Game Day Round 8 2019: Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney, Sunday 3:20pm AEST @MCG

[MinerBoy]

Didn’t do quite enough damage for all the dominance that quarter to make this one beyond them but can’t fault the effort. Boys are having a crack


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[HairyO]

Cousins decision making keeps costing us possession

Also made a brilliant intercept and goal.

He is having a good game.

 

[KermitJagger]

Cousins only knows forward and it generally pays off when he's running in to goal

 

[Off The Couch]

Another good quarter - control one more and we could pull off an unexpected win. Need to play to win, not defend.

It’s not pretty and the skills are still off but the jobs getting done. Well done to the boys so far - now bring it home

 

[11sjw]

Nice to not concede one late.

 

[JoeHawk]

Worpel trying to get abit of Sam Mitchell about his handballs.

Not always working but I like the thought.

Can’t fault his efforts

 

[HairyO]

Three quarters of high intensity, highly focused footy.

Hope we can sustain it - but this has been great.

We need to avoid the brain fades we had with the Dogs and the game is ours.

 

[robiecampbellbrown]

Can we hang on? Keep expecting the GWS surge.

 

[madhawksfan]

The young fellas are leading the way. Cuz and Lewis with class finishes. Scully stepper up that quarter.

We have shut down their offence all day. Must continue taking the game on.

 

[hawkheart]

Chip is a blue chip commodity.

 

[Mrzohs]

Great quarter boys were unlucky not to befurther up!
It will be a hot footy this last qtr, have we learnt from our past losses!
Take our chances!! Hold on and fight tooth and nail when they get a run on.
Let's go boys season defining stuff!

 

[MasterSamurai]

Once Cousins cleans up his disposal and decision making he will be a very solid footballer. Not sure if we have much left in the tank though.

 

[Davo23]

Got a few of the Box Hill boys sitting a couple of rows ahead of us in M56.

They’re all watching the game, surprisingly!

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[satan1]

Hope we can keep up that intensity for the last. Worpel is an absolute in the making, will look so much better when he has titch back the feed it out to.

 

[Birdofprey]

If the game opens up, then anything could happen...

But today has been great so far.

Go Hawks.

 

[undefined]

Acquiring Henderson imo is alongside Silk/Lake in terms of Clarkson masterstrokes.

 

[Birdofprey]

Can’t fault his efforts

Yep - hes been great. 20 possessions to 3qtr time.

 

[hk89]

Worpel trying to get abit of Sam Mitchell about his handballs.

Not always working but I like the thought.

Needs to improve his decision making. I reckon his disposal by foot isn't bad (look at his field kicking when not under pressure for evidence) , and his disposal by hand is looking a lot worse than it is as he hasn't learnt when he should take the tackle vs trying a high risk handball. Is turning it over more than he should because he's going for the risky low percentage thread-the-needle handballs. If he can balance this part of his game better will be an absolute weapon.

 

[Kanga Commando]

3 good quarters so far. We haven’t played well for 4 quarters much recently so lets hope they can play the last one hard & fast..

C’mon Hawks..

 

[KOLOKOTRONIS]

Efforts are huge however I’m not confident.

One thing is for certain we will not get blown away.

Our club has enormous character.

Fingers crossed we can grind all the way.

KOLOKOTRONIS

 

[11sjw]

If only Shiels hadn’t have screwed that one up running into goals!

 

[11sjw]

Just hearing Scrimshaw and concussion. Bugger!

 

[Pessimistic]

Loving our young midfield taking it up to them

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Great to see some of these boys I’ve been watching at Box Hill playing well on the big stage

Keep going Hawkies, you can do it!

 

[hk89]

Please game so far, but should have put this to bed with so many goal scoring opportunities missed. Giving we've lost two games where we were out by bigger margins than this, it will be a nervous last quarter if we can't kick away early. We aren't down men as far as I know this time, so hopefully we can hold on. Brilliant coaching job by Clarko, and really well executed by the team.