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Post Match Discussion - Semi Final


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Bear with a sore head this morning - but who cares.

My god that was electric last night. The roar when Gussy took that mark and kicked it... thought the second tier was gonna come down.

Such a great team effort. Ive never seen so many elated people.

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9 hours ago, H_T said:

Can’t believe how calm I was throughout the game. 

Jeez, you are a better man than me H_T!  Here it 10 hours post match, and I still haven't calmed down.

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3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Did we get the rub of the green with the umpiring?

I thought it was pretty even.

The early HTB against Nev - goal - and the “below the knees” against decapitated Gus - goal - were disgraceful and at critical moments.

All credit to our guys for not letting it get to them.

32 minutes ago, frankie_d said:

Some chat about Oliver being "looked at" for flopping. I was there but didn't see it. Any thoughts?

Utter BS.

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Oliver did not dive. Mitchell came at good pace and kept pushing all the wat through. There was nowhere else for Olivers body to go but down. If Michell had stopped at point of contact then fair enough but he didnt. Yet everywhere I look I see headlines about  it.

Ironically 5 mins into the first Oliver arrived late and a hawkjs pplkayer dived to milk a 50mp.

No m ention of that.

I guess we really have arrived.

 

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Another incredible night to be a part of.

We weren't at our absolute best last night but in some respects, to have won they way we did despite not being at our best is a positive in itself.

The second quarter was anti-Melbourne. They had 17 inside 50s for 0.6, we had 7 inside 50s for 3.1. That quarter could have changed the game but to our credit, our defence stood up and we didn't drop our heads despite the game being played in the wrong half of the ground. We kept working hard and we took our chances when we got them. That quarter was huge IMO.

And our ability to steady when they drew to 12 points was enormous and speaks of a maturity that our side, as young and inexperienced as it is, has already built.

There were some individual standouts but it was again largely an even 22-man contribution. Viney, Gawn, Hibberd, Jetta and TMac all played strongly, but Petracca lifted on his past few weeks, Melksham was always dangerous, Weidman's confidence is there even if he didn't influence the game like last week, Brayshaw battled through his tag, Spargo's score involvements are hugely important, OMac and Frost are getting better (save for that howler of a mistake that led to the Puopolo goal).

Our form is peaking at the right time, we're luckily now through two finals without any injuries, and we know we can beat West Coast in Perth. It's surreal to think that we're in a preliminary final, but we are, and I can't wait to see how we go.

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1 hour ago, sc93 said:

Was there last night and couldn't believe the support for the boys. Hawthorn have won 4 premierships in 10 years 80k members and I reckon the crowd was 70% Melbourne supporters. Loved it! So much for the Hawthorn 'fairthful'

 

Agreed.

Hawthorn's supporters are the weakest in the comp IMO. They might have 80,000 members but half of them don't like football and most of them don't go to games. They signed up on the back of the threepeat.

What we're seeing now is that our 45,000 members are as passionate and devoted as the supporters of clubs like Richmond and West Coast.

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11 hours ago, Wollongong Demon said:

Sparticus first goal was his best kick ever.

And there were deeees fans around me screaming at him to handball it to Harmes for the shot. 

Oh ye of little faith !!!

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2 minutes ago, pinkshark said:

how so?

 

The trade included our 2018 first round pick. So as we now finish no lower than 4th, the final spot in the draft just went down one.

It’s a huge stretch to say that changes the value of thr trade, but that’s the logic behind the comment.

 

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Just now, pineapple dee said:

And there were deeees fans around me screaming at him to handball it to Harmes for the shot. 

Oh ye of little faith !!!

I didn’t think he had the leg for it either, but he hit it perfectly. Great kick.

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3 minutes ago, Nasher said:

The trade included our 2018 first round pick. So as we now finish no lower than 4th, the final spot in the draft just went down one.

It’s a huge stretch to say that changes the value of thr trade, but that’s the logic behind the comment.

 

And then add in the priority picks and it drops even further.

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am surprised to hear people talking petraccas game up. He kicked a nice goal but he butchered about 4-5 very important and easy kicks inside 50 or in the forward half directly to a hawks player. the cost of doing that made him in the bottom 5 players for us in my opinion. Theyre so costly 

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Went to the game nursing a broken shoulder in a sling.. cheers to the enthusiastic supporter who bear hugged me after the siren.. 

Stood near the Hawthorn faithful- gee success has made them rotten arrogant A holes.. one bloke heckled me all game and was getting annoyed with my lack of response.. enjoyed seeing him leave at the 15 minute mark..

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Dead set, Spargo has played 17 games of which we have won 14. Am I misinterpreting cause and effect ?? If he gets dropped, I'm going down there to have a word with Goodwin.

 

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Thought the Hawks played into our hands with their cross ground chip passes. Gave us plenty of time to set up defensively.

Luck was certainly on our side in that third* quarter with their wayward kicking.

A great team effort but there is another gear to be found methinks.

Brayshaw getting  a hard tag shows he has well and truly arrived but it freed Viney to have a blinder.

PS... sorry meant second quarter

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9 minutes ago, Dr.D said:

am surprised to hear people talking petraccas game up. He kicked a nice goal but he butchered about 4-5 very important and easy kicks inside 50 or in the forward half directly to a hawks player. the cost of doing that made him in the bottom 5 players for us in my opinion. Theyre so costly 

Must of been watching another game to what I saw.

He was great last night.

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2 hours ago, GCDee said:

I love how every win is pushing that lever deal more & more in our favour hahaha.

Wait just a minute. Didn't you know that Doedee is a much better player than Lever anyway ? ( According to the cognoscenti in Adelaide at least )

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