Autopsy Round 7, 2024 : Hawks get pecked by Swans

[Strapping Young Lad]

Well that sucked.

They turned every possession into a score, and we fumbled and bumbled our way through 4 quarters.

Go at it.

 

[Mercy Seat]

Not sure why I thought we’d give it a good shot today, maybe the positive vibes from the week and the buddy stuff, but that was really disappointing.

Getting smashed in the tackle count again and just general work rate around the ground is tough to swallow. Feels like we need a big “bring your mouth guard” rev up, otherwise we’re just not gonna turn up. On field leadership is really poor when things aren’t going our way, everyone seems to go into their shell.

Positives were Day, Meek, Moore. Too many passengers.

 

[Yardie]

Ramsden as the sub. Really coaches……FMD


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[Hawk Hawkins]

My god. How bad must North be?! We need a priority pick. North need to go the way of Ansett.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

At one point in the last we were

+1 inside 50’s.
+6 clearances
+25 contested possessions

70pts behind.

Diabolical ball use.

At least Day got through? Didn’t he?

 

[BlueWaterHawk]

Most frustrating game I've seen in a long time.

We need Key Position players in a big way. Still such a long way to go before we're competing with the best.

 

[HairyO]

To answer the final question in the game thread, yes they are that good, and yes we are that bad.

Terrible game. We would have leaked 8 or 9 goals just by not having someone near the goalsquare. Bad coaching or bad football or is the excuse "modern defending is to take a far more aggressive positioning" ?

And the kicking for goal was amateur. We had 8 or 9 shots where we werent even close to kicking what should have been high likelihood goals.

While we still would have lost, it wouldnt have been anywhere as close to as embarrassing as that was.

 

[Hodginator]

So many questions decisions.

Ramsden as sub?
Serong subbed off and replaced by Gunston down back?
Forward structure?
What role is Weddle being told to play? One of our biggest weapons and just being wasted.

And I’m still fuming about those two goals that were turned over.

 

[Roddy]

I predicted an 8-10 goal loss. Wasn’t TOO far off….

 

[Matilda05]

The Hawks do not look like a team rebuilding, they look like a bunch of players that have been selected for an all-star team and have only come into camp this week. Rinse and repeat for each round so far

 

[HedgeFund]

Last season they whacked us by 81 points. So technically this is an improvement on 2023.

If I didn’t laugh, I’d have to cry

 

[Baz_hawk]

Didn't realise Amartey was playing so kudos to whoever played on him. Think it was Scrimmers?

 

[Judd2Sewell]

45 tackles to 67, despite losing the possession count by 67.

Garbage. Embarrassing.

One team has a great gameplan and players that play for their coach.

The other seemingly has neither.

 

[Max Powers]

Sub-par AFL level footy, not acceptable.
Wasn't expecting a win, but far out.

Like i said in the gameday thread bring in bloody Ethan Phillips couldn't make things worse.

 

[HappyHawk_1]

Great to have Day back. Scrimmers, Moore played well and with heart.

We got the ball into our forward line I guess?

Pretty disappointing day tbh otherwise.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Moore, Scrimshaw, Meek and Mackenzie can hold their heads up.

 

[Bugs1977]

Baby steps. The positive is that we're a 5 point better team than last year round 2 to now

 

[Siri]

Yeah ... nah ... Hawthorn are still broken.

 

[BlueWaterHawk]

45 tackles to 67, despite losing the possession count by 67.

Garbage. Embarrassing.

One team has a great gameplan and players that play for their coach.

The other seemingly has neither.

Geez I hope Mitch was taking notes. There's a lot to learn from the way Sydney play.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

I think the worst thing for me is we have genuinely taken backwards steps from last year.

Our lack of pressure around the ball and skills are abysmal.

The one thing I said early on when we were getting beaten in games was at least I can see what we are trying to do and the game plan.. and we just lacked polish and we the ability to execute what we were trying.. and now?? ****ed I’ve know… because whatever that is.. it ain’t working

 

[Breustiful]

Lot of this - bar a few (Scrimshaw, Moore et al).

 

[Hodginator]

Moore, Scrimshaw, Meek and Mackenzie can hold their heads up.

Also Day

 

[lethalselbow]

Not a great day. No key forwards. Bombed it in long, time after time. Terrible coaching.

IN. Ryan
OUT. Gunston.

We are so short of talls with Lewis injured all year... to date. Ryan would have kept us tall. Hindsight and all. Gunston looks a shadow, but can pass on a lot of knowledge.

Chol needs a chop out down there. Is is time to bring in Dear?

Still... Hawthorn had a lot of good stuff, in all that. Just need to make points into goals. Keep within a sniff to keep heads up. Not many shining lights on the field.

 

[Gut Runner]

So 61 possessions less and 22 less tackles.

I don't think it is the endeavor - could it be we are so slow we cannot get to the player to tackle?

How blessed were we having both Poppy and Cyril in the forward 50 who had incredible speed.

 

[theiaofseed]

Such an annoying game we weren't far off being in the game but sloppy defensive pressure, inability to stop transition, broken tackles, breaking down of defensive structure and just dumb entries into 50.