Hard to know how to take this game.
on the one hand there's plenty as positives as always, I'm sure the usual suspects will blindly point them out.
On the other hand we lost a game we should have won, with their outs, and the dominance of most of the game.
Just awhole lot of stupid mistakes. Frustrating that it's the same stupid mistakes that always happen against the top sides.
I should be shattered.
Can't force myself to be.
I mean, sure, I'm disappointed we didn't get over the line, but...
There's a lot of improvement in the side that kept the flag favourites goalless for forty minutes.
Yep.
I would of loved to win that but thinking about it now
What a great loss.
Losses like that is where you learn and become better. Top sides don't give up leads like we did in the last few minutes and we will learn from this. The loss also keeps us in check as some might say we got a bit ahead of ourselves last few years winning so many games straight from the start.
This will hurt the boys and i think the loss will make us stronger then if we had won tonight.
Good loss to have. Beating the premiers would have put too much pressure
Well I woke up at 4:00 AM in Texas to watch this match, and I wasn't disappointed. Gutted by the outcome, but we have a hell of a lot to be excited about this season. Hooker and Ambrose were sublime, and Chappy was, well, Chappy. Goddard in the 3rd was about as good a footy as you'll ever see. I'm wondering if he spent all his energy there, though.
Having to use Daniher in the ruck was a problem, so I'm anxious to get Belly back to compliment Ryder.
Overall, though, an inspired performance by a team that is still very, very young. We've got the senior leadership and the youthful talent to really be a good side this year. Very much looking forward to what the rest of this season has in store for us.
Cheers!
Carlisle 16 possessions. 10marks!! 2 goals.
Fwd.
I should be shattered.
Can't force myself to be.
I mean, sure, I'm disappointed we didn't get over the line, but...
There's a lot of improvement in the side that kept the flag favourites goalless for forty minutes.
Yep.
...and of any team, you're going to impress me to keep Hawthorn goalless for 40.
So proud of the guys. If we had a runner of HB we would have been much better off. We have bettered ourselves by 52 points since last time? All be it against there B team however the guys want to win and the loss will hurt bring on the Scum!
Fark it
Howlett held and that deliberate handball wasnt paid.
You cant beat a paid off maggots
True but i'd say winders, melks, tbell, kommer, dempsey and a full game from ryder would make us at least 4 goals better aswellStill I believe Hawks are a 4 goal better side with their best 22, however will might just bridge the gap end of the year.
We walk away with our heads held high. Let’s keep the fire burning and beat Carlton next weekend. That’ll be the tonic.
FUCKSHITFUCK
Damn, that hurts. Annoyed that we didn’t have someone goal side of the centre clearance after Chappy’s goal, and annoyed Myers kick went out of bounds (don’t blame him, just bad luck). But if we’d won Hawthorn would have had some what if’s as well, not least being Hodge going off. Very proud that the boys worked their way back into it.
Hooker was brilliant all game, Ambrose was great, Chappy was brilliant, and a heap of others just worked their butts off. Ironically the change in structure forced by Ryder going off is going to ask some real questions as to what our best forward line is. After that it seemed Daniher, Carlisle and Ambrose all got more mobile. Big turning point was Gibson being shut down.
And I think the focus on the F50 is correct, since I think our F50 cost us the first half, and hence the game. Apart from bad kicking for goal for a lot of it, the problem was that in the first half Hawthorn won WAAAYYY too many 50:50 balls cleanly in the back half. They then cleared very well. Gibson led this, but was hardly alone. Daniher into the ruck meant Gibson to a more agile player, and suddenly a lot of that was shut off.
I think we’re a functioning F50 away from real success, so I hope they get it right sooner rather than later.
Couple of lapses in concentration in the last kills us. No loose men in defense that resulted in their last couple of goals was just stupid.
At least I'm encouraged for the next time we play them (certainly more than at half time).
We better smash the scum next week to make up for this one.
Annoyed I poured a glass of the good scotch after chappy kicked that goal. Now it just tastes like failure.
Ambrose...
Get games into the kid. Serious gun in the future.
We didn't beat them during the season in '84 but gradually snuck up on them until we beat them in th GF. Let's do it again bombers!
That was their second tier midfield and backline.
Good effort lads. Reckon we reeked out a couple of lucky ones last year so, can’t win em all.
Not sure if we are recruiting better, developing better or the noobs just look better because of some more high end talent in the team. Anyway keep up the good work derdoro and co.
Heaps and heaps of little positives, one big negative - we lost. But we are a real shot this year.
So promising loss? At least now they know we’re not ■■■■ against. To go so close without our two main rucks is a fair effort.