow]

We have a CHF today? Pointless bombing it long to nothing.

Really good signs for the side, just ran out of steam. Swans a season ahead, development wise.

 

[robiecampbellbrown]

Can we please leave Tasmania and let them have their own team

 

[burger09]

Young legs gunna get tired.
Our old mid legs are slow legs.
Blow outs like this are going to happen.
We need to learn it's a fact of where we are at.
We had a crack again and showed what could be in a year or two. Just not there yet in terms of experience and consistency.

 

[macdaddio]

Didn’t see a 40 point loss coming. We must’ve stood still the whole last term

 

[HawkInExile]

Good start, but when Mills turned it on in the 2nd quarter, our Midfield just got smashed unfortunately

As much as I have been impressed by Ward and McDonald thus far, this week presents a good opportunity to give them both a breather.

 

[jaygee]

I know everone loves Morrison and he does do some nice things here and there but how many mistakes does he make every week. We would be a better side without him in it.

 

[Realist]

You can't single out only Worpel for that last quarter. He was pretty good in the first 3.

11 possessions in 3 quarters is not good enough for someone of his experience


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[TBoyleSuperstar]

Not fit enough.

7 day break off a really tough game against a side that had 10 days and a bruise free game.

Add to that we missed Lewis and CJ, our ruck hadn’t played a game of footy for a month whilst Day and Wingard have had no continuity

Not sure fitness is really the issue here

 

[Crankyhawk]

Didn’t see a 40 point loss coming. We must’ve stood still the whole last term

wasn't the whole last term, just the last 12 minutes

 

[matey]

Young team up one week down the next. Must be an up week next week

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

I know everone loves Morrison and he does do some nice things here and there but how many mistakes does he make every week. We would be a better side without him in it.

He’s best 22 now, but a player likely to get pushed out as others return.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

credit where its due, Mills was outstanding

but I CANNOT ****ING STAND BEN RONKE

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Ben Ronke

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

5.2

5star

G

2.4

5star

against us

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Relax bro I got you

You nailed it.

I was seething.

 

[H00t]

Worpel 0 possessions in the last qtr. Must be dropped properly this time and sent to Box Hill.
He should be off the list at the end of the year. Three terrible seasons in a row. He is simply not good enough.


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Bit unfair given he spent most of the last quarter on the bench. Then most of his time ahead of the ball when we weren’t getting it forward.

Was far from our worst today given his first 3 quarters.

Needs to improve but it’s far from write off territory. Especially given his good patches in the last 2 years.