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Hawthorn - most hatable players

Umpires - consistently proven incompetent

Fitness staff - seemingly non existent

Gawn - couldn’t dominate enough

Pickett - regularly overran ball

Bowey - continued to excel

Langford - exciting and brave

Petracca - prolific without hurting

McVee - loose and careless

Windsor - great until last

Turner - wasted in defense

Langdon - few positive possessions

May - tried but limited

Rivers - seemingly going backwards

Spargo - waste of space

Chandler - very limited performance

McDonald - continued impressive year

Sparrow - rarely noticed again

van Rooyen - disappointed yet again

Sharp - some limited disposals

Lindsay - was rarely noticed

Oliver - not a tagger

Fritsch - continued being irrelevant

Jefferson - just an amateur

Tholstrup - limited game time

 
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15 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Hawthorn - most hatable players

Umpires - consistently proven incompetent

Fitness staff - seemingly non existent

Gawn - couldn’t dominate enough

Pickett - regularly overran ball

Bowey - continued to excel

Langford - exciting and brave

Petracca - prolific without hurting

McVee - loose and careless

Windsor - great until last

Turner - wasted in defense

Langdon - few positive possessions

May - tried but limited

Rivers - seemingly going backwards

Spargo - waste of space

Chandler - very limited performance

McDonald - continued impressive year

Sparrow - rarely noticed again

van Rooyen - disappointed yet again

Sharp - some limited disposals

Lindsay - was rarely noticed

Oliver - not a tagger

Fritsch - continued being irrelevant

Jefferson - just an amateur

Tholstrup - limited game time

Salem - momentum killer again

 

Mostly agree but thought Riv was pretty good. 23 with 8 contested at 74% and 5 clearances. Max was fantastic but as you say, not quite fantastic enough. Too much left to too few.

Thought Lindsay was very good. Hawks wings aren’t mugs and he held his own and looked every bit the player I was hoping for. Won some very creative possessions.

Turner went forward and the flood gates opened for them. I like what he does up forward but until we have lever back we need him in defence.

Another great game by Gawn. Cherishing every memorable performance I get to witness now.


36 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Hawthorn - most hatable players

Umpires - consistently proven incompetent

Fitness staff - seemingly non existent

Gawn - couldn’t dominate enough

Pickett - regularly overran ball

Bowey - continued to excel

Langford - exciting and brave

Petracca - prolific without hurting

McVee - loose and careless

Windsor - great until last

Turner - wasted in defense

Langdon - few positive possessions

May - tried but limited

Rivers - seemingly going backwards

Spargo - waste of space

Chandler - very limited performance

McDonald - continued impressive year

Sparrow - rarely noticed again

van Rooyen - disappointed yet again

Sharp - some limited disposals

Lindsay - was rarely noticed

Oliver - not a tagger

Fritsch - continued being irrelevant

Jefferson - just an amateur

Tholstrup - limited game time

Whole team - unusually fumbly day

Lindsay - liked his work

JVR - OK when rucking

Last quarters against good oppo. -

Our bloody Kryptonite

Oliver - salary dump incoming

Windsor - ceiling rapidly lowering

JVR - not the answer

Jefferson - words not required

Tholstrup - draft position unwarranted

Langford - enhancing his reputation

Lindsay - unassuming yet reliable

Edited by BLWNBA
Langdon correct to Langford*

 
3 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

Oliver - salary dump incoming

Windsor - ceiling rapidly lowering

JVR - not the answer

Jefferson - words not required

Tholstrup - draft position unwarranted

Langdon - enhancing his reputation

Lindsay - unassuming yet reliable

Windsor was fantastic today

He killed Ginnivan and had a lot of the footy.


Fritch Never select again
Play at Casey

JVR - great backup ruck

JVR - Not a forward

JVR - only hope backline

Langford - star in making

X - incredibly clever player

Bowey - obvious connection solution

Kozzie - keep all costs

37 minutes ago, Older demon said:

Fritch Never select again
Play at Casey

Yeah, he looks done as a player.

40 minutes ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

Lindsay had IMO the best individual effort of the season for us and it led to a goal, so I definitely noticed him.

That kid is all class. Footy IQ off the charts, so much time and space with ball in hand and super competitive for a slight player.

To think he missed a big chunk of his first pre season with a PCL injury and is able to play full games on the wing, is pretty phenomenal.

He will be a star. It was written all over him from his very first game.

1 hour ago, BLWNBA said:

Windsor - ceiling rapidly lowering

Windsor - limited preseason base

He'll be ok but was gassed at the end and at his age missing key parts of preseason is going to do that to you.

Edited by rjay


Many great pretenders

JVR - use two arms!

1 minute ago, #11-TonyAnderson said:

JVR - use two arms!

One armed bandit.

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

That kid is all class. Footy IQ off the charts, so much time and space with ball in hand and super competitive for a slight player.

To think he missed a big chunk of his first pre season with a PCL injury and is able to play full games on the wing, is pretty phenomenal.

He will be a star. It was written all over him from his very first game.

My father always said to me as we watched the Demons from the wing on the MCG in the sixties

That Brian Dixon is never beaten one on one and is a great mark for his size

Xavier is the closest I’ve seen since those days


26 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

My father always said to me as we watched the Demons from the wing on the MCG in the sixties

That Brian Dixon is never beaten one on one and is a great mark for his size

Xavier is the closest I’ve seen since those days

Great observation - has long arms like BD, though XL is a better kick and one cannot even try to compare athleticism from those days.

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