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May went down right in front of me, and from my vantage looked like ribs. He looked very, very sore.

 
1 minute ago, 640MD said:

Personally I think we are playing terrible football.   Hawthorn are shirt. And we let them get close 

Sam Mitchell’s gameplan is play ugly, play dirty 

10 minutes ago, BDA said:

reckon having wizard as a nickname is a hinderance rather than a help coming into AFL footy. You need to earn a nickname like that.

Didn't do Jeff Farmer any harm.

 

Good half. Smashing clearances and contested ball. Setting up incredibly well behind the ball, so much that the Hawks can't even move it. 

Scores from stoppage healthy.


3 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

May went down right in front of me, and from my vantage looked like ribs. He looked very, very sore.

He was definitely down for quite awhile. Didn’t look good 😬

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Need to get back to lowering the eyes 👀

27 minutes ago, 640MD said:

That goal umpire cannot help himself. Smiles each time the Dee’s get a goal 

David Rodan

Ex demon

Port and tigers

Can dance too!

 

Hawks came out hard in that quarter. Our defence stood up really well. Need our mids to get back to basics.


Went from way ahead on most stats at quarter time to near even.

Lucky that the Hawks couldn't put any scoreboard pressure on.

Need a better third quarter

1 minute ago, SPC said:

Sam Mitchell’s gameplan is play ugly, play dirty 

No, it's playing to a plan when you don't have the cattle you make sure the opposition don't score.

Lower the eyes going forward. Maybe have a defensive forward on Sicily, or even a decoy forward to try and drag him away from the ball.


1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Anyone watching at home; any updates on May? 

In a lot of pain, no plan of being subbed just yet.

5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

May went down right in front of me, and from my vantage looked like ribs. He looked very, very sore.

 

Just now, Jaded No More said:

Anyone watching at home; any updates on May? 

I've just watched the replay on Kayo, but haven't been following the half time updates.

It looked like rib area was hit and that's where he grabbed, but the impact seemed a bit broad (shin/leg against side of body) rather than sharp (ie knee point directly digging in).

I'm not a doctor or biomechanist but it looked more like a heavy collision than sharp rib impact. Hopefully bad bruising or stitch from impact rather than anything more serious?

1 minute ago, bluey said:

In a lot of pain, no plan of being subbed just yet.

He looked a lot better when resting on the bench.


6 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Only 1 goal that quarter.  Chandler and Brown not doing a lot

Agree re Brown.  Not reading it as well this week? 

Chandler's brought immense pressure around the arc though imv.

For a small fella he does struggle to get away from his opponent on the receive at times and capatilise which is a tad worrying.  Not easy at this level of course.  Needs a bit more strength through legs & core maybe?

1 minute ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

[censored] commentary on Fox!  

Yea but they always barrack for the comeback 

 
2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

A dollar for every time commentator said Hawks may win the quarter.

Trying to talk it up to stop the half time switch off. 
 

if i didn’t  have a horse in the race i would be scrolling through channels..

 

hawks style is so bad to watch.

2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

[censored] commentary on Fox!  

Yeah it’s fn pathetic. Give the Dees some freaking credit.


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