G Ablett snr was a thug in general and especially in that 91 final. We were the better team until he knocked out 2 of our best players. I never rated G Ablett senior as a superstar footballer... never saw him play a good game against us. Frawley beat him comprehensively every time, except for one ga...

HarveysDeciple wrote:apparently the days of Baldock and Bartlett are back...you can handball the footy to yourself when your about to be tackled and draw a soft holding the man free kick.....how many times did that happen tonight, terrible.

Now here's where I agree !

That should be deliberately dropping the ball.

In ground level contests, in which players are likely to bend down to pick up a loose ball - maybe tacklers should be smart and think about other options other than going for a bump and risk hitting opponents in the head.

club champion and champion person.

Max is a champ - great season.

We need him again "next" year.

go Hawks... well done.

Dempster may have done a better job on Mitchell but we'd never know for sure.

Milne is too small for the finals. Too much physical pressure for him. We need a mid sized forward goal kicker or 2 in our forward line for more balance. We cant rely on just tall marking options like Riewoldt - no wonder he hurts himself, he needs support and we need to kick goals from general play.

What is it about the Cats that has us hoping the team that's just giving us a flogging beats them.

go Hawks !

ralphy ..

He was good against us, but was crap against the Dogs.

the Cats could lose next week - I've been very impressed by the Hawks balanced forward line and options.

If the Hawks can break even around the midfield - i reckon the Hawks can do it.

Mooney is way overrated.

sad way for Harves to exit - but what a career.

I hope the Hawks are fit and firing next week.
I'd like to see them beat the arrogant Cats.

we are making the Hawks look like the premiership favourite.

At least the Hawks have more big forward options than the Cats - Mooney is
crap.

it'll be the best comeback of all time.

Our whole side is outclassed or the Hawks just want to win more than we do ?

Hudghton is magnificent - one player that has really stood up.

quick answer.

not looking good but we've done well to get here.

if i was doing the recruiting ...we would have been playing selwood and riolli.....don't know if it would have made the difference......but we will never know.... sure would have. I'd also be chasing the best AFL recruiter before I looked at the coach position. You need the best players .. we still...

We changed so many coaches over the years the message should be clear - the coach has little to do with it. our players have consistently fallen short because of other reasons - injuries, lack of skills, lack of toughness, lack of consistency. We need another 2 tough, reliable quality midfielders. A...

Put the Cats amongst the pigeons.

Fly in some pigeons and make sure they were fed a laxative extract first.

"tackling someone after they manage to pass the ball to a team mate " Pretty sure that wouldn't be counted as a tackle, more likely a free kick. [/quote] I didnt express my thoughts well. Let me rephrase that to ..tackling someone who still manages to get an effective pass to a teammate. ...

No forward pressure? Koschitzke ranks 5th in tackles for the club. Milne 6th. While 3 of our top 4 tacklers often rest up forward. statistics dont tell the real story. The number of tackles isnt a direct measure of forward pressure. there's a big difference between tackling someone after they manag...

Spot on.

A major flaw in our game.

When we occassionally mark the ball in our forward 50, we mainly kick points from very gettable shots and when we dont mark the ball it gets shot back out under no pressure.

our midfield would be very frustrated.

Biting but mostly true.

We seem to get the ball into our 50 often enough but then it gets shot out more often than not... So I think .. We need quick 2 medium sized goal kicking forwards (not smalls) - to - 1. kick goals and 2. chase down and pressure - to stop the rebounds that are killing us. We dont have anyone capable ...