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I can already see what will happen next week. One of a few things: 1. Adelaide will get a 25-30 point lead early, we'll peg it back but ultimately lose by 15-20 2. We'll jump Adelaide, get out to a strong 3-4 goal lead but them crumble and lose by 1 point 3. Adelaide will pump us (unlikely imo) We need 3-4 players to have the best game of their careers in order to win this weekend. Lose and we are 3-5 with finals looking increasingly unlikely.

Hogan's a physical player. He wants the contest and demands it, and would rather win the ball from a set position then lead into space and risk having the ball exposed by loose defenders. Those up the ground simply don't back in their teammates enough, and overuse the ball in the hope of creating space and hitting a clear teammate. They played 30 minutes of amazing football where they back each other in. That third quarter alone should have been enough to set up the match but it wasn't to be. The forward line is not so much the issue. We're kicking big scores. Our two-way running, poor defensive accountability and inability to be damaging with possession is what kills us.

He's important but wouldn't put down the losses exclusively to missing him. We were awful against Carlton with him in the side and probably should have lost it. We destroyed Hawthorn around the clearances yesterday. Gawn or no Gawn, playing bad team footy loses you games.

In 2014, a year we finished with 4 wins and equal last, we were in front in the last quarter of 12 games but only won 4 of them. We are "competitive" for half the year.

this is a very weird team. We Have inefficient players across the ground and lack forward cohesion yet still manage winnable scores. We don't have a ruckman but our clearance factor is impressive. We dominate possession but arent effective enough. We green tick some boxes but get a big red stamp in others. We are actually getting a lot of the ball despite no dedicated ruckman. I see things changing for us in a very positive way but I've been immensely disappointed by our leaders. We're on the right track but occasionally find ourselves on the wrong one. Not sure if we'll play finals but I'm still confident we'll go on a tear at some point this season and win 4-5 in a row.

TIME?

Time.left?

Very disappointing. Very very disappointing. Our excuse for Cats and Tigers was rotations. Thru are a man down and out running us.

If we don't win this it'll be the most disappointing of the Year They are a man down.

Can ya'all update with time?

Hannan across half forward has been magical. Wins everything.

How much left this quarter?

Being the better team and still allowing the opposition to equal or score more than you won't win games. We need to win this quarter by 3-4 goals

Hannan has been good today

30 seconds.

Langford is the highest rated AFL Fantasy player at half time with 77. Let that sink in.

Despite being the better team with more of the ball for that quarter, we were outscored by a point there. Hawks should have had 6 for the quarter but stuffed up 3. We are getting smashed in the air so we kick it long and high to a contest. Makes sense. Their transition out of defense makes us look slow and disinterested. Mcdonalds have been bad but the pressure their teammates up the ground force upon them is disgraceful. Hawks have runners in groups of 3 or 4. As has been the case against every team this year. We want to get a clear possession every time we have the ball, so we handpass for space in the hope we can. This means we give up the first option, which half of the time is a long kick forward. We don't back our forwards in enough and this leads to overuse and bad football. Our leaders have let us down with terrible, selfish football. Jones is turning into Vince 2.0. I fear the game is moving beyond him. He seems to struggle to gauge opposition speed and gaps, and turns it over way too much. They have too many x factors, that make it tough for us to counter a fast attack forward for them. They are smashing us at the hitouts but we're giving them a lesson in the clearances. Problem is that we overuse the ball leading to a stoppage or turnover. Hawthorn needs to win one clearance to go forward. It takes us 3-4 tries. Our tackle inefficiency is a major indictment on our finals credentials. We are missing simple tackles and being brushed aside. Overall, Hawthorn is bullying us without leaving 2nd gear. We have had all the ball. We win all the pointless contest but lose the important ones. Will be tough to see Hawthorn drop this one. Unfortunately, looking at our second half of the Year and the competition we have for the top 8, losing today puts us at an outside chance to make finals imo. Going into adelaide 3-4 and then leaving 3-5 would be the worst possible scenario.

You pack of spuds.

Well we gifted them that goal.

I feel like we're understating Hawthorn capacity here.

Guys. This might be a 100 point loss. This is embarrassing.

Football lesson. Absolutely smashed. We have had so much of the ball but have gone no where. Like a Chris Judd article, we've said a lot without saying anything. They are showing us what finals football on the MCG takes. These guys are the gatekeepers. We haven't earned the key yet.

Football lesson. Absolutely smashed. We have had so much of the ball but have gone no where. Like a Chris Judd article, we've said a lot without saying anything. They are showing us what finals football on the MCG takes. These guys are the gatekeepers. We haven't earned the key yet.

Playing duuuuumb football. I can't fathom how facing direct to the goals with players ahead, why stopping and turning around to handball it off is a better option. We've had twice as much of the ball

Hawks just look bigger and stronger.