they just keep pushing off their opponents into space creating separation, options aplenty for their mids going forward,They are going to do some damage in the finals if they keep playing like they have today.
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they just keep pushing off their opponents into space creating separation, options aplenty for their mids going forward,They are going to do some damage in the finals if they keep playing like they have today.
While we are looking at the next top 5 mid/shiny new toy whilst other areas of our list are ignored...Not to fear. I've been assured their ceiling is welded shut at mid-table mediocrity because whilst they have been in the bottom half of the ladder for a few years they haven't been able to accumulate the true top end talent we have.
Absolutely. They are playing as a team totally in sync with each other at exactly the right time of the year.they just keep pushing off their opponents into space creating separation, options aplenty for their mids going forward,
They weren't playing great before the injuries happened.I know Carlton have copped a few injuries this game which is obviously having an impact on their rotations but this is embarrassing.
They weren't playing great before the injuries happened.
They actually value high quality, genuine small forwards. We only recruit them as an after thought as speculative picks. They last one or two years on our list because, predictably, they aren't good enough. We then end up playing four of the million 189cm forwards we have on our list and expect them to play as small pressure forwards which they can't.It’s so frustrating watching this Hawks team, they are unbelievably good to watch.
Pace, foot skills and athletic talls. Recruiting ain’t rocket science. They are absolutely nailing their list build.
Greatest knock on the Blues is their lack of toughness - amazing when you consider Cripps is their Captain.Carlton exploding just before finals again, the Hawks just cutting them to pieces with pace and pressure. Injuries haven't helped but they took the risk with Charlie and look what happened, it never ends well when you do this! From possible premiership favourites to not making the 8, only Carlton. They have thrown in the towel!
Glad people see itThey actually value high quality, genuine small forwards. We only recruit them as an after thought as speculative picks. They last one or two years on our list because, predictably, they aren't good enough. We then end up playing four of the million 189cm forwards we have on our list and expect them to play as small pressure forwards which they can't.
10 years of ignoring the importance of small forwards. FFS. Did we have a crack at Ginnivan??? One day they will study our list management stuff ups.Watching the Hawks I’m filled with relief that our list management team have had the wisdom not to draft a decent small forward over the last five years.
Imagine being like them.
It's very glaring.Maybe Watson instead of Duursma might have been the smarter move.
Boy we need an injection of speed, desire and skill
It's been a mirage all along.For all the noise of the so called "big clubs", where are all the supporters? Richmond and Melbourne having won premierships and being in finals mode you have anywhere between 60 and 80 K, this is not on the loyal supporters or people who work full time, they are the real supporters, but the amount of people who jump on the bandwagon is amazing . I know all clubs have these supporters but 17,867, at the MCG AND TWO WEEKS AGO 16,246, where are all the supporters for a large fan base, in Melbourne?
what's frustrating is that Clarko drove that at Hawthorn, but doesn't seem to be happening at Arden StreetHawthorn is an example of what you get when players have had the basics drilled into them.
Majority of hawthorn's good players are around the 23-27 year old mark.
Most of our best players are around the 19, 20, 21, 22 year old mark. Added to that the worst senior talent in the league. There's your difference.
I'm torn.
Every Hawthorn win sears in how quickly they've retooled. Yeh yeh, various excuses and other factors.
Conversely I ****ing detest Carlton.
Ok. Can live with this outcome.
Hawthorn's form reversal since round 5 is perhaps the most impressive turnaround I have ever seen considering the stage of their rebuild. Other than the Geelong game, they haven't really had a "down" week for 4 months.
Carlton, just lol. Good to see their arrogant supporters crawling back under their rocks.
soldiers, the lot of them,Day/Newcombe/Ginnivan/MacDonald/D'Ambrosio/Mackenze/Weddle/Watson/Dear are best 22 and more than pull their weight. All are between 19-23 years old as well.
There is an obvious difference in senior quality though.