Autopsy Round 8, 2022: Hawks put in a stinker v Bombers

[Dazza the Viking]

No excuse for that insipid effort in the last quarter, got to be a concern, that a team gets a run on and we seem to throw the towel in

 

[JoeHawk]

How is that we can we put up a great fight against the reigning premiers but then produce this crap against a shit side. I suppose that’s where we’re at right now. Team still learning and growing together. Hope this really hurts them.

I don’t think we were switched on from the start and that lazy effort from our stand in captain Sicily was very concerning. I hope he wishes he had his time again.

 

[westhawk]

One of the worst performances in a long time. Our midfield is pathetic apart from Newk. Our leaders go missing too often. Sick of watching our players kick off one step. That one from Day was inexcusable. too many poor players to list. We got out coached aswell, didn’t see any changes of note during the game at all.

 

[Bugs1977]

My Auskicker’s had a better go than our mob today.

I know Sammy is changing things up to let the kids play on the ball but having Tom Mitchell only get 14 touches while spending 80% of his time in the back half of the ground isn’t going to end well.

The amount of times we just let them waltz it up the guts off of the back of a turnover just made me

 

[Billyc]

That stunk.

Newk great for three quarters and then ran out of puff, as he tends too. Nobody else turned up in the midfield.

Dreadful display.

 

[hawkman]

Some players were really found out
Kosi has zero presence as a forward
Frost spent most of the night 5 metres off his opponent and constantly got punished.
Day had a shocker
The wingers constantly let their opponent get goal side
The quicker we move on from Worpel the better

 

[Flag08]

I’d almost throw in the Sydney game into the games Gunston has lost us too. Could have gotten significant leads against them if he could kick straight.

Yeah, the one at the end of 2012

 

[Argy]

It's never as good or as bad as it seems.

 

[In2theWild]

It's not that our Captain missed his shot...it's the way he missed it that kind of set the tone for the night in my opinion.

Well said. I'm the biggest Sic fan there is but that was a FIGJAM kick if I've ever seen one.

 

[Bad Boy Beama]

Gunston needs to start kicking straight. That is 2 games we would have won if he kicked straight.

 

[Wingnut19]

Were playing two short with Kosi and Worpel. Th biggest worry is that Impey has lost his pace.

 

[hamohawk1]

Wonder if a few of the boys had this 'flu' which has been spoken about this week.

 

[jr4jane2004]

Positive is we can cross off the season. Need to play the young kids for experience.

One of O'Meara, Worpell or Mitchell needs to be traded or delisted at the end of the year. We can't have all 3 - slow & avg foot skills. Hoping we get Karl Amon

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Karl Amon

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

71kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

294.5

4star

D

21.0

5star

K

15.0

5star

HB

6.0

3star

M

6.0

5star

T

2.0

3star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

146.8

3star

from Port.

 

[Off The Couch]

That was awful
Lot of no ****s out there tonight and quite frankly they deserved to lose

I’m happy to take the good with the bad but that was shit across every line

 

[hawkheart]

How can we do so well against teams like Melbourne and Geelong, and lose to a bunch of bums like Essendon?

Because it’s far easier when you’re not expected to win.

 

[WWSD]

Were playing two short with Kosi and Worpel. Th biggest worry is that Impey has lost his pace.

Impey needs to play in the midfield.

 

[Cleavy]

 

[SSSSSS]

Impey needs to play in the midfield.

Maybe at Box Hill.

 

[Franko Armani]

Honestly, ruck looks our biggest issue at the moment. It’s where we get totally dominated for periods of time and the opposition capitalise especially in the second half when our inexperienced/half ruck is worn down. Dees kicked about 5 in a row when Callow went to the ruck last week.
Other issues are that it’s no good having non-contact outside players that have no pace and don’t hit targets 50% of the time. Day is playing too deep and has too much responsibility at the moment but it will be good learning experience for him - he will be a player.
Thought Finn was great and will get better and better. We need a couple of mids that can run out a game - totally lacking at the moment … ouch.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

It's funny as a supporter - you sense the upset all week during the media beat up, you have that bad feeling in your stomach even though you know it should be a comfortable win. You assume the club rallies the players into the right mindset and to execute, but still, it unfolds the way your gut tells you it might. Horrendous display.

It's not the loss that hurts.
It's the nature of the loss. When a team puts no effort in, that cuts the supporters

 

[Wingnut19]

Who are we taking in the top 5 of the draft?

When the dust settles its for the best. Mitch needs time (2 to 3 years) to get rid of the garbage. Start with Worpel and Mitchell. Yuck

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Worpel has played one ok game this year, how does he get a game every week, always goes missing

 

[almuz]

Reality check for where we are at

Dunno what it is about Marvel - we always play weak as p1ss footy there

 

[MadDawg]

The team crumbled after Newc ran out of puff and could no longer carry the midfield.

On the bright side, Essendon is a rabble club with a terrible coach and that shits long term.

We are rebuilding and we will occasionally roll out a big bag of poo onto the field like we did tonight, but we are getting the big picture stuff right and will be better for it in the end.

 

[Off The Couch]

Positive is we can cross off the season. Need to play the young kids for experience.

If you want to see what that looks like, start watching north.

I’m also interested in who you suggest comes in