Hawthorn v Melbourne: NAB Cup 3

[PeterJames 46]

The over umpiring is frustrating. The reverse against Sylvia was a joke. Franklin was laughing as they are good mates. But the amount of times they ducked there head and got the free kick. THen we lay 3 or 4 good tackles for no reward then 30 seconds later on the wing Garland was tackled and ofcourse holding the ball. Also when Davey put the hands in the back and the mess up the umpires had massively penalised the Hawks.

[Sir Why You Little 35,318]

Yeah, that's good to know. I had us pinned for the flag until this.

I didn't...but i expected better than this...Losing Magner in the first couple of minutes did not help the cause..but that's footy.

[Face Your Demons 175]

If we had played as well as the Hawks have "double kicks hand passes marks and every other stat known to man" i would want to be more than 5 goals up. Just saying

[pitmaster 3,146]

OK I missed the first 20 minutes but it's clear as weird as the NAB Cup is, it's true in one sense - the umpiring stinks!

Davey tackled high a la Sewell - ahhh but you play for a bottom side, my son, no free

Jamar tries to protect his position in a ruck contest...let's give it to the Dawks

Buddy slams Sylvia, Sylvia responds...well let's reverse the first free paid to Melbourne for 20 minutes

Watts dispossesses Cheney close to goal...play on see above.

Howe still looks good, Dunne looks like he has a future

[BIG JIM 508]

Guys lets not worry yet we could come back and finish strong with the work we have put in over the pre season lets go demons

[Clintosaurus 6,866]

David Hale is crap yet he destroys us every time. I hate Hawthorn but don't know if we will ever beat them.

[DaveyJones'sLocker 625]

Why is fitzpatrick playing?

[Jaded No More 59,746]

Why? Why must we always look so pathetic against this team?

I don't expect a win but I expect us not to fall over so weakly without a yelp.

[Sir Why You Little 35,318]

David Hale is crap yet he destroys us every time. I hate Hawthorn but don't know if we will ever beat them.

Hale is far from Crap, he had a very productive season last year...pity we couldn't snare him at the time...Tried real hard.

[Chook 14,646]

I know David King rates himself a genius special comments man; but as a boundary rider, part of his role is to find out the extent of players' injuries. I haven't heard a thing about Magner from him at all. Not good enough, IMO.

[BIG JIM 508]

Hawthorne always kill us but i think the events this week might have played a part in this show. I hope im wrong but they seem like there in another world.

[Sir Why You Little 35,318]

Hawthorne always kill us but i think the events this week might have played a part in this show. I hope im wrong but they seem like there in another world.

Not an excuse for a professional team....the players had nothing to do with it at all.

[BIG JIM 508]

Not an excuse for a professional team....the players had nothing to do with it at all.

Yes i know but look at the saint last year

[Jaded No More 59,746]

Umpiring today has been massively sh!t, but that is what happens when you are constantly chasing tail.

Our midfield is really just incredibly poor.

[Sir Why You Little 35,318]

Yes i know but look at the saint last year

The Saints are another hopeless club i don't want to be compared to them at all...I know it is the NAB Cup, but our coaching staff have got a lot of work to do..

As has been the case for decades...when serious pressure is applied to this club we submit to it, Northey was the only one to almost eradicate it...& even he couldn't...

Will be fascinating to follow what Neeld & Craig do in the following weeks.

[Undeeterred 2,908]

Umpiring today has been massively sh!t, but that is what happens when you are constantly chasing tail.

Our midfield is really just incredibly poor.

The Achilles heel, hey...

[Jaded No More 59,746]

The Achilles heel, hey...

And it's a pretty big one.

You can win a flag with average towards and defenders, but nobody has ever won a flag with a crap midfield lacking class.

[Jaded No More 59,746]

Get poor Davis off Hale. FFS what is the point?

[Nasher 33,246]

A Mod on a power trip..... now there's something new.

Aren't we allowed any opinions anymore?

Yes, I'm on a power trip - that's why I've been deleting and editing your posts, and banning you etc. Oh wait - I haven't done any of that. I always get a great belly laugh when people accuse me of being a power tripper - no clue whatsoever.

I'm just in a bad mood, really.

Yes, you're allowed your opinion, and guess what? I'm allowed to dismiss it, just as the same as any other poster on this site.

[Tatu 416]

is it really that unreasonable a request, to have fair umpiering? The AFL is fixed!!!! [censored] this [censored]!!!!!!!

Edited March 10, 2012 by tatu

[Pipefitter 2,081]

New coach but still no answer to Hawthorns game plan. God we have an ordinary midfield.

[Clintosaurus 6,866]

88 marks to 30 says plenty too, they have had over 100 possessions more than us.

[caco demon 29]

Seriously, I'm not that drunk but are we being raped by the umpires or what? Sure, we are ordinary, but there seems to be 2 different rules for two sides....

woeful.

P.s: the long, hurried kick is NOT a game plan.

[P-man 13,309]

Our kicking is woeful. Half the time it's literally kicking in hope and hitting a target is coincidental.

[The Lobster Effect 845]

88 marks to 30 says plenty too, they have had over 100 possessions more than us.

although hawks do have a game plan of lots of short kicks and we now have a game plan of kicking long