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Hawks are very gettable today. If we can just tidy up our deplorable skills.

 

The difference between Spargo and Garlett? Spargo straightens up and has a shot, or looks for a teammate in a high % position.

Garlett goes for the checkside low % kick. And sprays it.

The other thing I don’t see is the physicality from last years final, we look scared of hitting them hard.

Tracc 2 touches.... 

 

Garlett needs an old fashioned dragging. This is an astonishingly bad career ending game from him. 

I said it at the start of last season and I’ll say it again, Jeffy is done. Selfish, lazy and shocking decision making.


It feels like we are literally fumbling everything. And yet we are still in the game.

Tmac can’t take a mark to save himself. 

2 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

The other thing I don’t see is the physicality from last years final, we look scared of hitting them hard.

Tracc 2 touches.... 

half the players on the field have 5 touches or less, it's been 1 quarter. ?‍♂️

 

Fritters accuracy by foot has dropped off this year too

Get Fritch off, seriously. Has been shocking today.


Time to drag Fritsch ...turnover king first half

Get Fritsch off the ground.

Fristchs kicking this year is amongst the worst I’ve ever seen. His kicking skills used to be his strength!


Why kick it to him outside the boundary...keep it inside and make him mark it there!???

Mcdonald Garlett and Fritsch are making absolute fools of themselves. Embarrassing. ALmost a parody

3 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

half the players on the field have 5 touches or less, it's been 1 quarter. ?‍♂️

He is 1 of 4 players with 2 or less touches.... 


Oscar ffs. 

Jones & Lockhart have been good.  Harmes starting to come into it.  Some nice outlet short passes from Lewis on the kick ins to open up the field.

 

Sideways. Back. Sideways. Back. Sideways. Turnover.

We are back to the days of being excruciating to watch.


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