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Back to kicking long without looking, while they look for leads. Who’s up the top again?

 

4 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

We make hard work of forken everything.
So hard to watch.

Hawks have turned this into a scrappy Auskick game and it's working

1 minute ago, Rusty Nails said:

Any chance we can hit a leading target inside 50 or on the Arc???

No chance we bomb it and it 3 talls fly for it and spoil each other

 

u guys should block me coz im gonna come so hard for all the people that were talking about top 2/top 4 etc. despite a body of evidence that shows we have a soft underbelly. 


Look at that.  One kick to the 50 hits.  Then another on the lead between a pack of 5 defenders.  This has to be the worst game we've played this season.  Just ahead of the Pies and then GWS.

We'll be lucky to make a PF.

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    We are just bombing it in our 50 and going back to handballing

    Our backline hasn't been great tonight. 

    And you wonder why we don't get talked up as premiership favourites. 

    The players attitudes have been pathetic. 

    1 minute ago, Brownie said:

    Hawks have turned this into a scrappy Auskick game and it's working

    We do that ourselves.
    Not enough class to slice anyone apart.

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    Back to bees around the honey pot

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    They’re working harder and they’re hungrier. We should come out breathing fire this quarter and instead were barely giving a yell. They’ve  won the quarter on the scoreboard and they’re leading the tackle count 24-9. 

    WAKE UP YOU LAZY [censored]

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    Now panicked settle in, a game we controlled we now are in trouble of losing

     

    Oliver complaining about an umpiring decision while the play is still going, Hawks goal.

    That's a microcosm of our attitude tonight.

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