Autopsy Round 9, 2021: Hawks get bounced

[Leather Poisoning]

It doesn't work to have O'Meara and Worpel rotating through the forward 50.

Occasionally Worpel can have a really good game as a high HF - with some nice delivery inside 50 -but most of the time he drifts from the game.

O'Meara is an absolute beast as an inside mid and should really rotate out on the wing, not the forward line.

Mitchell is playing the way he was accused of before his brownlow - a stat pig that's not impacting the game at all.

The forward line goes okay when the midfield is firing. The inability to lock it in is due to a lack of smalls/the lack of the midfield pushing up effectively.

 

[killerspud]

the one positive is Brockman, Downie, Maginness, Jeka, Day and Reeves weren't playing - now that we have shown we can lose without them in the team maybe its time we played them to see if we can lose with them in the team - which would be a much more acceptable loss. Also I've swung around to the idea that we should trade a 27 year old to try and get another pick in the first round. Not sure who but NOT Wingard.

 

[WWSD]

It might be time to give Reeves and Downie a debut game soon. If Brockman is not in the team next week, then Clarkson needs to retract from his comments about embracing a rebuild when he’s essentially picking the same players every week and getting the same result.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Worpel should be playing midfield, if not don’t play him, played well the last 2 weeks in the midfield and played he’s 2 best games for the year, mystery

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

SYL - how’s that strategy of playing the old blokes so we’re not really sh!t going?

We are the laughing stock of the comp right now and haven’t hit rock bottom yet.

Not that’s it’s my strategy, but I’m inside your head, aren’t I.

 

[satan1]

For me, the biggest worry is McEvoy. Great servant of the club, but the ground has risen up before him quicker than anyone would have anticipated. Surely Reeves or Brooksby come in next week.

It's sad.
McEvoy is a shadow of himself.
Shiels has aged before our eyes.
Gunston can't get on the park.

This is the exclamation point on the era.

Hard to see where the turnaround comes, little value to trade out and free agents aren't going to throw themselves at us.

Hope is with Kosi, Day, Sicily and anyone just out of highschool.

 

[bungholes_premiers]

Thank God some of u "clarko's fault" ******s aren't making the decisions more as in his first years at the club.. morons the lot of u.. the amount of fumbles, p1ss weak efforts, inability to win a hard ball and all u got is its the coach? Buzz off

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[Hodginator]

What stage is everyone at?

 

[MinerBoy]

But I thought we would beat North reasonably easily.

This was a mistake I saw many people fall for.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

What was Worpel and JOM playing as forwards all about?

JOM not 100%, you can believe that. Feels like bringing him back was a bit in desperation.

Who knows what the deal with Worpel was though.

 

[Flamin Joe]

Are we f*cking immune to kicking, and when we do kick its 9/10 high and long. A handball game plan doesn't work with the current cattle on the park.

It's blood infuriating.

I heard its all part of the masterplan against North.....ssshhhh don't tell anyone.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Can we change the thread title to “Hawks become Ben Affleck”?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Actually was pretty funny. Few sherbets and an arvo on the couch watching a comedy.

Good times.

A Rob Schneider comedy though.

 

[Hawkas1988]

I know and can totally understand the reasoning of bringing in the likes of Phillips, Hartigan, Patton, Hartley etc. We needed their types as we didn't have those positions covered nor had good depth. However it just makes you realise we are filled with list cloggers atm (these types and several others drafted onto the list).

We can't just play the kids cause lots of the kids aren't ready (nor good). Where you pick kids in the draft is not the be all and end all but we have had a lot of late picks as our kids and it is starting to show. We desperately need some elite young players in.

My big worry is, we are yet to hit rock bottom. We are just in no man's land atm. Will be a long couple of years.

Aslong as we make the right decisions from here and hit the draft hard, find some more Scrimshaws in smart trades and hopefully in a couple of years land a FA or 2 then we will see some blue skies ahead. Lots of patience needed in the meantime.

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[bungholes_premiers]

Hahaha omg that's a good one.. if he's lost the playing group then every damn one of THEM can go..
Hahaha good one

When you have two players who can walk off every week saying they gave their all, you've officially lost the playing group

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[Phil McCreviss]

Ben Affleck getting a better run in this thread than North did with the umps

 

[Slow Love]

Sack clarkson
He's officially lost the players that we can't beat the bottom team

He's in the last year(s) of Sheedy territory now.

It doesn't make him a bad coach. He's obviously a great coach, 4 flags tells you that. You can get lucky with 1 premiership, but not with 4.

But the coach plays their part in devising a game plan that offers the best chance of success with the players you have, and the recruiting strategy embraced by the club. And it's just not working anymore. There's an element of voodoo to it all, he could switch clubs and take a not-yet-great team and turn it into a great team. But I feel that the Clarkson-Hawthorn success story has been told and there's no more to come.

 

[Kuuz]

TBH the state of the club still feels better than it does following Melbourne Victory.

I mean, its a low bar, but trust me, it can be a lot worse.

 

[MinerBoy]

ah well, still beat Essendon by a point

Talk dirty to me

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I don't think that's right.

It's not. Hawks have lost to North in 2014, 2018 and 2019, all of them at Docklands.

 

[Cyril says]

Worpel should be playing midfield, if not don’t play him, played well the last 2 weeks in the midfield and played he’s 2 best games for the year, mystery

Is he going to Geelong?

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

Honestly this fact alone may get me through the year. Was such a good win.

oh yeah I don't really mind losing, I'm very aware that we are complete shit and expect to lose every game by ten goals.

But that win fills me with a warm, warm glow. We will always have that my brothers and sisters. We could lose to North 100 times and we will still have beaten the scum, by 1 point, from a TOB goal of all things. Beautiful.

 

[bungholes_premiers]

Exactly the point.. game in balance first half, and we were getting a few frees.. when the fk balance goes against us, the effect is very clear... when you're a struggling team it obviously hurts

Didn't watch the game but followed it via the app; half time I am reasonable sure the free kicks were even say around 10 each and it finishes 13 to 25 to their advantage. Was it noticeable?

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[Dazza the Viking]

Agree on Hartley but hartigan was solid. Ball came in there often and fast.

Hartigan was one of our very few winners on the day

 

[RoughysMullet]

What stage is everyone at?

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Probably anger atm really