Certified Legendary Thread Tom Hawkins - clearly not insignificant !

[geelong_crazy26]

Another milestone tonight

Who is number 1??

 

[cats_09]

Who is number 1??

No idea

 

[WaxiesDargle]

No idea

Riewoldt?

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

Dunno where we'd be if we didn't have him the last decade. Our MVP for sure.

 

[Baudolino]

Who is number 1??

Nick Riewoldt

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Nick Riewoldt

Ahh how many ahead?? Catchable??

 

[Baudolino]

Ahh how many ahead?? Catchable??

At his current rate he would need another four years to catch him.

 

[Overhang]

Want to give a bit toast to Tomma on monstering the I50 ruck contests and also not getting reported this finals series, got to say I was quite nervous when (I think it was Payne) was clearly trying to get under his skin by not letting him up, could see a jumper punch coming but he kept his cool.

 

[winty]

Seems big Tom is equally adept when the ball is on the deck and also when the opposition have it...

 

[Down at K Park]

He simply does not get enough credit for his defensive forward work. People just assume tall forward = no defensive pressure.

 

[BIGANT]

He gets shit. Football followers with some decency know that.

 

[cats_09]

Seems big Tom is equally adept when the ball is on the deck and also when the opposition have it...

I know it's the Hawkins thread, but Guthrie in equal 3rd for tackles inside 50 is a fair effort considering he played predominantly in the guts this season

 

[Lana]

I know it's the Hawkins thread, but Guthrie in equal 3rd for tackles inside 50 is a fair effort considering he played predominantly in the guts this season

For me it is like grouping two different things together, how many of those would have been around a F50 stoppage.

 

[cats_09]

 

[rocker_oz33]

Hawkins does have a good record on Harry overrated Andrews.

 

[MattTbone]

Here is an edit I put together of Hawkins' massive game v Lions.

I think we sometimes forget how much he does in a game through his pure power and strength. Well at least I do at times.

 

[fpm84]

Would love him to win B2B Colemans. Along with two (hopefully more) flags, it would place him right up there with the great modern day key forwards.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Here is an edit I put together of Hawkins' massive game v Lions.

I think we sometimes forget how much he does in a game through his pure power and strength. Well at least I do at times.

Yet only 2 coaches votes while flopper McFreekicks gets 8. Figure that out.

 

[romeohwho]

Am actually amazed at what a wonderful footballer he still is.

 

[MattTbone]

Yet only 2 coaches votes while flopper McFreekicks gets 8. Figure that out.

I thought that was very strange too especially with the amount of things he did that lead to goals. Doesn't make sense.

 

[Spearman]

well I hope our coaches gave him high marks towards the Carji

 

[PhatBoy]

No one outside geelong is ever going to acknowledge just how good he is but he has been elite for an entire decade now and that is not an easy thing for a key forward to do. Of the gun forwards this century perhaps hawkins has not reached a brief level where he’s been quite as dominant as Roughead or Kennedy or the Riewoldts or Hall or Gehrig or even Richo at times.

On a score of just pure consistency and week to week output though he’s probably trumped most if not all those guys when you factor in his non-goal kicking work (save maybe for Nick who’s running was off the charts). Pavlich I think is probably the best comparison to him

 

[rocker_oz33]

Was watching Noughton on the weekend he couldn't bend down at all.

 

[ATSAM]

No one outside geelong is ever going to acknowledge just how good he is but he has been elite for an entire decade now and that is not an easy thing for a key forward to do. Of the gun forwards this century perhaps hawkins has not reached a brief level where he’s been quite as dominant as Roughead or Kennedy or the Riewoldts or Hall or Gehrig or even Richo at times.

On a score of just pure consistency and week to week output though he’s probably trumped most if not all those guys when you factor in his non-goal kicking work (save maybe for Nick who’s running was off the charts). Pavlich I think is probably the best comparison to him
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Way, way ahead of N Riewoldt

 

[Seeds]

I agree on the defence, this is going to be a frustrating season at the selection panel, they won't drop Lonergan in his last year but won't leave any of the other 3 tall backs out either.

Our structure when going forward breaks down, no second forward and long bombs. Too easy to nullify, need to lower our eyes and have players lead at the footy.

Ah to remember a time when having too many tall defenders and not enough tall forwards in the team wasn’t a partisan board issue. A time when we all saw the same problem.