The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

The moment, the best, most courageous moment that caught your eye in this afternoon's game against Hawthorn.
Was it the moment that told you 'we've got this' or 'we lost this one right here'? Or was it the moment that you went 'wow....that is crazy courage'

Was it a collection of moments or one with greater significance outside of the actual games result.. the kinds where you go, oh no, this is going to keep Jeemak posting til 4am the next 3 nights.

[chef]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

That JJ kick to English was the moment.

[macca]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

That JJ kick to English was the moment.

Yeah, that killed the momentum, Hawks scored from that.

I have a feeling its time to find a replacement for JJ.

[SquirrelGrip]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

Yeah, that killed the momentum, Hawks scored from that.

I have a feeling its time to find a replacement for JJ.

Just not Bramble

[bulldogtragic]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

When the game became close. You can always count on this group to lose close games.

[The bulldog tragician]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

So many gruesome grisly moments. JJ’s kick was a shocker. But I’ll nominate Jamarra being unable to even score the proverbial handy point from that last set shot. We would at least hypothetically been able to lock it in from their kick out and have another shot. ( I said hypothetically as most likely they’d have scored coast to coast).

[JanLorMill]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

Hard to pinpoint a moment from the game. Times we looked like winning it then we turn it over or cop a bad ump call. Hawks missed some easy chances and had we won it would have been wallpaper over the cracks.
btw it was terrible kick out by JJ and still English didn’t need to fumble it.

[G-Mo77]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

2nd quarter was probably it. Had they utilised the ball in front of goal we could have been looking down the barrel of a 30 point deficit.

Tim English doing a 2 handed punch instead of taking a mark in the last probably another one.

[GVGjr]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

I had high hopes when Treloar ran down his opponent early in the game (We are on) but when JJ grubbed the kick to English it was a dagger.

[Bornadog]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

it was terrible kick out by JJ and still English didn?t need to fumble it.

He had no hope of getting that grubber along the ground. Why he wasn't paid a free for being tackled without the ball I do not know

[jeemak]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

JJ's grubbed kick.

The handball that looked slightly behind Garcia that still should have been taken.

Marra giving away a fifty like an entitled and selfish little shit to ease pressure, or missing everything from in front.

Khamis realising he wasn't going to get the ball but not changing direction to pressure his opponent and running out of bounds instead.

Ed Richards missing everything from 35m out, or butchering a last quarter entry wide.

Gallagher butchering a counter towards the boundary when a flat drop punt into grass directly towards goal maybe gets us a score or a stoppage deep forward.

Aaron Naughton deciding he's the best person to hit a target into the 50m area instead of Jacko, because Aaron Naughton is a superstar and always hits lead up hits with his amazing dexterity and ability to change direction either foot, unlike Jack.......



I'll just go with JJ's grubbed kick.

[merantau]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

One series of continuous moments: every time we got the ball from a kick in or stoppage deep in our back half it took an age for the kicker to decide what to do with the ball. What does that tell you? Draw your own conclusions.

[AshMac]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

The 50 against Jamarra. I know it was there but far out - the noise of the crowd, he had 2 defenders continuing to apply pressure and he is in the moment.

I was about the same distance from the umpire as jamarra when he kicked it and I could barely hear the whistle - let alone the adrenaline rush he is experiencing

[Mantis]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

Amongst so many moments we fluffed I'm raising the Jones kick to VDM. We had worked hard to get in front and win the ball at HB and just gave the ball back to them.

Stop ball situation and the best we could come up with was a kick to a 1:1 contest between VDM and Scrimshaw. Laith was only giving away 12cm.

Darcy who was rucking at the time was like a bean pole in the centre of the ground and showed no desire to push across to the wing and none of our tall forwards pushed up the ground.

Our in-game scenario strategies in close games are non-existent.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: The Moment: Rnd 8, 2024 vs Hawthorn

Amongst so many moments we fluffed I'm raising the Jones kick to VDM. We had worked hard to get in front and win the ball at HB and just gave the ball back to them.

Stop ball situation and the best we could come up with was a kick to a 1:1 contest between VDM and Scrimshaw. Laith was only giving away 12cm.

Darcy who was rucking at the time was like a bean pole in the centre of the ground and showed no desire to push across to the wing and none of our tall forwards pushed up the ground.

Our in-game scenario strategies in close games are non-existent.

Yep. Horrific option.

Kick it to a spare or as an emergency kick it down the line to a pack. He chose to kick it to a 50/50 in space, so if there was a turnover it would be dangerous and we would be vulnerable. It was typical of the issues we had all night trying to the get the ball out of our D50.

Again, is this system? Did the players work hard enough to give him an option? Is it just poor decision making from the individual with the ball in hand?

Bevo mentioned in his presser we were one of the best teams in the comp at conceding scores from defensive half turnovers before the last couple of weeks, so it is a an interesting point. Why did it fall apart yesterday?