1 minute ago, Rusty Nails said:

Play what though CHF?  Touchball?

Better than the rubbish we have so far

I also thought it really hurt us having Hunt off the ground for most of the second quarter.  We can definitely still win this game if we run them off their feet in the second half.  Hawthorn's last quarters in particular have been the worst in the league.

1 minute ago, Satyriconhome said:

Same with me Wise, awful, and after I talked him up JKH pressure non existent, although he is not alone in having a poor half

You could argue that our forward line as a whole is not putting on the pressure - Hannan, Trac, Garlett etc. are not exactly giving us much on the defensive end so far. 

The bonus is we have a half to turn it around, if we can.

We are playing like it's been raining, ultra sloppy and dumb long bombs forward 

1 minute ago, Pates said:

Fantastic way to wake up in the UK. This is my mistake for thinking after our round one win vs the Saints that we'd finally turned the proverbial corner. But we sound like we're still stuck in our old habits of inconsistency and leadership going missing when it counts. 

I haven't watched any of it yet, hopefully they come out to play in the second half, Goodwin better give them a bake. 

I think the coaching staff needs a bake , in fact the bloody lot of them .. 

Want an example of dumb football, just watch the last 30 seconds of each quarter.

Q1: Hibberd just has to go down the line and kill it, but kicks out on the full, comes straight back in and Hawthorn goal

Q2: Again, we just have to kill it down the line, but whoever it was tries some [censored] switch with Cyril in the vicinity, turnover, and very very lucky not to be another goal.

Opposition teams have figured Hunt out, has barely done a thing last few weeks.

crap

We just bomb it into our forward line, we have to clear it and leave it open for the forwards to lead. We aren't going to win the ball bombing it in to a pack. 

They are smashing us in the air. We need to win the ground level footy more & then hit some god damn targets by our god dam foot!! all these dinky handballs which seem to be mainly missing the target are allowing hawks to get numbers back then it's just too congested to score. our basics are letting us down. so god damn frustrating 

Just now, olisik said:

Opposition teams have figured Hunt out, has barely done a thing last few weeks.

wow

If we want to continue with the handball that's fine but how many handballs have we had where the players have to stretch out to get a finger tips too it, it allows the hawks to put pressure on, if something drastic doesn't change after half time we won't get close to winning, season is on the line imo, hawks are a man down with birchall too

1 minute ago, Forest Demon said:

Want an example of dumb football, just watch the last 30 seconds of each quarter.

Q1: Hibberd just has to go down the line and kill it, but kicks out on the full, comes straight back in and Hawthorn goal

Q2: Again, we just have to kill it down the line, but whoever it was tries some [censored] switch with Cyril in the vicinity, turnover, and very very lucky not to be another goal.

It was Vince.  As soon as he went for it I hung my head and refused to watch as I knew what was going to happen.  Bugg did it earlier in the term when he won a ball, looked inside and literally kicked it to two Hawks players.

2 minutes ago, olisik said:

Opposition teams have figured Hunt out, has barely done a thing last few weeks.

He has been in our best every game. Least of our issues.

Langford is the highest rated AFL Fantasy player at half time with 77.

Let that sink in.

We look terrible.

Disposal sub standard and their pressure killing us

Petracca should be playing higher up the ground. We need someone good for Hibberd and Salem to hit up.

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

wow

Ignore him, dazzle.  He only shows up these days in the gameday thread to try and troll other posters here with comments like that.  He doesn't actually add anything of value, and in fact I'd wager he isn't actually a Melbourne supporter at all.

I can't see us winning this. Hawks are full of confidence, with luck and the umps on their side. It's just disappointing. 

1 minute ago, demonique said:

I think the coaching staff needs a bake , in fact the bloody lot of them .. 

Structure and setting up poor.

Too much handball. Too little sticking marks. Too easily getting pushed offthe ball. They getting spacecand linking...as though we're not there.

Very forgettable half...again.

So much bullshlt talked up.

Abysmal

4 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I also thought it really hurt us having Hunt off the ground for most of the second quarter.  We can definitely still win this game if we run them off their feet in the second half.  Hawthorn's last quarters in particular have been the worst in the league.

I guarantee you that this week will the week where they run amok in the last. They are playing melbourne remember 

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

It was Vince.  As soon as he went for it I hung my head and refused to watch as I knew what was going to happen.  Bugg did it earlier in the term when he won a ball, looked inside and literally kicked it to two Hawks players.

That is another great example. Bugg wasn't even kicking to anyone, he was just rolling the dice. Surely if you are going to kick blindly, you do so long down the line, not directly across into the corridor 50/60m out from your own goal.

While the Macdonald brothers play for Melbourne we will never be a contender 

14 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Just now, 3Dee said:

Petracca should be playing higher up the ground. We need someone good for Hibberd and Salem to hit up.

Agreed

Just now, praha said:

Langford is the highest rated AFL Fantasy player at half time with 77.

Let that sink in.

And he was omitted from a team that lost by 12 goals last week.