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Logan Morris - wow. A very complete player.

 

Those Lions jumpers again 🫣

 

1 hour ago, BDA said:

hawks high on my list of most disliked teams. hoping for a Lions win

We had massive opportunities to bury those ppricks from Glenferrie.

No star power whatsoever.

Bunch of rejects from other clubs put together, real social media, content creator type false alarmers.

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2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

The Carlton forums are fun right now. This gave me a chuckle.

We had a chance to trade McKay for Petracca, exactly the kind of player we need right now. Instead we pick Mr "In no rush for a premiership" who plays 1 good game out of every 4.

did they?

i don't think we'd have been keen on that deal

 

bears run and spread from the contest is much better today

who had the role, if anyone, on rayner last week? i can't seem to remember anyone in particular paying close attention to him, but i don't remember him being super-involved either

2 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

if cripps doesn't win the ball at the stoppage - which i would say is 1 in 4, cos he's such a brute in that situation - then he simply doesn't move defensively at all

I suspect the poor guy is absolutely knackered 90% of the time. It is one thing to carry the club's inside game AND be the stalwart calming influence on fans and coteries, but making Cripps play in the ruck for extended periods actually sits for me as the marker that Voss should go. A coach who looks at their best player, who is best in the competition at their primary role, and says 'you can sort out my positional disorganisations' is inviting a lightning bolt.

On a related note, it wasn't that long ago that the Cripps-Walsh pairing was looking like becoming the core of an unstoppable midfield. Cripps with the sheer volume of impact on contests and Walsh with the relentless running and effective attacking use.

Now, Cripps is wearing down to dust and Walsh just isn't a top level player - just by the numbers he's a solid 20% off his younger form.


36 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

We had massive opportunities to bury those ppricks from Glenferrie.

No star power whatsoever.

Bunch of rejects from other clubs put together, real social media, content creator type false alarmers.

we let ourselves down with poor goal kicking.

zorko radar off today. some very uncharacteristic miskicks

Seems the Fox commentators are barracking hard for the hawks, pretty ordinary I reckon

2 hours ago, BDA said:

hawks high on my list of most disliked teams. hoping for a Lions win

There you go my friend.


Just now, Gunna’s said:

Do love seeing the hawks implode.

Their thrown in the towel

Watson 3 kicks. What a Wiz

Just now, TopCorner said:

Watson 3 kicks. What a Wiz

he's been shizzen


Did the Hawthorn bench just hold up a painting?

4 minutes ago, TopCorner said:

Watson 3 kicks. What a Wiz

should go hack to Hogwarts f..king loser, harry potter could kick better then him

45 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

I suspect the poor guy is absolutely knackered 90% of the time. It is one thing to carry the club's inside game AND be the stalwart calming influence on fans and coteries, but making Cripps play in the ruck for extended periods actually sits for me as the marker that Voss should go. A coach who looks at their best player, who is best in the competition at their primary role, and says 'you can sort out my positional disorganisations' is inviting a lightning bolt.

On a related note, it wasn't that long ago that the Cripps-Walsh pairing was looking like becoming the core of an unstoppable midfield. Cripps with the sheer volume of impact on contests and Walsh with the relentless running and effective attacking use.

Now, Cripps is wearing down to dust and Walsh just isn't a top level player - just by the numbers he's a solid 20% off his younger form.

Cripps in the ruck is just such a bad idea.

Especially when you have Mackay needing to get into the game, and to take pressure off of him as a goal scorer.

It may not look like much but the wrestling really takes it out of your second efforts, leads, sprints, etc.

 

Hawks got pies, dogs and crows next 3, wouldn’t be surprised if they lost all 3. I don’t think they have beaten a side inside the 8 this year. Love to see them go into the bye outside the 8 and us above them

5 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Did the Hawthorn bench just hold up a painting?

Correct.

Must be a secret message!


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